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The test of tolerance comes
when we are in a majority—
the test o fcourage comes
when we are in a minority.
Though through the ages
man has progressed to the
point where he walks up
right, his eyes still swing
from limb to limb.
VOLUME 21; NUMBER 12.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA,
THTJiSD
AY, JULY 17, 1958
4 $2.00 PER YEAR
By The Way
By Boris A. Saudi
THEY HAPPEN
Those things just happen once
in a while, in the newspaper busi
ness. The copy-writer blames it
on the typesetter; the typesetter
blames it on the proof-reader;
the latter throws the blame back
on the typesetter and so it goes.
But to get to the point, in the
article about Billy O’Dell in last
week’s Sunpaper, Billy’s wife was
referred to as the former “Miss
Joan Davis.” Since the name of
her parents followed, I’m sure
most of you caught the error, and
my apologies to the former Miss
Joan Dennis, now Mrs. Billy
O’Dell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson Dennis of Newberry.
BETTER WAKE UP
I had a conversation the other
day' with someone who is closely
connected with the textile indus
try. I might add that this person
is in no way connected with New
berry Mills, Inc., although that
was the topic of our conversation.
What he had to say was some
thing like this: “If the people of
Newberry think that a textile mill
just can’t and won’t close, they
had better wake up. Things are
bad all over in the textile indus
try, and a plant can’t continue to
lose money and operate indefi
nitely. It would be a terrible
blow to Newberry if that mill
were to close and I think the
manager is going to do every
thing possible to keep it in opera
tion, but the people of Newberry
should take some sort of stand to
show appreciation for the indus
try they now have, rather than
talking so much of new industry
while possibly letting a $45,000
weekly payroll slip through their
fingers.”
LITTLE LEAGUE
I attended the brief meeting of
Little League parents, called by
Jim Callicut who has the thank
less task of heading up the city’s
Little League program. The meet
ing seemed to have accomplished
little because, as Mr. Callicutt
said, “the parents who should
have been here were the ones
who didn’t show up.” It seems
that the main cause of trouble in
the Little League is remarks by
spectators, parents who attended
the Little League games. Some of
them sit behind home plate, ac
cording to Jim, and continuously
make derisive remarks about the
ability of players, managers, um
pires and everything else.
The Little League program is
to teach the youngsters of our city
to play baseball, and more import
ant, to teach them sportsmanship.
The managers have a hard time
doing this with so much outside
interference. Some parents seem
to expect big league performance
from the 'little league teams. Some
are interested only in “the pen
nant,” insisting that only the
best players be used, benching
those who are not so capable.
I was more interested in the
reaction of two parents after the
meeting was over. One had a boy
on the “winning team,” one on the
losing side. The parent of the
“winner” said: “winning so much
has not been good for our boy. He
is getting too cocky.” The par
ents of the loser had this* to say:
“before our boy started playing
in Little League, he was a terrible
loser at* anything he tried. Since
he has been on a losing team, his
manager has taught him to accept
defeat in good nature. He does,
and this has carried over into ev
erything he does. At least he has
learned to be a good loser.”
Managers might take note of
this, as well as parents, who
think the only goal for the teams
is to win the pennant. Teaching
a boy to be a good loser is much
more important than teaching
him to be a cocky winner.
I think the Little League pro
gram, properly carried out, is a
fine one and I hope that parents
who attend the games will in the
future be kind enough to keep
their derogatory remarks to
themselves. I am told that sev
eral managers stood it as long as
they could then just gave up the
teams. If this sort of thing keeps
on there will be no managers,
thus no Little League, and this
. \yill add up to some mighty dis
appointed little boys. Parents who
are sincerely interested in the pro
gram also wish to thank the busi
ness firms and clubs without
whose financial support the pro
gram would be impossible.
J. 0. Hipp Rites
To Be Today
James Oscar Hipp, 86, died
early Wednesday morning at the
Newberry County Memorial Hos
pital after a long period of de
clining health and a short crit
ical illness.
