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^ ; •>>■ By The Way By Sorts A. Bondi NO DUMPING I have been asked by City Man ager Ed Blackwell to tell you that the old city dump is no long er the city dump. I am told that signs to this effect have been posted at the old location but some persons pay no heed and the city is having to spend some of your tax money to clean up the area. Since the no trespassing and other signs have been ignor ed the City Manager finds it nec- 'Ossary to post a sentinel at the former dump and those trespass ing will be dealt with in the city’s judicial halls. If in doubt about the new location, please call the city manager, who will be glad to show you the way to go dump. A TRAGEDY Tragedies come into the lives of so many people that we some times wonder how we have man aged to escape them. Very much on my mind the past few days has been the Evans Bowers fam ily of Silverstreet, who lost their 12-year-old son, Charles in a trag ic accident last Saturday. Charles and his 16-year old brother, Ron nie, were working in the field at their farm when in some way not quite understood, and before any one could really know what had happened, he fell under the wheels of the moving truck, driven by Rennie. We sincerely sympathize with Charles’ family, and espec ially with Ronnie. Ronnie is a fine young man; one who was valedictorian of his 8th grade class at Silverstreet school, and who walked away with the history medal at Newberry High school this year. While Ronnie is en tirely blameless in this tragedy, we can understand that he would be heartbroken. We hope that the years ahead will dim — not the memory of his brother, but the grief of the tragedy, and that he will continue on the fine intellec tual and moral path on which he has made such a good beginning. Nearing completion is one of the two new buildings at Newberry College, Building, located across from MacLean Gymnasium on Bachman St. Both this building and the new dormitory are scheduled to be completed in time for the College’s fall opening. The building pictured above houses the dining room and kitchen, faculty dining room, post office, recreation, club and storage rooms, and a canteen. (Sunphoto.) Heavy Vote Cast Tuesday For State And County Officials BUG KILLER That machine which has been roaming around the city streets the past couple of nights scares the w T its out of our little girls. They call it the “bug killer.” That gruesome sound it makes, coup led with the foggy spray, causes the thing to seem sort of ghost ly, I guess, and they don’t like it a bit. Others, J have heard, are aller gic to the spray it uses. Notwith standing the complaints of the two young ones, I personally am mighty happy that the County Health Department started this spraying business each summer in an effort to eliminate flies, mos quitos and other stinging, biting, crawling, flying insects. I be lieve we will be able to control the girls’ fears; I hope those allergic to the spray won’t be too allergic; but' I congratulate the Health De partment and hope they will keep up the good work. Cornerstone Be Laid Sunday At Bachman Chapel Sunday, afternoon, June 26, at three o’clock the cornerstone will be laid for the new Bachman Chapel Lutheran Church, Prosper ity. The address of the afternoon will be delivered by Dr. Karl Ki- nard, president of the Evangeli cal Lutheran Synod of South Caro lina. Greetings will be brought from the Newberry Conference by the Rev. Clarence Richardson, president of the conference. The pastor, the Rev. J. L. Drafts will have charge of the service. The public is cordially invited to wor ship with the members of the con gregation in this service. RUNNING LATE This column should have been on the Linotype hook several hours ago, but before I stop I want to make a short mention of one item. At the County Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, P. K. Harmon, director of schools, said “nothing is ever said about the good things we do.” I would like to say now that one of the best things the board has ever done is to release (sometime af ter June 30) to the newspapers a detailed accounting of all school expenditures. Many times I have said that much criticism of the school system would be avoided if more facts were given. I believe this is the best step taken yet and congratulate the board on its ac tion. HIP BROKEN IN FALL TUESDAY Mrs. H. 0. Long of Silverstreet was carried to a Columbia Hospi tal Tuesday after breaking a hip in a fall early that morning. She was scheduled to undergo surgery on Wednesday. Mrs. Long had only recently been able to get around after hav ing broken her other hip in a fall last year. JOINS STAFF OF OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL Miss Marguerite Tolbert, state supervisor of adult education in the State Department of Educa tion, has accepted the position of assistant director