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Ez Tike says he leaps out of bed just as soon as the sun hits his window . . . seems though his room faces west. According to most young children, grandmothers are nice old ladies who talk mothers out of giving children spankings. VOLUME 20; NUMBER 49. By The Way By Doris A. Sanders MORE TAXES I notice that the General As sembly is being asked to raise the state personal income taxes. I’m against it. It does not seem right to me to penalize those of us who have for years conscientiously paid our state income taxes to make up a deficit caused by those who do not, and never have made a state income tax return. I know that the business of with holding is a burden to employers, and perhaps they should be given some relief in a tax-withholding measure. But if the General As sembly is to be fair about the thing, it should find some method of making everyone subject to the tax to pay it; then if a deficit still exists, there would be more reason to raise the personal in come tax. I hope our senator and repre sentatives will bear this in mind when the, time comes to vote. I know there are now and have been those who are fighting to defeat the withholding plan. I dare say the average employee—at least those who now pay their taxes, would prefer the withholding ra ther than face a large tax bill on April 15 each year. IN CASE OF RAIN Dr. Mamie Summer would have me tell you that in the event of rain, the Easter Sunrise Service will be held in the high school aud itorium. She would also have you know that Margaret Hunter Park right now is a place of unusual beauty. I rode by to verify the fact, and what she says is true. If you are unable to attend the Service, I do hope you will ride by and go into the park and enjoy the fruits of many years’ labor on the part of members of the Civic League who are responsible for this outstanding spot of beauty in our town. Of course, I always feel at this time of the year that Newberry just can’t be surpassed. Almost everyone in our fair city is flower conscious, and their efforts to ward beautification are showing results in this warm spring wea ther. Among the more beautiful of the lawns that I have seen is that of the Guy V. Whitener res idence on College Street Exten sion. The lawn is outlined with large red pyrus japonica bushes, and on either side of the house there are large beds of bulbs now in full bloom. It would be worth your while, when you are out rid ing to look at the park, to enjoy this beautiful scene also. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1958 4 $2.00 PiR YEAR Woman Files For Public Office In Whitmire For the first time, to the best knowledge of Whitmire’s “old- timers,” a woman is seeking public office, and has become one in a field of 12 candidates for the six alderman positions in Whitmire. The town’s first lady candidate is Mrs. Mattie Ashley of Coleman Avenue, who paid her fee and qual ified to run for office shortly be fore the deadline Monday at 5 p.m. Incumbent alderman are Arthur Sparks, who is opposing Tom Su- ber for the office of mayor, the po sition Mr. Suber now holds; Bill Armfield, Bill Carroll, Bill Hipp, Thomas Malone and Luke McCall. All of these are candidates for re- election. Others who have entered the race, in addition to Mrs. Ash ley, are Lawrence Boling, W. A. Erskine, Melvin M. Harrison, John W. Lackey, R. A. Nelson and Van Privette. The incumbent Commissioner of Public Works, L. W. Bain, is not offering for re-election. Seeking to fill that office will be Buford Shields, Luke Hart and Clyde Overstreet. The election will be held on May Sixth. Sunrise Service To Begin At 6:30 Easter Morning The annual Easter Sunrise Serv ice will be held April 6 at 6:30 a. m. at Margaret Hunter Park. Dr. C. A. Kaufmann will preside over the program and will introduce the Rev. Paul E. Monroe Jr., who will Methodist Women Cooper Truck, Cargo Burned A Cooper Motor Lines tractor- trailer, loaded with cloth, was burned and both the truck and its contents were totally destroyed yesterday morning on Highway 76 about three miles south of Ki- nards, according to D. A. Reigh- ley, investigating patrolman. Mr. Reighley stated that the large trtlck, driven by Charles Lee Black if Greenville, left the road and sideswiped a tree. The gaso line from the tanks spilled on the truck and its load and became ig nited. . Black was not injured. The a'nnual meeting of the Greenwood District Woman’s So ciety of Christian Service will be held