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Jed Sommer’s store is so back ward that when a customer wanted to buy a toothbrush Jed told him he didn’t have any ’cause his line of summer novelties wasn’t in yet. VOLUME 20; NUMBER 48. By The Way By Doris A. Sanders LILY DAY Saturday, March 29 is Crippled Children’s Day and lilies will be sold on the streets of Newberry under the direction of the local chapter of the Crippled Children’s Society that day. Funds collected by the Society are used to help crippled children and adults who are financially unable to help themselves. Crippled Children’s Day is also a good time to check on mailing in your contribution for Easter Seals. If for some reason you did not receive Seals, you may still make a contribution by send ing your money to the South Carolina National Bank. NEA SPEAKER If you have read this column for some time, you will know that I don’t think much of the National Education Association and what I feel are its socialistic tendencies. I especially oppose its powerful lobby aimed at obtaining federal aid for education, which ultimate ly can mean only federal control for our schools. The speech made at the South Carolina Education Association meeting in Columbia last weekend by Dr. James L. Mc- Caskill, secretary for state and federal relations of the National Education Association, seems to show that the NEA feels social education is the important thing; it also seems to show that Dr. McCaskill knows little of school procedure, at least in South Caro lina. The speaker said that educa tion must aim at ‘‘the social and economic maturity of each individ ual student.” There was nothing in the newspaper reports of the meeting to indicate that he thinks schools should aim at teaching -students to think. He further said that the educational program can meet the American ideal only if it places “as much value” on devel oping the below average and av erage student as it does on the gifted student . . .” If he knew anything about the schools of South Carolina, he would know that practically all the “value” is placed on educating the mediocre and below average students, and that the gifted students are all but ignored. Society Lists Services To Handicapped The Crippled Children and Vdult Society of Newberry Coun- y is grateful to Newberrians for heir generous contributions to the faster Seal Campaign, Mrs. Em- net Nichols, chairman of the local tociety stated today. “While we ire still far from our goal, the so- :iety feels that the people would ike to know how their money is spent,” she said, giving a resume >f the society projects, as follows: “A wheel chair has been ordered :or an amputee in Newberry. It vill be of interest to many to enow that Steve Peterson, New- jerry College athlete who was in ured playing football, has im- jroved sufficiently to use a wheel :hair. We understand one has been >rdered. The Crippled Children society is proud to have had a )art in it. “A colored woman fell and iracked her hip. The doctor pre- icribed a. walker and a wheel hair. Her daughter was unable to >rovide both and the Society paid or the walker. This will be return- ;d to the Society for future use. “Three children needed braces, [heir families could not afford to >ay the entire cost. The Society illed out the amount needed. “The society furnished trans- >ortation for a boy to go to Greenwood for treatment and re- labilitation.” “When a crippling tragedy oc- urs, families are sometimes un- ible to meet all the bills. The so- :iety can help. “The society helps provide ransportation for home-bound ;eachers to instruct children un- ible to attend school. “Preventive medicine has been jiven to several children in the :ounty.” lt hospital Mrs. R. L. Sterling, who under went minor surgery in the New- erry County Memorial Hospital laturday, returned to her home on [unt St. Sunday and is reported > be recovering nicely. Her aughter, Mrs. Ruby Summer, r ho has been a patient at State 'ark for the past eighteen months, pent Friday through Monday ith her mother and her family. George Sessions Dies Suddenly At His Home George Brumby Sessions, 53, textile official, died suddenly Sun day morning at his home, 1209 Drayton St., Newberry. Mr. Sessions had been superin tendent of the Newberry Mills, Inc., since 1947 and came to New berry from Ware Shoals where he was superintendent of Ware Shoals Mfg. Co. Prior to that he had been superintendent of the Goodrich Mfg. Co. at Thomason, Ga. He was born in Marietta, Ga., a son of Mrs. Mariah Brumby Sessions and the late George H. Sessions, and was a member of Central Methodist Church. He was an honor graduate of Georgia Tech and a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He was a mem ber