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• XY YW*'.' ■T ' v' mm ■ ,>■!>»? f V. ' 1 ■Y. '•Vt> At the annual pottery works picnic there were a lot of girls looking for husbands . . . and a lot of husbands looking for girls. U ’ 1. tttt It’s nice to have both ends meet, but we would also like to have them overlap a little. VOLUME 20; NUMBER 29 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1957 $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Oorts A. Bandars NO INTEREST One of these years, a compla cent Democratic party is going to •wake from its lethargy to find that the nominees of its primary have been soundly trounced in i general election. There is current ly no accurate count of the num ber of registered voters in this county but it is estimated at be tween eight and ten thousand, Several thousand of these are within the city limits. Of that number, only 115 voted in the gen eral election for city officials Tuesday. Of the 115, 24 were prob ably election managers; about 16 could be accounted for from among nominees and their families. The remaining 75 were mostly the “old faithfuls” who feei they have a duty as well as a privilege to vote in all elections. Perhaps you think the general election doesn’t mean anything because it never has in the past. But just consider that only 116 write-in votes in Tuesday’s elec- : *tion could have defeated any one of the candidates. That is not only a possibility, but a future probability, and the time it will happen is not too far distant, un less the electors get busy at the polls. NO PARADE Since the decision to cancel the annual Christmas Parade was pub lished in last week’s Sunpaper, I have heard many comments in fa vor of this action, many against it. I have heard it said that the Chamber of Commerce just didn’t want to bother with it so used the Tlu epidemic as an excuse. This is not true. Committees to head the parade were appointed. They immediately started working to make this parade a tremendous success. They were more enthus iastic than many others seemed to be, because at the deadline for entering the iparade, there were few who volunteered entries. This, however, was not the prime con sideration in cancelling the parade, for the Chamber’s Board of Direc tors knew that the big thrill for children was Old Saint Nick himself, not a host of bands and floats. Members of the Board were elected by vote of all other mem bers of the Chamber. Their func tion is to establish policy and make decisions for the members as a whole. Some of the criticism I have heard was from other chamber members. It is my firm belief that had they been given the same set of facts and had they given those facts the same conscientious deliberation given by the cham ber’s directors, they would have reached the same conclusion. The Board, in making its deci sion, had in mind the well-being of every citizen of the county. While there are naturally those who are disappointed—adults and children alike—I feel, as did the -chamber’s directors, that the course they took was the only logical one they could have taken with the interest of Newberry’s populace at heart. WHO’LL PAY THEM? There is a law enacted by the General Assembly of South Caro lina that should school integration be ordered in this state by a Fed eral Court, state funds -would be cut off from both the school a student was attending and the school to which he is ordered ad mitted. This perhaps is a good way to circumvent integration which I do not believe the majority of either race wants in South Carolina at this time. There will come a day, however, and my guess is that it won’t be long coming, when that law is going to be tested in the courts. Assuming a federal court will order integration—and there is good basis for that assumption regardless of law—who is going to pay the teachers of those schools, both white and colored, who are innocent victims ? Most of a teach er’s salary is paid by state funds. Perhaps the law makes some pro vision for this, but if it does not, the General Assembly should take some action to see that our teach ers do not suffer when that time comes. f /■ TAKING PART IN THE VETERANS DAY Banquet staged at the armory Monday night by Am erican Legion Post No. 24 were, left to right, Russell Addy, past commander of Post 24; Dr. James C. Kinard, guest speaker; Dr. Mamie Summer, only past department officer living in Newberry; A. P. Parrott, post commander; Miss Grace Summer, president of the Legion Auxiliary; Jake Wise, service officer and Ray Schumpert, vice-commander. (Sunphoto.) Speers Street PTA To Hear Truesdell Dr. Neil E. Truesdell will speak tonight (Thursday) at the meet ing of the Speers Street Parent- Teacher association. The topic of the program is “Community Christian Relations.” West End To Stage Parade On Saturday, December 