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A man who’s wrapped up
in himself makes a mighty
small parcel.
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Ez Tike attended the road com
pany show of the Ballet Russe
when it came to town. He thought
It was good but with reference to
the toe dancers wondered why
they just didn’t get taller girls.
VOLUME 21; NUMBER 15.
By The Way
By Dorl* A. Sander*
MISCELLANY
Emory Bedenbaugh, field repre
sentative of the Newberry County
Development Board, asks that I
urge those who received the labor
survey questionnaires to return
them immediately to the Board’s
office in Newberry . . . Some mer
chants of Newberry have banded
together and formed a Merchant s
Association, of which Gerald Pay-
singer has heen named president.
This sort of organization has been
much in need since the dissolution
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Among the first acts of the newly
organized group was the pro
nouncing of Monday, September
1, Labor Day, a holiday. And while
on the subject of these two parti
cular organizations, I might sug
gest that the Development Board
hire Mrs. Ruby Abrams as publi
city agent. Her expression stu
dents on WIS-TV, both last year
and this year, have brought New
berry more publicity, free of
charge, than any other method of
advertising I have heard of re
cently. The young students, who
have taken expression lessons
only six weeks this summer—some
of them not even that long—did a
wonderful job on the Johnny Ev
ans show Wednesday morning and
evidently made a good impression
on WIS-TV audiences, because ev
en before the group left the stu
dios, telephone calls were coming
in expressing the thought that
this was about the best Johnny
Evans program yet, and that the
children from Newberry had “real
talent.”
' Mrs. Abrams is to be compli
mented, not only for her fine
coaching of her students, but for
her aggressiveness in putting
them, and Newberry, “on the
map.
WE NEED IT
Most of us breathed a little
more easily Tuesday afternoon
when William R. Beuret, execu
tive vice-president and acting gen
eral manager of Newberry Mills,
Inc., said “I want to assure the
people of Newberry that Newber
ry Mills will continue to operate.”
There is little doubt, however,
that a good community attitude is
needed to keep this plant, as well
as the two fine plants of the Ken
dall Company, in operation. I
think the article I ran across re
cently points up the importance
of this feature, and I quote as fol
lows:
“How does an industry deter
mine a new plant location ? Why
are certain communities chosen
over others?
“This is a brief explanation giv
en recently by The Rockwell
Manufacturing Company: ‘One of
our men is fond of saying, that
choosing a plant site is much like
choosing a wife: mistakes are not
only costly, but extremely hard to
live with. Which is why we al
ways approach the problem with
a great deal of care, and use the
counsel of outside plant location
specialists.
“The initial steps are, of course,
almost routine. The product to be
made determines the plant’s gen
eral specifications, labor force,
utility requirements, transporta
tion needs, etc. Location of raw
materials and major markets will
dictate the general area in which
the plant should be located—and
this area may vary from several
states to a few square miles.
“It is the next step which is
more difficult—the screening of
the general area for communities
which most nearly meet our re
quirements. This is the point at
which we .employ outside plant lo
cation specialists. Communities
are first measured against the
tangible requirements mentioned
above. Other tangibles are also
examined: the physical appear
ance of the community, transpor
tation and recreation facilities for
workers, real estate values, and
tax structure.
“Normally, several communities
in a given area meet all of the
above tangible requirements. But
in the final selection of one com
munity, it is an intangible that
weighs heaviest with us: Com
munity attitude.
“Does the community want in
dustry ?
“The outside research special
ists on plant location make a real
effort to take the pulse of the
communities under consideration.
And that means not the Chamber
of Commerce and the real estate
interests, but the men and women
of the town—many of whom will
be our workers if we locate there.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1958
e $2.00 PER YEAR
Monroe Submits Resignation
As Pastor Of Redeemer Church
Rev. Paul E. Monroe, Jr. sub
mitted his resignation as pastor
of the Lutheran Church of the Re
deemer to the Church Council
Wednesday night of this week.
Rev. Monroe has received a call
to become pastor of the First
Lutheran Church of Nashville,
Tenn. He expects to begin his du
ties there in the fall, after a vaca
tion. He will succeed the Rev.