Mr. Hipp was born in Newberry
County, the son of the late James
Oscar and Alberta Hipp. He had
been engaged in farming as long
as his health permitted. He was
a member of Ebenezer Metho
dist Church.
He is survived by seven sons,
J. Fincher, Osborne, Claude, Cur
tis and Roy Hipp, all of New
berry; Herman Hipp of Warsaw,
N. C. and Ray Hipp of Fayette
ville, N. C.; three daughters,
Miss Bessie Hipp, Mrs. A. P.
Coleman and Mrs. Cora Mack, all
of Newberry; 27 grandchildren,
and 35 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at four o’clock this (Thur
sday) afternoon at Zion Metho
dist Church' by the Rev. C. B.
Word, the Rev. Paul Scott, and
the Rev. J. W. Davenport. Inter
ment will be in the church ceme
tery.
The body will remain at the
Whitaker Funeral Home until the
hour of service. The family will
be at the home of Mrs. Cora
Mack, Glenn Street Extension.
Active pallbearers will be the
following grandsons: Ray Cole
man, Derrill Coleman, Joe, Hipp,
Wesley Hipp, Earl Bledsoe, Ned
Hipp and Carroll Hipp.
Serving as honorary pallbearers
will be Dr. E. H. Moore., Jesse
Frank Hawkins, H. D. Whitaker,
Brab Goggins, Eugene Bushardt,
Arthur Boozer, Albert J. Darby,
Zack Dawkins, Ches Bedenbaugh,
Tom Stockman, Henry Stockman,
Dud Bedenbaugh, Dr. J. I. Bed
enbaugh, Holland Boozer, Norman
Boozer, Olin Cousins, Robert
Sheppard, Joe Connelly, Harry
Dominick, Fred Dominick and B.
V. Chapman.
The granddaughters will assist
with the flowers.
Scout Day Camp
Begms 21st At
Lynch's Woods
Newberry area Girl Scouts will
begin their third year of day camp
starting Monday, July 21. There
will be two sessions, each lasting
one week. Camp each day will last
from 9 a. m. until 3 p. m.
Bus transportation will be
furnished for the children who do
not have transportation to and
from camp. During the first week,
the bus will be leaving from the
residence of Floyd Dennis on
Kinard St. The second week, the
bus will leave from Speers St.
school.
There will be pre-camp training
for the staff July 18,Friday, at
9:30 a. m. at the campsite in
Lynch’s ' Woods. During this per
iod, the schedule will be set up,
specific duties will be assigned and
skills practiced. The staff will
cook out that day, so no lunch
will be necessary.
Staff members include the fol
lowing: Marcia Haile, director;
unit leaders, Anna Coe Keitt, Anne
Cannon and Betty Clarkson; unit
assistants, Harriett Morehead,
Kathy Whitaker, Rachel Hunter,
Judy Shealy, Priscilla Crump, Lil
lian McCutcheon, Aggie Felker
and Martha C. Morris.
Scouts will be in three unit
areas, where they will plan their
activities. Some of their activities
include daily cookouts, hiking,
trail-making, singing and dancing,
crafts, nature study, and camp
fires once each week.
All campers should wear shorts
or bermudas, shirts and shoes.
Each child will bring a nosebag
lunch the first day of each week.
Milk will be delivered each day
and there will be a rest hour each
day after lunch. No camper is
to bring any carbonated drink.
There are over 100 campers
registered for the first week, but
vacancies are left in the second
week. Those who desire to attend
during the second week are asked
to contact Marcia Haile at tele
phone 347-W. The fee is $3.00
each week.
Henry W. Carver
Dies At Columbia
Henry W. Carver, 83, of Rt. 5,
Union, died at a Columbia nursing
home Sunday evening after a long
illness.
Among his survivors is a son,
Carswell Carver of Newberry.
The New And The Old, As
Concrete Company Expands
Something big is going up bn
the C. N. and L. right-of-way at
Fair and Shelley streets. The
Newberry Concrete Co., which
began operations in Newberry
in March 1955, has found it neces
sary to increase its productive
capacity in order to keep up with
its business. A “pre-mix” mat
erial bin, capable of handling
over 100 tons of materials, and
a tank silo with a storage ca
pacity of 113 tons of cement,
are being erected on the CNL
right-of-way adjacent to’the pre
sent locaiion of the company.
