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— Bow can a woman with one twist of her dainty wriet pot a cap on a fruit jar that will take a strong man 20 minutes to get off? vWt'. things to hb virfon ‘. :. v > after they’ve been refilled a couple of i. K VOLUME 20; NUMBER 37 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1968 ^'V.} v ' : L : : .!H V; By The Way - Ay 3)orid Sander* ONLY ONE LEFT Before the last term of crimin al court, I mentioned the menace of drunken drivers on our high- vv&ys—those who had been charg ed with the offense, but whose cases were continued from one term of court until the next. Dur ing the interim, if they post bond, they are allowed to drive their cars until the case finally comes to court. I believe at the last term there were about seven such cases, second, third and fourth of fenses of driving under the influ ence of intoxicants, which had been continued from the June term. I am happy to report that all except one case of drunken driving were disposed of during the September term. The one con- thiued case was a second offense charge. The defendant is now out on bond and is no doubt driv ing every day. Magistrate Ben Dawkins al ready has warrants for three drunken driving cases for the March term of criminal court. One is a third, one a fourth and ope a fifth offense. The party charged <with third offense drunken driv ing is now in jail; the fourth and fifth charged offenders are both out on bond and both presumably driving. We have had at least one mur der on the highways during the past six months in this county just because persons charged with driving under the influence of in toxicants were allowed free rein to drive wherever they wished. How many more will we have be fore something is done about this menace? These fine controlled ac cess highways might prevent head-on collisions, but they are not going to prevent fatal wrecks caused by drunken drivers. "EDUCATION STUDY It isn’t often that I agree with Edgar Brown, but I do agree with lii8 statement that the 12th grade in South Carolina hasn’t accom plished what the public was led to believe it would. I might men tion here that neither did the sales tax accomplish what the legisla ture led the public to believe, but that is beside the question. It was my impression, when the 12th grade was added to the school system, that the high schools would remain as they were as far as giving courses for col lege credit in the eighth through eleventh grades, and- that the 12th grade was principally for those who were not going to college, or who wanted to complete other special courses before entering college. This is not the way it bas worked out. Courses for col lege credit do not begin until the student reaches the 9th grade, then continue through the 12th. There are two methods by which a student may receive a diploma at end of the 11th grade. Both involve doubling up on subjects to get in the necessary require ments in English. If a student comes to the eighth grade in the tipper 26% of his class and has aa intelligence quotient • “above average” (considered at about 115) he may take a course for credit in the eighth grade and double up on enough subjects to graduate after the 11th. Anoth er method, if the student is in the upper third of his class, he may take five subjects in the 9th through 11th grades, but must go during the summer after the 10th grade to some accredited institu tion (such as Mars Hill) to take a course in English, then return to the 11th grade for five more sub jects in order to receive his dip loma. If a student doesn’t care about having a high school diploma (which doesn’t mean much any more anyway) and if he is in the Upper third of his class and has 15 credit courses, he may be admit ted to a college by passing the col lege Board Entrance examinations or examinations offered by the various colleges. To do this, of course, he must have taken five subjects in the ninth, tenth and 11th grades. The ordinary sched ule is four courses. If students of 15, 20 or 40 years ago could manage to complete 16 courses for college credit in the 8th through 11th grades, why can’t the students of today do the same, leaving the 12th grade for useful courses to those who do not plow to go to college? Your tax money is being wasted on the 12th grade and i go along with the Senator from Barnwell when he says that if the State Department of Education doesn't do something about it, the legislature will have to. ONE FOR ALL There has been much discussion in the past about new buildings for Boundary and Speers street schools. A new building at junior high is needed about as much as the other two. Why go to the ex travagance of building three schools, when one will serve the purpose equally well, or even bet ter? With one large school, there would be enough students to group them according to ability and this is something that needs to be done. When the subject of a build ing program is brought before you again, you might consider the waste of your tax dollars when you are considering the feasibility of a bond issue or other source of revenue to build three separate buildings, when one would suffice. SCHOOLS HURT The statement that the schools had accomplished the purpose of the 12th grade was made by a committee of educators of the South Carolina Education Assoc iation. The committee has been making a study and made a special report on that as well as other phases of the school system. While I cannot go along with what they say about the 12th grade, I heart ily agree with the report made Tuesday that “unless