of Greenville Country Club and Newberry Lions Club. Surviving besides his mother are his wife, Mrs. Nell Johnson Sessions; two daughters, Mrs. Lynn Lipscomb of Florence and Mrs. Louise Darby of Columbia, and three grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 11 a. m. Tuesday at Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. Melvin E. Derrick and Dr. Neil E. Truesdell. Burial was in Oxford, Ga., Tues day afternoon. Active pallbearers included Wirt Jennings, Leslie Brooks, J. E. Cox, Frank Jones, Joe Cole, and Major Vaughn. Honorary pallbearers were Rich ard Floyd, Ernest Layton, Laurie A. Harrison, Ed Barnes, Bill Tur ner, Douglas Hornsby, Cyril Hut chinson, William Bennett, Dr. B. M. Montgomery, Dr. E. J. Dickert, Fred Weir, Jr., and Tommy Setz- ler. Rites Sunday At Rosemont For Dr. P. E. Way Dr. Powell E. Way Sr., 74, for mer Newberry druggist, died Fri day afternoon at a Columbia hos pital. He had been ill for the past several years. Dr. Way was born and reared at St. George, a son of the late George E. and Mrs. Amanda Wan- namaker Way. He had spent most of his life in Newberry where he owned and operated Ways Drug Store for a number of years. He was associated with a num ber of pharmaceutical companies and traveled in South Carolina. He was a member of the Central Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Brooks Dennis Way; two sons, George D. Way of Atlanta, Ga., and Capt. Powell E. Way Jr. of Newton, Pa.; one daughter, Mrs. David H. Long of Newberry; and five grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at McSwain Fun eral Home by Rev. Melvin E. Der rick. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery in Newberry. Active pallbearers were Miller Wessinger, Irwin Satterwhite, John J. Chappell, John T. Nor ris, Smiley Porter and J. G. Pur- kerson. Mrs. John Norris, Mrs. R. R. Bruner, Mrs. L. G. McCullough, Mrs. Steve Griffith, Mrs. Arthur McCarrel and Mrs. Sallie Brown assisted with the flowers. Named Governor Exchange District Harry Moose, local postmaster, has been elected Governor of Dist rict 3 of the Exchange Club of South Carolina. This district em braces Abbeville, Greenwood, Salu da, Edgefield, McCormick, New berry and Laurens County. His term will expire on December 31st of this year. Mr. Moose has been active in the local exchange club for many years, having served both as presi dent and vice-president. His term as president expired last year. He is now serving as chairman of the Education and American Citizen ship Committee. The local club’s primary projects deal with youth activities. When you have a cold Doc Ed wards fills you so full of drugs that if you sneeze you’ll probably cure two or three other people. + $2.00 PER YEA® Bremen make an effort to get near the flames as the front portion of the Newberry garment Company blazes away in a fire which completely destroyed the building last Thursday night. In the lower photo, the walls seem to be buckling under pressure of the streams of water being poured into the inferno in unsuccessful efforts to douse the fire (Sunphotos.) Fire Destroys Garment Plant By MRS V. H. COUNTS Fire whipped by a frigid wind and producing volumes of blinding smoke, razed the Newberry Gar ment Co., Inc. here Thursday night. No estimate of damage to. the two-story, brick building was av ailable^ but plant officials said the payroll of the garment firm was almost $10,000 weekly. Much eq uipment was destroyed. Origin of the late evening blaze has not been determined, but early witnesses believed the fire began In the basement where a cutting room is located. ^ The Newberry Fire Dept, re sponded to the 10:30 p.m. alarm and fought the burning structure til 4 a.m., standing by Friday prevent further fire from coals. ief iSam' Beam said his firefighters were greatly hamper ed by the cold, westerly wind and voluminous smoke. Firemen were able to save another store build ing and the home of Pete Parrott, who operates a grocery a short distance away. The plant and site is owned by E. A. Baum of New York. Plant Supt. James H. Hender son said he believed the plant had insurance. He said records were maintained in New York and an estimate of loss and the exact amount of insurance were not immediately available. He in dicated the business would be re built. He said the plant employed about 275 persons and used 180 machines. The plant is located near Moll- ohon Mill where there are num erous houses. Annexation Election Is Set For Tuesday, April Eighth 4 Tuesday, April 8 has ben set as St. and running Eastward to the RETURNS FROM N. Y. BUYING TRIP Mrs. E. A. Carpenter returned to Newberry Saturday night after a week’s trip to New York where she purchased summer merchan dise for Carpenters store. She