on April 10 at Central Meth odist Church. Registration will be gin at 9:30 a. m. and the meeting at 10:00 a. m. At 1:00 p. m.,: Circles No. 3 and 5 will serve a dutch luncheon. An interesting and worthwhile program has been planned. The Rev. Melvin Derrick will give the devotions. District officers will give annual reports. Mrs. H. B. Kinard, district treasurer, will lead in a pledge service. Mrs. Helen B. Bourne, former conference presi dent, will conduct a memorial serv ice for those members in the dist rict who have passed away during the year. A highlight of the meeting will be a talk by Miss Josephine Ab rams of Whitmire, a missionary to Argentina. Miss Abrams will speak on her work in this field. Mrs. William Hentz will give several solos and Mrs. J. E. Wise man will be the organist. Mrs. R. H. W’hitlock will install the dist rict officers. Mrs. L. E. Gatlin will give the closing devotions. Mrs. T. P. Crooks is president of the local WSCS and will ex tend a welcome and will be in charge of the local aspect. Mrs. F. Scott Elliott is district president. deliver the Easter Message. His subject, will be “The Dawn of a New J>«y ” Mrs. F. 'Scoff.Elliott, general chairman of service, announced that|ili Jfche event of rain or incle- mefl&gWeatlfegy, the service will be hel(J Th the auditorium of Newber ry High ‘ Sclaiol. TheCJwft Army Band under the direction of Chief Warrant Offi cer Charlie Pruitt will give a special program of music from 6:00 until 6:30 a. m. The trum peters will sound the call to wor ship. There will be a processional by the Newberry High School Girls Choir singing . “Beautiful Savior”. This is under the direc tion of Miss Juanita Hitt. The Rev. Melvin E. Derrick will read the scripture.-This will be fol- krwed by a prayer in unison. Dr. Milton Moore will sing a solo, af ter which the Rev. Phil Jones will give the prayer. The girls choir will then sing “Christ the Lord is Risen Today.” After this the Easter Message will be given by the Rev. Monroe. The congregation will sing “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”. The benediction will be pronounced by the Rev. Cannon McCreary. Margaret Hunter Park is a set ting of rare beauty this year with the bursting forth of spring in all of its glory. It is hoped that New- berrians will come out for a per iod of deep inspiration and wor ship. Besides the committees already published, the parking committee will be composed of Chief of Po lice Colie Dowd and Boy Scout Troop No. 69, Dewey Kinard, leader. Steve Reeves and mem bers of Epting Memorial Meth odist Church will serve as ushers. Holy Week And Easter Service At Central The Rev. Melvin EkiDerrick, pas tor of Central Methodist Church announces that Holy Week serv ices will be held Wednesday even ing at 7:30. The general theme of the service will be centered around “The Passion of Oqr Lord.” Thurs day evening at 7:3Q the Holy Com munion will be' administered by candlelight. It is also announced that the Commission on Member ship and JBvangelism will meet Wednesday night immediately af ter the service, and' the Official Board will meet Thursday evening at 7:00 before the Communion service. 0 Easter Sunday, two identical worship services will be held, one at 9:00 and the other at eleven. This is being done so that we shall be able to accommodate all of our people on Easter Day. The regular Sunday School will be held at 10:00 a. m. Development Board With Banquet On :$r ^ : Sease Rites Held Tuesday i Jacob Edmond Sease," 87, died 1 late Sunday night at his home on the Mt. Bethel-Garmany Road. He had been in declining health for many years and critically ill jfor the past two weeks. Mr. Sease was born in New- 1 berry County, the son of the late G. L. and Mary Fulmer Sease. He had been engaged in farming as long as his health permitted. He was a member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. He is survived by three sons, Robert T. Sease, L. Heyward Sease and J. Ellerbe Sease, all of Newberry; three daughters, Mrs. W. W. Sharpe of Columbia, Mrs. Frank Hanna and Mrs. R. Granville Boozer, both of New berry; two brothers, J. D. Sease and L. H. Sease, both of Newber ry; three sisters, Mrs. J. D. Nance and Mrs. A. P. Ruff, both of New berry, and Mrs. M. P. Hornsby of Columbia, and six grandchild ren. Funeral services were held at 3:30 p. m. Tuesday from Whitaker Funeral Home by Dr. Paul L. Grier and Dr. J. W. Carson. Bur ial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Govan Sease, David L. Ruff, William