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« : &3$r • ■':* ‘iTv THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1958 THE NEWBERRY SUN Winning Essay By Miss Kemper (The following essay by Miss Sinclair Kemper, a member of the 12th grade at Newberry High School, won second place in the statewide “Employ the Phy sically Handioapped” essay con test. This year’s essay subject was “Our Hidden Assets, The Physically Handicapped.”) Last week brought to me a rude awakening concerning the vital part physically handicapped peo ple play in our lives today. While visiting in a large city, I saw an unusual and dramatic inci dent. Through the great throngs of pedestrians darting in and out of traffic, an elderly man, badly crippled, stopped to cautiously di rect a blind man of another race across the street. I hesitated a moment in astonishment, but soon again proceeded on my way. During my lunch hour the next afternoon, I had walked only a few blocks when a new ten-story building under construction caught my eye. As most people would do, I stepped nearer to “supervise” the present task of lifting steel beams up over the street onto the steadily growing framework. A giant crane worked with precis ion balancing the beams up and over the building. I thought, ‘‘Just one mistake, and a great tragedy could occur.” At this mo ment I was brought back to reality by the shrieking of the one o’clock whistle. The workmen filed out noisily, but the operator of the monstrous crane waited. Finally the foreman, rolling a wheel chair, went over to the crane and lifted the young man out of it .into the wheel chair. Suddenly it flashed through my mind, “That man can’t even walk! And he skill fully operates that crane daily!” A few days later I went to visit my uncle, who has an automobile agency, and saw .a blind man seat ed in his office. That night he explained to me that the blind man, a Mr. Templeton, wanted to buy an automobile! Being an in surance agent and traveling ex tensively, an automobile was a necessity. Mr. Templeton had even made -arrangements for a partner to drive and accompany him on his business trips. Is it possible that handicapped people have that much determina tion? Why had this suddenly im pressed me so? Why, since I was a small child, I can remember cripples begging on street corners, pleading for money, help, and at tention. But these people—these three—they don’t want pity or sympathy! They have found their places in life. Who was respon sible for giving them the inspira tion to start anew? It was then that I realized it had been people like you and me. The quotation by Miss Loretta Young came to mind, “When you help someone else up a hill, you find yourself nearer the top.” Truly, it was a rude awakening. Normal people were too busy to help the unfortunate blind man through traffic, but a cripple had time. He took time to be of serv ice to his fellow man. The fore man had hired the disabled man to manipulate his crane. He rec ognized the fact that the man’s control of his hands with machin ery was unsurpassed. Mr. Tern pleton was granted permission to have an automobile in order to gain independence by furthering his career as a sucsessful insur ance salesman. God is a great God. Something has been given to us by Him that no one can take away—talents. Each of us has a talent, only to be discovered and brought to light by others. No one is ever com pletely handicapped. Sometimes a handicap only paves the way for an undeveloped talent to be un covered. The late Franklin D. Roosevelt was handicapped by polio in young manhood. Because of his disability he could no long er enjoy his former athletic life, so he turned to books. Through his reading he acquired such a vast knowledge of the peoples of the world, geography, economics and BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER YOUR DARK CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING When bills pile up and thing's look dark, there's a bright side to the pic ture: you can g’et here a low-cost loan to pay off all your bills at once. You can repay monthly in conven ient amounts. You'll like our prompt service! Bank Of Commerce PROSPERITY, S. C. We sort of hated to see the thrasher go. For we kids enjoy ed it, and its coming again was far longer off than Christmas. And it seemed that would never come. When the thrasher pulled out for the next place down the road it left memories. One was the pile of charcoal and ashes from the engine there in the lot. I remember how the hogs clean ed that up, hungry for miner als they did not get. And that straw pile—that was a treasure for us. But not for long. We played on that moun tain of softness, rolled down its sides, and built dangerous tun nels clear through it. And then at night we wondered why we itched so. That