was accompanied by her sister, Mies I Alta Cunningham, of Greer. the date for an election to deter mine whether the “suburbia” de velopment and surrounding area will be taken into the city limits. '■ A petition for annexation, sign ed by free-holders in the area, was presented to city council in Feb ruary. Council certified to the Board of Election Commissioners that a majority of the free-holders had signed the petition. The Com missioners then made plans for the election. The territory for which annexa tion is sought is described as “be ginning at the city limts on Main Flower Show Winners Named The Palmetto Garden Club held an accredited flower show Tuesday afternoon, with Mrs. G. M. Mc- Cuen, and Mrs. W. E. Hunt, ac credited judges present to select winners. The theme of the show was “America the Beautiful.” Sweepstakes winner in the ar tistic division was Mrs. John Frazier, in the horticulture div ision, Mrs. Jim Callicut. Winners of the various divisions are first, second and third in ord er listed: Mass arrangement in blue con tainer: Mrs. John Frazier, Mrs. John Lindsey, Mrs. .Leon D. Nich ols. Line Mass—yellow flowers: Mrs. John Frazier, Mrs. John Lindsay, Mrs. Ed Young, Mrs. Fred Hall man. Vertical arrangement: Mrs. Frank Armfield, Mrs. Maxcy Stone, Mrs. Sara Nichols. Fruit arrangement: Mrs. John Frazier. Foliage: Mrs. John Frazier, Mrs. John Lindsay, Mrs. Bruce Har grove. Unusual materials: Mrs. Phil Brooks, Mrs. Leon Nichols, Mrs. Frank Armfield, Mrs. Conrad Park. In the educational division, ex hibit on care of plants, Mrs. Albert Jones. The president of the club is Mrs. John Lindsay. Mrs. Ed Young served as chairman of the flower show, assisted by Mrs. Leon Nich ols and Mrs. Albert Jones. centerline of U. S. Highway No 76; thence, southward along the centerline of U. S. Highway No. 76 to Johnstone St. Extension; thence Westward along Johnstone St. Extension to the city limits of the City of Newberry, South Carolina, thence northward along the city limts of the City of New berry, to the point of the begin ning.” The polls will be open from 8:00 a. m. until 6:00 p. m. Either a new registration certificate, ob tained prior to March 8, 1958, or the old registration certificate ob tained after January 1, 1958 may be used to vote in this election. Voting precincts will be as fol lows: Ward 1, Police Headquarters; Ward 2, Smith Motor Co.; Ward 3, No. 1, Boundary St. School; Ward 3, No. 2, Scout Hall at Mol- lohon; Ward 4, No. 1, Chamber of Commerce; Ward 4, No. 2, Lay- ton Brothers store; Ward 5, Cor leys Barber Shop; Ward 6, Ed Young’s Buick Co.; Suburbia, home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wel- born, 1203 Keroes Avenue. A majority of voters within the city limts, as well as a majority of voters in the territory seeking an nexation, must vote in favor of the annexation in order for it to, be approved. Special Services At O’Neal Church Special Holy Week services will I be held at the O’Neal Street Methodist Church next week, be ginning Sunday and continuing through Thursday. The week will feature a variety of services, as follows: Sunday night, preaching; Mon day, hymn singing by congregation and special renditions by the choir; Tuesday, a drama “This Is Daybreak”, by the young people; Wednesday, showing of a film en titled “Journey Into Faith”; and Thursday, celebration of Holy Communion. The services will begin at seven o’clock each evening. A cordial in vitation is extended to the public. Teachers Elected By Board; Directors Name Officers m Donations To Expectations Total receipts for the Newberry County Heart Campaign were well over $4,000 which was much above expectation and predictably will be considerably more than from other counties of comparable size. The response on Heart Sunday was es pecially gratifying, according to Dr. B. M. Montgomery, chairman of the Heart Fund Drive. The aid and efforts of George Rodelsperger as vice-chairman, James E. Britt and his committee for the business section, Ed Black- well and his committe for publi city, H. A. Kemper and his com mittee for special events, P. N. Abrams and his committee for the County at large, Mrs. Sarah Jack- son and Mrs. Butler Holmes and their committees for Heart Sun day, Dr. J. E. Grant and his com mittee for the colored population, Mrs. Julia Smith for the schools and Chester Hawkins, treasurer, are particularly appreciated. Approximately 70 per cent of this total will be utilized in South Carolina and the large contribu tion of Newberry County will un doubtedly be noted by the state members, of the Heart Association. Is Winner Of Mrs. John Frazier, sweepstakes winner in Ufa artistic di vision of the Palmetto Garden Club flower show Tuesday after noon, is shown here