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I II I- I y . ■ II I ■ III Ability to get off to a fast start at a traffic lig hthas sold more automobiles than braking power. VOLUME 21; NUMBER 16. By The Way * by ^borid Sander A WILL BE THERE Perhaps the Shealy—Sheely Shealeys amongst our readers won’t appreciate this, but 1 couldn’t help being amused when I read the notice of the annual re union of this family. The notice stated that according to a “con servative estimate,” there are be tween five and six thousand mem bers of the clan. The notice con cluded: “The public is invited.” It occurred to me that if all the Shealy—Sheely—Shealeys attend ed, the public would already be there! I think it is a fine thing to have such a reunion, but such large families and connections are beyond my comprehension. I can count practically all of the Arm- fields I know about on my fingers (excluding the growing-up gener ation which olds promise of keeping the family name going) and there are very few Armfields in any other section of the coun try, although it is fairly definite that all who are in this country are in some way distantly relat ed, descendants of quakers who came to this country before the Revolutionary War and settled in Pennsylvania. But now my hus band’s side of the family is an other story. He is from Sumter County and perhaps if his relat ives were Sanders, it wouldn’t be eo confusing. But seems to me that every time any other name is mentioned, it is a cousin, aunt, uncle, or in some other way con nected with one side or the other of the family. Comes August 20 we will have been married eight years* but I’m ^till hopelessly confused about the Sapders and all the various connections. I ser iously doubt that I’ll live long enough to ever get it straightened out. HAREMS, WHISKY Bryan Dorn, congressman from this district, passes on to us “a paragraph from a letter Mr. Pass man (Congressman Otto Passman, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Foreign Appropriations) wrote some of the Christian ladies in his district who always advocate for eign aid, not knowing how it is spent.” The excerpt follows: “The foreign aid program is wrecking the economy of our na tion. We are placing aA unbear able debt upon the shoulders of unborn generations of Americans in spending our money on a pro gram which is loaded with bribery, blackmail and corruption. Much of our foreign aid money is going to support kings and princes of Mid dle and Far Eastern countries in which polygamy is practiced with some of the rulers having as many as fifty wives. There are thous ands of similar ridiculous items in the foreign aid bill, and I just do not want to see a continuation of spending the American taxpay ers’ dollars for such corrupt prac tices. I am trying to take out of the bill the tens of thousands of dollars which may be spent for choice whiskies and liqueurs for foreign rulers. I will, however, support a bare minimum to carry out our country’s military commit ments to friendly nations. “I am sorry that you have plac ed a blanket approval on the for eign aid program, but I am sure that you did so without knowing that a large percentage goes for tfie support of king’s harems and for alcoholic beverages.” This paragraph reminds me of actions I have seen taken by var ious clubs in Newberry and other places which have given, or at tempted to give, blanket approval to something about which they knew nothing; but because some one suggested it be done, members of the clubs were all for doing it, without knowing any of the facts. Perhaps if the “Christian ladies” to whom the congressman address ed his letter had had the fore sight to get facts they would nev er have placed themselves in the embarrassing position of having- approved harems and whisky. FEDERAL AID? NO! Federal aid to education in any guise disturbs me and should dis turb you. It also disturbs Dr. 'George S. Benson, director of the National Education Program, Searcy, Arkansas. He writes a column entitled “Federal Scholar ships? No!” and I quote from that: There is another drive on in Congress, pushed by a few self- delegated Congressional and pro fessional “spokesmen for educa tion,” seeking to have the Feder al Government spend billions in tax money for college scholar ships. As a college president and as one who travels the length and breadth of the nation talking to educators and looking into the school situation, I believe it to be a needless, a costly, a wasteful, in fact a harmful and dangerous project. Most of the private colleges of America— which educate about half of the nation’s graduate crop each year 1 and whence come a high percentage of the leadership in all walks of American life— are struggling with financial pro blems. But scholarship money is the least of these. It would not be much of an exaggeration to say that any scholarly high school graduate in America today can go to