of the Oppor tunity School effective July 1. Take Part In District Meet Outstanding 4-H Club girls from Newberry County will at tend the Piedmont District 4-H Food Preparation Round Up at Winthrop College in Rock Hill June 25 and 26. Miss Janie Mc- Dill, Nutrition Specialist and Miss Georgia Taylor, State Girls’ 4-H Club Leader Will be in charge. Catherine Sease of Newberry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sease will participate in Meal Preparation, preparing an oven meal. Linda Satterwhite, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrse. Claude Sat terwhite of Bush River will bake a cherry pie. Carolyn Connelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Connelly of Prosperity will work with dairy foods preparing a milk drink and donuts. Anita Kil lian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Killian and Ann Boozer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Boozer of Stoney Hill will make cinnamon rolls. A hard-fought gubernatorial race brought out large numbers of voters state-W’de, and New berry County was no exception Gets Fellowship Wayne Boyd Counts, who graduated from Furman Uni versity earlier this month, has been awarded a Southern Fel lowship Fund grant to begin work toward an advanced de gree this fait at the University of North Carolina. Mr. Counts, the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Counts, Rt. 1, Prosperity, majored in chemis try at Furman and will work toward his Ph.D. degree in this field. The award will pay all his expenses while he is doing graduate study. The graduate award is one of a number of fellowships given each year to selected honor stu dents from Southern colleges by the Southern Fellowships Fund. The fund is an agency of the Council of Southern Universi ties, Inc., with headquarters in Chapel Hill, N. C. HAS SURGERY IN CHARLESTON Carolyn Hawkins, ten-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hawkins, was a patient in the Medical College Hospital in Char leston, from Thursday until Sun day of last week. She underwent minor surgery there, and is now at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Smart, where she is reported to be re cuperating nicely. Mer mother is also with her. Her father and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Hol land Sligh returned to their homes in Newberry Sunday after being with Carolyn while she was in the hospital. Accompanying the group will be Miss Doney Crain and Mrs. Margie D. Freeman, County home agents. when the run-off Democratic pri mary. was held Tuesday of this week. The total vote in Newber ry County was 5760, only 383 less than the vote in the first primary on June 10. This is considered es pecially remarkable in that only two county posts were at stake, neither of which was county wide. Ross George, unsuccessful can didate for election as Commis sioner District No. 2 in the pri mary two years ago, Tuesday de feated his run-off opponent, W. M. (Bob) Dawkins by a vote of 1151 to 976. Andrew F. Shealy became Mag istrate District No. 6 by edging out his opponent, J. Harold Wise, 250 to 234. In the state races, Newberry voters again showed their favor itism for Ernest F. Hollings and Frank D. Pinckney. Hollings re ceived 3661 votes in Newberry County, against 2099 for Donald Russell. The adjutant-general race was as lop-sided in. Newberry County as it was state-wide. Pinckney received 4516 votes from Newberrians, while Ted P. Wat son, received 1162. Pinckney led in every precinct in Newberry County, while Hol lings carried all except eight of the 49 precincts. Mt. Bethel voted a 17-17 tie between the two gub ernatorial candidates; while Sa luda No. 7, Ward 4 No. 2, O’Neal No. 1, Hartford, Prosperity No. 1 and O’Neal No. 2 gave Russell a slight lead. The only large ma jority for Russell was in Trinity, with a 27-6 vote. Hollings led all other boxes, many of them by large majorities. In the Commissioner’s race, Mr. George had majorities in John stone, Walton, Wheeland, Peak, Union, Mulberry, Pomaria, St. Phillips, Zion, Little Mountain, Jolly Street, Midway and Central. Mr. Dawkins carried Utopia, Sil verstreet, O’Neal No. 1, St. Paul, Hartford, Stoney Hill, Prosperity No. 1, Prosperity No. 2, O’Neal No. 2 and Fairview. Newberry Guard Units To Leave For Camp August 10 On August 10, 347 officers, war rant officers and enlisted men of Newberry National Guard units will leave for their annual two- weeks summer training at Fort Stewart, Georgia. They will re turn on August 24. Units from Newberry attending will be the 228th AAA Group, Headquarters and Headquarters battery with 11 officers, five war rant officers and 58 enlisted men; the 246th Army Band with one warrant officer and 27 enlisted men; Headquarters and Head quarters battery, 107th AAA Bat talion with 12 officers, two war rant officers and 104 enlisted men; and Battery C of the 107th with six