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At the annual pottery works picnic there were a lot of girls looking for husbands . . . and a lot of husbands looking for girls. It’s nice to have both ends meet, but we would also like to have them overlap a little. VOLUME 20; NUMBER 28 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1957 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Doris A. Sanders AUTUMN BEAUTY Each year at this time I think that nature could never have be decked her trees and shrubs in more resplendent beauty. Certain ly Newberry with its many beau tiful trees lining its streets has never been more attractive than in its 1957 fall colors, but chances are that it is always this way and my memory lapses from year to year. And perhaps I notice it more this year because of the int erest in beauty instilled into our two little girls by their playschool teacher, Mrs. J. L. Huffman. At this particular time, Connie and Ruthie can think of no greater pleasure than gathering autumn leaves, identifying and admiring the many colors they find. One of the most beautiful spots I have seen at this season is “Rockwood ’ country home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Rook about three miles from Newberry. I had occasion to be out there the other day and the place is truly a picture, the green sloping lawns, trees of many kinds with many-hued leaves; and the house, picturesque both inside and out, which overlooks a beautiful lake. Jf you haven’t seen it, you should. FINE PERFORMANCE I made the remark to someone that the Newberry-Guilford foot ball game Saturday night wasn’t much to see with a 56-0 victory for Newberry. My friend said, “Well, it could have been worse — the score could have gone the other way.” I think it was no fault of the cbach or team that the game turned out so boring—just the fact that Guilford was no match for Newberry. However, there were compensations: the excellent performance put on by the New berry College Marching Band di rected by Charlie Pruitt. A march ing band is something Newberry has long needed and I know of no band smarter looldng or playing than this one. They work hard and this is evident when they per form. Congratulations to Char lie and all of his band members. Straight From The Shoulder By TOM ANDERSON Forescore and seven Mondays ago my Supreme Court brought forth on this continent a new con stitution conceived in Washington and dedicated to the proposition that all segregationists are bay oneted equal. Now we are in a second Civil War, testing wheth er that Black Monday or any oth er Monday so conceived and so dictated, can long be endured. We are met in a great battlefield of the Little Rock Central High School. Our paratroopers have come to desecrate a portion of that field as a final resisting place for those who there gave their all that States Rights might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we do this for the sake of our enemies throughout the world, to whom we’ve given $60 billion since the second World War to make the world safe for democracy. But in a larger sense, we cannot carry New York, New Jersey, Michigan, nor even the United Nations unless we inte grate everything. The brave para troopers who are living there have restored us into the good graces of Russia, NAACP, Africa, and Mrs. Roosevelt, far above my own poor power to add or sub tract. The South will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what we did here. It is for us, the Modern Republicans, to do this before the Democrats beat us to it. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great inte gration campaigns remaining be fore us,—that from these honor ed paratroopers we take increas ed devotion to that cause for which we gave the last full meas ure of dictatorship,—that we here highly resol v e that these State Rights shall not have died in vain,—that these States, under Sherman Adams, shall have a new dearth of freedom,—and that gov ernment of the Supreme Court, by the paratroopers, and for the minorities, shall not perish at the next election. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith at tended the genera] merchandise showing held at Radio Center in Charlotte Wednesday. They pur chased Easter merchandise • for Tots-to-Teens. Lutheran Rally Is Successful; Ends Sunday (By MRS. A. H. COUNTS) The Lutheran Evangelism Mis sion Program, begun two years ago in the Lutheran Churches in America and Canada, came to a fitting climax here Sunday after noon when members and leaders of the 28 Lutheran churches in the Newberry area met in Mac- Lean Gymnasium for the final Rally. Dr. Robert M. Staekel, a form er pastor, First Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., now National Di rector of Evangelism for the UL CA in New York City for the past two years, delivered the final ser mon of the mission. The Rev. Thomas H. Weeks, chairman of the week’s program, led the