4th A Christmas Parade will be held in the West End section of New berry on December 14 at 2:00 p. m., sponsored by Local 120, A. F. of L. C. I. O. According to Mayor Cecil E. Kinard, the Newberry Mill* union voted unanimously Sunday in favor of a parade, and request permission of City council to do so. At the Tuesday night meeting, a committee of council was appointed by Mayor Kinard to look into the matter and make a decision as to whether or not permission should be granted. The committee looked with tavor up on the idea, provided it was spon sored by some organization. On Wednesday morning, Mrs. Dessa Rae Wesson, recording sec retary of the Union, wrote to the city manager as follows: “The Local 120 A. F. of L. CIO requests pennission to have a Christmas Parade December 14, at 2:00 p. m. We wish to have this Christmas Parade adjacent to the West End Parks. “The route of the parade will be as follows: Beginning at West End school on Wright St. headed east along Wright street to Drayton street; along Drayton street; north to Crosson street; turn left on Cros- son street; along Crosson street west to Academy street; south to the West End school house. “It will be appreciated if con ditions permit for the Newberry Police Department to escort the parade.” City Manager Blackwell replied as follows: “Permission is herewith granted to hold the Christmas Parade as outlined in your letter of Novem ber 13, 1957. “I would like to take this oppor-. tunity to wish for you and your organization much success in this undertaking. “You can depend on the cooperat ion of the City in this objective.” It is understood that a number of bands, floats and other units have already been entered in the parade which, according to Mayor Kinard “is open to anyone who wants to get in it.” Tribe Hopes To Whip Terriers By BOBBIE BAKER Perhaps one of the better games to be witnessed by South Carolina football fans this season will ma terialize Saturday night in a con test which pits The Newberry In dians and the Terriers of Wofford. This contest is typically keen in competition, hard fought and cleanly played. The winner of the Little Three Conference Crown could easily be the winner of this game. Wofford needs only to de feat Newberry for their second crown, while the Indians, if for tunate. enough to defeat Wofford, will have plenty of meat on the table in the Turkey Day clash with Presbyterian. Both teams went down in defeat last week to halt good winning streaks. Davidson stopped Wof ford while Elon capitalized on Red skin fumbles to take a 34-7 vic tory. The Indians are taking the con test very serious. Preparations this week have consisted of hard scrimmages along with Wofford’s game movies. Harvey Kirkland has termed it as, ‘Our most im portant game.” A victory for the Indians is all important. As yet the Redskins have not played a State team except the season’s op ener with the Citadel, which endbd in a 0-0 tie. While the Tribe had won four straight games previous to last week end’s outing, they still have not gained much recog nition because the opponents were virtually unknown to the typical football fan. The Indians need a victory to even the 28-19 setback. Wofford handed them last year. Providing a ray of hope for an Indian victory is the fact that the team is in top physical shape. Team effort for this game is ter rific. No matter what the outcome of the game, fans are assured of an outstanding showing from all angles. Newberry Alumni Have Meeting November 25 The annual meeting of former students and alumni of Newberry College of Area 9, Newberry, will be held Monday night, November 25 at 7:30 at the Community Hall, according to John F. Clarkson, area president. A Dutch supper will be served by the ladies of Silverstreet Luth eran church. Mr. Clarkson stated that Prof. T. E. Epting will give “one of his many famous speeches.” In addition, the program will consist of a skit to be presented by col lege students, and entertainment by the college music department. He emphasized that the program would be “short and snappy.” The main item on the business agdnda will be the election of of ficers. Those expecting to atttend are requested to notify Mr. Clarkson no later than November 20. Dr. Kinard Named James H. Simkins of Greenville was reiected president of the ■South Carolina Association for Mental Health at the annual busi ness meeting of the Association in Columbia last Thursday. The elec tions were held immediately fol lowing the annual luncheon of the association, which was held in conjunction with the annual State Social Work Conference. Among the new board members elected for three years terms is Dr. James C. Kinard of Newber ry. MacLean Guest At Lions Club Meeet . Coach Fred D. ‘Dutch” Mac- Lean, for many years coach at Newberry College, and some of his teammates