more quali fied teachers are attracted to the profession, the public schools of our state will not be able to con tinue to operate—even at present levels.” The demand for excellent teach ers has exceeded the supply and the shortage is becoanmg more and more acute each year . . . ” said the report. The report backs up an association claim that the primary reason for the teacher shortage “is the low salaries paid in South Carolina. Unless the people of South Carolina are willing to increase teachers’ sal aries by a substantial amount, we -need not expect to improve instruction.” The group also blasted the selection of administrators. “In spite of the recognized Importance of the administrative head of the local schools, anybody can be a superintendent in South Carolina— it must be admitted that some could meet the standards—even though South Carolina does not have any real standards for such an important position. Literally, anybody can be selected super intendent.” Local Finance Offices Are Consolidated Wallace, Belk and Lee Finance Companies, all belonging to the Wallace chain but operating as individual businesses, were sold on November 16 to the Home Credit Company with the home of fice in Charlotte. The three firms hftve been consolidated into one known as Wallace Finance Com pany, now located on Boyce Street. The Wallace Company will move its offices in about a month to a portion of the building on Main Street formerly occupied by the Dixie Home store. The building is presently being remodeled for this purpose. Alexander Leslie of Atlanta, Ga. is manager of the office. He will move his family to Newberry as soon as living quarters are available. Others retained in the office at present are Mrs. Eleanor W. Clarkson, Mrs. H. B. Derrick and Mrs. Ray Mitchell. Classes Begin At St. Lukes St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will begin Inquirers’ classes Thursday (tonight) at 7:30 p.m. in the Par ish House, adjacent to the church on Main street. These classes are held for those interested in learn ing more about the Episcopal Church. Discussions will be limited to one hour, according to Rev. Can non McCreary, Vicar of St. Luke’s, who will lead the discussions, Anyone interested is cordially invited to attend. Destroys The home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira H. Kinard on Prosperity Route 1 was burned to the ground Monday afternoon about 3:45, with only a few belongings of the couple being saved. The origin of the fire was unknown. Mr. and Mrs. Kinard and their two children were in the den of the home when Mr. Kinard saw a small blaze come through the wall. He tried to extinguish the flame, but the house, built of heart tim ber, was engulfed quickly. In ad dition to the eight-room home, two small storehouses and a smoke house were also destroyed. Prosperity firemen helped pre vent the fire from spreading to other farm buildings. The house was located about six miles from Prosperity, a short distance off the Black’s Bridge road. Two electric water pumps stood idle as the fire soon burned the wires leading from the house to the wells. The loss, said to be very heavy, was partially covered by insur ance. Mr. Kinard is a turkey grower. The Kinards stayed Monday night and Tuesday with Mra. Ki nards’ brother, George' K. Domi nick and family in Newberry. They, will make their home temp orarily with their neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Maxcy Bedenbaugh. (Sunphoto.) lions Hear Talk By Dukes On m * W':, th*ee Delegation Makes Inspection Tour Of City, On Tuesday morning, members of the Newberry County Legisla tive delegation and of the County Board of Education made a tour to a number of county schools. The purpose of the trip was to fami liarize members of the delegation with operations and pressing needs of the various schools. Included on the itinerary were the schools at Little Mountain, Prosperity and Pomaria; also Pinckney Seeks Office Of State Adjutant Gen. Colonel Frank D. Pinckney, of Columbia, announced today that he will be a candidate for the of fice of Adjutant General of South Carolina in the next primary, to succeed Major General James C. Dozier, who has announced his retirement after serving 31 years in that position. Colonel Pinckney has over 38 years of military service, includ ing National Guard and Active Duty, and is currently employed as State Maintenance Officer for the South Carolina National Guard, which position he has held for 11 years, since his return from active duty during World War II. Colonel Pinckney was born at Mt. Pleasant, and attended the Charleston High School and Col lege of Charleston. He enlisted as a private in Com pany B, 118th Infantry Regiment, in 1919, and has held every enlist ed and officer grade through the ranks to and including colonel. In September 1940, when the South Carolina National Guard was called to active duty, preced ing the outbreak of World War II, Colonel Pinckney was then a mem ber, and had been for a number of years, of the State Headquart- Guard Endorses Col. Pinckney For AG Post Lt. Colonel Fritz H. Martin, president of the National Guard Association of South Carolina, an nounced today that the National Guard Association, at its annual conference held in Columbia on September 15, without a dissent ing voice, unanimously endorsed Colonel Frank D. Pinckney, The State Maintenance Officer for the National Guard, as their choice to succeed General Dozier as the next Adjutant General of South Carolina. Lt. Col. Martin states that, “The Association has made a very wise and sound selection