college — if there is a gen uine desire for further educa tional attainment. Private industry and research institutions, found ations and the colleges them selves (from special scholarship funds) provide scholarship assis tance. Working Their Way And a significant percentage of students in private colleges to day who have genuine ability and desire but not enough funds help themselves by “working their way” to augment available scho larship money, or to pay the whole bill. There are exceptions, but generally speaking, students in this category have a better chance for success. They are de veloping resourcefulness, a sense of responsibility, initiative and personal industry, all of asset value to themselves and to our na tion. For the exceptional students who haven’t the opportunity to “work their way” and are short on cash there are available or could be made available out of pri vate funds sufficicent scholar ships. If the Federal Government wants to d£ something construc tive to aid the quality and quan tity of each year’s college grad uating class, let it offer addition al incentives, in lower taxes, in tax exemptions, etc., to the pres ent private sources giving money to colleges to improve the quality of teaching and help meet the con stantly mounting overhead and expansion needs. Born In Excitement The Federally-financed scholar ship idea is one which exploded out of the Sputnik excitement of a year ago. Educators throughout the nation didn’t conceive the idea. It was hatched in Washing ton, and it rose out of the clamor which suddenly upgraded Soviet- type science education and down graded our own. It originated with people who seem to think that tax money—preferably Federal Gov ernment tax money—can solve all problems, cure all ills. It is my contention that recourse to Fed eral Government tax money in areas such as college scholarships, teachers salaries or school build ing construction creates new prob lems, causes many new ailments. When new tax-eating projects ai e created, either the already heavily burdened taxpayers must dig up and pay in to the Federal treasury additional taxes, or the Federal treasury must add to our already staggering Federal Gov ernment debt which now ap- pi caches and will likely soon ex ceed $300 billion—hanging like a heavy chain across the shoulders of coming generations of citizens. When the Federal Government gets a financing hand in any ac tivity at the grass roots it can exert dictatorial pressures, and in education particularly that is dan gerous. The Federal Government can’t spend additional money in any other manner—except to tax it away fiom citizens or borrow it on our security and at punishing interest rates. House Bill 13247 (the Federal scholarship bill) has many questionable features be yond its tremendous cost to the taxpayers. Its regimenting meas ures would be knee-deep in poli tics at the veryoutset, with posi- tically - appointed commissions passing on qualifications. The outlay in tax money per year would be approximately $825 mil lion to run four years as a mini mum, with a total initial cost of more than $3 billion. Instead of pyramiding new spending projects on the backs of taxpayers, the Federal Govern ment could render a real service to education, to the future of our scientific progress and to all the people, by cutting the non-defense budget deeply and by applying strict economy to the defense ex penditures. This would be an act of genuine leadership and states manship and would do more for our nation in its grave crisis than t anything I can think of. When we look at our watch, thinking it must be three o’clock, and discover it is five, we know we have accomplished something, on that day at least. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1958 i + $2.00 PER YEAR — Rev. Kenneth Wilson Called As Pastor Of First Baptist daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. L. T. Edgerton of Concord, N. C. She is a graduate of Queens College and taught music in the public schools of North Caro lina and Louisville, Ky. She also attended evening school at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. They are the parents of a daughter, Elizabeth Me- Camie Wilson, born April 18, 1957. The First Baptist Church has been without a regular pastor since March 16, of this year, at which time Rev. C. O. Lamoreux resigned to accept a call to Greenwood Baptist Church in Florence. Dr. J. Ed wood Welsh of Columbia, a retired pastor, has been supplying the pulpit since Rev. Lamoreux’a resigna tion. THE REV. KENNETH BOYCE WILSON, pastor of Eastern Heights Baptist Church in Jef fersonville, Ind., has accepted a call to become pastor of the First Baptist Church in New berry and will begin his pas toral duties there the first Sunday in September. Mr. Wilson attended the schools in Charlotte, N. C. and was graduated from Davidson College with an A. B. degree in 1955. He was graduated