Richard Earl Addison, mana
ger of the local ready-mix con
crete plant since it began opera
tions here, stated that the in
crease in business, and especially
sub-contracts to furnish con
crete for portions of Interstate
Route 26, necessitated the build
ing of the new structure, which
will cut loading time for a truck
by about 15 minutes and will al
so hold a sufficient amount of
materials so that frequent “re
chargings” will not be required.
Cement will be stored in the
tank-silo direct from a bulk
railroad car by means of an au
gur conveyor and bucket eleva
tor. The conveyor runs under the
CNL sidetrack and cement will
be poured from the car onto the
conveyor for storage in the tank.
Sand and stone, stored in the ma
terial bins, are brought to the
plant by 20 ton trailer-loads and
will be placed in the bins by
cranes.
The Newberry Concrete Com
pany started out in 1955 with a
small wooden shed for an office;
and personnel consisting of the
manager, one crane operator and
one truck driver. Last year, a
modern air-conditioned office was
built; a full time secretary and
another mixer-truck driver em
ployed. The plant is owned by
C. Y. Thomason and Co. of Green
wood, which also has plants in
Greenwood, Clinton and Abbe
ville.
The local plant has three mixer
trucks on hand, with access to as
many more as are needed at any
time. Ninety percent of the work
done by Newberry Concrete is
inside the county, although its
trucks occasionally go as far as
Salem Cross Roads, Chapin r,nd
Saluda. From 80 to 85 percent
of the work is done for contract
ors or builders, the remainder for
individuals, or, as Mr. Addison
stated, for the “do-it-yourselfers.”
He stated that the plant would
handle any order, no matter how
large or small, provided arrange
ments could be made to get to
the job at the time required.
“When we first began opera
tions,” Mr. Addison said, “we
considered that we had an aver
age week if we delivered between
75 and 90 yards of concrete.
Since we have expanded, we must
deliver between 125 and 140 yards
and thus far we haven’t had any
trouble making it. We expect to
deliver about 6000 cubic yards
on our initial contract for Inter
state Route 26 and have hopes
of getting more in addition to
that.” The company is presently
pouring concrete for culverts in
the center section of the super
highway in Newberry County,
beginning at St. Paul’s Church,
Pomaria and extending to the
Whitmire Highway, several miles
above the Newberry city limits.
In discussing the amount of
materials used at the ready-mix
plant, Mr. Addison stated that in
a month when 750 cubic yards of
concrete are delivered, the com
pany will use 90,000 gallons of
wat^r, 60,000 of which is used
to clean the equipment, the re
mainder for the concrete mix; 750
tons of stone and 450 tons of sand.
Personnel of the company, in
addition to Mr. Addison, are
Peggy Cockrell, secretary; Fred
Johns, Harry Shealy and George
Taylor.
Completes Tour
In Morocco
Ensign Eugene C. Griffith has
completed a 14-month tour of duty
with the Navy in Morocco, and
has been transferred to sea duty
aboard the destroyer U. S. S.
Charles R. Ware. Judge and Mrs.
Steve C. Griffith and Steve Jr.,
have just returned from a visit
with Ensign Griffith at Newport,
R. I., the home base of his ship.
His address is USS Charles R.
Ware, DD 865, FPO, New York,
N. Y.
west To Be
it In
Death
inquest will be held tonight
(llhursday) at 8:00 p. m. at the
Newberry court house to investi-
the death of Donald F. Bow-
27, who was fatally wounded
Wfidnesday night at his home
abOUt nine miles west of Newber
ry* in the Utopia section. His step
father, Charles G. Swindler, 58,
is being held in connection with
th# shooting. Swindler is being
held in the county jail pending
outcome of the inquest.
Information received from the
Sheriff Tom Fellers, who assist-
ed in investigation of the shoot
ing, indicated that Bowers was
shot in the back with a .38 Smith
& Wesson pistol and that Swind
ler came to the sheriff’s office
after the shooting and was tak
en to the county jail.
