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A salesman is a man with a smile on his face, a shine on his shoes and a lousy terri tory. + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Porto A. Sawdf NOT THE REASON The United States Flag a-top the local post office is not flying at half-mast, “in memory of the old 3-cent stamp,” as someone suggested to Postmaster Harry Moose. The postmaster explains that on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week, the flag is being displayed at half-mast in recognition of the return and in terment of two unknown soldiers, one from World War II and one from the Korean conflict. This is being done by presidential procla mation. CORRECTION On page six of this issue is information concerning the meet ing of Drayton Rutherford Chap ter, U. D. C. There is an error concerning the program for the meeting. In lieu of a talk by Mrs. J. V. Kneece, the members will be addressed on a subject of interest by John Chappell, who is serving as President-General of the Chil dren of the Confederacy. IN FULL BEAUTY The many of you who always admire the beautiful Japanese Iris in Wells Garden will be glad to learn that the Iris will be at the height of their beauty this weekend. They may easily be seen from Lindsay street in the artistic Japanese Garden on the Wells property. If you haven’t seen them before, I urge you to ride by and look at them Saturday or Sunday. It is a lovely sight. COMMUNITY EFFORT We always have a soft spot in our heart for the good folks in the Chappells community, and an empty place in our “tummies” when they have a chicken barbe cue there because the food is de licious. I am sorry I did not re ceive the notice in time for pub lication that there was to be a barbecue there this past Wednes day. I had intended going to the barbecue but The Sunpaper was later than usual getting off the press and we were unable to make it. In today’s mail comes a very nice letter from Jake Arant, presi dent of the Chappells Community Club. He states: “To our many friends in the Newberry and Silverstreet area who have supported us so whole heartedly in our efforts toward a more active and effective Com munity Club, we wish to express our sincerest appreciation. This is being written on the morning after a most successful chicken barbecue and there is still a fresh memory of those people who visit ed us at our center and supported ns so cooperatively. We want ev eryone to know that this letter is not prompted by any mercen ary rasons but is merely a simple and plain THANK YOU.” The barbecue was to raise funds to paint the Center, and I am very happy to hear that it was so successful. We wish to thank our friends in Chappells for the nice letter and their past hospitality. RECITAL DEDICATED The music recitals, presented by pupils of Mrs. Lewis Davis Mon day and Tuesday nights in the Prosperity High School auditor ium, were dedicated to Supt. C. E. Hendrix, who is leaving Prosper ity to accept a position in Estill. Mrs. Davis and the students ex pressed appreciation to Mr. Hend rix for his sincere interest and cooperation in the music pro gram. ANOTHER USE Around our house we use alumi num foil for about everything, and wonder what we did before it was first manufactured. Now comes another use for that wonder-prod uct, reported by Clemson research specialists. They say that alumni- num foil placed under water mel ons will protect them from attack by southern blight fungus which sometimes causes melons to split open and rot in the field. Wax paper and brown wrapping paper, they ' say, proved ineffective in preventing the fungus. ENCOURAGING It was encouraging to hear a member of the County Board of Education say Tuesday night “we are spending too much money on things other than ‘reading, writ ing and arithmetic’.” Effort are being made to tighten up and clamp down on unnecessary ex penditures. The Board is requir ing all school heads to submit an annual inventory of all equipment and supplies, and it is expected College Finals Are Sunday; Alumni Association To Meet Piano Recital At College The Newberry College Music Department will present the Prep aratory Piano Pupils of Kernie Wessinger, Assistant Professor of Music, in a recital Friday night, May 30th, at 8:00 p. m. in Hol land Hall. The public is invited to attend. The following will participate: Carol Armfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Armfield, Jr|.; Elizabeth Blair and Emily Blair, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Blair of Route 4; Charley Harley, son of Senator and Mrs. R. Aub rey Harley; George Park, son of Dean and Mrs. C. B. Park; Murrie Alice Shealy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Shealy; and