Lu ther Sease, James W. Nance, Tho mas Sease, Drayton Nance and Claude Hornsby. Serving as honorary pallbearers were Dr. E. H. Moore, Langford Alewine, Horace Cromer, Wilbur E. Epps, Alan Oxner, Herndon Hentz, Claude Price, William Leitzsey, S. W.Brown, John T. Norris, Wilson Brown, J. W. Rin ger, and M. O. Mayer. Flower attendants were Mrs.J. W. Nance, Mrs. William L. Sease, Mrs. Harvey Halfacre, Mrs. Ralph Setzler, Mrs. B. B. Leitzsey, Miss Julia Kate Sease, Mrs. James Shannon, Mrs. C. B. Parr, Sr. children, all dressed up like Easter bunnies, helped sell Easter Lilies for Crippled Chil- ? D q le r dren on the streets of Newberry last Saturday. The young volunteers were Barbara Davis, Bruce ^ St. Louis, ^o. wilf spend ^the’ damp, Dixie Culler, Clifton Floyd, Susan Lipscomb, Mary Ruth Armfield, Linda Davis, Mike Clomp, Easter Holidays with Mrs. Blank- Betty Mae Eargle, Carolyn Hawkins, Jimmy Clamp, Rey Lominack, Myrna Camp, Karen Kirke- |i ns hip’s mother, Mrs. Sara Wall- gard and Ellie Felker. (Sunphoto) ace on Caldwell street. Members of the Board of Directors of the Newberry County Development Board are shown here with R. M. Cooper, speaker and Thomas H. Pope ,toastmaster at the Kick-off banquet Monday night. Left to right seated they are Mr. Cooper, Mr. Pope, T. Roy Summer Jr., Earl Gilliam; standing, C. T. Smith, David Waldrop, J. Cecil Berley and Jacob Bowers. (Photo by Nichols.) Mayor Proclaims April Fourth Cancer Crusade “Conquer Cancer Day” will be held in Newberry on April 18, and on that day a house-to-house can- vaswlsbliuemadhteuoohrtg ta taao vass will be made throughout the county to collect funds for carry ing on the work of the American Cancer Society, and to aid local victims of cancer. Money collected during the Can cer Crusade each year is used for programs of education and re search, as well as treatment and care of indigent cancer patients. In 1957, citizens of the county do nated $4,568.39 for the cancer cause. Thirty-six cancer victims died inthe county during 1956; in the state, the total was 2,094 per sons who succumbed to the dread disease. Directing the 1958 Cancer Cru sade in the county will be the Home Demonstration Council, Mrs. Mittie Parr, president and chair man of the rural crusade, with Mrs. A. P. Ramage serving as health chairman. In the city, the drive will be directed by the Bus iness and Professional Women’s Club, with Mrs. Naomi Epting, health chairman of BPW serving as chairman of the city crusade. Special gifts thairmen are Mrs. Sylvia Rabin and Mrs. Dorotha Schumpert. Mrs. Myra Addy is serving as crusade treasurer. • Whereas, Th ^ many crippled and Whereas, The S Restaurant Association that our right to is a ' privilege * ^ guarded and exercised fully; and Whereas, It has been proved of economic feasibility to make avail able such services as those financ ed through the Easter Seal So ciety, since these services help de pendent crippled children become independent adults and thus con serve a vast human resource of our nation; and Whereas, It is not only an Am erican heritage and responsibility but a basic* precept of good citi zenship and a privilege of the peo ple of this City to help crippled children have happier, more useful lives and the opportunity of be- Bloodmobile To Be Here Tuesday The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Newberry on April 8th be tween the hours of 3 and 7 p. m. at the Lutheran Church of the Re deemer. The Kiwanis club, as a public service, is sponsoring this blood donation program. coming self-acntainlng adults; and Whereas, The specialized serv ices of rehabilitation, medical and ' cational aid for the crippled efficiently and effectively ad- fcy the Newhotry Coun- 1 “Lets don’t say things can’t be done—they can be done,” R. M. Cooper, chairman of the South Carolina Development Board told the large audience attending the Kick-off banquet of the Newberry County Development Board Mon day night. Much emphasis was placed by the Speaker on the importance df agriculture. “If I were to ask you to define industry,” he said “I am satisfied 76 percent or more of you would say industry means a plant that- manuactures some thing. That isn’t tprue—industry i* something that produces, and you have that sometMf that "pro- duces,” he said, referring to the many fine farms in Newberry County. Speaking of the State Develop- ment Board, he explained “our goal is to bring industry to the state— to scatter it and diversify hr as much as possible. We must keep our boys