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Strong* silent men are the ones women are said to prefer . . . maybe it’s because they think they’re good listeners. VOLUME 20; NUMBER 40. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1957 o *2.00 PER YEAB By The Way ~ by, JboriJ Sanders This column this week will be given over to an article which I hope you will find as interest ing as I did. It is in line with something I have been writing about for some time—grouping students according to ability. It was written by Mildred Huskms and appeared in the January 18 issue of the Statesville (N. C.) Record and Landmark. Here it is: This is a story of some ac tion taken by the teachers in Statesville city schools after many years of study. Teachers have long felt a need for a different approach to the teaching of reading. Par ents have wondered whether .their children were being taught to read. There was much con troversy over this one subject and, since it is so important lor a child to be able to read in order to do good work in any of the studies, the teachers and achool officials decided to do something about it. This year “The Teaching of Heading Skills” was chosen as topic for study in the teachers’ professional meetings. Nineteen of the teachers and principals attended the North Carolina Conference on the teaching of reading in Chapel Hill last fail and a number of these interest ed professional people heard Dr. Ullen W. Leavell, who spoke on reading at the North Caro lina Education Association dis trict meeting. To go even fur ther 13 teachers visited a school in Greensboro where a reading program was being carried on patterned after the Joplin, Mo., plan. Over a period of years teach ers in all the white schools have been working together compil ing a list of reading skills to be taught in each grade and subject. They had recognized a prob lem existed. The average reading level in Statesville schools is about the national average. Even though this is true, there are many children in the extremely low levels of reading who were not being challenged. The reading program, as it was being taught, had been necessarily aimed at the ma jority — those whose reading levels were in the middle. The result has been for those in the middle to receive the best and most instruction while those in high and low brackets have re ceived little instruction in the art of reading. The instruction was over their heads or too easy for them. This has further resulted in many children entering junior and senior high school who were not sufficiently trained in the reading skills to enable them to compete with other members of their class, while the exception ally good! readers remained bored apd uninterested. A plan was formulated by the teachers and the supervisors. The original plan was to try an experiment in one of the ele mentary schools. But when the word got out all of the teachers in all of the elementary schools wanted to try the new reading program. So, when the schools opened after the Christmas holidays the plan, patterned after the Joplin, Mo., plan, was begun. It works like this: It is designed for grades four through seven and the teachers of these grades work together in learning and in teaching the reading skills for their designat ed grade level. A silent reading test was given to all pupils in these grades to determine their reading levels!* Teachers were then designated to teach the reading skills on a particular grade level and were instruct ed in those skills. Pupils were then divided ac cording to their reading levels for instruction in the reading held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Monday and Fri day students remain in their own classes for a study of the dictionary skills and for recrea tional reading. The range in the reading levels of the children in States ville for grades four through seven is second grade to 16. The reading period within a given school is held at the same time or period during the day. These periods are 45 to 60 min utes long. At this time all pupils go to their designated teacher for reading instruction regard less of the grade. A pupil of any given reading level may progress to the next highest level when he is ready. A test determines when he should move on to another level and this may be done at any time during the year. All teaching, all effort, and all testing for this period is on the reading skills. Content in reading is not considered except as it might relate to the teaching and learning of the reading skill. But best of all, no grades in reading are given. The parents are