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Alicia Pratt has had a number of
chances to marry some of our
town’s go-getters, but it seems
she’s looking for an already got-
ter.
Edward Bixby, who is sales mana
ger at the pottery works, was ask
ed, “how’s business?” ^[e reports
that business is down 5% but
meetings are up 30%.
VOLUME 20; NUMBER 47.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1958
+ $2.00 RER YEAR
By The Way
By Doris A. Sanders
TRAGEDY
Tragedy struck Monday morn
ing, February 17, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Abrams on Rt.
3, when their only daughter, Miss
Verna Mae Abrams, was critically
burned after her clothes were ig
nited by a fire from a coal burn
ing heater. From the beginning,
doctors gave little hope for her
recovery. Several days after the
accident, she showed some little
signs cf improving, but pneumonia
developed in both lungs, and in her
already weakened condition, she
was unable to combat it. Verna
Mae remained conscious and men
tally alert for three weeks but on
Friday past she fell into a coma.
She lost her fight for life at 3:00
a. m. Saturday, March 15.
To those in the medical profes
sion with whom she worked, Ver
na Mae was rated “one of the best
nurses in the state.” To the many
persons to whom she administered,
she was a most competent regis
tered nurse; to many others she
was a true friend; but to our little
girls, she was the world’s cham
pion cookie-maker. Connie and
Ruthie thought there was no one
else like Verna Mae—she rolled
out cookie dough and let them cut
out gingerbread men, stars, hearts
and all of the little designs to de
light a child’s heart. She let them
cut paper dolls with her blunt-
edge nurse’s scissors, or spent
many hours cutting dolls for them.
When they were sick, she sent
them cute little cards, or candy, or
other things to help them while
away their stay-at-home days.
The litle girls will miss Verna
Mae, as will her family and other
friends. But they will forever, re
member the many kindnesses
shown them by their “adopted
aunt”.
CHILDREN ONLY
The remainder of By The Way
this week will be devoted to the
small fry amongst our readers.
The story of “The Tiny Tiny Fire”
was written by Evelyn Moore, and
dedicated tp Geoi^e Moore and
George Park, who contributed
some of the ideas for it.
I tried this story out on our
girls. They sat motionless as I
read it, hanging onto every word.
As soon as I finished, both said
“read it again, Mommy!”
Here it is:
In tiny tiny land there is a tiny
tiny town, and in the tiny tiny
town lives a tiny tiny man whose
name is Mr. Winkle. But almost
everyone calls him Mr. M ink be
cause of the way he smiles and
winks at all the tiny tiny chil
dren who stop by to admire his
tiny tiny red firetruck.
Mr. Wink is the only fireman in
tiny tiny town and he is very
proud of the tiny tiny red fire-
truck. He waxes and polishes un
til it shines so bright that if he
looks at it too long it hurts his
tiny blue eyes.
Mr. Wink is a good fireman,
but sometimes he is a tiny bit
forgetful. His forgetfulness was
the cause of terrible alarm and
excitement the day the tiny tiny
schoolhouse caught fire.
As usual, Mr. Wink had been
cleaning the tiny tiny firetruck on
the day the fire alarm came in
from the tiny tiny school. He had
taken the ladders, ropes, hose, and
bells off the tiny tiny firetruck
to clean them. But in scarcely
longer than it took him to wink,
he had put everything back in
place—at least, he thought he had
—and was racing down the tiny
tiny street, sirens screaming and
bells ringing.
But, ala§! As soon as he reached
the tiny tiny schoolhouse and saw
the smoke pouring from it, he real
ized with horror that he had for
gotten to put the hose back onto
the firetruck! He couldn’t possibly
put out the fire and save the tiny
tiny children without the hose, so
there was only one thing for him
to do.
Back to the tiny tiny firehouse
he went as quick as a winkle—I
mean a wink! Leaping off, he
threw the tiny tiny hose up onto
the tiny tiny firetruck and away
he went like the wind!