with her arrangements. Other winners are listed elsewhere in this issue. (Sunphoto.) (The Greenville News) Lewis Lipscomb Jr., can start packing his'travel bag. He’s going to Europe for a 10- day all-expense paid vacation that more than 600 young businessmen in upper South Carolipa have been striving to win. Lewis, the 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Lipscomb of 1201 Chapman St., Newberry, re ceived official notification that he had been adjudged winner , of The Greenville News’ “Young Colum bus” contest. He and his mother traveled to Greenville to get full details on the trip, and to complete last-min ute paper work including applica tion for a passport. He’ll ' leave New York April 4 and will fly via TWA Jetstream airliner non-stop to Lisbon, Por tugal. Later Lewis and 59 other newspaper carriers from through out the nation, will go to Madrid, Spain, for more sightseeing and entertainment. He’ll fly back to the United States April 12. Although his father, a Naval reservist and automobile dealer in Newberry, has traveled widely, this will be Lewis’ first trip of such magnitude. For his first trip abroad, Lewis will be travelling first class all the way. All his expenses, including even the picture post cards he’ll be sending home,will paid for. He’ll be fitted with a special “Young Columbus” jacket in New York prior to leaving on the trans- Atlantic flight. He also will be given a brand new camera to re cord the many interesting sights and experiences he’ll have. Even the exposed film will be processed free of charge, and the best pictures made by the carriers on the trip will be entered in a national contest. Lewis already has the the special TWA flight bag he’ll use to carry small articles aboard the plane and on the various excursions in the two historic countries. His schedule calls for him to leave New York late in the after noon of April 4. He’ll eat on^ of TWA’s -famous steak dinners as the Jetstream airliner carrying him and 59 other newspaperboys passes over te white-capped At lantic. After a restful night, he and his companions will awake in the sunshine of Lisbon. From that time on until they return home, these 60 “Young Colum buses” will find their days pack ed with new and exciting exper iences. They’ll walk on the same sun drenched sands where the Phoe- (Continued on page 4) The first Board of Directors for the Newberry County Development; Board has been selected, and mem bers will be introduced at the “Kick-off” banquet for the Board to be held Monday night, March 31, at 8:00 p. m. in the Newberry High School cafeteria. The Board members are T. Roy Summer Jr., Newberry; David C. Waldrop, Silverstreet; Clifford T. Smith, Bush River; Earl Gilliam, Whitmire; J. Cecil Berly, Po- m&ria; Rev. Garth Hill, Little (Mountain; , and Jacob Bowers, Prosperity. The directors, elected by mem bers of the Development Board in two ballots, will have a dinner meeting Thursday night at the Wallace Home to eleqjb officers. The Board will begin functioning on April 1st. R. M., Cooper, director of the South Carolina Development Board, will be speaker at Monday Right’s banquet. Thomas H. Pope will serve as toastmaster. Other than introduction of the loc'al Board directors and out-of-town guests, the banquet will be confin ed to the dinner, and the after-din ner speech of Mr. Cooper. T. Roy Summer Jr., general chairman of the steering commit tee which so successfully conduct ed a membership Qgvr* for ttfm board, stated today that several out of town guests have accepted invitations to attend tb# banquet. Among those who will he present are Wilson Wearn, formerly of Newberry, now vice president of WFBC-TV in Greenville; Francis M. Hipp of Greenville, president of Liberty Life Insurance Company and a director of tteeS . C. Develop ment Board; Chauneey Lever, a vice-president of the South Caro lina National Bank in Greenville. W. D. Workman Jr. has advised the banquet comrhittee that he has other conflicts on that night, but if arrangements can be made, he will attend. Sam Latimer, pub lisher of The State, advised that he would be ou^t of the state at that time, but his news staff would be represented at the banquet. Portions of the affair will be film ed by WFBC-TV. As of Wednesday of this week, the number of members of the Development Board has reached 410. This, far exceeds the expecta tions of those who originally, plan ned the Board and, according to Mr. Summer, reflects the desire of both businesses and individuals to join in a county-wide concerted effort to obtain industry for the county. Members of the Development Board steering committee for the membership drive were Mr. Sum mer; L. F. Fischer, Dave Wald rop, C. T. Smith, Tom Suber, W. H. Caldwell, Cecil