kept informed of the child’s progress. At the end of the year a note will be sent to the parents of each child telling them of the child’s progress. The reason for this is that the child com petes only with himself. It i s recommended that no pupil be promoted from the six th grade to junior high school until he has mastered the read ing skills necessary to his ac complishing a fair grade of work in junior high school, or until he has completed two years in the sixth grade. The same plan is recommend ed for the primary grades in that each teacher of grades one through three is to stress more than ever the teaching of the reading skills, and that a child not be promoted from either grade until he has mastered the reading skills for that grade to such an extent that it would be profitable for him to move on up. There are exceptions to this where the teacher, prin cipal and others may decide that a child should be promoted even if he is not up to par with his reading, but this would be an exceptional case. At the end of the year each child will be administered an other reading test. After they have been scored and checked against their midwinter scores, all teachers of a given school will meet and evaluate the pro gram for their school. That is the plan. It is an ex periment. I was so interested to see it i# operation so I visited a school where all the children in these grades were having a reading lesson. In this school the period is one hour long for it was found 45 minutes were not enough. There was no discipline pro blem. The large and the small filed into the room and received their new materials eagerly. There will be little boys from a fourth grade room now reading with big boys from the seventh grade. There were sixth grade girls happy with the smaller ones in a fifth grade level book. A handsome, tousle - headed lad poured over a story about Mrs. Opossum in the fourth grade reading level group. He was interested. He was read ing along with others who read just like he did. There were no smarties here ... no dull ones to hold him back. He was on the right level. But do they like this sort of thing ? Big hands and little hands waved their approval when they were asked if they liked this new way of studying read ing. There were no dissenters. I asked if they would like to go back to the old reading classes. There were no takers. The teachers? They love it! “Why, this is the first time in my teaching career that I have had children all on one level in my room,” one experienced teacher smiled. “It is a great joy!” Another said, “When we found out this plan W'as to be tried in one school we practically de manded it for ours.” “This is the shortest hour in the day,” another volunteered. “But what about those seven students alone in the library?” we asked. They did not seem to be assigned to any reading level. “Those students are classed above any reading level we teach,” we were told. Two are from the seventh grade, four from the sixth grade, and one from the fifth. These children, with reading levels above high school, were doing research! New Assistant Postmaster Postmaster Harry E. Moos^, left, congratulates James W. Counts, who received his appoint ment as Assistant Postmaster at the local post office Saturday, January 25. He had been acting assistant postmaster since Octo ber 19, filling that position after Jack Chappell transferred to a. ru ral route. Mr. Counts began work with the post office as a temporary car rier in May 1958. In September of the same year, he was appointed substitute clerk and became a reg ular clerk in the finance division pn July 1, 1953. Postn\aster Moose announced also that Louis Mazza had been transferred from the night dis patching position to that of clerk in the finance division. Mr. Maz- za’s job has not been filled by a regular employee, but is present ly being handled by substitutes. Two new appointees were an nounced by the postmaster. They are Jack O. Goree, who replaces R. Frasier Sanders who resigned on December 15 to accept a teach ing position at Clinton High school; and William H. Franklin, who replaces MfcSwain Dohiinick. Mr. Dominick hds acepted a posi tion with the Retail Credit Com pany. Goree apd Franklin are presently classified as temporary substitutes, but »will receive per manent appointments if their work is satisfactory during a pro bationary period, according to the postmaster. Board Campaign Committees Named; Chairman Issues Call Committees for the membership drive for the Newberry County Development Board were announc ed today by T. Roy Summer Jr., general chairman of the drive. The