Janet Thomasson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Thomasson. Have Rally Day Rally Day for 4-H Club Members Saturday night, May 31 is an important date for all Newberry County 4-H Club members. The annual 4-H Club Spring Rally Day will be held at the Armory on the Cut-Off Road here in Newberry. All members are urged to at tend the meeting and to invite their parents. Leaders and friends of 4-H Club work are also invited to attend. Members are asked to bring a picnic lunch. Supper will be serv ed at 6:00 p. m. and the business program will get underway at 7:30. New 4-H Club Council officers will be elected at the meeting. Other features of the program in clude a song fest and special rec reation. The program is expected to be over by 10:00 p. m. Eagle Scout Pope Buford III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pope Buford Jr., of Newberry, achieved Scouting’s highest rank, that of Eagle Scout, in a special ceremony on May 8th. He recently received his God and Country Award, is a member of the Order of the Arrow, a National Camping fra ternity and is now' serving as patrol leader. Pope is a member of Troop 222, sponsored by the Newber ry Jaycees. He is a freshman at Newberry high school. that the schools will be soon re quired to set up all funds (such as lunch money, etc.) in a manner so that they can be audited. This is a step that needs to be taken— should have been • taken many years ago. REP. DORN Merchants Asked To Display Flag The Newberry County Develop ment Board is requesting that merchants display their flags on Friday, May 30, Memorial Day, according to T. Roy Summer, chairman of the Board. Mr. Sum mer stated that the request is be ing made by the Board on this oc casion because, at the present time, there is no organization which represents merchants and residents of the city for this type service. Spraying To Begin Soon During the next three months, Junfe, .Jjily and August a spraying progfarti vdll be carried on in the towns of Prosperity, Pomaria and Whitmire and the city of Newber ry. This spraying program has proved effective in the elimination of flies, mosquitoes and other insects. Spraying alone, however, cannot accomplish a 100 percent goal. It is up to the individuals to help obtain such a goal. Sani tation begins in the home, so the full cooperation of each individ ual is requested in carrying out this program. Have a sanitary garbage can with tight fitting cover, one that is ample but not exceeding a 30 gallon capacity. Eliminate stagnant water which will cause most breeding places for insects, flies, and mosquitoes. Get rid of old tires, bottles, cans, etc. Clean up debris which causes fly breeding places such a cow yards, dog pens, chicken yards and rab bit pens, etc. Have all vacant lots cut since they harbor mosquitoes, etc. Have adequate drainage for such lots. The spraying schedule is as fol lows: Newberry: June 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, and 12; July 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 15; August 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, and 13. Whitmire: June 16, 17, 18, 19; July 17, 18, 21, 22; August 18, 19, 20, 21. Prosperity: June 3, July 1, Aug ust 4. Pomaria: June 4, July 7, Aug ust 5. Discontinued Children’s Story Hour, which has been held ea^h Monday after noon at the Newberry-Saluda Reg ional Library, will be discontinued for the summer months. The Story Hour will be resumed in September. The Newberry College Com mencement on June 1 will be a milestone in the second century of service of the college to the church, the state, and the nation. The Baccalaureate Service will be held at 11 A. M. in the Luth eran Church of the Redeemer with the Rev. R. A. Goodman, D. D. of Troutman, N. C. preach ing the sermon. Dr. Goodman retired from the faculty of Newberry College in the summer of 1957 after serving 36 years as a professor of Bible and Christian Ethics. A buffet luncheon will be ser ved in the assembly room of Wessels Library from 12:30 un til 2:00 P. M. At 3:30 P. M.the graduation exercises will be held in MacLean Gymnasium with the Hon.W. J. Bryan Dorn of Washington, D. C. congresman from the Third Dis trict, addressing the graduates. The class of 1908 will hold its reunion at 12:30 P. M., the Class of 1903 at 1:30 P. M., and the Class of 1938 at 5:30 P.M. The nominating committee for two officers for the coming year in the Newberry College Alumni Association has submitted four names to be voted upon for the office of president and vice-presi dent. An official ballot has been printed in the present issue of the Alumni Bulletin, which was pub lished this week. Alumni members are asked to mark their ballots and return them