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VOLUME 20; NUMBER 38
NEWBERRY. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1968
By The Way ~ by, 3bori& Sander5
BUT NOT HERE!
It’s fine to cut taxes, but not
here! That seems to be the senti
ment everywhere. I noticed that
our Senators and Congressman
are strongly in favor of cutting
the national budget—so long as it
doesn’t involve South Carolina.
And naturally, every senator and
congressman from every state
feels the same way so where are
taxes to be cut?
If the army wishes to close a
camp in Kalamazoo or Walla Wal
la, that would be fine with our
representatives. But close Fort
Jackson? Or cut the size of Don
aldson Air Force Base? From the
havoc that is raised at the slight
est suggestion of these things, one
would think the army and air
force would go out of business
should such a thing happen!
Our senators and congressmen
are not to blame. We are to blame.
We put the pressure on, and they
rely on us to return them to of
fice. What can they do but try to
hold on to government payrolls as
long as they can?
I only heard a few minutes of
the President’s State of the Un
ion message last week but I gath
ered from what I heard that he
said much of the same thing—that
all the talk about cutting the bud
get was fine, but there was no
use to talk one thing and do an
other, when it hits • in the repre
sentatives’ own back yard.
I noticed in his column, which
begins ariew this week in The
Sun, Senator Thurmond says
“there must be* a tightening of
the belt in domestic programs.”
If that belt starts squeezing South
Carolina, what will he say then?
What will you let him say? We
criticize the vast spending pro
grams and we have to pay the
bills—but it is all of our own do
ing if we take the attitude that
cuts must be somewhere else, be
cause citizens in every other state
will take the same attitude. Next
time you are in the mood to crit
icize government spending, just
stop and think who is responsible
. . . not for starting it, perhaps,
hut for refusing to allow it to
stop.
COMES THE DAWN
The State Department of Edu-
< ation has come out with two
startling revelations during the
past week.
1. The potential of the gifted
pupil is so great that every effort
should be made to identify him
and to channel his talents both for
his and society’s benefit.
2. More students are staying in
school until graduation than ever
before, according to statistics just
revealed.
It seems to have taken Sputniks
to convince the Department of
Education that the gifted child
needed some attention because
“this was one of the conclusions
drawn ... at a recent meeting of
the Division of Instruction of the
S. C. State Department of Educa
Hozl** And I am sure it was
very recent because the State De
partment doles out news releases
as often as they can get on paper
anything that might possibly be
used in a newspaper.
As to the second revelation,
without reading the article, I can
give you one good reason more
students are staying in school un
til graduation. That is because if
they just persevere long enough,
they’ll get that meaningless dip
loma, regardless of their ability to
pass the necessary subjects. It
would be degrading to keep a stu
dent in one class more than a
couple of years so even if he can’t
pass his subjects, he is “socially
promoted.” The statistics releas
ed by the department begin back
in 1938. If the school program and
standards were the name as in
1988, I believe the state depart
ment would find the conclusions
far different—and probably would
find that less students were grad-
tiating.
Now that I have written the
above, I have read the complete
article. The State Department of
Education gives these reasons for
the fact that more students are
graduating: better teaching, a
better' curriculum, and programs
better adjusted to the age and
’ maturity level of children. I will
agree with the last two reasons,
but not the first because I think
most of our better teachers have
gone to states where they are
better paid. Ae to the curriculum,
it has been changed to allow stu
dents to choose “crip” courses to
finish high school. As to programs
being better adjusted, this means,
1 take it, that children’s minds- are
no longer challenged. They are
given what they can get with no
effort and passed up to the next
grade. Even the state department,
in its release, says that in 1933
many children were retained in
the first grade for a second, third
and even sometimes a fourth year
and that in 1945 fewer children
were having to repeat the first
year of school. Back in '33 they
stayed in a grade until they were
capable of going to another. In
’45, and till now, they are “social
ly promoted.”
Should they be retained three
or four years in the same grade?
I don’t think so because they evi
dently do not have the mental
ability to take the program of
fered to the mediocre. It gets back
to my argument that children
should be grouped according to
ability—that there should be sep
arate classes for each intelligence
group—and that children should
be given programs as long as it
will be of any help to them, but
PLEASE not a high school diplo
ma! A certificate, perhaps or
some sort of recognition of the
time they have spent and the pro
gram they have accomplished, but
it is time to stop allowing a dip
loma to serve as an attendance
record for having spent at least
12 years in school.