chaff was really bad for that. But the worst time soon came. That was when we had to take forks and put all of that straw in the barn. Later, thrashers had straw chutes that would blow it right where you wanted it. But not those old machines. They just pushed the straw out back, and one man had to stay there and keep it away from the machine. Most of the chaff sifted out there on the ground and there wasn’t too much of it left in the straw. And after the thrasher went the chickens had a good time too. For, be as careful as we could, considerable grain was lost there around the barn in the handling and thrashing pro cess. As much of this as pos sible was caught on sheets plac ed under and around the thrasher, but some got by. It was then our chickens feasted and egg production immediately went up. For ours were the “grasshopper” type of chickens. They had to work for their liv ing. Only occasionally did they get a few stray kernels of grain. And we made our stables tight, so they couldn’t rob the work stock. We kids would often slip off and follov/ the thrasher down the road. We liked to see thatr machinery run, specially the engine. But the fireman, was al ways watching to catch us off guard. Then he’d blow that whistle. It scared us and hurt our ears. If we saw him in time we always held our hands tight over our ears. Soon the thrasher moved on down the road, out of reach, and we couldn’t ‘even hear its whistle any more. And that ended our festival of thrashing in the Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork for the season. It was a great one for us kids. But I know the old folks must have dreaded it, with all that hot work and hungry thrashing crew to feed. Different sections of the country have their quaint say ings. But they don’t know it until someone from the outside points ’em out. I have lived to learn we had plenty of ’em in the deep Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork, where I came from. We didn’t know it then. But I do now. For folks are always pointing them out when I talk away from home. We thought they were the natural thing, the way folks were supposed to say things, and we knew no other way. I was in a group in a distant state some time ago. We saw something, that was big and new. “Boy, that’s sure a stem-win der.” I wasn’t trying to be cute nor funny at all. To us in the Dutch Forjc that meant some thing really exceptional, a cracker-jack. There was a Har vard graduate in the group. He thought my statement quite quaint and wanted to know its origin. It dates back to the time watches were wound with keys. When the first stem-winders came, we thought they were really the stuff. And to call anything “a stem-winder” was to really put the clincher on. It was the ultimate in its kind, really snazzy. Change, change, the constan cy of change! We went through the stem winding age, and now we have watches that you never wind. They are self-wound by a little weight in them that bobs back and forth as you move your, arm and keeps them wound. I have one like that. It sure works. That Harvard graduate point ed out other quaint sayings of ours the little'while I was with him. I’ll have to tell you about some of ’em next week, or this thing will get too long for the room I have. DEED TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 William Kendall Smith to John David Ruff et al, one lot on Nance street, $100. Ora W. Stark to Sara Wilson, one dot on Speers St., $5.00 love and affection. Newberry No. 1 Outside Henry B. Cousins to Warren R. Cousins, 88 acres, $5.00 and oth er valuable considerations. Nancy Gilliam to Jacob S. Ful mer and Mildred L. Fulmer, 10 acres, on Hartford Road, $5.00 and other valuable considerations. Silverstreet No. 2 Mrs. Cleora B. Coates to Mal colm T. Coates, 139 acres, $5.00 and other valuable * considerations. Whitmire No. 4 R. L. Hunnicutt to William N. Malone, one lot on Main street, $200. William T. Senn et al to Vir ginia Senh Hassell and Dorothy Senn Corbett, 129 acres, $5.00 and premises. politics that he became one of our great presidents. His handicap did indeed develop his concealed talent, that of leading the world’s greatest nation. Merchants each year play a great part, through the employ ment of the physically handicap ped, in giving life a new meaning to thousands of disabled persons. In most cases, handicapped people prove to be the most faithful and dependable employees an employ er has in his organization. Yes, through the community, state, and nation, hiring the phy sically handicapped greatly helps you and me to make for America a better tomorrow. Strom' urmond pie (SEE NEXT WEEK’S PAPER) vV Pvndmg Now our dry cleaning features, “Built-in DEODORANT’*, a revolutionary new proc ess that keeps yovr garments free of of fensive perspiration odors between