About half-way back to the tiny
tiny schoolhouse, the tiny tiny
firetruck made a couple of cough
ing sounds and stopped dead in
its tiny tiny tracks. Oh, poor Mr.
Wink! He had forgotten to put gas
in it that morning! Now he would
Lave to walk six tiny tiny blocks
to the nearest gas station.
The tiny tiny gas station man
quickly gave Mr. Wink some gas
in a tiny tiny jar, and away he ran
to the tiny tiny firetruck. Just as
he came in sight of the tiny tiny
(Continued on page 3)
Griffin Enters Guilty
Sentenced To
County winners of the “Employ the Physically Handicapped” essay contest were awarded prizes
Tuesday morning at the High School auditorium. They were Linda Smith, first place and Sinclair
Kemper, second. On hand for the presentation were parents of the winners. Left to right, Mrs. Clifford
T. Smith, Linda, Clifford T. Smith, Sinclair, Herschel Kemper, Mrs. Kemper, and James F. Coggins,
chairman of the local NEPH committee. (Sunphoto.)
Scouters Kinard, Cannon
Honored By Exchange Club
Special recognition was paid by
the Exchange Club of Newberry to
two Newberry Scoutmasters who
have given over 30 years of serv
ice to Scouting, the recognition
coming in the form of a special
program and the presentation of
the National Exchange Club Gol
den Deeds Award. Ceremonies
were held Tuesday evening at the
Wiseman Hotel and Scoutmasters
Dewey Kinard and Wright Can
non were the honored recipients.
Mr. Kinard, Scoutmaster of
Troop 69 and Mr. Cannon, Scout
master of Troop 66. have served
in Scouting for 35 and 34 years
respectively Olin Layton, presi
dent of the , Newberry Exchange
Club stated “such outstanding
service is deserving of recognition
and the Exchange Club is happy to
let the people of Newberry know
Newcomer Is In
House Race
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MR. FOLK
Opposition developed in the
race for House of Representatives
near the deadline Monday when
Paul Folk qualified to become a
candidate. In the three-way race
to elect two representatives will
be the incumbents, T. Wdlliam
Hunter and Jesse Frank Hawkins,
and Mr. Folk.
The newcomer to politics is
thirty years of age. He is married
to the former Miss Betty Mayer
of Newberry and they reside, with
three children, at 1721 Harper St.
Mr. Folk has been engaged in
wholesale produce business for
nine years. He is a native of
Bamberg County, and attended
Clemson and Newberry Colleges.
He is a member of the Board of
Deacons of the Associate Reform
ed Presbyterian Church of New
berry; also a member of the New
berry Jaycees, the Girl Scout
Council and the Newberry County
Development Board.
In announcing his candidacy Mr.
Folk said that he believed in pro
gressive county government, and
expansion of local industries as
well as every effort to secure new
industries for the county.
Mr. Folk is a grandson of the
late Christian Suber Folk from
the Pom aria section of the county.
of the wonderful work these two
men have done and are doing.” L.
L. Stanley, Blue Ridge Council
Scout Executive, has described
these men as “two of our best
Scouters.” — —
Exchange Club Immediate Past
President Harry E. Moose told of
the many accomplishments of the
two Scoutmasters and of the na
ture of the Golden Deeds Award
which they were presented. The
Exchange Club Book of Golden
Deeds has inscribed upon its pages
the names of those persons whose
outstanding community service is
recognized by the club. A bronze
replica of the Book of Golden
Deeds, inscribed with the names of
the recipients and a Golden Deeds
certificate were presented to Mr.
Kinard and Mr. Cannon.
There are 10 counties represent
ed in the Blue Ridge Council and
Mr. Kinard has the honor of hav
ing received the Scout Silver Beav
er Award, which only two persons
in Newberry county have received.
Mr. Cannon is the other Newber
ry county recipient of this award.
Mr. Kinard began his scouting
days as amember of old Newberry
Troop 1 back in July 1915. After
two years as a Boy Scout, he was
out of Scouting until November
1925 when he became Assistant
Scoutmaster of Troop 69, form
erly Troop 5. He served as Assist
ant Scoutmaster until October
1927 and then became Scoutmaster
of that troop and has held that
^position until the present time.