steering committee, prev iously announced, is composed of Cecil Berley, Pomaria; Hunter Caldwell, Little Mountain;' L. F. Fischer, Newberry; Cliff oi’d T. Smith, Bush River; Thomas W. Suber, Whitmire; David C. Wald rop, Silverstreet, and Jimmy Wil liams, Prosperity. The Speakers Committee is composed of George K. Dominick, chairman; Jake Bowers, Hugh M. P. 0. Offers New Gadget A dispenser for 3-cent stamps in a 100 stamp roll is now being sold by the Post Office. It is a small, clear plastic dispenser, con venient for purse or desk. The dispenser may be obtained for the sum of five cents, but only with the purchase of a 100-stamp roll of 3-cent stamps. Refill rolls will be available at the post of fice. Postmaster Harry E. Moose stated that the demand is exceed ing the supply, however, and only a limited quantity is available. Those whd wish the dispensers are urged to purchase them im mediately. Parking Lot On College Street The vacant lot, former location of the Palmetto House at the cor ner of College and Friend streets, is being leveled and will be used as a rental parking lot, according to Mrs. O. O. Copeland, who re cently purchased the property. Mrs. Copeland stated that the lot would have two drive-ins from college street, and would accomo- date about 24 cars. There will be sufficient space for the cars park ed in the lot to turn around with out backing out into College Street, she explained. The spaces will be rented by the month, ac cording to Mrs. Copeland, who stated that she expects the lot will be ready for use by the first of February. Mr. and Mrs. George Young and grandchildren, Harry Buzhardt, Jr. and his sister, Ruth of Whit mire, were Sunday visitors in the home of the children’s other grandmother, Mrs. Epsie Buz hardt on Boundary street. Epting, Prof. T. E. Epting, Mrs. Margie Freeman, Dr. C. A. Kauf- mann, Alvin Kinard, Dr. J. C. Kinard, John Grady Long, Dennis W. Newton, Gerald C. Paysinger, Thomas H. Pope and J. W. Thom son. , Serving on the Advance Solici tation Committee are John F. Clarkson, chairman; R. R. Bru ner Jr., Waldo C. Huffman, John T. Norris, Keitt Purcell and W. H. Tedford. The Publicity Committee is composed of Dr_ C. A. Kaufmann, chairman; Mrs. A. H. Counts, Bill Whelan, Mrs. Doris A. Sanders, Bill Armfield, James F. Coggins and W. D. Jonee Jr. The following “call to citizens” has been issued by the general chairman, Mr. Summer: “This is a clear call for the forward looking citizens of New berry County to unite in a pro gressive move to advance our com mon cause. “It is a proven fact that a county cannot stand still. It either shrinks or grows. And it has been demonstrated time and time a- gain that the rate of a county’s growth bears a direct relationship to the amount of effort put forth by its citizens. “What farmer in Newberry County doesn’t want better mark ets and better prices for the crops that he grows? “What Newberry County mer chant doesn’t want more custom ers ? “What Newberry County Fath er and Mother doesn’t want in creased employment opportuni ties so that their children may find remunerative work in the home County ? “What citizen wouldn’t like to feel even greater pride in his county’s progress? “The Newberry County Develop ment Board purposes to help in the achievement of these goals by furnishing an opportunity and urging every citizen of Newberry County to put his or her should er to the wheel of progress. “You have already read in the newspapers and heard discussion of this movement. Many of you have already given it your whole hearted endorsement. Expression of your ideas and suggestions are invited. But the time has come for us to bring these matters out of the world of thought and dis cussion into the world of accom plishment. Each citizen is called upon to claim individual responsi bility for the kind of County New berry County is going to be a few years from now. The ‘alert’ has been sounded. Be ready to do yom part” Rites Wednesday For Dr. Harman At St. Lukes School ■ — ■ V’YV —— r - Board To Start Plans For The Rev. Julian Bachman Har man, D.D., 83, died Tuesday at 11:20 p. m. at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. He*was a son of the late John Calhoun Harman Sr. and Nancy Elizabeth Ballentine Harman and was born Oct. 28, 1874, in Lexing ton County near Chapin. He attended public schools in Lexington and Saluda Counties, graduated at Newberry College with an A.B. degree and also from the Lutheran Theological South ern Seminary. Newberry College conferred upon him the honorary degree of doctor of divinity. He taught in the public schools of South Carolina 