Berly and Jim my Williams. R. Brice Waters served as cam paign manager with the assistance of Mrs. Celia Dodgen, acting sec retary of the CXMaOner tif Com merce. Faculty Members Attend Conference Dean Conrad B. Park, Dr. Luth er Grady Cooper, The Rev. Fran cis Irving Fesperman, and Fred Lester of the Newberry College faculty will attend the Lutheran Faculty Conference at the Semin ary in Gettysburg, Pa., March 28- 30. This meeting is sponsored by the Board of Higher Education of the ULCA. The theme is “The Vocation of the Lutheran Faculty Person.” Teachers for the 1968-69 school year for the Newberry, Whitmire, Silverstreet and Bush River school areas were elected by the County Board of Education at its regular meeting Tuesday night. In general, the teacher list is about the same as for the current year, although six teachers in the county are ex pected to retire at the and of this session. Election of teachers from the Prosperity, Pomaria and Little Mountain areas is being delayed until a superintendent is obtained for the Mid-Carolina High School, which will consolidate the ninth through 12th grades in the three areas. High school teachers from the areas will be used so far as possible at the new school; at* tempts will be made to place oth ers who are surplus at othes schools in the county having v** cancies. ‘ James D. Brown, superintendent of education, stated that the State Finance Commission had finally approved the project, and allocated funds for the addition to Galbnaat High School. It is expected tfcBt' plans for the construction will be made in the near future. Superintendents for the county who were elected at a previous meeting of the board are the same as this yeafr: Newberry Bdgh School, J. V. Kneece; NewbferQ; elementary schools, R. E. Newberry Negro schools,* S. Wigfafl; Silverstreet area, John Grady Long; Bush River area, R. L. Hulsebus; Whitmire area, N. P. Robinson; Pomaria area,| W. R, Lpminick; Little Mountain area, J. H. Bedenbaugh; and Prosperity The Beard voted to sell the old school bpilding and cannery afe Silverstreet and to use proceeds from the sale to help in building a now cannery and seed cleaning establishment at the Silverstreet aelkooL A letter Waa read from the Teacher Welfare Committee of the County Education Association re-' questing that the county supple ment for teachers to bo increased to 25% of state aid. The supple ment is now about 13%. The Board deferred action on this request un til the budget for next year is* pre pared. r On request of patrons in the Po maria area, the Board decided to lease the 1 teacherage there to be used as a community center on a ten-year basis for $150. The Board reaffirmed its re tirement policy. Several years ago, the policy was adopted that teach er^ would automatically be retir ed at age 66. There have been a few exceptions in order that teach ers who reached age 66 before qualifying for social scurity could remain long enough to obtain cov erage. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hutto ar rived in the city last Wednesday from Fort Benning, Ga. where Mr. Hutto received his release from active duty as a second lientenant in the Army after serving a period of six months. They are making their home. for the present with Mrs. C. C. Hutto Sr. on Boundary GREETINGS Gives Recital Miss Elizabeth Ann Ruff, pian ist, of Newberry, will give her senior recital in Holland Hall on the Newberry College campus on Thursday, March 27, at 8 o’clock Miss Ruff is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Ruff of Newberry. She is a senior at Newberry College where she is ac companist for the Newberry Col lege Singers, a member of the Day Students Club, and a member of Gamma Sigma. She was award ed the music medal in high school. The recital is open to the pub lic. March 29: Mrs. Forster Smith, Mrs. Norma Wessinger Glymph* Miss Pauline Williams, James D. Perry, Tommie Long, Robert Clayton Smith Jr., Harvey Drawdy, E. S. Sutherland, George N. Martin, Nancy Eliza beth Timmerman. March 30: William Milam, Mrs. Hedy P. Clark, Eddie Long, Deleal Boinest, Neel Boozer, Gettis L. Coates, Henry Dodgen, Tommy Pope, Charles Park, Mrs. R. Brice Waters. March 31: Mrs. James Smith Sr., Johnny Billingsley, Rupert Edward Hodges Jr„ Mary Susan Long, Mrs. Anna Counts, George Ray Lathrop, Larry Beam, Bill Carter. April 1: Jake Wise, Mrs. Ber tha D. Boylston, Otis L. Whit aker, Mrs. A. E. Hazel. April 2: Fred Hayes, Mrs. J. Shannon, Grace E. Ht April 3: Mrs. J. B. Meredith. Harmon, Marjorie Gra ham, Mary Rath Armfield. April 4: Miss Rebecca Lomi- nick, Mrs. Herman Half acre, J. H. Cook, James Edward Plain- pin, Mrs. J. E. Wiseman, Anne Bruner, Miss Myrs Hardy, Join** 1 ny Myers, J. Howard Clark Sr. j