cleanings. Make your own discovery to-day. Let us pick up all your garments, dry dean them, and give you garment free odor protection! They are also MOTHPROOFED and MILDEWPROOFED ... all at no extra cost. Odorless Cleaners 1110 HARRINGTON ST. PHONE 177 Textile Problems Problems of the textile industry will take a prominent place in the deliberations of Congress within the next few weeks. Congress has the responsibility of considering an extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, which is the basis for our foreign trade policy. Competition from cheaply produced foreign textile manu facturers has dealt a series of devastating blows to the American textile industry. Recently, one of our largest cotton manufacturers in South Carolina reported that the number of spindles active on cotton in its mills bias decreas ed to the smallest number at any time since before the turn of the century. Since the end of World War II, the American textile industry has lost 717 mills, and 345,000 jobs. This represents the elimination of roughly a quarter of the total jobs in the textile industry. The most damaging foreign competition comes from Japan, even though the Japanese have limited their exports to this country by establishing voluntary quotas. Being vol untary, these quotas can be abrogated or modified when ever the Japanese wish to do so. Being without the force of law, they can be evaded without fear of punishment, by such devices as reshipping through Hong Kong and other ports. The plywood industry has learned about voluntary quotas the hard way. The quotas that were depended upon to pro tect the plywood industry have been abandoned. Now, the plywood industry has lost 52 per cent of its domestic mar ket. Congress can save these stricken industries from further declines by enacting reasonable import quotas that will have the force of law. Our aim should be to encourage world trade, which benefits everyone, but to limit the flood of im ports which threaten the existence of vulnerable American industries. Defense Reorganization The President has submitted to Congress his long-await ed recommendations for the reorganization of the Depart ment of Defense. The purpose is to promote military effi ciency, by reducing confusion and duplication. Some of the President’s proposals are similar to those that I have been advocating for the last several months. Of course, I will want to study all of the alternatives before determining what legislation I shall support in the Senate. I am heart ily in accord with the President’s objectives, as it is quite ap parent that the intended unification of the Armed Forces in 1947 has not worked out well enough. The Reserve Components I will not favor any Pentagon reorganization plan that does not provide a place for a strong Reserve and National Guard. Our Reserve components can be maintained at a high level of readiness at a comparatively low cost. The Army’s plan for the reorganization of the Army Re serve and Army National Guard, recently announced, calls for the elimination of six National Guard divisions and four Reserve divisions. I have expressed myself strongly to the Secretary of the Army, urging that there be no reduction in the personnel strength of the Guard and the Reserve. I have particularly urged the retention of the 51st Division, of South Carolina and Florida, which is the second-largest National Guard division and one of the best trained. I do favor the reorganization and retraining of Na tional Guard and Reserve units to fit them for combat with the most modem weapons obtainable. I hope the Army will accomplish this goal as quickly as possible. 0. L. Kinard Dies At Home Osborn L. (Bub) Kinard, 64, died suddenly at his home, 1310 Fourth St. in Newberry." He had been in declining health for sev eral years. Mr. Kinard was born and rear ed in the Jolly Street section of Newberry County and was the son of Mrs. Dessie Richardson Kinard and the late Henry Perry kinard. He had made his home in the St. Phillips section before moving to Newberry a number of years ago. Mr. Kinard had been connected with the Oakland Plant of Kendall Mills for 31 years and was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church. Surviving besides his mother are his wife, Mrs. Mallie Wicker Kinard; two sons, Beaman Kinard of Newberry and James William Kinard of Columbia; three daugh ters, Mrs. Eunice Shufford of Greenwoodj Mrs. Nellie Johnson and Mrs. Marjorie Stone, both of Newberry; two brothers, Enos Kinard and Ilia Kinard, both of Prosperity; four sisters, Mrs. Le- ola Bundrick of Clinton, Mrs. Mil dred Haltiwanger, Mrs. Lydia Rae Langford and Mrs. Helen Werts, all of Newberry, and 9 grand children. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at 4 p. m. at Beth any Lutheran Church by the Rev. R. L. Swygert and the Rev. A. W. Ballentine. Burial was in St. Phillips Lutheran Church Ceme tery near Newberry. PITTS • , Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Lee Pitts of 1309 4th St. are parents of a seven pound, six ounce daughter, Deborah Ann, born April 6 at the local hospital. Mrs. Pitts before marriage was Betty Margaret Rinehart. WESSINGER Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Elliott Wessinger of 1606 Evans St. are receiving congratulations on the arrival of an eight pound, five ounce son, Bennett Lee, on April 6 at Newberry Memorial Hospital. The mother is the former Eliza beth Hale Townsend. ?TtW WORLD OUTDOORS Hospital Births PRICE Mr. and Mrs. Rion Carson Price of 945 Cline St. announce the birth of a seven pound son, Thom as Gregory, on April 2 at the Newberry Hospital. Mrs. Price is the former Lillian Aurelia Van- derford. • Virginia Senn Hassell and Dor othy Senn Corbett to George P. Boozer, 129 acres, $10.00 and other valuable considerations. Whitmire No. 4 Outside Richard Kitchens to Austin W. Strickland, five acres and all im provements, $500 and assumption of mortgage. Little Mountain No. 6 L. Magnus Shealy to Leon M. Shealy, one lot approximately two acres, $5.00 love and affection for son. % C ATCH a bass fisherman with his tackle box open and you have a good subject for color' photography. Fishing plugs come in as many colors as there are In' the brightest rainbow and one in dividual plug is sometimes made available in a dozen different hues Is color so important? Probably since man first began to fish for fun as well as food, anglers have disagreed upon just how impor tant color really is. Most fisher men will tell you that “motion" is the most important quality of a plug and more recently the element of sound has been brought into the picture with the new “sonic” plugs. And color? Well, let’s put it this way: If you ever sat in the boat with a fellow who was busy with strike-after-strike while you worked yourself arm weary for nothing, you’d figure that some thing must be wrong. It couldn’t be the lure, for you were both using the same kind. Obviously, they therefore chose his yellow bucktail over the black one you were using. It happens all the time. , The brass fisherman’s tackle box is colorful because the bass fish erman tries to “think” like a fish. He spots a bright new plug on the counter of the local sports store and his temperature rises. This, he tells himself, is the one they’ll really go for; '\his is it. He adds it to his coUection. Next time out he offers the new “kijler” (and everyt&ng else ih his box) to the uninterested fish. But, he isn’t too disappointed. Today just wasn’t the day. Next time out, this plug is really going to “load the boat” PAGE THREE Recent Marriages V Noah B. Green Jr. of Whitmir* •>; and Frances Williams of Unioaf were married on April 8 at Union by Rev. Glenn Summer. ' ;! Building Permits April 15: Guy V. Whitener add one room to dwelling on Wells Park Drive, $7,000. A; 'WB PERSONAL MENTION Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kinard Aiken and Jim Kinard of the Uni versity of Virginia spent the past weekend with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. James C. Kinard on* Col lege street. Mr. and Mrs. William Beat and sons, Robert Derrill, Larry and Doug of Toledo, Ohio, spent laat week with Mrs. Beat’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Derrill Smith on Main St. Mrs. Joe Mighton of Wilming ton, N. C., spent last week with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Fil Bowler on Glenn St. Mrs. Foster Spotts sr ant Sunday in Columbia with her husband, who is a patient at State Park. He was admitted to the sanitor- ium there about two weeks ago for treatment. Dr. and Mrs. J. N. Nichols of Newberry and Mrs. Richard Bat ing of Chappells attended tbs funeral services for Mrs. Nichols' brother-in-law, Robert Counts b$ Spencer, N. C. Sunday. Others from Newberry who attended tbit services were Mrs. Allen Cross,<M sn CrosM m 4^ J »m Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Allen son, Jr. VILLEFRANCHE, Franc* TNC)—Reuben N. ard third class, USN, son oC and Mrs. Edward Wilson df Chappells is serving aboard Hm heavy cruiser USS Des . Moines operating out of Villefranehs^ France, in the Mediterranean Sen. "The Des Moines, flagship for the Commander of the U. S. Shctk Fleet, has been in the Mediter* ranean area for the past two years and since the first week in Magck, has made Villefranche her hoflM* port. PRINTING: The Sun is well eqoip- ped to handle all your printing orders. We specialize in letter heads, envelopes, billheads and statements, also invokes. W# print any kind of receipt book. w?Mm m ' •'' r w ■jxm HEADQUARTERS.. for HOME LOANS! 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