Alumni Office immediatrfp^h .. ’ Four outstanding' alumni have been selected By the rjo^amittee. For president: William’Thurmond Dreher, class of 1938, Columbia. He is an insurance adjuster, and is vice-president of the Alumni Association. Prof, l^dwin S. Lake, class of 1938, Dunc^Hc- cipal of the school and is the im* mediate past president of Area number 1. For vice-president: Miss Marion K. Donahoe, class of 1940, Charleston. She is a book keeper for Gray Van Lines and is president of Area number 7. Prof. Thomas G. (Jack) Kinard, class of 1929, Clover. He is superintendent of the Clover schools and is a council member from Area num ber 2. The Alumni Council will meet in the Assembly Room of Wessel’s Library on Saturday, May 31, at 3:00 p. m. The following class reunions will be held on the same date: Class of 1928 at 7:30 in the High School Cafeteria; Class of 1933 at 7:30 in the Community Hall; Class of 1948 at 7:30 in the Wise man Hotel: Class of 1935 at 8:00 at the Wallace Home; and the Class of 1943 at 8:00 at the Old Newberry Hotel Dining Room, on Sunday, June 1, the Class of 1908 at the College Boarding Hall at 12:30 p. m.; the Class of 1903 at the Wiseman Hotel at 1:30 p. m., and the Class of 1938 at the Wallace Home at 5:30 p. m. To Attend Course Prof. Kernie Wessinger, and Prof. Darr Wise, Assistant Prof essors of Music at Newberry Col lege, wil both attend a six-weeks music course at the Summer School of Columbia University Teachers College in New York. The courses will begin in July. RETURNS TO WORK AFTER ILLNESS Mrs. Ruby Trice has returned to her duties as clerk at the local Selective Service office after an illness of several weeks. Among the features of Foster Follies to be held Tuesday night, June 3rd, will be the number, “I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter.” Those parti cipating are, left to right, front row, Jan Bennett, Trudy Todd, Ann Hentz, Kathy Todd; Second row, Marcus Lester, Tyler Britt, Christie Weigle, Paula Sexton, and Branders Shealy. Salvation Army Drive Begins In Newberry Rev. Neil Truesdell, chairman of the Newberry Salvation Army Servjce unit, announced , yester day that letters ]pave been sent to 3,000 residents in Newberry asking for funds to support the local operation. Rev. Truesdell pointed out the campaign is be ing conducted entirely be mail, and no one will be contacted per sonally. | He stated services will be ren dered an Newbery through the use of a purchase order book. Persons in need will be issued a purchase order—never cash—for food, medicine, clothing, or what ever the need might be. This or der is taken to a local merchant, who honors it and sends it to Lewis Shealy, treasurer, for pay ment. Salvation Army state services include emergency disaster work, home and hospital or unwed mo thers, prison and institutional vi sitation, mountain missions, re habilitation center and missing persons bureau. Rev. Truesdell said contribu tions may be sent to Mr. Shealy at the South Carolina National Bank. The campaign for funds will last through June 10. Other members of the Salva tion Army committee serving with Rev. Truesdell and Mr. Shealy are Frank Armfield, Jim my Coggins, J. V. Kneece, Ri chard Lominick, Ben A. Buddin, and Dudley French. Garbage Pick-Up At Suburbia Formative plans are in the mak ing for the “pick-up” of garbage in the recent new annex, Subur bia beginning the first of June. Garbage wjjJJL be picked up in the twice weekly and iJF it proves necessary in the business district the garbage .will be picked up daily. Those who ex pect garbage to be collected must have a garbage can with a tight fitting lid not to exceed thirty gal lon capacity. These rules regarding garbage cans apply to all residents of the city of Newberry and each indi vidual is asked to check his gar bage can and see that it meets the necessary requirements. O i 1 drums must not be used as they are too heavy for the garbage collectors to lift. If newspapers are spread in the bottom of these cans they can be kept clean and be a great aid toward ridding the city of flies, insects and other pests. The County Health Department has requested that each resident in the city of Newberry check the area around his home for any condition such as rat infested areas, mosquitoes and flies and clean such areas as the spraying season will begin in the near fu ture. Contracts For Interstate 26 Are Awarded A contract for the construction of a concrete underpass on In terstate Route 26 in Newberry County has been awarded by the State Highway Department to Dickerson, Inc., Monroe, N. C. Included in the project is the construction of a 226-foot pre- stresed concrete underpass to car ry Road 39 over the four lane divided