I have heard that parents would
not hear of such a thing as classes
divided according to ability; that
they wouldn’t have their children
in “dumb” classes. I have even
been asked if I would like my chil
dren so classified. My only ans
wer to that is that we have two
pre-school daughters. We have
never had them take any sort of
intelligence test. We have never
been around other youngsters that
age to make any sort of compari
son, so we don’t know whether
oiir litle girls are dumb, mediocre,
or smart. Knowing this—or not
knowing it, I should say, I have
advocated the program of teach
ing according to ability so that
should be answer enough. If our
little girls could not keep up with
the smarter ones, I see no reason
for holding the smarter ones
back. If they could not keep up
with the mediocre, they should be
put where they can keep up.
But I see no hope of any action
being taken in this direction in
Newberry County in the near fu
ture. Parents just don’t seem to
be interested—or very few of
them anyway. And until they are,
nothing will be done.
State Jersey
Cattle Club
To Meet Here
W. E. Senn, President, an
nounces the annual meeting of
the S. C. Jersey Cattle Club will
be held in Newberry on Friday,
January 17. The meeting will be
gin at 10 a. m. in the county court
house. Reports of the various ac
tivity committees will be given
and FFA, 4-H Club, and Breeder
Production Awards presented.
Charlie Hall, field man ,of the
American Jersey Cattle Club, will
present his report at the morning
session.
At 1 o’clock the group will ad
journ from the court house to the
Community Hall of lunch.
C. G. Cushing will act as toast
master and will also conduct a
ladies panel composed of wives of
the members. Feature speaker of
the afternoon session will be P. T.
Keessee, representative of Am
erican Jersey Cattle Club, who
will speak on the American Jersey
Cattle Club Milk program.
Senn says that all members in
South Carolina are invited to the
annual meeting and especially
urges all local jersey breeders in
this area to attend the meeting on
Friday.
Jurors Drawn
For Civil Court
Petit Jurors were drawn Wed- to retired policeman J. J. Hitt for
nesday morning for the January 2 6 years services to the city. A
term of Common Pleas court
which convenes at Newberry Jan
uary 27. They are:
Newberry: Clarence Hawkins,
Horace Boozer, Rt. 4, John Wil
liam Ballentine, Rt. 3, J. Frank
Mills, William R. Brooks, L. R.
Harmon, Rt. 3, Johnnie J. Fuller,
Benjamin A. Buddin, George B.
Sessions, L. L. Haltiwanger, Wil
liam S. Hentz, Rt. 1, Jafhes Earl
Stevens, Joe W. Mayer, Rt. 2, J.
E. Nichols, Carroll L. Bouknight,
James M. Smith Jr., Moses Ruff,
W. F. Wells, H. L. Evans, Jeff C.
Waldrop, Rt. 3, James H. Shan
non, Rt. 1, Henry L. Parr, Rt. 3,
Vernon L. Sheppard, I. V. Fulmer,
Rt. 2, and M. L. Wall.
Prosperity: W. E. Martin, Wy
man Dominick, W. E. Koon, Rt.
3, Carroll A. Counts, Rt. 3, C. H.
Mills, Rt. 1, 0. K. Shealy, Rt. 1.
Also, Clarence E. Shealy, Lit
tle Mountain; Jack E. Farr, Little
Mountain; Claude Hester, Poma-
ria; and W. C. Dorroh, Rt. 1, Sil-
verstreet.
Mayor Ernest Layton, left, presented a gold service pin to re
tired Policeman J. J. Hitt at the meeting of City Council Tuesday
night. Mr. Hitt had been an employee of the police department for
26 years. J. B. Shealy, who retired after 28 years service with the
department, waa unable to be present to receive his pin. (Sunphoto.)
Layton, A rmfield Named As
Members Of Gas Authority
Newberry’s new city council sat Newberry and Clinton and one
down Tuesday night for their first member at large. They are' charg-
regular meeting in council cham- ed with the responsibilty of the
hers. A fairly light work Joad was natural gas systems in Newberry,
handed them as the agenda was Clinton and Joanna,
taken up. * Other items considered by the
Before turning to the business city fathers were:
of the city. Mayor Ernest H. Lay-j Reviewed the auditor’s report
ton presented a gold service pin for the year ending September 30,
1957.