Mr. Kinard has passed all ad
vancements to Eagle Scout, has
received the Scoutmaster’s Key
for having completed the prescrib
ed five year training course and
possesses the Scout Acorn Award
for having been instrumental in
organizing a Cub Pack. In 1950,
a signal honor was accorded him
in his having been selected to take
a Scout Troop to Valley Forge for
the National Scout Jamboree. Ap
proximately 600 boys have gone
through scouting under Mr. Kin
ard, of which 22 have earned the
Eagle Badge and three the God
and Country Award. Eight form
er scouts have become ministers,
including Scoutmaster Kinard’s
own son, Rev. James E. Kinard,
pastor of Liberty Methodist
Church at Liberty. Other boys
have entered the field of music,
higher education and textile work
with seven boys having subse
quently earning master degrees,
one a Ph. D. degree and one Scout
having become the superintendent
of a textile plant. Mr. Kinard has
had the pleasure of directing both
his son and grandson in Scouting.
While extremely active in
Scouting, Mr. Kinard has also
served his community and church
in many other capacities. At the
O’Neal Street Methodist, Church
he has been general superintendent
of the Sunday School for 20 years,
taught the Young Men’s Bible
Class for 15 years and is General
Secretary of the church. He is a
Master Mason, has been employed
in the weave room of the Newber
ry Mills for 43 years and has tak
en an active part in many com
munity bond drives, Red Cross
drives and many others. During
World War II, the many drives
that Mr. Kinard headed always
reached their quotas in the area
in which he was in charge. He
also completed the Red Cross first
aid course during the war years
and became an instructor in first
aid.
Mr. Kinard and his wife, Stella,
are the parents of three children.
The Scout record of Mr. Can
non dates from July 1924 when he
became Assistant Scoutmaster of
old Troop 2, now Troop *66, was
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Ballots for final voting for di
rectors of the Newberry County
Development Board were mailed
to Board members ^during the
weekend, as plans proceed for the
board’s “Kick-off^ banquet to be
held Monday night, March 31st.
Speaker for the occasion will be
R. M. Cooper, Director of the
South Carolina. State Development
Board since 1955.
Mr. Cooper is a native of Wis-
acky in Lee County and was
graduated from Sumter High
School, in 1905. He received the
degree of bachelor of arts from
the university of South Carolina in
1909. In 1954, his' alma mater
bestowed upon him the honorary
degree of Doctor of Laws.
Mr. Cooper served in the House
of Representatives from 1919 un
til 1922 and in the South Carolina
Senate from 1923 to 1926 and
frdm 1931 until 1933. He resigned
from the Senate in July, 1933 and
became Collector of Internal Reve
nue, a position he held until 1938.
Mr. Cooper has served as presi
dent of the Board of Trustees of
Clemson College from 1951 until
the present time. He is a member
of the Mount Zion Presbyterian
Church of Lee County and is an
active member of the Kiwanis
Club.
Thomas H. Pope will serve as
Toastmaster at the banquet.
The ballots sent out this week
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for election of directors contain
ed the following names:
Tax District No. 1, Newberry,
Earl H.,Bergen, Allen W. Murray,
and T. Roy Summer, Jr. The first
two received the same number of
votes in the first ballot.
Tax District No. 2, Silver-
street: R. C. Neel, John F. Scurry,
David C. Waldrop. Messrs. Neel
and Scurry tied in this ballot.
Tax District No. 3, Bush River:
Hugh M. Epting, Clifford T.
Smith.
Tax District No. 4, Whitmire:
Earl H. Gilliam, T. W. Suber.
Tax District No. 5, Pomaria:
J. Cecil Berley, M. F. Boland.
Tax District No. 6, Little Moun
tain: W. H. Caldwell, Garth L.
Hill.
Tax District No. 7, Prosperity:
Asbury Bedenbaugh, Jacob A.
