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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
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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...
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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.
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