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■ IF YOU WANT ANGRY CRITI CISM, STATE YOUR IDEA CLEARLY AND EMPHATICAL LY. v OUR STUDIES REVEAL THAT TEN PERCENT OF THE DRIV ERS DO NINETY PERCENT OF THE HORN-BLOWING. VOLUME 21; NUMBER 18. * * NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1958 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way by Jborij Sander* TIME IS COMING I mentioned last week that the time is coming when either our taxes for school purposes must be raised, or the “frills” eliminated. The Tuesday night meeting of the County Board of Education point ed this out even more v strongly, as Board members haggled about whether relatively small items could be afforded for the various schools. It is believed by most people that the School District ends each year with a balance of $100,000 or more. This is not true. For the past several years, and again, it would seem, this year, the Board will actually end the year in “the red” and will have to borrow from the county to meet bills and pay rolls. It is just a matter of book keeping—the dates for the school sessions, the dates the money starts coming in. If, for instance, the Board’s fiscal year ran from October 1st to September 30th of each year, the last day of the fis cal year would show not a balance, but red ink on the books. Certain school patrons insist on a fine band for the high school in their respective areas; others feel that the sports programs of the schools are getting insufficient notice in the budget. These two programs, plus a number of other smaller items, boost the budget tremendously, and make it neces- g&ry for the Board to scrimp on other, more needed items. It is getting to the place that either the patrons are going to have to petition the delegation to raise millage (or vote for an in crease in millage, because the present delegation has thus far adamantly refused any increase) or these programs will definitely, have to be eliminated. There is no need to appeal to the Bboard. They simply don’t have the money to do any more than they are do ing. If you want these programs continued, you had better be tell ing your delegation that you don’t object to a five or ten mill increase in your taxes. There is without doubt a certain waste 6f the funds the Board has to work with. One of those items came up Tuesday night and to me it is about as foolish a waste of money as could be made. The sub ject was whether or not to put a washing machine and dryer, as well as an additional refrigerator at Mid-Carolina High School. For what purpose, I inquired, does Mid-Carolina need a washing machine and dryer ? The answer was “for the home economics class. They teach the children to use them.” Now wouldn’t you think that by time the girls of our county reached high school they should have been taught enough to be able to read the in atructions that come with a wash ing machine and dryer, and be able to operate them in 15 min utes, without having to be “taught” ? These items managed to get into one high school, though and don’t you think for a minute that the remainder of the high schools will let one get away with having them. There seems to be fierce competition now among the three high schools in the county, and each must have just what the other has. That may be fine, but not a washing machine and dryer, please! Incidentally, the subject was dropped almost as soon as it was brought up and I trust it will stay permanently dropped, and that when the contract for this type of equipment in the other schools runs out, it will stay out. ' I realize these are comparative ly small items, but how many such small items are there? The board members, of course, are on a spot; they would like to do ev erything that is requested because most requests (not all) are within reason, but they don’t have the money to do it. Why don’t you let your delega tion know whether you favor in crease in millage, or elimination of “frills” so that when they are again asked for a n increase by the County Board, they will be in a position to know what their vot ing public wants. WEEKEND TRIP Have you ever traveled on trips, perhaps thousands of miles with out incident, then run into one of those times when everything seems to happen? We had one of those occasions this past week end and 1*11 take this space to re count all of our troubles. I might say to begin with, though, that we did have an enjoyable week end, even with all the troubles. The two little girls had never seen the ocean and we talked both last summer and this summer about trying to take them dqwn for a weekend, but just couldn’t seem to find the time. While their daddy was home from National Guard