from the Southern Baptist Theologi cal Seminary, Louisville, Ky. the past January. In his pastoral experiences he served on the staff of the First Baptist Church in Charlotte, served as Mission Pastor of Dil- worth Chapel and was interim pastor of New Clover Creek Baptist Church, Hardinsburg, Ky. He is a native of Charlotte and is the son of Mrs. Bleaker Henderson Wilson of Charlotte and the late John McCamie Wil son. Prior to studying for the ministry, Mr. Wilson was affil iated with R. Edwin Wilson and Associates, Institutional and Church architects, of Charlotte. He is married to the former Catherine Carter Edgerton, Inquest In Werts Death To Be Friday An inquest will be held Friday night, August 15 at 8:00 o’lclock at the court house into the death of Eugene R. Werts, according to Coroner George R. Summer. Mr. Werts died on Friday, June 27 at Self Memorial Hospital in Greenwood of injuries received on the preceding Wednesday in an automobile accident at the inter section of By-Pass 19 and the Belfast Road. Mr. Werts was a re sident of Ninety Six. Two other men were injured in collision: Martin Butler, also of Ninety Six,who was in the auto mobile with Werts, and David Alonzo Bunch, 43, of Statesville, N. C., driver of the other car in volved in the collision. According to investigating Patrolman Bobby C. Crisley, Werts was traveling west on the Belfast’ Road and Bunch was traveling north tm the By-pass. The inquest has been delayed until Mr. Bunch was able to at tend, the Coroner said. To Supervise Carol Court Housing Area President C. A. Kaufmann an nounced this week that Mrs. Edna Hite Paysinger will assume the work of supervisor of the Carol Court area, housing young men for the ensuing session. Mrs. Pay- singer is a Lutheran and is the widow of the late Edgar C. Pay- singer of Newberry. She is a na tive of Batesburg. Mrs. Paysin ger will live in the apartment area and have general supervi sion of the young men who reside in the Carol Court Apartments, She will have charge only of the area housing young men. Mrs. Paysinger will begin her work at Newberry College with the session which opens in Sep tember. College will open on Sep tember 11; the football players will arrive on Sunday, the 31st of August for a meeting with Coach Kirkland. Mrs. Paysinger will be gin her duties as of September first. Lt. Col. Harry Buzhardt, son of Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt, of Bound ary St., has been transferred from U. S. Marine Corps Headquart ers in Washington, D. C., to the Marine Corps Supply Center in Al bany, Ga. Yankee” Caravaners Like State’s Reception, Grits With an inspiring worship serv ice Thursday evening at Pomaria Lutheran Church, the four mem bers of the Luther League of Am erica Caravan Team ended a sev en-week stay in the Palmetto State. The four-member team was one of fourteen teams that cover ed North America to bring new life and meaning to the youth aux iliary of the United Lutheran Church. The team was composed of Charles Austin of Sioux City, Iowa; Karen Long of Diller, Neb.; Margaret Maloney of East Liver pool, Ohio; and Patricia Taylor of Altoona, Pa. For their final three days, the team members were guests of the Leagues of the Bethlehem Parish (Bethlehem, Pomaria and St. Matthews) and resided in the homes of Mrs. C. G. Wicker and Mi-s. W. C. Koon. The programs were conducted at Pomaria church. The events of the week included supper meetings with the officers each evening and training sessions in League work, program plan nings, worship services, and Christian recreation. Thursday night was observed as family night and the local Leaguers pre sented a program for their par ents to encourage adult interest in League work. The first feature of the program was a presentation in the form of a TV show “Service Project for a Day” in which four contestants, Elizabeth Cullum, Linda Chap man, Harvey Boland and Robert Glymph, gave a “sob story” to announcer Charles Austin, telling of things that had to be done in their churches. Linda Chapman won the crown with her heart break harmony on the condition of their song books. A filmstrip shown by the Caravaners told the story of the 1957 LLA Conven tion. A -skit symposium topic demonstration, “We Are His Hands and Feet” emphasized the importance of the individual in the church work. Elizabeth Cullum fired the questions which were answered by Brenda Grah&m, Lin da Chapman, Harvey Boland, Ray Graham, Jr. and Tommy Crooks, Jr. The inspiring outdoor wor ship service on the same theme featured Jane Cullum, Evelyn Wedaman, Rebecca Shealy and Carolyn Leitzsey. After concluding their final service under the stars of the warm summer night, the Cara vaners prepared to depart, unani mously expressing their satisfac tion with South Carolina, their ap preciation of its warmth and hos pitality, and their desire to re turn. One caravaner was so im pressed with the South that he sent home a package of grits to be cooked upon his arrival. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Aug. 17: Mrs. M. P. Davis, Mrs. Seth A. Meek, Leila Kay Singley, John H. Boozer, Frank Gilbert, Rodney Outz, Jeannie Armfield, John Earl Smith, Boyd Hobson Parr, Mrs. Bobby Haw kins. Aug. 18: B. V. Chapman, Grif fin Coleman, Mrs. B. F. Hawk ins, Sinclair Kemper, Billy Van- derford, Michael Cameron John son, Clarence B. Hazel, Eu gene Smith, Eunice H. Hawkins, Tom E. Longshore. Aug. 19: Mrs. Charlie Ruff, Jimmie Ringer, Jimmy Timmer man, Anita Myers, Blanche C. Leslie, Frances S. Dufford, W. C. Wallace, Mrs. Ernest O. Wicker. Aug. 20: Mrs. Clifton Gra ham, Mrs. H. B. Wilson, Doris and Lauris Riley, Jeanette H. Crooks, Virginia Ann Blount, Mrs. T. Collier Neel, H. T. Car lisle, B. R. Roton, C. T. Mize, Derrill Coleman. Aug. 21: Mrs. Perry O. Wick er, Martha Bouknight, Mrs. R. E. Green, Jim Shealy, Mrs. George Ray Richardson, Mrs. J. R. Bedenbaugh, Mary Rob bins Stone, John N. Livingston, Claudia Setzler, Forrest Sum mer Sr., ^usan Sligh. Aug. 22: Mrs. W. R. Reid Jr., Mrs. Keith Wilson, Kent Cope land, Robert Bouknight, Mrs. W. L. Singley, Mrs. Oscar Jol- lay, Jane K. Copeland, James B. Franklin. Aug. 23: Sam Beam, George Way, Mary Sease Ruff, Linda Ray Ruff, Barbara Faye Thom as, Faye Davis, Caroline Wicker, Mrs. Ralph Lancaster, Mrs. Charlie S. Cromer, Mrs. Pete Parrott, Jonathan Beck Monroe, Mrs. Mary Sease Riser, John B. Lindsay, Nat Gist, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Epting and children, Kerry and Scott spent a vacation last week at Myrtle Beach. Newberry County last week were, left to right, Charles Austin, Margaret Maloney, Karen Long and Patricia Taylor. Council Authorizes Purchase Of Suburbia Area Water Line Recreation Day For City Youth Be Saturday City-wide recreation day will be held Saturday, August 16, accord ing to P. K. Fuller, recreation di rector. Events of the day will begin at j 9:00 a. m. at West End Park with games of various sorts and fami lies are invited to have picnic lunches in the parks and play grounds from noon until 2:00 p. m. Bicycle events will be held at 2:00 p. m. at Speers Street field; with the all star Little League game to begin at the Little Boys Field at 4:00 p. m. At five o’clock at Setzler field, there will be an all star prep league game. Swimming pool events will be gin at 7:00 and at 7:30 there will be a softball game between two teams of old timers, and one be tween all star church softball league teams at Speers Street field. The day will end with a dance, at 8:30 at the Youth Cen ter. Participating in the Little League all-star game will be: Team 1, head coach, Larry Monts; assistant coaches, Bo Sanders and Alan Reighley: Eddie Fellers, David McCollum, Bobby Oxner, Moultrie Roberta, George Park, Wallace Enlow, Ricky Per ry, Bob Newman, Asa Hatfield, Jimmy Callicutt, Dale Rowe, Bil ly Cannon, Neil Diekert, Laval Johnson and David Bedenbaugh. Team No. 2, Roy Stutts, head coach; Leslie Brooks and Hunk Le&pard, assistants: Edward Cousins, Johnny Hayes, Richard Stevens, Xony Leapard, Frank Farr, David Bennett, Phil Trefsgar, Murray /Hawkins, Roon ey Floyd, Geotg&Y Moore, Mike Summers, Gene Mtilfehead, Robert Amick, Thomas Jacobs and Char lie Cromer. . ' In the Prep alLgjar game will be: f « - 4 Team No. 1,. head coach, Rob ert Crouch, assistaht Dick Mack: Billy Cassidy, j&enji Kirkland, Pope Buford, Bobby Carlton, Jer ry Wicker, Jimmy' Boozer, Der rill Long, Pete Coleman, James Vaughn, Carrol Lester, John Rob inson, Mike Click and Charles Yon. Team No. 2: Rick Ivester, head coach, Harry Hedgepath, assist ant: Gerald Long, Terry Ivester, Micky Werts, Buddy Wilson, Bar ry Smith, Tommy Grant* Tony Jackson, Ronnie Oswald, Richie Warren, John Minick, Lewis Lip scomb, Clifford White, James Smith. Attend Meeting At Blowing Rock Eight Newberry residents will spend three days at Blowing Rock, N. C. next week. Among the guests at Mayview Manor, attending a meeting of South Carolina repre sentatives of Calhoun Life In surance Co. will be Vice President (Combination Div.) and Mrs. A. P. Faris; Regional Supervisor and Mrs. A. F. Ellis; production man ager and Mrs. George D. Evatt; and Manager and Mrs. Ralph L. Mitchell. College Makes Preparations For Opening In addition to the completion of the two new buildings, the Stu dent union building and the New Girls dormitory, there is much activity going on on the campus of Newberry College, in prepara tion for the fall opening on Sep tember 11. The installation of the beauti ful imported antique mirrors, the gift of Pres, and Mrs. C. A. Kaufmann; an imported antique crystal chandelier, a gift of the Senior Class of 1958; a TV set, the gift of Holland Paysinger; seventy new box-eprings and in ner-spring mattresses, a gift from the Newberry College Women’s League; new ceramic tile showers and baths have added to the beau ty and usefulness of Smelteer