Funeral services for the victim
were held Friday at 11 a. m. at
Silveritreet Lutheran Church with
Rev. Edgar Lindler conducting.
Burial' followed in the church ce
metery.
Mr. ‘Bowers was born and rear
ed in Newberry County, the son
of Mrs. Laura Nichols Bowers and
the late Roy C. Bowers. He was a
graduate of Silverstreet high
school and attended Newberry
and Clemson Colleges before ent
ering service.
Since his discharge from the
service, he^ has made his home
with his grandmother, Mrs. J. H.
Bowers Sr. He was a member of
Silverstreet Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his mother;
one brother, Toney N. Bowers,
Silverstreet; one sister, Mrs.
Peffgy Ann Mullins, Columbia;
his grandmother and a number of
uncles and aunts.
Active pallbearers were Walter
Sheppard, Bobby Long, Maffett
Fant Jr., Odell Ruff, Phillip Sand
ers and Harrison Blair.
» Honorary escort was composed
of the church council, John Der
rick, John Grady Bedenbaugh,
George Kunkle, Bobby Epting,
Billy Senn, E. F. Cox, J. M. Cox
Jr. and Mr. Crocker.
Flower attendants were Peggy
Reese, Mildred Long, Linda Hun
ter, Betty Long, Edna Earle
Fant and Nell Bedenbaugh.
Rev. Webb Be
Guest Pastor At
O'Neal Church
Rev. R. O. Webb will be guest
preacher in revival services at the
O’Neal Street Methodist Church of
Newberry, July 21-27.
Although Rev. Webb is a native
of Rutherfordton, N. C., he has
spent most of his active ministry
in South Carolina churches.
In 1923, when the S. C. Meth
odist Conference met in Newber
ry, Rev. Webb was ordained and
became a member of the Confer
ence.
Rev. Webb is a former pastor
of the O’Neal Street Church, hav
ing served here during the period
1925-28.
The revival services at O’Neal
Street will begin each evening at
7:30 o’clock. Three morning serv
ices will be held, Tuesday, Wed
nesday, and Thursday, at 10 a. m.
The pastor, Rev. J. W. Daven
port, and members of O’Neal
Street cordially invite the public
to attend any and all of the serv
ices.
Council Again Sets Levy At
39 Mills; Budget Is Adopted
Board Directors Tell Members
Why Engineer Was Not Hired
Revival Begins
At Bush River
Church Sunday
Dates for annnual revival serv
ices at Bush River Baptist Church
have been set for July 20-27.
♦ For many years the meetings
have been held in August. The
change in date was made to ac
commodate any who might wish to
attend the Billy Graham meeting
in Greenville during the month of
August.
Dr. S. H. Jones of Greenville,
editor of The Baptist Courier will
be the guest speaker. Dr. Jones
is a graduate of Furman Univer
sity and of Southern Seminary.
He was formerly president of a
Missouri college and is an exper
ienced pastor.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the services beginning
each evening at-7:45; also the day
services, Tuesday through Friday,
at 10:30 a. m.
Bedenbaugh Dies
At Hospital
Jacob H. Bedenbaugh, 60, of
Rt. 1, Prosperity, died at 8:12 a.
m. Tuesday at Newberry hospital
after four years of declining
health and an illness of five
weeks.
Mr. Bedenbaugh was born and*'
reared ip Newberry County near
Prosperity. He was a son of the
late Hawkins and Malicia Kelly
Bedenbaugh. He was a member
of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church
near Prosperity. He was former
ly employed by the Bush River
School and was a former school
bus driver and farmer.
Survjying are his wife, Mrs.
Carrie Morris Bedenbaugh; 6
sons, Jacob L. Bedenbaugh of
Columbia, Gerald B. Bedenbaugh
of West Bend, Wis., Hawkins S.
Bedenbaugh of Newberry, James
W\, Bobby F. and Johnny C.
Bedenbaugh, all of Prosperity;
5 daughters, Mrs. W. B. Smith of
Kinards, Mrs. S. B. Rhodes of
Woodruff, Mrs. Frank Glymph
of Miami, Fla., Miss Sylvia Bed
enbaugh of Prosperity and Mrs.