will be special guests of the Lions Club at its next meeting Tuesday, November 19 at 7:30 p. m. in the Commun ity Hall. Kinard Brings Veterans Day * Message (By MRS. A. H. COUNTS) Dr. James C. Kinard, Veterans Day speaker at the annual banquet of Nfewberry American Legion Post 24, held at the local armory Monday night, said “Veterans Days are but a hollow mockery un less we are determined to pre serve at all costs the heritage of liberty for which our soldiers fought. The foundation of our freedom lies in love of home, love of country and love of God.” “The security of ^the nation is directly dependent upon the eta- November Term Petit Jurors Names of petit jurors were drawn Wednesday by the jury commissioners to serve at the term of the court of General Ses sions, which convenes on Novem ber 25, with Hon. T. B. Greneker of Edgefield presiding. From Newberry the jurors are: Ralph G. Boozer, William D. Kin ney, J. C. Martin, Robert P. Bick- ley, Herschel A. Kemper, R. Du pree Harmon, Ira L. Clamp; Broadus Lipscomb, George E. Rod- elsperger, Dewey Golden, Ralph Schumpert, P. M. Brooks, George L. Mayer, Arthur M. Dominick, C. | IS. Bedenbaugh, Everett Long and Jimmie Milstead. ^ Newberry routes: J. C. Franklin, A. P. Ramage.Jr., A. A. Black, George R. Nichols, Henry L. Hedgepath. Silverstreet: Jerome Havird, Ray A. Martin. Prosperity routes: J. B. Hawk ins, J. C. Pugh, C. W. Dominick, F. M. Cook, Arthur Livingston, Allen R. Bedenbaugh, James M. Hawkins. Little Mountain: Edwin L. Koon, N. L. Stockman, Elmer Metts, J. L. Matthews. Pomaria Route:* Herman G. Dawkins. Council Unable To Agree On Business License Fee Williams Is Nominated J. A. Williams, a retired govern ment employee, now serving as a member of the Prosperity Town Council, has been named as nomi nee of the Democratic party for the position of Mayor of* Prosper ity. There was no opposition in the race for mayor; ;nor was there opposition in any of the alderman races. Nominated to be returned as aldermen were A. R. Chappell, B. D. Epting and J. E. Kibler. Nominated to replace Mr. Wil- One section of the proposed 1958 business license ordinance for 115 Votes Are Cast Tuesday Only a handful of voters turned out to cast ballots in the General Election Tuesday to elect city of ficials to serve a two year term beginning in January 1958. The 15 votes were unanimous for nomi nees of' the Democratic primary. There were no write-in vote's re ported. 7 Mayor-Elect Ernest H. Layton will leave his councilman chair to replace Cecil E. Kinard who has served as the city’s mayor for the past two years. Replacing Mr. Layton as councilman from Ward 4 is Clarence B. DeHart. Re-election to councilman jobs were: Frank Armfield, Ward 1; C. A. Dufford Sr., Ward 2; S. D. I Bozo) Pay singer, Ward 3; Cecil E. Merchant, Ward 5; and Dwight W. Jones, Ward 6. The vote by wards was as fol lows: Ward 1, 20; Ward 2, 17; Ward 3 Box 1, 9; Ward 3 Box 2, 7; Ward 4 Box 1, 13; Ward 4 Box 2, 17; Ward 5, 10; and Ward 6, 22. bility of the home. Here children. Hams was J. Walter Hamm. - ---l. -■*—.p jj. Hamm, Sr., whose term must be ^trained to tionally stable to meet the exact ing demands of an increasingly complex society, to walk with steady tread through the intricate maze of a terribly confused world. The home must be maintained as the invincible fortress of Ameri can democracy,” Dr. Kinard said. “And then we help to insure the victories won by our veterans in making stronger love of country. What our soldiers made secure by bullets w r e citizens today must pre serve by ballots,” he continued. A. P. (Pete) Parrot, post com mander, presided and past Post Commander Rusell Addy introduc ed Dr. Kinard. Ray Schumpert, post vice commander, introduced the special guests. Prior to the banquet a concert was given by the Newberry 246th Army Band, commanded by Warrant Officer Charles Pruitt. Following taps by Henry T. Fel lers, chaplain of the post, dinner was served by the Woman’s Aux iliary of Post 24 of which Miss Grace Summer is president. Brief memorial services were held for the three veterans who died recently. They were: Sidney C. McCarley, Thomas Roy Sum mer and Jacob A. Bundrick. as mayor expires January 1, did not offer for re-election. A general election for these of fices will be held Tuesday, Decem ber 10 in Prosperity. To Receive Awards Sunday Larry Creekmore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Creekmore of Crosson street, and Bobby Gene Amick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ho mer Amick of Davis street, will receive' the God and Country Award at service® to be held at 12:15 p. m. Sunday at Mayer Me morial Lutheran Church. , v ' Larry, now a Star Scout, will receive his Eagle Scout award next. week. Bobby Gene is also a Star Scout. Both are members of Troop 69 at ^Vest End. the city created