camp two weekends ago, we decided that since Fort Stew art was reasonably near Savan nah Beach, the girls and I would meet their daddy at Fort Stewart on Saturday past and go to the beach for a short visit. We have had our little Nash Rambler for almost eight years now, and have never had any trouble with it on a trip. This time, before we even got away from home, the thing wouldn’t start so that meant a new bat tery. We got that fixed up and left Newberry about two o’clock Friday afternoon, and it may seem hard to believe, but it took us five hours to travel about 90 miles. Things went along smoothly un til we got just past Saluda, then I felt a tire going flat. Fortunate ly we were near a station where we got the tire changed but not repaired, so we traveled the three miles black to Saluda, had the tire repaired and put back on the car. Once again we started out and just as we were getting into North Augusta, I felt the same tire going flat again. Before I could - get out of the traffic and off the highway, the thing went flat and the hub-cap flew off, nearly scaring little Ruthie to death. I finally stopped, retrieved the hubcap, pulled up into a driveway, and some kind people living thereabouts were nice enough to put the spare tire on for me. I went on to North Au gusta and stopped at a station to buy a new tire. Again I was out of luck. The dealer didn’t have the small-size tire the Rambler uses and after calling a couple of places, said “you’ll just have to try somewhere else.” I was in no mood to travel very far on a spare which had very little tread but I did go on through Augusta and just after turning off Broad St., I saw another station which looked as though it might offer some service. Right now, I high ly recommend it. The name is Checker Service Station, on High way 25 just as you turn off Broad St. They told me the same story —“We don’t have the tire but we’ll find it for you.” And they did. It took about a half hour of calling all over Augusta, but they finally located a tire one place, a tube at another place, sent cabs to pick them up and had the new tire on the car in a reason able length of time, but even so, time was “wasting” and it was close to six o’clock when the girls and I left Augusta on the road south. Traffic was heavy for a few miles, then dwindled down to prac tically nothing and about ten miles out of Augusta, where there was nothing in sight except what appeared to be a “joint,” there was a b’g highway sign—“Road to Waynesboro closed for through traffic.” Not wishing to head back to Augusta to find a place to rest our weary heads, I pulled into the “joint” and asked if there were any other way to get to Waynesboro. I was told that despite the sign, the new road was open and it was a straight shot to Waynesboro—the only precau tion was to watch the shoulders which were bad. Sure enough, the road led us straight to Waynes boro, and signs led us through the town to the Waynesboro Motor Court where we spent the night. This place, too, I heartily recom mend, even though it was recom mended by a person named Dun can Hines. It is clean, neat, new, air-conditioned with a nice res taurant, featuring soft music dur ing the meal to sooth the weary traveler. All of the people at the Motor Court were nice, and per haps even nicer when they learn ed we were en route to join a guardsman at Fort Stewart, for the manager (or owner, I forget which) was also at summer train ing at Fort Stewart at the time. Parts of our trip were more en joyable. When we got ready to leave Waynesboro on Saturday morning, the restaurant had not yet opened, so we drove—via de tours—until we came to Millen, Ga. It was almost 7 a. m. then, but the little town seemed still asleep. J We noticed a sign at a hotel dining room opened” so we stop ped. Upon inquiry we learned th-it it wasn’t really, opened, but the kind lady in charge offered to give us some breakfast. Feeling much better, we departed and “ran out” of detours on the edge of Millen, so had no trouble the remainder of the way to Fort Stewart. I had warned my husband to allow t (Continued on page 2) County Board Authorizes Sale ■ Of Property; To Receive Bids POLIO CLINIC SET TODAY Newberrians are reminded that the seond polio clinic spon sored by the Jaycees is being held today (Thursday). Either a first or second Salk vaccine shot may be received by those over 20 years of age, free of charge. Dr. V. A. Long will give the shots, at the Community Hall. The clinic will remain open until 5 p. m. The voice and piano students of Mrs. Sibyl B. Speltz were pre sented in summer recital Monday night. The program was as fol lows: “Old MacDonald” by Connie Armfield