rally. Rev. J. A. Keisler, D. D., Regional Director of Evan gelism, gave a summation of the weeks Evangelism Mission pro gram. He stated that the nightly a t t e n d an c e, Sunday through Thursday, was 3571 or 59 percent of the total membership of the participating churches. The total offering for the same period was $4154.92. Commitments were re ceived from 209 of the 921 con tacted. Over 66 percent of those contacted responded by attending the meetings. Christmas Parade Canceled Due To Fear Of Epidemic Game Tickets Are On Sale Tickets for the Catawba and Presbyterian College football games are now on sale at the Public Relations Office of New berry College, according to L. C. Graham, public relations director. The Catawba game, rained out on September 28, will be played on Thux-sday, November 21. The final game of the season against P. C. will be on Thanksgiving day at Newberry. X-Ray Schedule For Next Week Bush River School, Wednesday, November 13, from 12:00 until 4:00 p. m. ^ Chappells, Scurry’s Gin, Thurs day, November 14, from 12:00 until 4:30 p. m. SilverstxYet, Murray Sheppard’s store, Friday, November 15, from noon until 4:00 p. m. Newberry, on the square, Sat urday, November 16, 10:00 until noon; 1:30 through 4:30 p. m. The X-Ray team will be in New r - berry also every day of the follow ing week at times to be published in next week’s issue. Women's League Of College Names Officers Mrs. J. Virgil Long of West Co lumbia was i'e-elected president of the Newberry College Women’s League Satin-day afternoon at a meeting held on the College cam pus. Other officers elected were Mrs. Thomas H. Weeks of Newber ry, vice-president; Miss Hilda Kleckley, Lexington, secretary; andMrs . C. E. Seastrunk of West Columbia, treasurer. In addition to election of offi- eers, the main program consisted of various x-eports and transac tions of business. The League vot ed to continue its project to furn ish spring’s and mattresses for the beds in Smeltzer Hall. In the meeting of the South Carolina chapter held prior to the league meeting, Mrs. Colie Wes- singer of Prosperity was elected president. It was announced that Mis. L. L. Swygert of Savannah, Ga. had been recently elected president of the Georgia-Alabama chapter of the League. Mrs. Ray Dawkins was admitted to the Newberry Hospital Wed nesday. She is undergoing treat ment and expects to be in the Hos pital several days. Scruggs Rites In Spartanburg Jesse F. Scruggs, 56, of 1055 Riverview Rd., Spartanburg, died Sunday afternoon after a brief ill ness. He was vice president and owner of Crown Chemical Com pany. He was a member of Trin ity Methodist Church. He was a member of United Commercial Travelers. He was the son of the late Elizabeth French and Seth W. Scruggs. Survivor's are his wife, Mrs. Louise Lowe Scruggs of Spartan- burg; one daughter, Mrs. Orin W. Beach of Spartanburg; two grand sons; three sisters, Miss Mary Scruggs, Mrs. George Mullins and Mrs. Beulah Varner, all of Spar tanburg; four brothers, George F. Scuggs of Newberry, Suber Scruggs of Spartanburg and Car ter F. Scruggs and Francis D. Scruggs of Washington, D. C. Funeral services were conduct ed Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. at the Floyd Mortuary by the Rev. C. L. Woodard and the Rev. M. B. Pat rick. Interment was in Green- lawn Memorial Gardens. Kiwanians Give Prizes For Land Judging Prizes were awarded todAy for high scoring individuals in the FFA and 4-H land judging con tests for boys in Newberry County at a luncheon meeting of the Ki- wanis Club held at 1:00 p. m. at the Community Hall. Winners were Lewis Summer, Wayne Lom- inick and John David Ruff. This climaxed Farm and City Week, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club Agriculture and Consei'vation Committee. This project was designed to encourage youth to participate in land judging in order to create more interest. Each Kiwanian was requested to invite a young farm er to the luncheon as his guest. John Norris, member of the Ag riculture comittee, awarded the prizes which were donated by the South Carolina National Bank. The three young men and their agri culture teachers were honor guests of the club. Frank Barton, executive secre tary of the Association of Future Farmers of America was guest speaker. The Kiwanis committee making plans for this occasion consisted of T. B. Amis, chairman; John Norris, Dave Morrison, Walter Ridgeway. Influenza, which has been rag ing rampant in this county as well as throughout the nation, has caused the cancelation of the 1957 Christmas Parade. This act ion was taken after long delib eration by the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce at a meeting Monday, and was announced by T. Roy Summer, Jr., president of the Chamber. Mr. Summer stated also that interest in the parade was at the lowest ebb in many years and this was a secondary reason for canceling the parade this year. The statement issued by the Board was as follows: “Whereas, once