Bowers.
Ballots must be returned by
noon Saturday, March 22 in order
to be counted.
Lenten Service
At Wightman
Lenten Evangelistic Services
will be held at Wightman Metho
dist Church, Prosperity, Sunday
night, March 23 through Friday
night, March 28 with services at
7:30 o’clock. The guest preacher
for the week will be Dr. Adlai
Holler of Columbia, editor of the
South Carolina Methodist Advo
cate. Special music will be furn
ished by visiting choirs and the
choirs of Wightman Church. The
congregational singing will be
conducted by the pastor, the Rev.
Paul C. Scott.
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Shown with the “Book of Golden Deeds” which they were pre
sented by the Exchange Club Monday night are Scoutmasters Dewey
Kinard and Wright Cannon. left to right, are Harry EL Moose, past
president of the Club, Mr. Kinard, Mr. Cknnon, and Olin Layton,
president of the Exchangites. (Sunphoto.)
Bond Sales For
February
Series E and H Bonds sales for
the month of February in New
berry County totaled $17,137.50
reports Joe M. Roberts, County
Savings Bonds Chairman.
HONOR STUDENT
AT UNIVERSITY
Listed among the eighteen stu
dents at the University of South
Carolina who made all “A’s” for
the fall semester was Helen Kaye
Ringer of Newberry, a member of
the junior class.
Few Contests
Develop For
June Primary
By MRS. A. H. COUNTS
The two members of the House
of Representatives, T. William
Hunter and Jese Frank Hawkins,
will have opposition in their race
by virtue of D. P. (Jabbo) Folk II
entering the race in the final
closing minutes Monday.
It appeared at first that the
two would have no opposition but
Mr. Folk, a grand-nephew of the
late J. William Folk, a former
House member, entered the race.
Carman Bouknight, commission
er from District One, will have
opposition in B. K. (Buck) Wick
er.
In Commissioner District fto. 2,
G. T. (Tab) Werts, who held the
office for several years, withdrew
after announcing his candidacy.
Seeking the office are Ross
George, W. M. (Bob) Dawkins
and L. H. Kingsmore.
Also two magistrates in the,
county will have opposition. At
Little Mountain, J. Harold Wise
and Gallic B. Metts are attempting
to unseat Andrew F. Shealy. At
Chappells, James C. Butler has
opposition in J. Milton Pitts. .
The other county offices to be
filled without opposition are: E.
Maxcy Stone, probate judge; Ben
F. Dawkins, magistrate at New
berry; John P. Foster, magistrate
at Whitmire; W. B. Wicker, mag
istrate at Prosperity, and Tallye
Hugh Shealy, magistrate at Po
maria.
Final Rites
For Mbs Abram
Held Sunday
Miss Verna Mae Abrams, 44,
died early Saturday morning in
the Medical College Hospital in
Charleston, where she was carried
after having been critically burn
ed at her home on Rt. 3 February
17.
Miss Abrams was born and rear
ed in Newberry County, the
daughter of J. Chesley and Etta
Bedenbaugh Abrams. She was a
graduate of Newberry College and
of the Medical College of the
State of South Carolina School of
Nursing at Charleston. She was
a member of the First Baptist
Church of Newberry and of the
Medical College School of Nursing
Alumnae Association.
Surviving besides her parents
are a brother, James C. Abrams,
registrar at Newberry College,
and a niece. Miss Ann Abrdms.
Funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at Whitaker Funer
al Home by Rev. C. O. Lamoreux
and Rev. Charles E. Holmes. Bur
ial was in Newberry Memorial
Gardens.
Active pallbearers were Frank
lin Armfield, Frank Gilfillan,
Frasier Sanders, Fred Hallman,
Paul Long and Alpha Bradley.
Assisting with the flowers were
Ruth Bradley, Doris Sanders, Nan
cy Hornsby, Lilyan Jones, Agnes
Armfield, Gladys Long and Mar
garet Crumm.