Gernert, who has been pastor of
the Nashville church for the past
36 years, and who is retiring from
that work.
Rev. Monroe notified the Church
Council that he would remain as
pastor of Redeemer Church
through Sunday, August 31st.
The pastor, his wife and daughter,
Lynn, then five months of age,
moved to Newberry on February
7, 1957, after he had accepted a
call to Redeemer Church. Since
then, their family has been in
creased by three, Marcia, Paula
and Jonathan having been bom in
Newberry.
“We sincerely regret leaving
this fine church, and our many
friends in Newberry,” Rev. Mon
roe stated, “but we feel that the
call to the First Church in Nash
ville presents a challenge we
could not turn down.”
Inquest To Be
Friday Night
In Ruff Death
Roger Ruff, 12-year-old Negro
youth of Newberry, was instantly
killed shortly after midday Mon
day when the bicycle he was riding
was struck by a car driven by
Mrs. Evelyn Owens, 26, of Jack-
son, on Highway 19 about three
miles west of Newberry.
Mrs. Owens, originally from
Whitmire, accompanied by her
three-year-old son, David, was
en route to Newberry to spend
the week with her mother, ac
cording to Coroner George R.
Summer who. made the investiga
tion.
Coroner Summer said Mrs. Ow
ens told him that the youth rode
out from a side road into the high
way and on into the path of the
1950 Chevrolet car she was driv
ing. She also said she swerved
the car to avoid striking the
youth.
Coroner Summer stated that the
car traveled 150 feet from the
scene of the accident, skidded part
of the way, and came to stop on
the shoulder on the opposite side
The child was the son of T. J.
Ruff, who lived nearby.
Coroner Summer stated that
an inquest will be held at 8 p. m.
Friday in the courthouse. Mrs.
Owens was placed under a $1,000
appearance bond.
Wilson Clan
Meets Sunday
of Susan Oxner Wilson and Hugh
of Susan Oxner Wilson and Tugh
Carter Wilson will be held on
August 10th at Mt. Bethel-Gar-
many club house.
The original ancestor, Hugh
Wilson, father of Hugh Carter
Wilson and Agnes Spents Wilson,
came from Ireland the latter part
of the 17th Century. He died June
8, 1856.
The Mt. Bethel-Garmany club
house now stands on the identical
spot, the home of Susan Oxner
and Hugh Carter Wilson. To this
couple eleven: children .were bom,
ten of which lived to have fami
lies of their own. One little girl
died in infancy. Of this number
of children, only one is now living,
Mrs. Lucy Wilson Taylor of Co
lumbia.
This is the eighth annual reun
ion of this branch of the Wilson
family. The first was held the
second Sunday in August 1950 at
Layton’s park. All members of
the family are urged to come with
picnic lunch and tea, according to
Mrs. V. F. Cook, secretary.
Joseph L. Keitt
Succumbs After
Recent Ilbess
Joseph Lawrence Keitt, Jr., 64,
passed away at 5^:45 o’clock Wed
nesday morning at the Newberry
County Memorial Hospital after a
short critical illness.
He was bora in Newberry Coun
ty, the son of the late Joseph Law
rence and Anna Harrison Coe
Keitt. He was graduated from
Newberry College in the Class of
1914. He entered the Army and
served overseas with the Rainbow
Division in World War I. He was
principal of Newberry High
School for a number of years.
From 1933 to 1938 he was Field
Supervisor of the Re-employment
Service Department of Labor;
from 1938 to 1939 was Field sup
ervisor of the Employment Serv
ice Division of the S. C. Unem
ployment Compensation Commis
sion and from 1940 to 1942 was
Acting Director of the U. S. Em
ployment Service. In 1942 he
was employed by the S. C. Nation
al Bank, where he had worked con
tinuously until the time of his
death.
He was an active member of
Aveleigh Presbyterian Church.
He was a member of the Board of
the Newberry County Memorial
Hospital, a, member of the New
berry County Board of Education,
a member of the Sons of the
American Revolution, of the Am
erican Legion Post No. 24 and a
Shriner.
