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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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, $7,000.
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PERSONAL
MENTION
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kinard
Aiken and Jim Kinard of the Uni
versity of Virginia spent the past
weekend with their parents, Dr.
and Mrs. James C. Kinard on* Col
lege street.
Mr. and Mrs. William Beat and
sons, Robert Derrill, Larry and
Doug of Toledo, Ohio, spent laat
week with Mrs. Beat’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. Derrill Smith on
Main St.
Mrs. Joe Mighton of Wilming
ton, N. C., spent last week with
her brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Fil Bowler on Glenn St.
Mrs. Foster Spotts sr ant Sunday
in Columbia with her husband,
who is a patient at State Park.
He was admitted to the sanitor-
ium there about two weeks ago
for treatment.
Dr. and Mrs. J. N. Nichols of
Newberry and Mrs. Richard Bat
ing of Chappells attended tbs
funeral services for Mrs. Nichols'
brother-in-law, Robert Counts b$
Spencer, N. C. Sunday. Others
from Newberry who attended tbit
services were Mrs. Allen Cross,<M
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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*
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