Turned over to the highway de
pin was also to be presented to partment a street at the side and
retired officer J. B. Shealy for rear of Newberry County Memo
23 years service, but Mr. Shealy i i a i Hospital for improvement and
was unable to attend due to ill- maintenance.
ness. The award was to be made
later by City Manager E. L.
Blackwell and Police Chief Colie
L. Dowd.
Council authorized the city
manager to proceed with the in
stallation of traffic controls at the,
intersections of College and
Speers and College aad Calhoun
Streets. Installation of these sig
nals was approved recently by the
State Highway Department. Es
timated cost is 81,600.
Frank Arrafield was elected a
member to the Clinton-Newherry
Natural Gas Authority. The va
cancy on the authority came when
past Mayor Cecil E. Kinard step
ped down the first of January.
Mr. Layton automatically becajne
a member as mayor, and Mr. Arm-
field filled the vacancy left by Mr.
Layton. The authority is compos
ed of three members each from
Turned over to the highway de
partment for improvement and
maintenance the intersection of
Hunt and Eleanor Streets and a
short distance on Hunt Street.
Silverstreet PTA Affiliates
With National Organization
Bids Received
For Calhoun Life
Company Building
Bids will be received until Jan
uary 29 at 11:00 a. m. for the con
struction of the Calhoun Life In
surance Company building on Col
lege Street extension, according
to Architect Irvine Leslie.
Specifications were sent out
Wednesday, and bids will be re
ceived at the office of the archi
tect at 1004 Wilson Street.
The 30 by 60 foot building will
feature a cast front entrance, mas
onry walls, slab floor with asphalt
tile and steel reinforced poured
roof.
Shown above are officers of the j a while when I was aaked by the
Silverstreet Parent-Teacher asso-1 president of our local unit to at-
ciation, which recently became ■af- tend a meeting of the Newberry
filiated with the National Con- County Council.
gress of Parent-Teachers Associa
tion. They are, left to right, Mrs.
Allen Dominick, secretary, Mrs.
S. F. Cannon, membership chair
man; Mrs. J. H. Long, president;
Mrs. H. T. Lake, vice-president,
and Miss Sara Folk, treasurer.
(Sunphoto.)
The Silverstreet PTA has been
in existence for many years as an
independent organization. Its re
organization and affiliation with
the National Congress came about
in the following manner, as ex
plained by Mrs. Cannon, the mem
bership chairman:
The idea ef becoming affiliated
with the National Congress of
Parents and Teachers had been
simmering in my mind for quite
“Here I found people discussing
reasons why each local unit
should become a member of the
National Congress in such a con
vincing way that my idea gained
momentum and I went back to my
own school hoping that when I
made a report of what I had
learned, that enough members of
our local unit would be convinced
that we could accomplish much,
much more by working with our
National Unit in carrying out the
program it has planned.
“When we did have our next
meeting several weeks later and
my report had been given, my
hope became a reality when the
Silverstreet unit voted to become
a member of the National P. T. A.
“A few days later a committee
meeting was held with our school
superintendent, one of the teach
ers in our system, and a patron
in attendance. We decided to can
vass each school district compos
ing the Silverstreet area in the
drive for members and to have
one teacher from our school sys
tem and one patron from each of
the eight districts do the canvass
ing. Luckily we had the same
number of districts as teachers!
“About two weeks later the
work was completed with every
person who was asked to help do
ing his or her part in a most en
couraging manner.
“As a result of these efforts on
the part of our patrons, superin
tendent, and teachers, the Silver-
street unit today is an affiliated
unit with 161 members.”
Valentine Queen
Contests Plans
Saturday night, February 15 at
8:00 o’clock will be the time of
the 1958 annual Valentine Queen
contest, sponsored by the Civic
League, according to an announce*
ment made this week by the gen
eral planning committee for the
-contest. The event will be staged
at Newberry High School audi
torium. *
Each merchant and business es
tablishment is invited to partici
pate in the contest. The only re
quirement is a contribution of ten
dollars to the work of the Civic
League. This may be sent to Mrs.