Mr. Keitt is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Margaret Kinard
Keitt; two daughters, Miss Mar
garet Land Keitt and Miss Anna
Coe Keitt, both ofc Newberry; two
sisters, Mrs. E. B. Purcell and
Mrs. E. L. Hart, both of Newber
ry; three nieces, Mrs. M. W.
Cheatham, Jr., of Columbia, Miss
May Porter Hart of Atlanta, Geor
gia, and Mrs. C. D. Coleman, of
Newberry; two nephews, Keitt
Purcell of Newberry and E. B.
Purcell, Jr., of New York City;
six great-nephews and two great-
nieces.
Funeral service® will be con
ducted at 3 o’clock Thursday af
ternoon at the residence, 1526
Boundary St., by the Rev. Neil
E. Truesdell. Interment will be in
Rosemont Cemetery.
The family requests that flow
ers be omitted.
Beuret Assures Newberry That
Local Plant Will Remain Open
Junius Long
Dies Suddenly
At Hospital
Junius H. Long, 57,- superin-,
tendent of building and grounds
for Newberry County, died sud
denly Tuesday afternoon at the
Newberry Hospital. He was
stricken earlier while at work.
Mr. Long was a lifelong resi
dent of Newberry, a son of the late
Hilliard and Pauline Summer
Long. He was a member of the
ARP Church. He had served more
than 25 years with the postal ser
vice, transportation department,
and for the past four years had
served as superintendent of build
ings and grounds for Newberry
County.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Janie Dollie Lominick Long; one
son, James H. Long of Silver-
street; two daughters, Mrs. Edith
L. Lester and Mrs. Dorothy New-
bold, both of Newberry; two sis
ters, Mrs. Laberta Davenport and
Mrs. Lera Duncan, both of New
berry; two brothers, Everette
and Huston Long, both of New
berry; two grandchildren and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted
at 5 p. m. Wednesday at McSwain
Funeral Home by Dr. Paul L.
Grier. Burial was in the Rosemont
Cemetery in Newberry.
“I want to assure the people of
Newberry that Newberry Mills
will continue to operate.” These
were the words of William R. Beu
ret, executive vice-president of
Newberry Mills, Inc., when he
met with press and radio repre
sentatives Tuesday afternoon. Mr.
Beuret arrived in Newberry Mon
day from New York City, and
has assumed acting managership
of Newberry Mills. He said in his
press conference Tuesday “we are
confirming that J&mes E. Britt is
no longer connected with Newber
ry Mills, Inc. His association with
this company ended on Monday of
this week.” Mr. Britt had served
as vice president and general
manager of the mill for the past
nine years. Mr. Beuret ga^e no
further explanation concerning
the severance of Mr. Britt’s con
nection with the local plant
“I have commitments at our
plants in Caracus and Buenos
Aires,” Mr. Beuret stated, “and
until such time as it is necessary
for me to go there, I will continue
here as acting manager until this
position is filled.” Mr. Beuret is
consulting engineer for Newberry
Mills, Inc., which has plants enfi-
Mrs. Pelham
Is Improving
The many friends of Mrs. W. E.
Pelham will be glad to learn that
she is doing nicely in the Columbia
Hospital, where she underwent
surgery a couple of weeks ago.
Leitzsey Reunion
The descendents of the late Ja
cob Godfrey Leitzsey will hold an
annual family reunion Saturday,
August 9 at the New Hope Zion
Community Center. A picnic
lunch will be served at 1 o’clock.
Audit Reports ‘ Violation
Of Policies’ Of Authority
The Clinton-Newberry Natural
Gas Authority made a profit of
$82,550.17 during the past fiscal
year, according to the audit just
delivered to members of the auth
ority by C. Walter Summer, CPA.
The audit shows the income of
the authority for the period June
1, 1957 through May 31, 1958 to
be $613,790.44, an increase of
$138,274.74 oyer the previous
year.