in endorsing Colonel Pinckney, for not only has Colonel Pinckney given a great many years service to the Nation al Guard and to his State, but he is thoroughly familiar with the Guard in all of its aspects. In ad dition he will bring to the office of Adjutant General dignity, ma ture judgment and a complete and thorough knowledge of the duties and responsibilities of the Depart ment.” Boundary Street and Speers Street schools, Drayton Street and Gall- man High in the city. The tour ended with the group having lunch at Newberry High School. Taking the tour were Represen tatives Jesse Frank Hawkins and T. William Hunter; Superintend ent of Education James D. Brown; and Board members W. H. Cald well, Chairman; Dan Hamm, J. Alvin Kinard, Dave Waldrop, and Gilder Neel. The Board has had under dis cussion for some months the pos sibility of securing funds locally to complete the school building program in the county, inasmuch as funds from the State Finance Commission have been inadequate to meet the need. The purpose of Tuesday’s tour was to empha size the urgent need of funds to relieve the crowded conditions in some schools and to replace anti quated equipment in others. No further meeting of the Board and delegation has been set, according ’to Supt. Brown. Charles Dukes was gue*1 er at the Tuesday nteht meeting of the Lions Club the Community Hall. His was “Juvenile DeUliqiiaiicy the Attitude of Adults it.” ' The speaker described quent as one who fails or his duty. “All society is dl two classes, children and There are delinquents In both,” said. “A child is born the only way he canvlibi^ imitation of his parents.” he tinned. “We have to tl understand the child and his before we can find out what is wrong.” < • ^ Mr. Dukes stated that ln <b* present modern tivities keep parents ing a home life for tistics have proved* h* the average parent about throe and one-half hours a day with his cbBApSsU. \ “There is no such thing^as a juvenile delinqueut,”'’; > commented. “It is the pa*©* are delinquent. It' is my < ^ . that children nood more k>*e, ajfc faction and feeling of securi He ended his comments by ing that the young people* <£ berry are “the grepSpfe? have had, and will^hs^t juvenile delinquents,^ be said; as a whole, the ^ Newberry are tops. ^ Mr. Dukes was the program chairman, l&m Brossy. Lion tfroasy alao r~ ed that at the mee£tb>g at 21, District Deputy Dallas of Go* lumbia, who is chairman of the eye bank program, will: be present and give a talk_, Oh-. ^|' of the eye bar Lion Preside sided over the: nounced visitation dates to the ^ t r| j Columbia Club on Januap ») nhd l ( Eau Claire chib on Janu^fY Lion Dave Hayes reported Of the progress of the sick,- and , ad*? vised that Lion D. D. Darby wait back home from the hospital aittt would be glad to have visits froia his fejlow Lions. Lion George Rodelsperger' pre sented to the club a speaker’s stand which was made and given to the club by Lion Cyril Hutchin son. Lion W. W. Bennett won the door prize. ■ : .V" - ; . Vi-’,: 'x’t* it-.-. iCADYttfc !- VlWCM'V Connelly Infant Be Buried Here The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Connelly died fit a hospital in Columbia at noon Wed- < nesday. Funeral services are In complete, but were to be held at the graveside in Newberry this (Thursday) morning. kfhs of couh^ collected before the P* assessed on iHmuaxy t, .boot 14* than last year at this The total /1957 tax was $5i$,555.0& December 81* IW* leaving $88407.40 bn alty will be charged. Ml W I.OO, a pen- for January is 1%, F« K<-m March, After- paid PPM delinquent tax collector* and * 9% collection coot ** The average pc^oeufage collections by the treasurer aa of Apra IS isbetwyenp4 ]mi& ers staff. He along with * the other officers of the staff helped organize and establish the Selec tive Service System for South Carolina. Colonel Pinckney said, “I have closely scrutinized the growth of the South Carolina National Guard from its beginning after World War I to a present day force of over 12,000. It has been my pleasure to observe the birth of an Infantry Division, an Anti- Aircraft Artillery Group, and an Air National Guard in our state. These three outstanding organiza tions presently rank second to none in the reserve component forces of the United States. If I am elected as Adjutant General, I will use my maximum effort and influence to ensure added pres tige and respect for all these or ganizations in the eyes of our state and our national military establishment.” , in m ■ i is Wm I am, ':Thas Sober, a-wum S3-*- fc aSfrk-K h£u m d . r ^m ,;**i Ruff. Iu , It; Stove Noetti, Mrs. r D. L Hulfiiere* 6. Mug* IT., D. Wttsw Jack Hughes* Heury W. Shealy, Mrs. ;f|i*uiNp| Booser, Mrs. Gerald Marion Crooks, Graham, David Floyd. Jaa, 14: Paul A, Buell, Mrs. MaHe Slaton, M*s* . James ^0Uf5*p, Richard L MkWiSrter, tSu. -Donald'* White* France. E. mbrnm'. Richard Ruff, Claudia & Btnaoa, Harey M. Touiaa, Lewis LlpaoMui, Jr* Hoe B. Millstead' *** **** H. Feagle, Edna Hite Ringer, Mra. 'O. A.' Felker, Ann Weriuaau, T. D. |Pa» Jr* Kirksey Keen, Bdfca lyainger. . Jan. Ids Beverly Clarkson, Jamoo Montgomory Smitfc HI, W. M. Buford Jr* Wyaona L. Police Chief Colie L. Dowd has been basy students o the city. He is shown here at Mrs. P. EL Way*ie lowing children seated left to right at the table, 7 avid Long Jr* Becky McBwihl a»d Ann standing at the right, left to right, Lisa Singley, S anley Drawdy and Dusty-. Waatwaad,, mad Paula Fuller and Jean Harmon. (Sunphoto.) Mra, E. L, Hart, Wfl- AlfredRteger, Mra. */■ RntT, Mn. Dick ShMlj, Tmy * 1 flip. Qlotm m