George Stone, treasurer of the
Valentine Queen project, or to Dr.
Mamie Summer, general chairman
for the contest. The deadline for
entrance is February 8.
Sponsors may select their own
contestants or they may request
the committee to choose one for
them. Mrs. Ed Blackwell is in
charge of this phase of the proj
ect.
Serving on the general plan
ning committee, in addition to
those already named are, Mrs.
Howard Clark, Mrs. George Haw
kins, Mrs. Russell Addy and Miss
Margaret Paysinger.
Area Lutherans
Meet Sunday
Many Lutherans of the Newber
ry Area will journey to Newberry
College next Sunday afternoon for
a Lay School on ExangeUsm to
begin at 3:00 o’clock. At least nine
laymen and the pastor are expect
ed for each of the 24 Lutheran
Churches in this Conference. The
school will remain, in session until
8:15 p. m.
Rev. Ralph W. Hoffmeyer of
the Newberry College Bible De
partment will lead the.' group in
Bible study. FoUowin* ft. prftyer
period under tike guidance of Rev.
G. Alvin Fqlmifts the
separate hi nhie groups for. the
purpose of study in the fields of
the various objectives of the Bvmn-
gelism Program aft they ai«B to be
practiced in congregations during
1958. Instructors for the** groups
and their subjects are as fcAlow«:
Ernest A. Brooks, Strengthening
the Evangelism Committeef Ref.
Paul E. Monroe Jr.
Bible Study; Rev. G. Atvfift
mer. Developing' the
tion’s Prayer life; Rev. NL
Yount, Developing
ing a Congregat
Member Pile; Fred fL Lester,
listing and Instructing ,Gronpft of
Lay Visitors; Rev. Ben -Ctaife,
Conducting the Pastor's Class;
C. E. Hendrix, Asah
Sustain New Church Members;
Rev. D. M. Shall,
Whole ElvanKehim,
gregational Committee ( * *
and Pastors); and, W. A,
tine, The
It is expected that
tions and much
arise during , this
with the instructor. Thare
time out for supper ahdL
ship. The program will
an inspirational menage
Francis I. Fespen
Newberry College* . The
iel M. Shall is
of the school. , >' 8 '
This occasion n
the firing of a gun fMr
of organized evangelism in
gregations for 1968. The
Men Program CT spOnsetei;
Brotherhood or the
eran Church Men and to be.
ed between Eaater an*
will be the first major effort.
College Pegins
2nd Semester
Newberry College will
the second semester of its
session with the opening of
dormitories on Monday, January
27. Registration of students who
are entering Newberry College for
the first time will be held on
Tuesday, January 28. Students
currently enrolled , in Newberry
College will be registered for the"
second semester this week.
UNION TO DISCUSS
ARBITRATION CASE
Mollohon TWUA CIO-AFL Lo
cal Union 342 will hold its next
regular meeting Sunday after
noon, January 19 at 3:00 p. m. in
the school auditorium. All mem
bers are especially urged to attend
and hear discussions on the pend
ing arbitration case and other un
ion business. Visitors are wel
comed.
GREETINGS
I" il
Jan. 17: Mrs! J. O. Dunaton,
who is 84 years young today.
Jan. 18: Mrs. Steve C. Grif
fith, Mrs. L. G. McCullough,
William Henry Shannon, Jr„
Alice Bedenbaugh, Becky Dick-
ert, Irvine Lee Leslie, Mrs. Gor
don R. Thurow.
Jan. 19: Lonnie Clifton Gra
ham, Mrs. H. H. Abrams, Major
Gerald CKQuinxi, Gaynelle Har
mon Stewart, Diane Boland, Bu.
ford Connelly, B. H. Hamm,
Cheryl Reeves, Linda Smith.
Jan. 20: Charlie Bowers, John
Donald Rook, Donna Betts Nich
ols,. Mrs. O. H. Lane, Elizabeth
R. Boylston, Lugenia Martin,
J. T. Batson, S. A. Baggett Sr.,
Ervin Merchant.
Jan. 21: Warren Abrams, Mrs.
Eva James D. Wherry, Lamar
Neville, Mrs. Annie Lee Whit
aker, Miss Anna Long, Steve
Sease, Jean Harmon, C. Olin
Inabmet.
Jan. 22: P. D. Dawkins, Bin.