The auditor found, however, that
certain policies of the authority
were not adhered to during the
past year. It is stated in the
audit report “. . . the Authority
had initiated certain steps toward
an improvement in the financial
and accounting system and var
ious forms were obtained which,
if properly used, would provide
for a more effective control over
material and labor . . . During
this examination, we were inform
ed that no work orders were main
tained on capital improvements;
therefore we could not capitalize
any of the internal material and
labor used in the construction of
additions and improvements to the
transmission and distribution sys
tem.”
The report also showed a vio-
About ready for ocupancy is the beautiful new dormitory at
Newberry College, an attractive addition to the College Street
* view of the college campus. (Sunphoto.)
lation of a policy adopted by the
Authority on February 28, 1954,
that it would not handle any do
mestic appliances. “The above pol
icy was not followed during the
period under audit. In several in
stances records indicate that ap
pliances wdre bought and sold to
other than authority members at
cost or slightly above,” .the report
stated.
It was found by the auditors
that the large amount of 573 hour®
overtime had been recorded during
the year. “Since this represents
a sizable expenditure,” the audi
tor suggests that the policy of the
authority in regard to overtime be
reviewed.
A number of discrepancies were
found in the cut-off and on serv
ice, as follows: “It is the policy
of the authority to enforce a pen
alty of 10% on all bills not paid
by the tenth of the month. Unless
paid by the fifteenth, service will
be discontinued until all arrears
are paid with $5.00 additional for
cutting on. There were approxi
mately $5,600 of accounts paid
after the 12th of the month on
which no penalties were charged.
Also, there were 222 instances in
which no cut on fees were charg
ed on bills paid after the 17th of
the month. In 15 instances cut on
fees were charged at amounts
varying from $1.00 to $3.00. Since
this represents a loss of $1,670
in potential revenue, we recom
mend that the aforesaid policy of
the authority be strictly adhered
to.”
The Authority paid a $50,000
bond on June 1st of this year. The
balance of Revenue bonds still ow
ing, through June 1, 1982, totals
$2,750,000.
From Unknown
To Star: O’Dell
The following are excerpts
from a column by Brent Breedin,
guest columnist for “Red” Ca
tnip, sports editor of The An
derson Independent. This col
umn appeared in the August
3rd issue of the Independent:
BALTIMORE, Md.—Find a man
who is doing exactly what he likes
and you will find a happy, success
ful man. This is Billy O’Dell of
Newberry, S. G,, a youngish, heal
thy 25-year-old in his fifth year
as a major league baseball pitch
er with the Baltimore Orioles.
An old friend, Lou Hatter, base
ball writer of the Baltimore Sun,
directed me through the Babe
Ruth Memorial Stadium entrance
leading to the Orioles’ dugout and
the playing field. Billy was hit
ting fly balls to the outfield and
was enjoying even this most rou
tine chore, but he stopped on see
ing us.
“Recognize this fella,” Lou
asked him, as my young Clemson
College associate of five years
back came over to renew an old
friendship.
After the game that day, I met
Billy at the players’ entrance.
Several Newberry friends were
also waiting to see him, Supt. and
Mrs. Kneece of the Newberry
schools, their daughter, and her
husband, a student at Johns Hop
kins; and a couple of semi-pro
baseball players who used to
know Billy in South Carolina.
Pleasantries were exchanged and
then there was the battle through
the autograph-seekers en route to
the car.
“Is baseball in the majors all
you expected it to be?” I asked
Billy. “Yes, I have no complaints.
The management has treated me
well. I sent back my first contract
last winter unsigned. A month
later Paul Richards (the mana
ger) called me in Havana (where
O’Dell played winter ball) and
asked me what I expected. I told
him, and he said okay.” . . . Billy
could have added, “And the Or
ioles are getting their money’s
worth!”
Make no mistake about one
thing. Richards and his shrewd
pitching coach, Harry (The Cat)
Brecheen, rate O’Dell the best on
the Oriole staff.
When Billy is ready to pitch,
he pitches and it doesn’t matter
whose turn it might otherwise be.
And not only does the young left-
handed star rate a priority when
it comes to starting games, he
also gets the call in relief if he’s
had as much as a day’s rest and
appears ready for an inning or
two under pressure.