officers, one warrant of ficer and 120 enlisted men. Among other South Carolina units to attend will be the follow ing units of the 228th Group: 713th AAA Battalion, Lancaster; 678th AAA Battalion, Anderson; 383 Signal Detachment and 411 Ordnance Detachment, both of Columbia; 131st AAA Operations Detachment, Dillon, 218th AAA (R-CAT) Detachment, Lancaster, and 95th Army Band, Clinton. The 228th is commanded by Col. Barringer F. Wingard of Clinton. For the first time, units will use a new type radar device called the M33. The National Guard recent ly received four of these sets, val ued at over a half million dollars each. Another new piece of equipment to be used this year for the first time is a self-propelled AAA wea pon, mounting 40 millimeter and 50 caliber anti-aircraft guns. Training on this weapon during armory drill periods has been geared toward immediate firing at Ft. Stewart. In addition to the new weapons, the units will train with “old standby” 90 millimeter AAA guns. These weapons, which proved very successful during WWII, will be coupled with the M33 radar sys tem. In recent tests, the 90mm, used with the M33, was 99 percent effective. Out of 1000 rounds fir ed, there were only ten misses. The units wdl receive instruc tion from personnel stationed at Ft. Stewart, and individual firing battery tests will be administered "Where Contract Differences Are Settled By Mollohon, Union The Kendall Company, Mollohon Plant and the Textile Workers Union of America (AFL-CIO) Wednesday signed a new labor agreement which is described as being satisfactory to both parties. The new contract is basically the same as the old one which has been in effect between the parties since June, 1951 with the excep tion of some minor modifications. Employee benefits on overtime, paid holidays, vacation pay and pensions are exactly the same as those covered by the old agree ment. Some minor changes were coverage. The contract which was signed this morning by officials of the company and the union will re main in effect until June 25, 1960. After this date it will automatic ally renew itself from year to year thereafter except that either party may terminate it or propose to the other modifications or amendments thereof kt the end of any such year by giving to the other party -written notice at least sixty days before the end of each year. No Inquest To Be Held In Death Of Silverstreet Boy Officers To Be Installed At Lions Meet The next meeting of the Lions Club will be a supper meeting at the Community Hall on July 1st, with Sgt. Hoyt Bailey, of the Public Relations and Safety Edu cation Division of the S. C. High way Department from Columbia as guest speaker. His subject will be highway safety. The program committee for this meeting con sists of A. E. Morehead, chair man; Ferd Summer, and W. W. King. Greeter will be Howard Clark. A feature of this meeting will be the installation of new direc tors and officers by John Clark son, International Counsellor. Of ficers for the ensuing year will be P. N. Abrams, president; Ray Dawkins, first vice-president; Herschel Kemper, second vice- president; P. K. Harmon, secre tary; George Rodelsperger, treas urer; Doug Hornsby, tail twister and James Clamp, Lion Tamer. Miss Frances Swittenburg of Blackstock is spending this week with her cousins; Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Swittenburg on McKib- ben St. and Mr; and Mrs. Bill Swittenburg in the county. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS June 29: Miss Annie Abrams, Pauline Wicker, Mrs. Gertrude Gibson' Duckett, J. E. Kinard, George Lipscomb, Rev. Charles B. Dawkins, Butch Price. June 30: Mrs. Kirby Lomin- ack, John L. Epps Jr., Mrs. Ethel Swygert, Mary S. Wat kins, Mike Wiggers, Edwin Nichols, D. R. Son, Howard B. Kirkegard Jr., Tommy Ballew, Edna Kirkegard, Henry Chap pell, Linda Ruth Wicker. July 1: Miss Ruby Dennis, Sims Tompkins, Mrs. Milton Moore, Bobby Harmon, James Nance Parr, Emily Moore, Mrs. Ervin D. Richardson, Mrs. W. B. Boinest Jr., Mrs. Clifford Smith, Patsy Ruth Senn, Lu cille Long, Grace O. Hazel, Mrs. Clayton Smith, Lt. Robert Spraul Jr., Rev. Clarence B. Word. July 2: Thomas Morris, Sam P. Shannon, Mrs. Walter Davis, Allan Dominick, Wilbur J. Rin ger, Marie K. Farr. July 3: Billie T. Parr, Walter Baker Summer, Mrs. Jake Boozer, A. B. Lake, Curtis Doo little, Lewis Lipscomb, Bettie Summer. July 4: Mrs. F. J. Weir, Joe Chappells, Susan Boland, James Oscar Quattlebaum, J. H. Long, Elliott Mayer, Mrs. J. H. Booz er, Sallie Abrams, Robert Creekmore, Terry Kay Newton, Nancy Hornsby, John A. Senn. July 5: Mrs. Lewis Shealy, Mrs. W. W. Hornsby, Ralph Gil liam, Mrs. B. B. Livingston, Prof. Milton W. Moore, Mrs. Mary Alice Wherry, Mrs. Billy Walton, Wilbur E. Epps, Mike Livingston, Gerald C. Paysing- er, George C. Trefsgar. No inquest will be held into the death of Charles Edward