and girls here. La bor to run our plants must come from the farm.” “We must have a plan in life,” Mr. Cooper stated, “and no plan ie any good unless it takes people into its planning.” The speaker concluded his re marks with a story illustrating; teamwork, and the statement, *Tt isn’t a big crowd always—if you can get a small group working and cooperating, with traces tight and muscles taut you can revolu tionize the economic structure of Newberry County.” Mr. Cooper was presented a gift by Thomas H. Pope, toastmaster. He thanked the Board and said “I wish this would get in the papers. Maybe other places would notice. I have never been treated so roy ally in my life.” Str. v Pope . re&arked: “This is a Miss Eunice Long and Miss Charlotte Todd of Columbia were recent visitors in the home of Miss Dorothy Buzhardt and Mrs. L. B. Wilson on Friend St. dren Society af South Carolina, Inc.; and Whereas, The cost. of these services has increased as other costs hrfve increased and as 6,683 have been assisted by the Society in South Carolina during the past year; and Whereas, The annual Easter Seal drive of the Crippled Children Society of South Carolina, Inc., and its affiliated units provides the chief source of support for its multiple services; and Whereas, The South Carolina Restaurant Association has for the sixth year joined with the South Carolina Restaurant Association to hold Coffee Day for Crippled Children with all proceeds from coffee sales on Friday, April 4, 1958, going to aid the Easter Seal Society; \ Now, Therefore, I, Ernest H. Layton, Mayor of the City of New berry, do hereby proclaim the day of Good Friday, April 4, 1958, as Coffee Day for Crippled Children and urge all citizens to assist the South Carolina Restaurant Asso ciation and thereby lend a helping hand to our crippled children." In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City to be affixed. Ernest H. Layton, Mayor, City of Newberry Looking ovor the plans for the new regional office building of Calhoun Life Insurance Company are, left to right, Ralph Mitchell, manager of the Newberry District; Mrs. Betty §healy, regional home office manager; A. P. Paris, vice president in charge of Combination Division; Miss Miriam Hite, cashier; A. F. Ellis, division manager and Sam Hazle, agent of Newberry. Carol M. Hipp was award ed the contract for construction of the building, and workbega n Monday. It is expected to be ready for occupancy by July 1st. (Sunphoto) . tunity to sell our community on an equal par with the rest of the state. I hope next r year we win be having another meeting and will be celebrating the birth of soipe new industry in Newberry Coun ty.” Following the banquet, whkh began at 8:60 p. m. in the high school cafeteria, the toastmaster stated that there are now 421 members of good standing of the Newberry County Development Board. He introduced special guests, Wilson Wearn, formerly of Newberry, now vice-president of WFBC-TV, Greenville and a pho tographer from WFBC-TV; and Chauncey Lever, a vice-president in charge of public relations for South Carolina National Bank, of Greenville. Mr. Pope recognized Mrs. Celia Dodgen, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce and R. Brice Waters, as “twq people in particular res ponsible” for the success of the Board’s organization. x Officers and members of the Board were introduced as follows: T. Roy -Summer Jr., Newberry, president of the Board of Direc tors; Earl H. Gilliam, Whitmire, vice-president; C. T. Smith, Bush River, treasurer; David Waldrop, Silverstreet; J. Cecil Berley, Pn>- maria; Jacob Bowers, Prosperity. Rev. Garth Hill, board member from Little Mountain, was unable to attend because of HoFy Week services. Mr. Pope introduced the speaker as “the only living Carolina alum nus who yells for Clemson on Big Thursday.” Mr. Cooper is presi dent of Clemson’s Board of Trus tees. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS April 5: Mrs. Arthur Dwyer, A. C. Ward, John Francis Scur ry, Jackie Goodman, Mrs. L. A: Black. April 6: Phillip Plampin, Mrs. Jaafler Amide, Connie Armfield Sanders, Birgie Ellis Shealy. April 7: Mrs. John Thomas, Wava Billingsley, W. F. Smith, Bobby Bruner, Philip Carl TrdElh gar, Barbara Ann Kesler, Eliza beth D. Epting. April 8: Mrs. Lewis Ammons, Robert D. Coleman III, Jake Crossland. April 10: Mrs. Meredith Har mon, J. Brooks Workman, James, Burns, Margaret Pay- singer, Calvin T. Milstead. April 11: O. F. Armfield Sr, Donald Shealy. ■'■0M oa Si ^|psi fisg