“You can forget about getting
home during the All-Star game,”
I told Billy. “You are going to
find yourself pitching for Casey
(Continued on page 4)
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William R. Beuret of New York City, who has assumed acting
managership of Newberry Mills, Inc. here, talks with representa
tive® of press and radio at the local plant office Tuesday af
ternoon. (Sunphoto.)^ ’
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Local Guardsmen Are Off
To Fort Stewart Sunday
College Summer
Graduation
Newberry College Summer
School informal graduation exer
cises were held in the conference
room of the Wessels Library on
August 1, at 3:00 p. m., President
C. A. Kaufmann, LL.D., presiding.
Conrad B. Park, Ph.D., Dean of
the college, made the address and
assisted Dr. Kaufmann in the pre
sentation of the diplomas.
The following county seniors
received the B.S. degree:
Walter Herman Bowers, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Bowers,
Prosperity.
Henry Calvin Day, Newberry.
Perry B. Griffith, Newberry and
Lansdale, Pa.
Charles Raymond Harris, New
berry.
Harrison Smith Summer, son
of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Summer
Jr., Newberry.
Attend Conference
At SCEA Camp
John Grady Long, president of
the Newberry County Education
Association, announced that three
representatives from Newberry
County will attend the SCEA
Leadership Training Conference
on August 13-15, 1958. In addition
to the president, the following
will attend: Mrs. Naomi R. Ept-
ing, program chairman, teacher
at junior high school; and Mrs.
Emma Julia B. Irons, classroom
teacher president, teacher at New
berry High.
This conference will be held at
Camp Socareda, Cedar Mountain,
N. C. The Camp is owned and op
erated by the teachers of South
Carolina. The purpose of this
conference is to plan the work of
the county associations for the
year 1958-59.
Officers of the local association,
in addition to Mr. Long, are Mrs.
Naomi Epting, vice-president;
Mrs. Deree B. Abrams, secretary;
and James D. Brown, treasurer.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Eugene Shealy
and Mr. and Mrs. Terrell Sease
left today for Daytona Beach,
Fla., where they will spend their
vacation. They will return Thurs
day, August 14th.
Over 300 Newberry National
Guardsmen will be leaving- Sunday
morning by convoy for their an
nual 15-day field training. All
Newberry units this year will
train at Fort Stewayt, Ga.
An advance detail of 27 offi
cers and enlisted men left this
morning (Thursday) to make ar
rangements for the arrival of the
convoy.
Attending the camp will be 13
officers, five warrant officers and
57 enlisted men from Headquart
ers and Headquarters Battery,
228th AAA Group; six officers,
one warrant officer and 120 en
listed men from Battery C, 107th
Battalion; twelve officers, two
warrant officers and 104 enlisted
men from Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 107th AAA
Battalion; and one warrant officer
and 27 enlisted men in the 246th
army band.
Joining these groups at camp
will be the 95th Army Band of
Clinton; and the following units
of the 107th: Battery A, Green
wood; Battery B, Clinton, and
Battery D, Hampton. Col. James
W. Henderson is commanding of
ficer of the 107th.
The 678th Battalion, Anderson
and the 713th Battalion, Lancas
ter, as well as several small units
of the 228th Group, wil also join
the local units for training at
Stewart. Col. Barringer F. Win-
gard is commander of the 228th
Group.
The Guardsmen will return to
Newberry by convoy on Sunday,
August 24th.
Campus Be Busy
Three conventions will be keep
ing the Newberry College campus
busy from August 11th until time
for the fall semester to begin.
The convention of the Georgia-
Alabama Luther League will be
gin at the college on Monday, Aug
ust 11th and run through the
14 th.
Beginning on August 17th,
South Carolina Luther Leaguers
will convene on the campus, and
will remain here through August
20.
The final convent\>n will be
that of the United Lutheran
Church Women of the South Caro
lina Synod, which begins on Aug
ust 24 and lasts through August
26.
ploying 45,000 persons in South
America.
Accompanying the executive
vice-president to Newberry was
Lou Cohen, sales manager for the
firm, from New York. Mr. Cohen
expects to return to New York
within the next day or so.