10 years—three of which was while he was a pas tor. He was once president of the Newberry County Teachers Asso ciation and for three years a mem ber of the Newberry County Board of Education. As a pastor he served 40 years in Lutheran churches in South Carolina and Georgia. He was at different times secretary, vice president and president of the con ferences in the South Carolina Synod; president of Lutheran and county ministerial associations; a member of the executive board of the South Carolina Synod at dif ferent times; and a member of the board of trustees of Newberry College several times. Under his leadership two churches and one parsonage were built; one church remodeled and enlarged; and debts on three churches and two parsonages paid. After his retirement in Jan. 1946, he was paktor emeritus of Summer Memorial Lutheran Church at Newberry. Dr. Harman received calls to become pastor of other parishes in Tennessee, Virginia, North Car olina, South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi, besides those he served. Most of the time he served as pastor was in parishes in New berry County. When the first Newberry Coun ty Easter Sunrise service was held at the Margaret Hunter Park, he was chosen to make the ad dress. In November of 1956 he cele brated 50 years in the Lutheran ministry and was honored by the Messiah Lutheran Church in North Charleston with a reception. He was a member of Summer Memo rial Lutheran Church at Newber ry. His wife, the former Anna Wes- singer, died in Jan. 1954. Dr. Harman was survived by five chil dren, Mrs. Leon M. Matthews, Mrs. C. W. Bowers and J. B. Har man Jr., all of Columbia, Mrs. John S. Riddle of North Charles ton, Mrs. B. F. Hawkins of New berry; two brothers, Willie L. Harman of Saluda and J. Calhoun Harman of Charlotte; one sister, Mrs. Mary H. Schumpert of Sa luda; 13 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 from St. Lukes Lutheran Church, / Rt. 2, Prosperity, conducted by the Rev. Clyde E. Bedenbau^h, Dr. Karl W. Kinard and Dr. Thomas F. Suber- Interment followed in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers were Mitch ell Johnson, F. G. Harmon, Hamp Harmon, Silas Harmon, Bachman Harmon, Roy Harmon. Local NG Group Participates In ‘Lucky Charlie’, More than 2300 Reserve, Na tional Guard and active Amy Commanders and their staffs, in cluding 24 officers and enlisted men of the local 228th Group of the S. C. National Guard, will par ticipate in “Lucky Charlie," a Third Army directed command- post map exercise to be held at Fort Gordon, Ga. February 8th and 9th. “Lucky Charlie” is a continua tion of “Lucky Bravo" the com mand-post exercise held at Fort Gordon last year. The airhead, es tablished by a two corps army deep behind enemy lines, will be expended; with a final break-out by Third U. S. Army non-airborne forces, and link-up with the Sec ond U. S. Army Group to the north and west. Third U. S. Army airborne units will make an ahs- borne assault to seize vital river crossings. The latest airborne doctrines and techniques will be stressed. Atomic and electronic warfare principles will be employed. Tac tical air support will be featured. The versatile flexibility of Army aircraft will be stressed^ Combat intelligence, military government functions, and logistical support operations will receive prominent attention during the exercise. Third Army officials emphasize that “Lucky Charlie" is a train ing exercise, and not based on any existing war plans. Altogether 22 unit headquarters staffs and commanders will move to Fort Gordon fqr the exercise period. ’ \ Those who will attend from the local group are: Col. B. F. Wingard, command ing officer; Major Earl C. Hipp, adjutant; Major William J. Mc Leod, executive officer; Major William K. Lowry, operations of ficer; Major Julian L. Welling, Jr., intelligence officer; Capt. James K. Blackman, communica tions officer; Capt. Laurence D. Chapman, assistant intelligence; Capt. Larry Graves, radar; Lt. Arthur B. Hair III, Asst. Opera tions; Lt. Dick M. Vaughan Jr., liaison; Lt. Joseph F. Hipp JrTJ Asst. Communications and CWO Drayton L. Minick, Radar warrant officer^ Also, M/Sgt. Thomas J. Longr shore, SFC Harold R. Coates, SFC James E. Stone; Sgt. Johnny D. Dowd Jr.; Sgt. Ned H. Hipp, Sgt. Wallace B. Ruff; Sp3 Mat A. Coleman, Sp3 Ralph E. Cromer, Sp3 William M. May bin; Sp3 Ar thur E. Singley Jr., PFC Lewis F. Sligh and Pfc Billy L. West. 4 ■' ' '' ‘ | ■ • v■; ,. • e - r~. . • ^ , A determined delegation appear ed before the Cbuftty Bqard of Education Tuesday nigfcA and left happy, because the »action they were