Honorary escort was composed
of the board of deacons at First
Baptist Church, members of the
Baraca and Lucy B. Hunt Classes
of First Baptist, and members of
Newberry County Medical Society.
By MRS. A. H. COUNTS
Court of General Sessions open
ed Monday with Sludge J. C. Pruitt
of Anderson presiding.
On the docket for this term of
court are 73 cases, of which 66
are new cases and seveii have
been carried over from the Iasi
term of court. c
Among the guilty pleas was
that of Willie Rutherfor£, charg
ed with pointing fire arms, sent
enced to one year, suspended and
placed on probation for two years,
upon payment of $50.
Aaron Bostic pleaded guilty to
drunk driving, second offense,
and was sentenced to one year or
$1,000, suspended upon payment
of $400, or service of six months
and placed on three years proba
tion.
Mriry E. Laymon, charged with
asault and battery, and carrying
concealed weapons, pleaded guil
ty to assault and battery of a
high and aggravated nature, and
was sentenced to two years, sus
pended upon service of. one year
and placed on probation for three
years.
J. W. Wells, charged with
housebreaking, with intent to hill,
pleaded guilty to assault and bat
tery. He was sentenced to 80
days or payment of a fine of $25.
Joseph Davis, pleaded guilty, to
non-support, and was sentenced
to one year, or a fine of $1,000,
suspended and placed on proba
tion or five years. He is to pay
$10 per week for support of de
pendent.
George Heller pleaded .guilty to
several counts of housebreaking,
larceny, * and reeelfiity stolen
goods and was sentenced to three
years on the charges, all to run
concurrently.
Robert Caldwell, pleaded guilty
to non-support and was eentelmed’;
to one year or $1,500, suspended
and placed on probation fos fhu?
Herman Lee Griffin, 40, pleaded
guilty to the* murder of his wife,
Mrs. Onevia Montjoy Griffin, 29,
Tuesday and was sentenced to life
The ease began shortly after
court opened Tuesday morning,
but was halted after the original
venire was exhausted when 19 of
the jurors were opposed to capi
tal pttUlshi&ent and four were re
jected by the defense, leaving only^
JO accepted. Fifteen additional ju
rors were summoned and the re
maining. two were selected from
the first five names drawn.
After selection of the jury. So
licitor William E. Jones stated
that the defendant had entered a
plea of guilty with a recommenda
tion to mercy. This, he said, was
mutually agreed upon by the mem
bers of the defense, the defendant
and the members of the family.
The bill of indictment Was ’
handed to H. M. Meeks, foreman
of the jury, for hk signature. >
- Judge J. B. Pruitt of Anderson
passed sentence.
Judge Pruitt said he had been
impressed by the large numbed of
jurors who did not favor capital
punishment. -/
Mrs. Griffin, the * defendant’s’
wife, met instant death Sunday
afternoon. Sept. 1, when she was
shot five times with a .22 calibre
semi-automatic rifle in the bed
room of the couple’s home on Lee
St. in the Mollohon community.
When Griffin was arrested
shortly afterwards, he told offi
cers he had shot his wife. No
motive Whs ever brought out for
the killing. Bo£h were textile em
ployees. > Y v
, .^JEfcooias H. Pope and Robest D.
Schumpert were the attorneys for
the defense.
Among the guilty pleas heard
Tueaiajr were;
? Willie Swindler 'Jr., non-support,
one year or pay a fine of $500,
for
and is to pay a wedk |dmmd-etyye»batkm and is to pay
idents.
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Rev. Paul EL Monroe Jr. wilf
deliver the Easter Sunrise Service
message at Margaret Hunter Park
Easter morning, according to Mrs.
F. Scott Elliott, general chairman
of the service which is sponsored
annually by the Civic League. The
subject of Rev. Monroe’s message
is to be “Dawn of a New Day.”