Frances Clary, Mias Doris
Schumpert, Myra Davis, Mrs.
Marie Hollingsworth Gilliam,
Eddie D. Richardson, Mrs. R. H.
Buford, Michael Griffin, Stew
art Leslie, Gary Lee Harmon,
J. Burr Harmon.
Jan. 23: Sally Lewis, Palmer
Shealy, Oilie Nichols, Mrs. Caro
line Mayer, Mrs. WflHa Ringer
Sr„ Betsy Worts, Donnie At-
kison, H. W. Schumpert, Deris
S. Setlzer.
Jan. 24: Mrs. J. C. Price, Eu
gene Shealy, Jeanne Dawkins,
Buddie Spearman, Mr*- Myra
Trefsgar, Jo Anne Ennis, Mrs.
Joyce Attaway.
Df*
that the fartherest cornern
fitted by the
Seven citizens from*through the’
county have been recommended to
se*ve on thq 'steering committee
to spearhead the memfcrsblp drive
for the Newberry Countjr Develop
ment Bonid, according to R. Brice
Waters, who begao work Monday
aa campaign manajar for
drive. The committee will be com-
posed of one
the seven 'tax districts In the
county, Newberry, Silverstreet,
Bush River, Whitmire ; ^Little
Mountain, Pomaria and Proeper-
ity. . '•*: ■ . / /;:v-
Confirmations had nbt been re
ceived from all of the mmnjwx* at
press time. It Is expected that
the committee will be completed
by next week. • <
Mr. Waters stated Monday that
he had mapped out preliminary
plans for the drive, which will be
concluded on March 31. It is un
derstood that-' the steering com
mittee will appoint a general
chairman who will have over-nil
charge of the drive. Hie next step,
according to Mr. Waters, will be
the enlistment of team captains
and lieutenants from each district,
to actively solicit raehtberships. ;
There will be an advance sub
scription drived according to the
campaign manager, and thia
has already been given a boost b**
cause at most of the Chamber of
Commerce members having ex
pressed a willingness to transfar
memberships from the Chamber
to the Board.
There will be a publicity chair
man, and stories concerning the
Board will appear in the press and
win be heard .over the radio. The
message will also be brou^ltt by
personal appearance of speaker*
at meetings of service and dvle
clubs or organizations throughout
the county, according * to present
to the aUihthm of
tag to leeftte in the Bouth, aad Ihr
the promotion and encouragement'
of the industrial, agricultural and
general welfare of
CotW^r’ - X '>; V : : ''' V
“CWsns of the county ” he
said, “must be informed tbet the
Tmiiftflfa Will ^ ~
oeneziui w?**. ceunty-wwe, tmia
each from the ^rvantaathm shovOd^e eduh-
mm
Mr. Witers la a native of South
Gnrottna, haring been born In
Rock Hill. Ho was graduated from
Clemson College with a B. S. De
gree and is a veteran of World
Way 1. After the war, he served >
ip? nine year* at sneretary of the
Sumter Chamber of Commerce,
after which he became assistant
state administrator of the Emer-
gency Relief Administration in
Columbia. In, 1986, he organized
and - ngwedt as administrator ef
of Employment Secur-
in Columbia,
In 1940, be wont to Washington
he served as advisor to the
of the Burpau of Employ-
Security: Mo returned to hie
toteh-cfc Rdck HOT in 1946
ttan he held until his retirement
InSe^estberMNW.
- Mr. Waters ia married to th*
former Miss Goode Burton of
Newberry. She is a sister of James
A* >-BmiteiL r ‘- Mfcn H. M. Bryson
mad *Mrs. J, W. Thomson of* New
berry and. Mm. C. JL Renneker ef
Orangeburg. .
The Waters are making their
home on dlemi Street
The object of the Development
Board, as defined by Mr. Wa**l
ta to “organize to publicize New?
berry County, to bring tho county
■"—T"
Mrs. Holland Wilson
to Wldttsm^ ^Bags Arr
whom She ia employe^ 'after
pending smiora} days at her hoose
on Purcell street i
James Dunston has returned to
hicago. 111., after spending a va-
emtiea with is mother, Mrs. ?. O.
Dunston and hta sister, Mrs.
Bside GrmnW ltnd fririSy.