Hall. In Derrick Hall there has been made a reception room on the first floor; two more bedrooms have been added, also ceramic tile showers installed. The furnaces in Derrick and Smeltzer Halls have been converted from coal to gas. The Music and Band room in Carnegie Hall has been complete ly renovated. A central TV an tenna has been installed on the new dormitory for women. The new dormitory will have a TV set, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Deems Haltiwanger of Columbia. The offices of the business ma nager, the registrar and the dean are to be air-conditioned, and the Wright Recreation Hall, will be converted into offices for the Dir ector of Public Relatione, the Al umni Secretary, the Indian Club secretary and the superintendent of buildings and grounds. The offices formerly occupied by the first three will be used for faculty offices. Roads are to be surface treated providing a service entrance to the student union building and Wessels Library; also the half circle road in front of Smeltzer, through funds provided by the Alumni Association. A network of cement walks throughout the campus has been completed, through funds given by the Alumni Association and Dr. Fred Wessels of Savannah, Ga. The house formerly occupied by Dr. and Mrs. Goodman has been renovated and is now oc cupied by Dean and Mrs. Conrad B. Park and family. Receive Degrees At University Among those from Newberry, who received degrees at the sum mer commencement program at the University of South Carolina were Robert Claude (Bobby) Mays III, bachelor of science in business administration, and Mrs. Emma Julia B. Irons, Master of Education. Mr. Mays will return to the University in the fall to begin work on his Master’s degree and will also continue to be asso ciated with C.P.A. Walter Sum mer. Mrs. Irons is science teacher at Newberry High School. City Council agreed at its meet ing Tuesday night to negotiate with Hal Kohn Sr., for the pur chase of the water line installed by Mr. Kohn in Suburbia, at a price “not to exceed $11,979.77.” This was the estimated cost of re placement of the line, according to city engineers, B. P. Barber and Associates, find engineers hired by Mr. Kohn. Council said the $11,- 979.77 would be the maximum the city would pay, and authoriz ed the city manager and city at torney to negotiate with Mr. Kohn for transfer of the title to tl}e line on that basis. The city has been using the line for the past ten years to sell water to residents of Suburbia, an area recently an nexed to the city. Council also decided to have a meeting on October 27 of this year, to which officials of civic and service clubs in Newberry will be invited. The purpose of this meeting is explained in the following excerpts from a letter written by Jesse Rutledge, Public Relations and Safety Education officer for the S. C. State High way Department: “The National Safety Council has prepared a written Analysis of the 1957 Annual Inventory of Traffic Safety Activities in your city. “The Council has requested the Highway Department, as State Coordinator, to make a formal presentation of the Analysis at a public meeting of city officials, civic leaders, and others you may wish to invite. “The Analysis . . . compares the performance of Newberry with that of other cities of similar size and problems. Perhaps, most im portant, it offers specific recom mendations based on successful accident prevention experience, whereby Newberry can improve its accident prevention program. “Subject to your convenience, we would like to have Sgt. B. E. Fall aw of our Department visit your city on October 27, 1958 . . . and make the formal presentation at a public meeting.” The Mayor and city manager were authorized to make plans for this meeting, further details of which will be announced later. Council took action to relieve traffic congestion on Martin and Friend streets by voting to elimin ate parking on the south side of Martin street and to install park ing meters on the north side, ex cept for a school bus unloading area in front of Junior High school, from Lindsay to McMorris streets. They also decided to elim inate parking on the north side of Friend street from Coates to Cal houn to speed traffic and relieve congestion. City Manager Black- well explained that traffic prob lems on both streets had been thoroughly studied and recommen dations for relieving the situations had been made by the police de partment. Return From Boys Forestry Camp David C. Waldrop Jr., Silver- street, Tommy Lewis, Newberry and Harry Amick, Prosperity have returned home after spending a week at the 1958 Boys Forestry Camp operated by the S. C. State Commission of Forestry at Cheraw State Park. Personnel of the Regional Office of the Calhoun Life Insurance Company, and their families, gathered at their new building on College street Saturday afternoon for a picnic. A good time was had by all. (Sunphoto)