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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.