started an event of the pature of the Santa Claus Parade possibly cannot be canceled and certainly cannot be postponed to a later date effect ively, should sickness of epidemic proportions break out, or should adverse weather conditions which might affect such an epidemic de velop at the last minute; And whereas, lithe interest of organizations whioh normally par ticipate in the parade has been at a very low ebb; the Board of Directors of the Chamber of-Com merce have today, November 4, canceled all plans for the Christ mas Parade for this year.” ^ The statement added that the decoi'ations committee has been instructed to proceed with plans for lighting and decorating the streets as in the past. M^s. George K. Dominick, a victim of influenza, is a patient at the local hospital. Indians To Try Defeat Elon (By BOBBIE BAKER) Newberry will put four consecu tive victories on trial Saturday against undefeated Elon College of the North State Conference. The Indians will leave early Sat urday morning for the contest to be played in Burlington, N. C., at 8 p. m. _ | Harvey Kirkland has his In dians in the best shape since early September before the flu and injuries began to plague the Redskins. The only doubtful per former this week is senior guard Jerry Weed who re-injured his ankle in drills Tuesday. The Redskins are fresh from a 56-0 victory over Guilford in a contest in which nothing seemed to go wrong for the tribe. New- beri'y scored eight tuochdowns with halfback Bob Yarnall leading the parade with three. All extra points were good and Richard Phillips pleased the fans by drop- kicking a conversion when a snap from the center came back too high for the holder. Halfback Bob Yarnall leads the Indians in rushing as he has car ried for 205 yards and at present holds a 4.6 average. Quarterback Scotty Speares has thrown six complete passes good for 88 yards, and Yarnall again leads in pass receiving by catching sitf passes for 71 yai'ds. Number two man in the rushing yardage gain ed is Horace Turbeville with 177 yards and a 3.7 average. Leading scorers for the Indians include Bob Yarnall 24, Horace Turbeville 12, Richard Phillips 12, and Wyman Taylor who takes credit for ten conversions. C Of C Board Approves Switch The Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce heartily endorsed the formation of the Newberry County Development Board at a meeting held Monday. Constitution and by-laws for the Development Board were adopted at a meeting of interested citizens from communities throughout the county Monday night of last week. Letters wil be sent to all mem bers of the Chamber of Commerce by the Chamber Board recom mending that their memberships be switched to the Development Board as of April 1, 1958, tlxe be ginning of the fiscal year for both the Newberry and Prosper ity Chambers of Commerce, and that these two chambers' be abol ished. The members will be asked to vote on this recommendation. Membership in the Development Board will be $26.00 a year for business and professional persons; $12.50 a year for individuals not classified as business or profes sionals. * The Board of D; sectors also recommended that Merchants As sociations be formed to handle matters with which the Develop ment Board would not be concern ed. Shealy Promoted District Manager C. Hayne Shealy of Newberry has been promoted to manager of the Newberry District, Calhoun Life Insurance Company, accord ing to an announcement today by A. P. Faris, vice-president of the company. Mr. Shealy, who has been with Calhoun Life for several years, served most recently as agent in Whitmire. He is a native of New berry, attended Newberry College and has been in the life insurance business for 20 years. Mr. Faris also announced the addition of two agents to the Newberry sales force: John Mc Cullough, a native of Newberry, and Everett Lawson of Whitmire. Calhoun Life recently announc ed that a Regional Home office would locate in Newberry and plans are now being drawn up to construct a modern office building on College street extension. Cal houn Life, with an authorized capital of $1,000,000 is now among the largest domestic companies in South Carolina. Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Kester, formerly of Newberry, have moved from Walterboro, where Dr. Kester has lived since his re- tirement from the Lutheran min istry, to Columbia. They are mak ing their home at 1225 Fairview Drive. Miley Dies In Oconee Monday Wade Hampton Miley, 80, died at Oconee Memorial Hospital early Monday morning after be ing in failing health for some time. Mr. Miley spent most of his life in Hampton County. At the time of his death he was making his Home with his' son, J. Pat Miley of Walhalla. He sex*ved as superintendent of education for many years in Hampton County and taught in the schools in Laurens and Hamp ton counties. He was one of the oldest alumni of Newberry Col lege and was a Scottish Rite Ma son. Survivors include