Sanders; “Swaying Sil ver Birches” by Susan Ward, “At the Fairies’ Ball’ by Beverly Haw kins; “Swans on the Lake” and “Banjo Player” by Mary Ruth Armfield. This group consisted of beginning piano students. The second portion of the pro gram was presented by the voifie students: “Chinese Rose” and “De Hoot Owl” by Marcia Mills, soprano; “I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked” and “Cheer Up, Chillun” by Roger Bouknight, “O Lord Most Holy” and “The Sancjman” by Barbara Budjdin, soprano; “Eye Hath Not Seen” and “If I Loved You” by Mary Linda Mills, mezzo soprano; and a duet by three young ladies, “Three Little Maids from School.” The advanced piano students were “Alpine Flowers” by Jane Bedenbaugh; “Bach Minuet No. 3” and “To A Wild Rose” by Carol Armfield; “Aragonaise” by Jinx Rsgnery; “With Love in My Hsart” by Mary Beth Regnery; and a duet, “Polonaise Militaire in A Major” by Doris Sanders and Sibyl Speltz. Sho^n in the photo left to right seated, are: Carol Armfield, Con nie Sanders, Susan Ward, Beverly Hawkins; standing, Roger Bouk night, Mary Beth Regnery, Bar bara Buddin, Jinx Regnery Mary Ruth Armfield, Mary Linda Mills, Marcia Mills, Jane Bedenbaugh, and Mrs. Speltz. (Sunphoto.) City, County Chairmen Are Named For Cancer Drive PTA Council Pete Coleman Workshop To Recuperating Be Thursday The Newberry County i Council of Parent-Teacher Associations wil loffer a workshop on Thursday night, September 4, at 7:30 in the conference room of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. The pur pose of the workshop is to in struct, inform and inspire the new officers and committee chairmen of all the PTA units in Newberry County in the fundamentals of Parent-Teacher work. Mrs. Kirby Lominack, president of the Council, has mailed a letter to all presidents of the PTA units, urging them, their key workers, and their school officials to come to the workshop where they will receive help in making the duties of PTA work a little easier and more interesting as the new school year begins. During the discussion period of the workship, groups will as semble in various rooms where experienced PTA workers will «f- fer instruction in the following subjects: budget and finance, Mrs. C. D. “Pete” Coleman, who suf fered a broken leg at his Lake Murray home Friday afternoon, is recovering nicely and may be able to return to his home this week end. He is a patient at the Co lumbia Hospital where he under went surgery Friday afternoon af ter the accident. Mr. Coleman was replacing a light in an outdoor lantern fixture when the ladder on which he was standing slipped and his leg was caught through one of the rungs. The severe break was at the shin bone. He was rushed by ambu lance to Columbia. S. M. Price; health, Mrs. Elbert Dickert; Helen Stokes Scholar ship fund, Mrs. Mildred Hentz; hospitality, Mrs. Myles Cullum; legislation, Rev. N. E. Trues- dell; membership, Mrs. John Wardlaw; presidents’ forum, Mrs. Kirby Lominack; program, E. Maxcy Stone; publications, Mrs. B. A. ’Buddin; publicity, J. D. Rook; room representatives, Mrs. A. K. Roberts; and safety, Mrs. H. B. Kirkegard. SUMMER’S SM HOLIDAY... DONT MAKE IT YOUR Lati/ 40 Vnm Caftcplty " IhmtVeimwebf / S C . STATE HIGHWAY DEPT. - COLUMBIA City and county crusade chair men were named for the 1959 Can cer -iferusade to be held in New berry in April, at a luncheon meeting of the executive board of the Newberry County Chapter of the American Cancer Society Wednesday. Mrs. Lewis Lipscomb will be chairman of the city drive, which will again be sponsored by the Business and Professional Wom en’s Club. In the county, the drive sponsored by the Home Demonstration Council will have as its chairman Mrs. Edward Chandler, president of the coun cil, with Mrs. Harold Bowers as co-chairman. Present at the Wednesday meeting were Mrs. W. C. Koon, chairman of the Newberry Coun ty Chapter, ACS, who presided; Mrs. Parnell Ringer, vice-presi dent; Mrs. H. W. Lominick, treas urer; Mrs. Myra Addy, crusade treasurer; Mrs. Harold Bowers, Dr. Paul L. Grier and Mrs. Elea nor Shearouse, members of the board; Lewis Lipscomb, repre senting the VFW; Mrs. Lewis Lip scomb, health chairman of the B&PW; Mrs. Mamie Hawkins, president of B&PW; Mrs. Chand ler, Mrs. Paul Leonard, executive director of the S. C. Division, ACS and Mrs. Thelma Gamble, field representative of the S. C. Divis ion, both of Columbia; and repre sentatives of the press. New officers elected included Mrs. Myra Addy, publicity chair man; Dr. Paul L.. Grier, educa tion chairman; David Ringer, education co-chairman. Mrs. Leonard explained to the group that the Cancer Crusade did not join with federated drives because by so