Marvin Bouknight of Newberry;
4 sisters, Mrs. Carl Dennis of
Newberry, Mrs. Bennie Epting
and Mrs. Tiller Connelly of Pros
perity and Mrs. Jeanette Epting
of Greenwood; and 18 grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed by Dr. Thomas F. Suber and
the Rev. T. B. Altman.
Lions To Hear
Forester Graham
The next meeting of the Lions
Club will be held at the Commun
ity Hall on August 5 with P. N.
Abrams, president, presiding.
Henry Hentz, program committee
chairman, announced that the
guest speaker will be John Gra
ham, S. C. District Forester.
George Martin will be Greeter.
Jim Callicut, far right, pre
sides over a meeting of parents
discussing spectator behavior at
Little League baseball games.
Standing at the left, addressing
Mr. Callicut, is Pete Coleman,
one of the interested parents.
Mr. Callicutt is president of
Newberry’s Little League pro
gram. (Sunphoto.)
When contacted on Tuesday,
Emory Bedenbaugh, field repre
sentative of the Newberry County
Development Board, stated that
the Board’s directors had.no com
ment to make concerning the Civi-
tan Club’s Resolution concerning
the employment of an industrial
engineer.
In a “News Letter” to all
Board members on Wednesday,
however, the Board of directors
made the following explanation
about this matter:
“Realizing the limited ability of
ourselves in deciding the proper;
and correct way to proceed in our
efforts to secure new industries
for our County, your Directors
consulted with Mr/ Chas. Daniel
and Mr. R. M. Cooper. As you
know, Mr. Cooper is Chairman of
the S. C. State Development
Board and Mr. Daniel is an inter
national industrial construction
engineer. Both gentlemen advis
ed us not to employ an industrial
engineer because their engineers
were available for our use at any
time with no cost or obligation to
Newberry County. They advised
us to employ a young, aggressive,
local man with a good personality.
They also advised us to first pre
pare all available information so
as to publish a brochure of our
County. This is now being done.
Your Board of Directors realizes
the necessity of conserving our
limited budget of around $8,900
and thought it would be wasteful
to employ an industrial engineer
since we could secure the free
services of both Mr. Daniel’s and
Mr. Cooper’s industrial engineers
txsm time, to time as they are
heeded. Mr. Emory H. 'Beden
baugh has been employed as Field
Representative and is very busy
gathering data on Newberry
County for our brochure. Your
great cooperation in this has been
fine and makes our job much
easier.
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“Everyone in our County real
izes the necessity of not only
trying to secure new industries,
but also trying to take/care of our
present industries,” the news let
ter continues. “The possibility of
the loss of Newberry Mills, Inc.
is very serious. Your Board of Di
rectors met June 30th, July 7th
and on July 10th on this serious
matter. The services of the New
berry County Development Board
have been offered so as to help
maintain this industry in our
County for the benefit of all con
cerned.”
“We trust that each member
realizes that information on new
industrial prospects cannot be giv
en out until such negotiations
have been completed. We are
not attempting to hide anything
from any member but new indus
try seeking locations forbid us
from speaking until negotiations
are completed. Your cooperation in
this is deeply appreciated.”
Long Attends
NEA Meeting
J. G. Long, superintendent of
the Silverstreet area and presi
dent of the Newberry County
Education Association, attended
the National Education Associa
tion convention in Cleveland, Ohio
June 29-July 6. He represented
Newberry County teachers and
was one of the state’s seventy-one
official delegates.
Among the discussions of inter
est at the convention was the
subject of segregation. This ques
tion was removed from the agenda
after a stormy session.
The South Carolina delegation
did not go along with the House
Education committee on Federal
Aid to Education, according to re
ports from the convention.
Mother Of Local
Man Succumbs
GREER—Mrs. Laura Jane (Ay
ers) Ayers, 92, widow of Moses
Ayers, and a former resident of
Greer, died at 4:45 p. m. Monday
in a Greenwood nursing home.