two sons, J. Pat Miley of Walhalla and R. Vir gil Miley of Sumter; three grand children; and three sisters, Mrs. Charles Davis of Wadmalaw Is land, Miss Izora Miley and Miss Viola Miley of Hampton. His late wife was a native of Newberry and was a sister of Mrs. J. B. Coward of this city. McCahill Speaker At Tuesday NEPH Essay Kick-off Luncheon AMONG THOSE AT THE NEPH LUNCHEON Tuesday were, left to right, James F. Coggins, chair man of the Newberry County Employ the Physically Handicapped committee; W. P. McCahill of Washington, D. C., executive secretary of the President’s NEPH committee; Dr. Mamie S. Summer, employment counselor of the Newberry office of the State Employment Service and chairman of the luncheon planning committtee; Dill Beckman, chairman of the Governor’s NEPH committee; and Pearce Davis, manager of the locaf employment service office. (Sunphoto.) Over 200 persons gathered at the Community Hall Tuesday for a “kick-*off” luncheon for the 1957 “National Employ the Phy- Services For J. C. Bedenbaugh Jesse C. Bedenbaugh, 45, resi- rent of Route One, Silverstreet, died Thursday at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. He had been ill for the past several months and had been critical for the past two months. Mr. Bedenbaugh was bom in Saluda County, a son of Mrs. Sallie Banks Bedenbaugh and the late R. Paul Bedenbaugh.' He liv ed most of his life in Newberry, where he was employed by the Newberry Mills, Inc. He had made his home on Route One, Sil verstreet, for the past several years and was a member of Sil verstreet Lutheran Church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Clara Dickert Bedenbaugh; three sons, John G. and Jesse C. Beden baugh Jr., both of Silverstreet; and Pvt. Paul G. Bedenbaugh of Camp LeJeune, N. C.; four daugh ters, Misses Nell, Rachel, Jackie, and Doris Bedenbaugh, all of Sil verstreet; his mother, three sis ters, Mrs. Tom Clamp of Colum- mia, Mrs. Allen Fowler of Green wood, and Mrs./R. E. Gillion of Newberry; four brothers, Colie, Roy, Grady and Ed Bedenbaugh, all of Newberry; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at 3:30 p. m. Friday from Silver- street Lutheran Church by Rev. C. Edgar Lindler and Rev. Phil Jones. Burial was in the chui'ch cemetery. Active pallbearers wex-e J. E. Cox, Wilbur Shealy, Gene Cook, Ralph Schumpert, Jeff Singley, and Furman Warren. Flower attendants were Mrs. Catherine Long, Mrs. Myrtle Long, Mrs. Tura Neel, Mrs. Mayes Derrick, Mrs. Roberta Boozer and Mi's. Mabel Nichols. Honorary escort included mem bers of Silverstreet Lutheran Church Council. THIS IS WHAT REMAINS of the 1954 Oldsmobile in which Oscar C. Huff Jr., 22, of High Shoals, N. ( . met his death shortly after midnight November 1st. The car overturned on Highway 34 about 12 miles from Newberry. Huff was in the l . S. Navy Stationed at Key West, Fla. He was en route to his home for a leave at the time of the accident. No other vehicles were involved, and Coroner George R. Summer said no inquest would he held. (Sunphoto.) Methodist Bishop To Be At Lewis And Epting Churches Bishop Cyrus B. Dawsey, re- ^ of his life. In his early years as tired missionary and Bishop of the Methodist Church in Brazil and presently living in Columbia, will preach this Sunday, Novem ber 10, at Lewis Methodist church for the 1 o* ’ock service. He will preach at Epting Memorial Meth odist church Sunday night at 7 o’clock. Bishop Dawsey is a native of this State, a graduate of Wof ford college and >yas honored by that college when’ they conferred upon him the Doctor of Divinity degree. He was elected and con secrated to the office of Bishop by the Brazilian conference of the Methodist church 12 years ago. He has served the Lord and His a missionary, preacher and teach er he was a typical circuit rider, using the horse-back mode of transportation and covering a wide circuit typical of Methodist pioneering days in our own coun-. try. From such beginnings Bishop victories in the Brazilian area— leaving three beautiful churches, fine schools and well equipped in stitutions to serve the sick, the distressed and the needy. The Rev. Ed W. Gott, pastor of the Lewis Methodist church at Oakland mill and the Rev. Brice B. Blakeney, pastor of the Epting Memorial Methodist church at Mollohon extend to all members, friends and neighbors a cordial invitation to attend these services church with fervor, loyalty and j and be warmed by the fervor and devotionduring the greater part zeal of this man of God. sically Handicapped” essay con test, sponsored annually by the local NEPH committee. Attending the luncheon were school students who will enter the contest; school officials, buliness- men and representatives of local organizations which sponsored the luncheon, in addition to a number of out of town guests. Speaker for the occasion was William P. McCahill, of Washington, D. C. executive secretary of the Pres ident’s Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped. The