Interstate Route 26, east of Little Mountain. Two contracts for the construc tion of this route, 20 miles in Newberry and Laurens counties, have also been awarded. Total cost of the two projects will be approximately $4,500,000. Clement Brothers Company of Lenoir, N. C. was awarded a $2,310,322.89 contract for the construction of 11.027 miles of Route 26 in Laurens and New berry counties. The second contract was award ed to J. F. Cleckley and Company of Orangeburg on a low bid of $2,189,364.17. Interstate Route 26, when com pleted, will extend from Charles ton, via the Columbia, Newberry, Clinton and Spartanburg areas, to the North Carolina line near Landrum. It is now under con struction all the way from a point southeast of Columbia to the point where it will meet U. S. Route 276 near Clinton. County Board Hires Coaches, i _ * Requires School Inventories Cancer Fund Is Over The Top The Cancer Crusade fund in Newberry County now totals $4,- 761.96, according to Mrs. Myra Addy, crusade treasurer. The Newberry County Unit of the South Carolina Division of the American Cancer Society wishes to thank the Newberry Business and Professional Wom en’s Club and the Newberry Coun ty Home Demonstration clubs for the wonderful job done through out the crusaae period; the unit also expressed appreciation to Mrs. Bernice Rutherford, chair man of the colored division and her co-chairman, Miss Gennelle Ruff, as well as all others who participated to make the cancer crusade a success. Revival At Victory Church A weekend revival at Victory Baptist Church of Pomaria will be held May 30 and 31 at 7:30 conducted by Rev. Vern Rock, a missionary in the field in Pakis tan. Homecoming will be June 1, morning and evening service with dinner on the ground at noon. Speakers will be Rev. Rock and Rev. John L. Allen of Putnam Baptist Church, Buffa lo. Rev. Alton Caldwell is pastor of Victory Baptist. The public is in^ vited to attend all of the services. The over-two-hour session of the County Board of Education Tuesday night dealt largely with fixing salaries for assistant coaches at Mid-Carolina and Whit mire high schools, and for a band director for' Mid-Carolina. James Ralph Harmon,, assistant coach at Prosperity this year, was j elected to the same job in Whit mire. Pickens Riser, who served as Prosperity’s head coach this year, was elected assistant coach at Mid-Carolina. Setting of his salary caused considerable discus sion. Dan Hamm Jr., board mem ber from Prosperity, recommend ed he be paid $3469 to “bring him in line with other v assistant coaches.” Investigation showed that this figure would put his sal- ary" fabove that of other assistant coaches because a portion, of the supplement received by the assist^ ant at Newberry high is not for coaching, but is paid by the gov ernment as compensation * for teaching some night classes. Mr. Hamm then argued that Mr. Riser would coach girls basketball and be head baseball coach, therefore should receive more edmpensa* tion. The sentiment of most members of the Board was that the head coach, with a salary of $4000, was responsible for the en- All 4-H Dairy calf club mem bers are urged to attend the field meeting to be held at the farm of J. F. Hawkins next Tuesday, June 3 at 1:30 p. m. The purpose of this meeting is to select both a junior and senior dairy judging team to represent Newberry County in district and state judging contests to be held soon. A judging demonstration will be given and elimination held for se lecting the teams. We feel that dairy cattle judg ing is an important phase of calf club work since it enables a mem ber to better appraise his own animals and to better appreciate the value of dairy cattle. Teacher Is Honored By s ; hfiss Ethel Jones, third grade teachfer at Speeris Street school who Is firing this year after many years service, was honored at a supper held at the Wallace 'Home on Tuesday night, May 20. The supper was given by the fac ulty of Speers Street school. A* book, “Leaves of Gold, 1 * giv en to Miss Jones by the faculty, was presented by Mrs. Beale Cro mer, principal of Speers Street school. Supt. Ed Beck awarded Miss Jones a certificate in recog nition of her faithful service. A social hour followed theL sup per. Guests for the occasion, in ad dition to the honor guest, were Supt. and Mrs. Ed Beck and Miss Juanita Hitt. Teachers who en joyed the evening with Miss Jones were Mrs. Cromer, Mrs. Dick Boulware, Mrs. Furman Reagin, Miss Annie Abrams, Miss Sarah Boozer, Miss Rosabell Thompson, Mrs. M. B. Crooks, Mrs. James Langford, Mrs. Marvin Rucker, and Mrs. Gloria Parks. Saturday Wreck Kills, Maims No inquest has yet been sche duled in the death of Miss Les- sie Leah Patterson, 19, of Pel- zer, who