Surviving are 5 daughters, 5
sons, one of whom is H. D. Ayers
of Newberry; 50 grandchildren,
30 great-grandchildren and 16
great-great-grandchildren.
Taxpayers of the city of New
berry will not have a tax increase
this year as a result of action tak
en by Council at a special meeting
Tuesday night. The levy was
again set at 39 mills, the same
amount city dwellers have been
taxe<} for the past several years.
Of this amount, 30% mills will
be used for the ordinary operating
expenses of the city; 2% mills
will be used to pay refunding
bonds issued in 1950; and six mills
are set aside to repay general
purpose bonds issued in 1952.
A budget for the city was also
adopted and as in most years, the
estimated disbursements exceed s
the estimated receipts. Usually the .
city manager and council manage ^
to cut cornels and save enough to
end the city’s year/in the black.
Council estimates that it will
spend $692,965.52 during the com
ing year, and that it will receive
from various sources the amount
of $683,490. By far the largest
revenue expected is from electric
sales, $303,000. Running second is
the income from the current
year’s taxes, $129,000. Another
iarge source of revenue is water
sales, estimated at $90,500,
The largest disbursement is al
so in the electric department,
which will cost $193,140 to oper
ate.
Very few changes were made, in
this year’s budget, according to
S. D. Paysinger, chairman of the
budget committee. In the admini-
trative department, a position for
a personnel clerk has been add
ed, at a salary of $2400. An ex
tra $200 was added to the fire de
partment budget to carry out a
fire prevention program, previous
ly , authorized by council. In the
Police Department, plans were
made to allow members of the
force to have their vacation with
out working extra-time to, allow
other members to have vacations. ,
The sum of $1500 was set aside,
however, so that if any of the po
licemen are required to work ov
ertime, they will be paid for the
extra work they do. The present
policy is to have the force work
extra duty, for which they receive
a $100 bonus.
The street department budget
remains the same, also electric
and water departments, sewer and
joint utilities. The only other
change listed in the budget was
“cost of making improvements at
the parks and playgrounds if
funds are available.” This includes
repair and maintenance for Wil-
lowbrook Park, $3000; Mollohon,
$1000; Marion Davis, $1500; oth
er 'parks, $2000; 50 park benches
for all parks, $750; fence around
swimming pool, $1600.
New equipment to be purchased
includes a trade-in of the two po
lice cars and city manager’s car;
one street truck and one utility
truck.
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
July 20: A. J. Bowers, Mrs.
A. T. Neely, Chevis I. Boozer,
James R. Andrews, Gertice
Smith, Mrs. Cyril flalfacre, Os
car Graham.
July 21: Judy Ann Wilson,
Mrs. Christine H. Burns, Judy
Senn, James Scott Boozer, Mrs.
Henry Mills, Anna Hawkins,
Bobby Duncan, Scott Anthony
Epting.
July 22: Willie Robert Gil
liam, Sam A. Cook, WilUam E.
Burr III, George A. Setzler.
July 23: Tommy Tindall, San
dra Kay Burns, Mrs. Carrie Ki
nard, Wayne McCullough, Mrs.
Hower Long, Marion Walton,
Jewel Waldrop, Dr. R. A* Good
man, Mrs. Louis Brossy, Rich
ard Lominick, Chuck Sharp,
Mrs. Dorothy Price, Carol Min-
ick, Mrs. Clyde Wilson.
July 24: Mrs. W. A. Atta-
way, Alberta Wicker, Roy Long,
S. Gordon Brown, Miss Elsie
Gilliam, Merle Drawdy, Tom
Lewis, Tommy Bedenbaugh,
Sloan Wallace, Dr. B. J. Keefe.
July 25: David Summer, Mrs.
I. M. Smith, Mrs. R. E. Hanna,
Jr., Lucy Bouknight, John R.
Davenport, Charlie Dukes.
July 26: Olin Lominick, Nan
Oxner Wilson, Joyce Merchant,
Martha H. Brown, Mrs. C. E.
Berley, Sylvia Boozer, Paulette
Word.
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