Rev. Monroe is pastor of the
Lutheran Church of the Redeem
er of Newberry, He has served in
this capacity since 1947. He is an
honor graduate of Lenoir Rhyne
College and Hanna Divinity School
of Wittenburg College, He barn-
Supply Pastor
First Baptist
Dr. J. Elwood Welsh of Colum
bia, a retired Baptist minister, will
be supply pastor for the First Bap
tist Church until a permanent pas
tor is secured. Rev. C. O. Lam
oreux completed his service at
First Baptist Sunday, and moved
to his new pastorate at Florence
Monday.
Dr. Welsh supplied at the First
Baptist Church prior to the time
Mr. Lamoreux was called. He serv
ed a church at Orangeburg for
many years before his retirement.
He will conduct both the Sunday
morning and evening services at
the church.
A committee will be appointed
Sunday to begin the search for a
new pastor.
$10 a webk. J. W. Williams, non
support, one year, or pay $1500;
suspended and placed on proba
tion for four years and is to pay
$15 a week.
r Julius Davis, alias Berley
Werts, charged with assault and
battery with intent to lull and
carrying concealed weapons, sen-
tenced to two years.
Beatrice Benson, assault and
battery with intent to kin and
carrying concealed weapons, 18
suspended upon serving
months, placed on proba
tion for three years. ; *
Ernest Lee Elkins, assault *and
battery and carrying concealed
weapons, 10 months.
Probations of two Laurens men
were revoked, according to J. B.
Merchant, probation officer.
John David Satterwhite violated
probation by driving while under
the influence and driving without
* license. He was ordered to
two years.
r . D. Williams broke' probation
by driving under the influence in
the city of Laurens, and was sen
tenced to four months or $400.
REVEREND MONROE
ed the degree of Master of Sac
red Theblogy from Hanna Divinity
School in 1953. He has taught
courses in Bible, German , and So
ciology at Newberry College.
Pastor Monroe is chairman of
Church Vocations of the Evanger
Heal Lutheran Synod of South
Carolina and a member of the
Board of Trustees of the Lutheran
Theological Southern Seminary.
He was elected by the Executive
Board of the ULCA as one of the
13 primary delegates to the Na
tional Council of Churches. He has
been active in all phases of the
church Seminary or conference
and synod committees.
In Newberry he has been active
in the Red Cross Blood program,
the Girl Scout Council, the Ki
wanis Club, P. T. A., and other
civic and community projects. •
Miss Sue Halfacre spent Satur
day and Sunday in Batesburg with
Mr. and Mrs. “Sonny” Shealy.
March 22: Mrs. Willard Byrd,
Dan McHargue Jr. of States
ville, N. CL, Mrs. Hal Kohn Sr.,
Mrs. J. C. Atkinson, Mrs. Betty
Baker Carter, Norma Ruff, Mrs.
John Lilidler, Jr., A. A. Cleland,
Mrs. Ellen Maddox, Paula Mon
roe, Tommy Spotts.
March 23: Mrs. Frank Mower,
’Mrs. L. D. Nichols, Joyce Chap
man, Larry Danielson, Linda
Waldrop, Mrs. J. W. (Bill)
Smith, Luther B. Bedenbaugh,
Miss Jo Shannon.
March 24: Mrs. Fred Richard
son, Mrs. Jeff Waldrop, Richard
Perkins, Hayne Shealy.
March 25: Rev. M. L. Kester
of Columbia, Nancy Stone, Lt.
Howard N. Parks, David H.
Long, Mrs. Helen B. Folk, Mrs.
Boyd Livingston, Jeanette Rine
hart, Marcus Hendrix, Janice
Ringer, Myrle Hanna.
March 26: Mrs. E. L. Black-
well, Marvin Eugene Schumpert,
Sue Hutchinson*
March 27: Mrs. Lucy Smith
Lambeth, Thomas Hugh Crooks,
Marvin Abrams Jr., Phillip Ear!
Cromer, Mrs. George R. Sum
mer. >
March 28: H. O. Newman,
Elizabeth Ann Ruff, Sylvia
Shell, H. T. Lake, Johnnie S.
Harmon, Horace Cromer, Ralph
Higgins, Ruth M. Swygert, Da
vid Leonard Turner.
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