ed by thd Boaard a week befaw^jan be known to ti P* T. KeUy, B. A. Buddin, ent-Teacher ior Board! •• ftinia" I 40 . mm eiaion on this matter at a If ter meeting. »er, 4n iiii of fnm the Little : awa%.Ae«' ively, were at ' to carry on “antiquated burning kitchens of The man, Mr. delegation ing held last Board had,a of m Tfc M i iso&ra, the ranges .. mon stated ti ready ers< would The bid hr $625 each for .each for an Gas AU buildings tiic fnetallfitieer ary ana ijpeem, are also to ho er ic presently ranges. The Used if the , _ Vaptaced by ’now tarev/li&r' The major night's vWith named tirf-atha Prosperity. All present, W. H. because of shortly and chairman. Mr. Hamm ; 'tk# visory board for the ’ school, B. Cn Bedenbau^ ol perity, chairman; D. man, Jr, of PoaiiasH wad ^ Dominick of Little MdUBtalU received about 80 from persons interested in the. head administrative job at the echoed, and that Jhey would begin interviewing applkattts iately. Thip Board, in a letter to the County Boards made several requests: (1) funds fqr purchase of instruments for a band negt year, (2) athletic field for stu dents and spectators, and <3) con sideration of building a home “on a self-sustaining basis" at the school site for the administrator. The first two requests were not discussed.' The Board decided to look into the legal aspects of building a home and make a do- .Wivj-'S?., fMffi M m- iHH sr m jC.'.V fill ■it'" m m .da ^ ’A •’ - »•?,. ft a WSMm Honorary escort was composed of nephews in law, all ministers, men of the Messiah Lutheran Church, Dr. J. I. Bedenbaugh, Dr. C. K. Wheeler, James D. Luther, James Williams, Dan H. Hamm Sr., Judge E. S. Blease, Herman Langford, Dr. C. C. Wannamaker, Dr. E. J. Dickert, Harold Hend rix, Dr- James C. Kinard, J. C. Lybrand. J: L. Kibler, J. C. Frank lin and Olin O. Shealy. iS m" St Luke’s Episcopal Church is making plans for the third an nual barbecued chicken supper. This is in observance of Shrove Tuesday on Febroary 18. Those in charge of arrangements are Mrs. James E. Britt, general chair man; Mrs. Thomas H. Pope Jr., President of the Woman’s Auxil- iary; and A. C. Gariingtori, treas urer. , Tickets may be secured from these and all other members of the church. ;tifta , could be jflfaaan*; Board decided If tym •* architect to inspect the slementaar Pomaria and to draw plans for necessary renovations when money is available from the State ance Commission. This action con tained a stipubttkm that tbq acr* cbitect would not he paid, and work would not start on this or other i scheduled projects until! money was forthcoming from the- State Finance Commission, The comparatively short meet*, ing adjourned before 8:08 * % _. RIP TUT! AY greetings Me l: Mrs- Hugh K. Boyd, Eugene Griffith, Mary SkMWi Croeka, IHaue Wright, Peggy Ann Pitts, Ralph Bedenbaugh, Mary Ann Moore, Margaret S. mm sm . \ vs> It could have been disastrous, but the Newberry Fire Depart ment reached the scene and put out the fire on the Davis Oil Company gasoline tanker shown above before flames ignited fuel in the tanks. The shed, from which it was pulled for more conven ient fire-fighting, also suffered burns. (Sunphoto.) ' (Sunphoto) Registration Board Travel; InFebniary The Newberry County Registra tion Board will begin traveling on Monday, February 3rd and the of fice in the court house will be dosed for that month, but will be open in March, April and a few days in May, the last month for voters to obtain registration certificates to vote in the June primary. The old registration cer tificate is no good after May 81 of this Pdb 2: Peggy Sue Price, Seth Meek, R. C. Ned Jr., Carolyn Eleazer, Larty A. MiUstead. Feb. 3: Bernard Hawkins, Mrs. T. J. Harmon, Mrs. Frank Sligh, Mary Etta Coppock, Clem L Youmans, Mrs. Claudia Suber, Arthur Pitts. Feb. 4: A. H. Counts, Mrs. Henry T. Fellers, Mim Anna Hil ler, Sherrill Jean Humphries, Mrs. Horace T. Boozer, John I* Lindler Jr„ Kay Nichols, Di anne Shealy. > Feb. 5: Howard Bkkley, Anne Enlow, Mrs. Harold Anil, A. T. W. B. Timmerman, Loretta ■ Werta, Mrs. Frank Graham, Jacqueline Counts, Margaret Hadtina, Mrs. Duffie Freemen, Mrs. W. A. Webb, Jeff Waldrop, Mrs. Fred Hayes, Johnnie Touch- berry, Mrs. R. B. Shealy, Waties Pope, Tom H. Westwood, Tom my Mims. Feh. 6: Gene Hendrix, Mrs- CL W. Hewers, Bessie Bradley, Pst The Board, during February, will be in Whitmire, Chappells, Little Mountain, Silverstreet, Mol- lohon, Oakland, West End, Peak, Kfcmxds, Pomaria ai>d.F*qsp«city. A full sdladiile will ba seen elsewhere in this hums. Feb. 7: Mack Calcote, Duckworth, Mrs. A. B. Nugent, % Werta, Mrs. A. A. land, Mrs. J.