doing, one of the most important phases of the drive, that of educating the public to the dangers of cancer, was eli minated. She said further that when the crusade was included in united efforts, the quota for the drive was seldom ever reached, and seldom was much more than half of the quota collected. She praised the citizens of Newberry highly for having been one of four counties in the state to donate 15c per capita to the cancer cru sade. Guest Speaker At Wightman The pastor of Wightman Meth odist Church, Prosperity, the Rev. Paul C. Scott, announces that the guest preacher at Wightman Church Sunday, August 31 at 10 a.m. will be Dr. Allan R. Broome, Superintendent of Epworth Chil dren’s Home, Columbia. OPEN HOUSE BE SUNDAY AT COLLEGE . The buildings are equipped, plans hav'e been completed, and everything is ready for the Open House at Newberry College for its two new buildings, the Student Union Building and the dormitory for girls. Open House will be held Sun day, August 31, from 4 p. m. until 7 p. m. The public is cordially in vited to see these two new beauti ful buildings. Refreshments will be served. Gallman High Addition Begun • Work has begun on the addition to the Gallman High School, which will increase the capacity of the school to accomodate the tremendous increase in student load in the past several years. At the present time, two classes are being held simuntaneously in the gymtorium and other classrooms are overcrowded. * Bids for construction of the ad dition were received in July, but its its July 22nd meeting, the County Board of Education voted to postpone building the addition because all bids were higher than the amount allocated for the con struction by the State Finance Commission. In a subsequent meeting, however, the Board de cided to go ahead with* the addi tion, and the contract was award ed to W. E. Baker & Son of Whit mire, the low bidder, in the amount of $67,700. The County Board of Educa tion met from 8 p. m. until almost 11 p. m. Tuesday night, and much of the time was taken up with discussions as to how the schools could continue to operate on the present millage set by the county legislative delegation. A number of small items were brought up, most of them relating to the operations of the schools and equipment for schools. The first order of business for the Board was to authorize the superintendent of education to draw up a Resolution in memory of Joseph L. Keitt, Newberry area member of the board, who died two weeks ago. W. H. Cald well, board chairman stated “I know we all relied on Mr. Keitt and we will miss him greatly.” The Board set uniform fees for the various schools as follows: typing fee, $6.00; home economics, $2.00; physics and chemistry, $1.50 or $1.00 depending on type of lab oratory; biology, $1.00; shop, $2.00; veterans tuition, $10.00. All fees are to be turned over to the school district. Supt. Brown announced that bids for the construction and/or renovation of cafeterias and build ings at Prosperity and Pomaria elementary schools would be open ed at the education building today (Thursday) at 3:00 p. m. Selling of the teacherage at Pomaria to a group of interested citizens, to be used as * commun- Stealers Of Beer, Gum, Are Jailed By MRS. A. H. COUNTS Two teen-agers and a 32-year- old White man were arrested Mon day morning and a third youth ap prehended Monday night in con nection with a series of small rob beries which have plagued mer chants in and near the city since last Tuesday. Sheriff Tom Fellers reported the ages of the youths as being 14, 16 and 17. The three youths have been charged with unlawful entry at the Zesto Ice Cream place on Col lege St. Ext., Tuesday night, where cigarettes and chewing gum were taken. They also are charged with another entry at the same plae Saturday night, when cigar- rettes, chewing gum and a small amount of money was taken. Two of the teen-agers are charged with entering the M. A. Jones Grocery Store in Oakland Thomas H. Pope, Newberry at torney, was inducted into Fellow ship in the American College of Trial Lawyers- at ceremonies held Monday, August 25, at the Bever ly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California. .. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Emil Gumpert, Chancellor of the College, made the announce ment. Only two - South Carolina attorneys were so honored" this year. The other candidate was C. Granville Wyche, Greenville. Mr. Pope maintains offices at 1117 Boyce St. The honor is considered to be one of the highest in American jurisprudence, according to Judge Gumpert. Membership in the Col lege is limited to one percent of the attorneys in any given state. The annual induction dinner of the Cbllege coincides with the na tional convention of the American Bar Association which began its meet in Los Angeles on that date. Mrs. Cannon Blease, who broke two of her wrists in a fall two weeks ago, is recovering at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Rich ard L. Baker on Walnut St. Mrs. Holland Wilson will leave Friday for a weeks visit with her sister,* Mrs. Corrie F. Watkins in Batesburg. Mill Village Sunday night and taking pocket knives, key rings and * small amount of cash. All four of the people arrested are charged with entering the City Service place on By-Pass 19 and taking four cases of beer Sunday night. The man is out of jail under $750 bond, while the three youths are still in jail. Entrance to the buildings, Sher iff Fellers said, was gained through windows at two places and through a glass door in the third. Another of Newberry’s new structures is this build ing on East Main St., the new home of Esso Distributing Company, operated by Aubrey Davis. (Sunphoto.) ity center, was discussed at length. It was finally decided that the buildjng would be offer ed for $250 with a reverter clause, the property to be returned to the school district at such time that it was no longer used for a com munity center; or for $600 for clear title. Dan Hamm Jr. from Prosperity stated that some residents of the Stoney Hill community had ex pressed interest in buying the Stoney Hill School building for use as a community center. He also stated that J. L. Stanton of Columbia had expressed interest in the building to be used as * rest home, provided citizens of the community did not purchase the • property. A committee consisting of Mr. Hamm, Mr. Brown and Dave Waldrop was appointed to appraise the property and set * price on the building. The Board voted to increase the budget allowance for the band at Mid-Carolina from $300 to $1000 for the purchase of heavy instru ments. Mr. Hamm stated that the new school needed 'a new piano for the stage. It was decided that application would be made to the Finance Commission for funds to purchase the' piano as equipment for the schooL A number of other needed items were expected to be found' in the schools which have closed, such as typewriters, adding machines, sewing machines, blinds for Whit- \ mire High School. A request was received from the Whitmire teacherage requesting that the range in the kitchen be replaced. The Board refused to go along with this request. The 1958-59 calendar for the school session will be as follows: Opening, August 29; holiday. La bor Day, September 1; Thanks giving holidays, November 27, 28; Christmas holidays, December 19- Jantl&ry 5; S .C. Education meet ing, holiday, March 13; Easter holidays, March 27 - 30; school closing, May 29. A report of income and expendi tures from the 1957-58 school ses sion showed total income available for the year $1,336,556.92, with total expenditures $1,227,079.16, leaving a balance of $109,477.76 to operate during the summer and meet the September 1st payroll. Mr. Brown stated that this amount probably would not be sufficient, and money would have to be borrowed to meet expenses until tax revenue is received. BIRTHDAY ! GREETINGS Aug. 31: B. F. Dawkins, Thomas Edward Epting, Collier Neel, John Wainwright Chap pell, Mrs. John C. Wilson, Sam- mie Cook Graham, Mrs. David Ringer, Mrs. J. R. McKittrick, R. Frasier Sanders, Harry Stone Jr., Mrs. Robert Daniels, Linda Swygert, W. E. (Bud) Bowers. Sept. 1: Capt. Powell Way, O. M. Cobb, Aim Wilson Whit- ner, Mrs. Marilyn W. Pate, Carl B. Wise Jr., Donald Livingston, James Msxie Hawkins, Mrs. W. P, Lathrop, W. C. Koon, Prof. , J. V. Kneece, Jim Purcell, Mrs. Frank Sutton, Susan Jones, Jan Page. Sept. 2: Betty Ann Ringer, Geneve Graham, Mrs. W. K. Counts, R. C. Hunter, David H. Long, Sr., Mrs. Hugh Foster, Linda Rister. Sept. 3: Mrs. Sloan Chapman Mrs. Sam A. Cook, Mrs. H. O. Counts, Wyman Williams, Mrs. J. S. Taylor, Bobbie Oxnsr, Ruth Rogers, Ksde Cousins, Mrs. C. H. Alewine, Griffin Langford, Alice Faye Koon, D. J. I card, Sr., Lisa Summer, Martha Brown, Bonnie B. Cook. Sept. 4: Mrs. P. B. Ringer, C. EL Berley, Mrs. Ira Gibson, Ann Merchant, Henry Dennis, Mrs. George W. Heller, Lewis H. Fennell, Linda Inabinet. Sept. 5: Miss Marguerite Burns, Mrs. L. M. Graham, Mrs. Mary Hawkins, Larry Edward Graham, Mrs. George Heatz, Mrs. T. E. Longshore, W. EL Tedford, Ellis Davenport, Jinx Regnery, W. L. Davenport, Sr. Sept. 6: Miss Mary Wheeler, Bobby Lominick, Heyward Dav is, Mrs. Ralph Waldrop, Eliza beth Cromer, J. W. Timmer man, L. B. Bedenbaugh, Larry Bedenbaugh, Mrs. John G. Ross, Mrs. Ida Underwood, Janie D. Warren, Ralph Edward Miller. 4 ^ Si