much discussion and a certain amount of confusion when the November city council meeting was held Tuesday night. The section had to do with the fee set for small loan companies. The fee for 1957 was $160 for the first $2,000, $1.00 for each r additional thousand gross income. The pro posed fee for 1958, recommended by the Business License commit tee, was reduced to $90 for the first $5,000, $1.00 for qach addi tional thousand. I. Schissell appeared ' before council to plead for a further re duction. He stated that he rep resented eight small loan com panies in Newberry. “I have been through the ordinance and I can not find another business in New berry that is charged such a fee” Mr. Schissell told council. “If it is a legitimate business, why is it not licensed accordingly?” he ask ed. Mayor Kinard commented that “Three contacted me on this to day. I told them I thought around $65 or $70 would be enough.” Frank Armfield, chairman of the license committee, stated that the committee met several weeks ago and that some small loan com panies had a representative at the meeting. In view of the fact that such companies are now assessed a $200 fee for a state license, Mr. Armfield continued) the, committee felt that some relief was justified, and after thorough' deliberation, the fee was set. Mr. Schissell remarked “to me it is simply and purely a matter of discrimination. I would suggest $60 for the first $5,000, $1.00 for each additional thousand. That, in my opinion, would eliminate that stigma of prejudice.” Councilman Merchant, a mem ber of the committee, stated that he did not vote oh recommen dation in the oompiitteee meeting. “I think it was too much,” he said. Other members of the committee were Councilmen Dufford and Paysinger, who along with , the chairman, cast the majority vote Chappell Speaks At Richmond John Chappell of Newberry spoke at a luncheon meeting hon oring the Children of the Confed eracy Tuesday in Richmond, Va., at the convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. John was recently elected presi dent-general of the Children of the Confederacy. John told the group he believed that many of today’s writers and historians are trying to distort Southern history. He said that modern radicals and liberals are trying to warp the minds of Southern young people to the point where they will want to hide their ancestors in a closet. The youthful speaker advised two remedies for this situation— encourage more true Southern his torians to write and publish books and after they are published, try to get state and local school auth orities to adopt them as standard textbooks. John is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chappell of this city. Homer R. Williams ami family have moved from Birmingham, Ala. to Waukegan, 111. He is the son of Mrs. R. C. Williams of Green street. Parr Chosen As Nuclear Plant Site; Bridge Efforts Renewed The only privately owned nuc lear power plant in the Southeast will be located only about 20 miles from Newberry, provided the Atomic Energy Commission and a special congressional committee put their o.k. on the project, ac cording to spokesmen for the Carolinas Virginia Nuclear Power Associates, Inc. This group met in Charlotte, N. C. Monday to make a final decision on the site. The plan is to build a nuclear pow ered electric generating plant at Parr Shoals on the Broad River at a cost of about 17 million dollars. The site is adjacent to South Caro lina Electric and Gas Co.’s Parr Shoals combination hydro-steam electric generating plants in the southwest corner of Fairfield. Local reaction immediately evi dent was the renewed effort to have a bridge built across the Broad River at that point. State Sen. R. Aubrey Harley said today that he intends resum ing the fight he helped start more than 10 years ago while a member of the House of Representatives. During the 1947 legislative session, Harley and his colleague, Rep. Thomas H. Pope succeeded in gain ing passage of a bill requiring the State Highway Department to construct a bridge across the Broad River at or near Peak, but the act did not specify when the bridge was to be built. Now that it seems assured that a nuclear power plant will be es tablished across the Broad River from Peak, Sen. Harley says he will again press for copstructiom of the bridge. His efforts were to be resumed, he added today, whether or not the nuclear plant actually was to be located in the vicinity, since he contends the bridge is needed now and will aid the development of the Broad River valley. At present, only a railroad trestle affords passage across Broad River between the Newber ry county community of Peak and the Fairfield community of Parr. A number of persons who live on the west- side of the river have to "ross the trestle to get to their work on the east