Bowers, I2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Evans Bowers of Silverstreet, ac cording to Coroner George R. Summer. “Investigation showed that this death was purely an ac cident, and no inquest is neces sary,” the coroner said. Charles died as the result of in juries received when a truck ran over him near his home Saturday afternoon. The truck was driven by his 16-year-old brother, Ron nie. The boys were hauling hay on their farm, and, according to the Coroner, Charles either jump ed or fell from the truck and slip ped under the wheels. Charles was a member of the Silverstreet Lutheran Church and was in the seventh grade. Survivors include his parents; two brothers, Ronald E. and Steve Allen Bowers, all of Silverstreet; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Estelle Dominick Bowers; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. R. A. Hamm; paternal great grand mother, Mrs. Joe B. Dominick, all of Silverstreet and a number of uncles and aunts. Funeral services were held at 4 p. m. Monday from Silverstreet Lutheran Church by Rev. C. Ed gar Lindler and Rev. E. K. Counts. Burial followed in the church ce metery. Active pallbearers were Elgie Sheppard, Grady Force, Everett Longshore, Bobby Stoudemire, J. W. Longshore and Carl Long. ' Flower attendants were Nina Sheppard, Susanna Force, Loxie Bowers, Carolyn Fant, Joan Hun ter and Nancy Kunkle. Mrs. Copeland o Retire Mrs. O. O. Copeland Sr., who has been employed as a clerk with the Department of Public Wel fare since the office opened in Newberry in August 1937, will re tire from that position on June 30th. Mrs. Copeland stated that she will stay at home and rest for a while, and is sure she will find plenty to do to keep her busy. Singers Group Names Officers The Newberry College Singers Alumni Association elected offi cers for the ensuing year at a re cent meeting. Rev. Edgar Lind ler of Silverstreet will serve as president, succeeding Mrs. Mary Wheeler of Saluda. Vice-president is Miss Dorothy Brandt of West minster, secretary, Mrs. Jane Summer Ragland of Cayce, and treasurer, Gordon Clarkson of Newberry. Members of the exe- tive council are Mrs. Elizabeth Suber Setzler of Newberry, Rev. Curtis Derrick of Florence, Ben F. Dawkins of Columbia, and Mrs. Wheeler. A number of plans for activities for the ensuing year were dicuss- ed at the meeting. Mrs. E. A. Carpenter returned home Friday night after a week in New York where she purchased fall merchandise for Carpenters store. Expenditures Be Released To Press; Board Chairman Caldwell Resigns The threat by the Newberry County Grand Jury to use “force ful” means against the County Board of Education Appeared to have blown the lid from pent-up anger of Board members against public criticism to the extent that they voted to release to the press detailed reports of all expenditures for the 1957-58 school year “to prove we have nothing* to hide.” There was some objection to the release of this information on an individual school basis by Sup erintendent of Education J D. Brown, but the Board paid no heed to the objections. The regular board meeting Tuesday, night began with a lengthy denunciation of the Grand Jury report and of those who criticise the board, by member Joseph L. Keitt of the Newberry area. •After ascertaining that mem bers of the Grand Jury’s commit- tee on schools did not contact school officials or Board members before releasing its report, in which it threatened to “take the most forceful steps at bur com mand” if the responsible school officials did not install certain fire escapes, Mr. Keitt stated: “I would very much appreciate if they are goingto run the schools, tell us where the money is com ing from.” “We realize the Grand Jury has broad powers,” Mr. Keitt contin ued. “We had a bond issue to try to get all of this work done, but the people of the county turned it down by a two-to-one, vote. If they provide the money, we’ll put in ap, the fire escapes they want, even to putting them in the court house. I haven’t seen any there,” he added; “I guess that building is fire-proof.” , Continuing his . denunciation, the board member said “we are getting hopped on by the Grand Jury, by those interested in ath letics, by the band people. They all say ‘you’ve got to set up a bud get for us.’ It appears to me that we are sort of in the fix of a snapping turtle with a bunch of dogs all snapping at him. We haven’t been out to defend our selves because we have nothing to hide.” After asserting that “operation al costs” are so high that “we cannot set aside any money for repairs,” Mr. Keitt advanced the opinion that “I feel people should know where every cent is going and made a formal motion that expenditures for teachers, fuel, janitors, athletics and all be re leased in its entirety if the news papers wished to publish it. “We’ve got nothing to hide*, said the board member. “Seems people think we are doing a lot of things we are not doing.” Immediately after passage of the motion, Supt. Brown notified press representatives that the in formation “will not be ready on June 30th.” Mr. Brown stated that members of the Grand Jury’s school com mittee had been asked to attend the meeting of the board Tuesday night. They were not present, however, and the superintendent said “I understood Mr. Mayer (M. O. Mayer, chairman of the com mittee) to say they had legal ad vice not to come. Something that came up later made me think he was talking to the foreman of the Grand Jury. Mr. Mayer said they had been advised not to come.” Mr. Brown also stated that according to Mr. Mayer the committee members had talked it over among themselves and had planned to ask the board to meet with them.” Mr. Keitt stated “It’s a late date to ask us. I don’t feel disposed to meet with them.” Returning to discussion of the fire escapes, Chairman W. H. Caldwell stated the opinion “I feel that no more than the fire escapes involve, we should install them.” Gilder Neel, member from the Bush River area, stated “that building is old, if a fire gets started and gains headway, it will go in a hurry. Even the fire in spector recognized that, when he recommended that the small chil dren be put in downstairs class rooms.” It was the suggestion of Dave Waldrop, member from Sil verstreet to “wait and meet with the Grand Jury—they may know a way to finance it.” The Board approved a motion by Dan Hamm, member from Prosperity, “to publish a letter from the Fire Marshal.” Informa tion contained in this letter was published in The Sun at the time it was originally read to the Beard late last year. Jesse C. Johnson, Deputy Fire Marshall, inspected Bush River and Little Mountain schools and acknowledged that “buildings of this age and type construction (Bush River) will burn very rapidly if fire gets a headway;” however, he thought the present fire-fighting meas ures should be “adequate if small children are put downstairs larger ones upstairs.” He recom mended some fire extinguishers and a few other measures. Mr. Brown said these recommendations had been complied with except for one fire extinguisher which was still at the fire department in Newberry. “I have called the school (Bush River) on three or four occasions to pick up the ex tinguisher. It has not been done.” No reason was given for this neg ligence. In discussing the recommenda tion for a fire escape at Park St. school in Whitmire, Mr. Brown stated “the fire marshall didn’t think one was necessary, but some people up there got upset and “they forced the issue and we put in a fire escape.” The Grand Jury recommended an addi tional fire escape at the school ' Chairman Caldwell submitted his resignation as chairman, but stated that he would continue to serve on the board until the ex piration of his term. He stated tlkjt he would open the next meet ing, and asked the other members to consider electing a new chair man at that time. Bids for the addition to Gall- man High School were read, the lowest being that of W. E. Baker and Sons, $67,700, for construc tion alone. Director of Schools P. K. Harmon estimated that equip ment would cost nine or ten thous and dollars. On motion of Mr. Waldrop, the board postponed ac tion on awarding the contract. Mr. Harmon told the board that conditions at Gallman were “in tolerable; that two classes are be ing .conducted simultaneously in the cafeteria; and that unless something is done, he doubted that the school would continue to be accredited.” These pleas did not change the collective minds of the board members. Mr. Harmon stated ^‘We hear so much criticism about not doing the job, I would like to point out that 22 Newberry County stu dents were on the dean’s list at Newberry College this semester.” He also mentioned a number of other county students who have received recognition at other schools. “The teaching in New berry schools must not be so bad,” he said. He also stated that all school positions in the county were fill ed except that of principal for Bush River school. Inventories, required by the board of all schools at its last meeting were distributed to mem bers. Mr. Hamm called attention to the School Board Workshop to be held July 25, 26 and 27 at Camp Socareda. He urged members to attend. W. E. Martin, Rt. 3, Prosperity, was appointed on the Prosperity advisory board replacing Curtia Long, who moved out of the com munity. C. E. Lester was reap pointed to the board. Vacancies in other areas will be filled at the next meeting. HERE FOR VACATION Miss Verna Kohn, librarian at Pineloch Elementary School, Or lando, Fla., arrived in the city last Monday for a vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Kohn, Sr., on Johnstone St. W. J. Metzger of Savannah, Ga. spent the weekend with his grand mother, Mrs. M. L. Duckett and Mrs. L. W. Bedenbaugh on Fair St.