No other personnel changes are
planned at the local plant, accord
ing to Mr. Beuret. Asked whether
the mill were still losing money,
as had previously been reported,
he said that the mill is just about
breaking even at this time. He
added that the market for textiles
has increased considerably.
When asked whether Newberry
Mills had been on the market for
sale, Mr. Beuret emphatically de
nied this. JEe stated that th#
mill is not now, and never has
been under its present ownership,
up for sale. Mr. Cohen attribute^
the. rumors to this effect to “mis
taken identity/* stating that he
had been asked the same question
in New York, and later was in
formed, by the inquirer, that an
other mill in South ' Carolina,
which was up for sale, had been
mistaken for Newberry Mills.
The acting manager stated that
a survey had been made, on in
structions from the New York of
fice, to check* the performance of
this mill, from the point of view
of machinery and procedure, and
compare it with other mills of the
same type. He said the results of
the survey showed that the local
plan* is much in line with other
mills, although there were certain
things that needed to N be done to
modernize the plant.
So far a® was known by thd
general public, Newberry Milki
had been running smoothly,, al
though it was general kno«fedit%
that the textile market ^had rtefc,
been good for some months. Oh
June 26, however, a N notice watf
posted, on the bulletin board of this
local plant by Mr.: Britt, stating.-
that the plant waa losing between
six and seven thousand dollars a
week, due to low efficiency and
high seconds. He stated that un
lees efficiency increased, the plant
might be closed down and the
machinery moved to South Am
erica.
On Tuesday of last week, an
other notice was posted by Mr.
Britt, stating that efficiency and
housekeeping in the mill had been
improved, and told the employees
he hoped “to keep the mill run
ning forever.”
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
Aug. 10: Katherine Rebecca
Truesdell, Tommy Chappells,
Joe Roberts Sr., Mrs. Dove P.
Connelly, Sue Harmon, Mrs.
Doris Brooks, N. C. Shaver, Jes
sie Dandy, Linda Cook, Mrs.
Virginia Berley, Rodney Cook
Outz, Larry Creekmore.
Aug. 11: Leonide Reagin, Mrs*
Jeff Suber, Ned Danielson, Ja-
nelle Livingston, Peggy Bow
ers, Nina Ann Sheppard, Lu-
Ellen Neel, Miriam K. Leslie,
Mrs. J. A. Chasteen, Keith*
Wicker, Jerry and Terry Koon.
Aug. 12: Mrs. Sallie T. West,
J. J. Boazman, Clarence Kinard,
Mrs.* Gordon Leslie, J. Dave
Caldwell, Pat Rayfield, Clyde
Livingston, Bill.Stuck.
Aug. 13: Micky Jenkins, Rosa
lind Werts, Tom P. Wicker, Da
vid Waldrop, R. C. Hunter, Al
fred! a Livingston, Mrs. F. C.
Hentz, Barbara Alice Amick,
F. j. Kennerley II, Henry David
Warren.
Aug. 14: “Tip” Hargrove, Mrs.
P. C. Plampin, Mrs. Clay Balien-
tine, Carroll Looney, Loris Bo
land, Deborah Brady, Dudley
Dominick, Sudie Dennis, Patri
cia Lake, Ike Dennis Jr., Debbie
Lipscomb, P. K. Fuller.
Aug. 15: Mrs. James Mills,
Miss Sadie Bowers, Mrs. Wil-'
liam Partridge, Mary Lane
Chapman, Mrs. Ruth Walton,
Ann Leopard, Mrs. Arthur Ear-
gle, Charlotte Pelham, Gary
Pope, Dow Bedenbaugh, Jose
phine Anne Tindall, Cecil E.
Merchant, Eftla Rae Blake.
Aug. 16: Price K. Harmon,
Mrs. Holland Sligh, Barney
Yates, Billie Dickert, Cynthia
Sue Merchant, Martha Folk,
Mary Katherine Stone, Mary
Bedenbaugh, Cathy Graham,
Mary Anna Long, Clyde Living
ston Jr., Mary Baker.
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