was killed in a head-on oolHsion between a ,1957 Pon tiac and a 1956 Ford pick-up truck about 7 A. M. Saturday, May 24. Coroner George R. Sum mer stated that the driver of the Pontiac, Mrs. Harriett Shell Ter ry, 34, of Clinton, is still in the hospital in serious condition and the inquest is being postponed, pending her recovery and the re covery of others involved in the accident. Miss Patterson was riding in the truck with William Russell Smith, 56, of Williamston, who is in a critical condition, suffer ing lacerations of the face, head, arm, and possible internal injur ies. The accident occurred just a- bove Newberry Memorial Gar dens on Highway 76. The truck, loaded with vegetables, was head ed north towards Greenvile and the Pontiac was headed toward Columbia. Officers said that the Pontiac was on the left-hand side while the truck was on the right. In the car with the Terry woman were five others, four men and a woman. All were car ried to Newberry County Mem orial Hospital and some were la ter transferred to hospitals in Columbia. tire athletic program and should be in charge of all phases of it. A supplement the same as that paid the assistant at Whitmire was fin ally approved. Mrs. Evelyn Scott McGinnis was elected band director at Mid- Carolina. She is now at McColl. Miss Joan Boozer was elected English teacher at Mid-Carolina. J, H. Bedenbaugh, superintend ent of the Little Mountain area, sept to the Board a notice of his retirement. H« stated' that he had learned that he would be eligible to draw Social Security if he re-' tired at the end of this school year. The schedule previously giv en by Social Security administra tion showed that he would not receive such coverage. Supt. of Education James D. Brown ex plained that there had been a re cent change in the law which permitted coverage in Mr. Beden- baugh’s case. J. E. Stockman was elected to Mr. Bedenbaugh’s position. Mr. Stockman was also recommended by the Bush River Advisory Board to replace R. L. Hulsebus, who is leaving to go to Saluda. »The Board approved the grad ing and seeding of the area in front of Mid-Carolina/high school, at a price of $4000. At the sug gestion of Dave Waldrop, Silver- street area member, efforts will be made to secure funds for this project from the State Finance Commission. Director of Schools P. K. Harmon stated that requests for approval of construction of cafeterias at Pomaria and Pros perity will .be taken up at the June 12 meeting of the State Fin ance Commission, and approval is expected. Action on a request from the Prosperity area advisory Board, for one additional full time and one part time teacher for the ele- mentary school was postponed un til hearer time for the school ses sion, so that an accurate enroll ment may be determined. Mr. Har mon stated that teachers could be secured at the last minute if nec essary. J. Alvin Kinarji, board member from Pomaria, advised that St. Phillips Lutheran Church was interested in buying the St. Phil lips school property. Chairman W. H. Caldwell appointed a commit tee composed of Mr. Kinard, Supt. Brown and Board Member Francis Setzler to appraise the property and set a value. The Board instructed Supt. Brown to advise all superintend ents 9nd principals of all schools in the county that they were to inventory all equipment and sup plies at the end of the year and submit a report before the June meeting of the Board. Mr. Har man advised that clerks in his of fice would be available to assist in this inventory. There was also discussion of having the various accounts of the individual schools audited but no definite action was taken on this matter. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS May 31: John G. Goggins, Jr., Susan Nichols, Dr. J. C. Atki- son, Mac Cobb, Harriett Schum- pert. June 1: Mrsu C. J. McWhir- ter, Drayton Wicker, Mrs. J. E. Crooks, Faye Hughes, Anne Walton, Mrs. J. C. Counts, Ann Beck, Marie L. Merchant, Luth er D. Long, Mittie Y. Summer, Helen K. Werts. June 2: Mrs. Walter Hiller, Neel Long, Dolly Senn, Ann Sehn, Mrs. Daisy Lee Graham, E. R. Fellers, W. F. Mullinax, Julie Underwood. June 3: Miss Lois Merchant, Edwin Stokes, Jr., F. M. Baxter, Mrs. Mae A. Aull, Mrs. Melvin Hancock, Mary B. Burns, Jerry Havird, Frank Stevens, Jr., Mrs. Jason Ringer, Mrs. T. Roy Summer, Jr., Prof. W. E. Monts, Margaret McAlhaney, A. P. Coleman, Twins Strother and Alan Paysinger. June 4: Shirley Lathrop, Bar nette Boland, Mrs. Jessie Ontz, Gayle Davis, Wayne Folk, Hayne Folk, Richie Dennis. June 5: B. Y. Abrams, Mrs. Deleal Boinest, Donna Ann Lathrop, Rube Humphries, Paul ette Whitaker. June 6: Frank Graham, Faye Leopard, Susannah Force, Carl Long, Jo Ann Richardson, W. W. Walker, Janie Kunkle.