side. Two physi cians, the Doctors Pinner, who serve patients on both sides of the river make the trip across the trestle by “jeep.” ' , Sen. John A. Martin of Fair- field County said today he would also turn his energies toward help ing get a bridge for the Peak-Parr crossing. Like Sen. Harley, he feels that a bridge is needed for the industrial, commercial and ag ricultural development of the re gion whether or not the proposed nuclear plant is actually situated at Parr. The companies participating in the nuclear power project are Carolina Power and Light Co., Duke Power Co., South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., and Virginia Electric & Power Co. The plant proposal, now before the AEC, calls for a prototype heavy-water- cooled and heavy-water-moderated pressure-tube type reactor, utiliz ing slightly enriched uranium. The plant’s electrical capacity is ex pected to be between 15,000 and 20,000 KW. in committee. Councilman 'Armfield moved the adoption of the ordinance as sub mitted. Voting against adoption were? Councilman Merchant, Jones and Layton, creating a 3-3 tie. The mayor broke the tie by voting against adoption. Councilman Armfield promptly submitted his resignation as chairman of the committee. In further discussion, it devel oped that Mayor Kinard did not realize that ha had voted to throw out the entire ordinance. City Manager Blackwell suggested that council reconsider and adopt the ordinance, except for the contro versial section, leaving that to be ikoned out at a later time. He pointed out that the committee had given much time and thought to the preparation of the license ord inance and that to be ready for ' license assessments in 1958, it should soon be in the hands of the printers. j v A motion was made to adopt the ordinance with the exception of the section pertaining to small loan companies. The vote was again a tie, broken by Mayor Ki nard voting in favor of the mo tion. The ordinance was adopted with the one exception. The mayor appointed Councilmen Layton, - Jones and Merchant to “iron out” the section in dispute. He also highly commended the license com mittee for the work it had done. This item having been disposed of council was notified that an ' audit of the city’s books was un derway by Walter Summer, C.P. A.; also authorized Mayor Kinard to sign an electric power contract with Duke Power company calling for 4,300 kilowatts for the city’s present and future requirements. Council passed an ordinance reg ulating parking meters at off- street parking lota, givingtha city manager authority to place park*.- / ing meters iat any off-streetr park ing lot -owned or leased by the city.' The question of changing coun cil’s membership /from the Cham- 1 ber of Commerce to the Newberry County Development Board was discussed, ^nd action was defer red until the December meeting. „ Mqyor Kinard told council that he had been requested by several interested parties to ask permis sion for a Christmas parade. A motion by Couqihnan Armfield seconded by Councilman Dufford directed the mayor to appoint a committee with the authority to grant permission for the parade if they deemed it advisable. Mem bers appointed by the mayor, were Councilmen Armfield, Paysinger and Dufford. The meeting adjourned at 9:0(b p. m. THE NEWBERRY GARDEN CLUB members are shown in front of Rook wood, the country home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Rook. Their meeting on “Conservation” was held there last week. An account of the meeting will be seen elsewhere in this issue. (Sunphoto.) BIRTHDAY - GREETINGS Nov. 16: Mrs. D. J. Williams, Mrs. Irma H. Perry, Mrs. Pop* L. Buford, Sr., Donald Young, Tina Rae Darby, Mrs. T. M. Sanders, Leila Norris, J. R. Cro mer, Bobby Dominick, Mrs. W. M. Fennell, Lillie Goree, Hattie Hogge, Nellie Welborn, O. L. Cook, Sr., Mrs. B. J. Keefe. Nov. 17: Mrs. P. E. Way, Mrs. Mary Livingston, Bobby Morris, Jackson W Taylor, Paul H. Shull, Stanley Shealy, Jimmie Zobel, Maxcy Stone, Marise De- Vore. Nov. 18: W. Henry Lomhtack, Russell Culbertson, Melvin Han cock, Diane Reeves, Mrs. J. J. Ennis, Laurence D. Chapman,- Diane Davis, Frances Daven port, Mrs. Randolph Crowder. Nov. 19: R. E. Summer, Doris Hipp, Mrs. John McCullough, J. M. Pool, Mildred S. Martin, Mary Frances McCullough. Nov. 20: Mrs. H. O. Newman- Gerry Rutherford, Mrs. Victoria Bradley, G. D. Wike, Clarence C. Hutto Jr., Reed Marette, George L. Johnson, Dorothy Leaphart, Mrs. Mary Ann Davis Beckwith, Henry Holland Wil son, Mrs. Doris Armfield San ders. Nov. 21: Gurnie R. Summer, Argey Chapman, Ben R. Wick er, Josephine Doolittle, Mrs. Robert W. Glymph, Mrs. R. E. Beck, Melvin Price. Nov. 22: Mrs. Lamar Hazel, Bertha Long, Robert Kelly. Car ol Ringer, Mrs. J. H. Cook Sr., Mrs. Berley A. Fret well, Ralph Whitaker, Eva Mae Cook, Dada Harley.