meeting was presided over by the chairman of the local committee, James F. Coggins, who was in troduced by Dr.Mamie S. Summer cordinator of plans for the lunch eon. A turkey dinner was served by the • home economics department of ^fewberry High School. Spon soring organizations for the lunch eon were the Civic League, Amer ican Legion and Auxiliary; Vet erans of Foreign Wars and Aux iliary; Business and Professional Women’s Club, County Council of Farm Women and Exchange Club. Among those seated at the speaker’s table,, in addition to members of the local committee, were P. G. Sherer, E. H. Brad ley, Miss Kathryn Lewis, C. J. Collins, D. L. McLeod, Jr., John Montgomery, Abe Fennell, and Dill Beckman, all of Columbia. Mr. Beckman introduced the speaker. Mr. McCahill devoted his re marks to the subject of the 1957 essay contest, “How Hiring the Handicapped Helps You and Me.” He made passing reference to Russian-launched satellites, and stated “in an age that concerns itself with man’s inventions, it is good that we are also inter ested in having ' meetings like this .... to consider God’s greatest invention—man.” After reviewing the cruel treat ment of the handicapped in ages past, the speaker said “It remain ed for the 20th century to come forward with the revolutionary modern concept of total rehabilit ation leading to gainful employ ment.” “Public acceptance of millions of qualified handicapped workers today cannot hide the fact that ignorance, bias and misunderstand ing do not die easily, even in the 20th century,” Mr. McCahill con tinued. “The fact that the pre judices of countless centuries of histox-y have been beaten down by enlightened public opinion in no way alters the fact that too many of our people still indulge themselves in the luxury of wor shipping at the shrine of only the physically fit, as if mere ac cident, disease, wound or birth deformity could change the essent ial dignity or worth of a man or woman.” “We must increase our mastery of rehabilitation and selective placement so that the two mill ion potential workers now tossed carelessly on a monumental human slag pile are refined, processed and moulded into competent and careful workers like their seven million fellow handicapped who now sharing full partnership in the American dream of product ive citizenship, and so that the handicapped children now in our schools can have an orderly trans fer into jobs with a future when school is done.” “The result of unemployment of potentially employable and pro ductive citizens is always the same waste, tragedy, despair, and a damning indictment of a society which pennits such discriminat ion ... We must move dynamically forward in this great modern cru sade - which revolts against the stupidity and cruelty of the ages and demands that modern man, being a child of God, is entitled to the dignity of labor and the fruits thereof.” “The program of providing more employment opportunities for handicapped but otherwise quali fied workers must rest on the solid foundations of understand ing and public support . . . We have attacked the consciousness, even the conscience of our gene ration. Now we must motivate this consciousness and collective conscience into greater activity in the right direction. “That is our charge,” The speaker concluded. “This is our mission. We need more volunteers who will enlist for the duration. We need more veterans in this struggle to extend their enlight- ments and to work even harder in the true .Amei'ican spirit of the dedicated volunteer who helps, others to help themselves. This is truly how hiring the handicapp ed helps you and me, for in doing this we are helping ourselves to build a better America and a bet- ter world.” BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Nov. 9: Mrs. Henry Sowell, R. G. Ringer, Hal Kohn Jr., K. L. Martin, Bill Long, Peggy Koon, Mrs. Pauline Lathrop, Mrs. Bessie Nichols Lake. Nov. 10: Mrs. C, A. Kauf- mann, Mrs. C. A. Matthews, Luther AuII, Luther Hamm, W r . B. Timmerman, Henry Nichols, Shelby Jean Neel, George R. Summer, G. M. Neel, Mrs. Ce lia Dodgen, Ted Davenport, Judy Berry. Nov. 11: S. D. (Bozo) Paysin- ger, Mrs. C. S. Glymph, Betty Kyzer, Billy Dipner, Pamelia Senn, Jim Waldron, C. E. Long, Ruth H. Westwooa. Nov. 12: Linda Shipman, Joe Lovelace, Mrs. T. W. Hender son, Mrs. James N.' Parr, Rusty Newton, Betty Jo Parr, Sudie Roton. Nov. 13: Dr. Robert Housea), J. M. Wilson, Mrs. John Charlie Davis, Mrs. Paul H. Shull, Mrs. Mazie Neel Boozer, Sylvia Dowd, Brenda Bowers, Mrs. Lucy Metts Moore, Wayne Ris- ter, W. E. Turner III. Nov. 14: George Stephens, Brenda Salley Truett, Tommy Crooks Jr., Mrs. Harold Bowers, Mrs. Joe Dominick, F. C. Mer chant, Lynn Buford, Bonnette Atkison, Mrs. D. J. Icard Sr., George P. Hawkins. Nov. 15: J. O. Havird, Mrs. Dot Abrams Martin. Larry Shealy, Mary Boyd Oxner, Don ald Long, Jimmy Wicker, Mrs. T. I). Pitts, Mrs. W. C. Koon, Kay Bozard, Nell Lovell. * J M