The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, September 25, 1958, Image 1

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I wonder just how a woman would proceed and what tools she would use in pening a box of tightly sealed cigars. VOLUME 21; NUMBER 22. * By The Way * by, Jborij Sander* FOOTBALL TALK That was a fine game the New berry Indians . put on for the many Newberry spectators who traveled to Charleston Saturday night for the season’s opener against The Citadel. It is true that Newberry had the advantage of several good “breaks,” but it is also true that a good team usual ly, by their hard playing, makes these breaks, then takes advan tage of them. I was sorry I was unable to attend the game but I did enjoy the broadcast over ■WKDK—Shotsie McCutcheon got eo excited about the thing that I couldn’t have gone to sleep even if I had wanted to, as I was rest ing in the bed listening to the broadcast. Saturday night’s game should be among the best of the season. I don’t know where they get them, but Catawba usually has the heaviest team the Indians meet during the season, and their line is something hard to try to. penetrate. The game will be at Salisbury, which is no farther away than Charleston, so I expect a good crowd will be on hand from Newberry to cheer the Indians on. Newberry High School did all right for itself, too, by holding Brookland-Cayce to a scoreless tie in Cayce last Friday night. This week, they are back at home again and will meet the eleven from Union. Make plans to attend both games. TEACHERS NOTED In comments made by James P. Sloan about the school situation portions of which have been quot ed in this corner for the past two weeks, he also had some good ideas about teachers and about academic achievement: “The idea is good to ‘provide enough teachers in order to have small classes.’ Efforts should be made to obtain good, dedicated teachers in the basic courses, even if salary premiums are necessary. Emphasis should be placed upon the teacher’s professional mastery of his or her subject, not on end less courses in psychology, educa tion and pedagogy. “Extra - curricular responsibili ties of teachers should be lessened 60 that they would have more time to devote to class preparation and paper grading. Thus more essay- type answer tests could be given. Short answer tests do not develop articulate students and do not always reveal grasp of subject matter. “To give some tincture of dig nity to academic achievement, lists of honor students by grades should be published in the news paper at the end of each grading period. Outstanding performers in the school’s athletic contests are recognized at regular intervals in the local press. Misplaced empha sis all over America with regard to our school curriculum and its maze of affiliated trivia is one of the contributing causes of Amer ica’s failure to compete with Rus sia in the field of sputniks. In the long run, I fear that Americans will by comparison be an unedu cated people unless we kick out of our schools the “progressive” no tion that all students are of equal mental capacity and restore the yardstick of mastery of subject matter as the determinant of edu cability.” POLIO CLINIC A reminder that the Jaycee- sponsored polio clinic will be held today (Thursday) at the Community Hall to give second polio shots to those who received their first ones at the last clinic in August. Persons who haven’t started their series may also get their first Salk vaccine shot at the clinic, which will be in charge of Dr. Von A. Long. EDUCATION CHALLENGED The following article, “Ameri can Education Challenged,” was written by Dr. Geotge S. Benson, director of the National Education Program. I quote portions of it, which I believe will be of interest to you: When the United States Army found that most of the American GI’s captured and held prisoner by the Communists in the Korean War had succumbed to some de gree to Communist indoctrination, it set about to analyze the cause. Major William E. Mayer, one of the Army’s top psychiatrist in charge of the study, got the ans wer from the prisoners-of-war themselves—in Tokyo after their release. Hundreds of GI’s, representing a good cross-section of our Amer ican population, told him frankly that they had been “taken in” by the Communist “brain washing” because of their ignorance of fun damental facts about the Ameri can political and economic sys tems. These 18-to-25-year-olds, just out of U. S. high school and colleges, lacked a sense of con viction and dedication to our tra ditional American principles. And the cause in this deplorable situa tion could be traced to the mid- 1930’s when a small group of left wing educators began to wield great influence on textual mater ials and teaching programs in American high schools and col leges. We have a tremendous job to do in American education. We must place more emphasis on courses with genuine substance. We must improve scientific train ing for those of our youth who are capable. But basic in any edu cational program, beginning at the 8th grade, must be an intelligent, dynamic program explaining our freedom system, how it works, its great comparative advantages and its potential for the future. Until we have installed such a program in all schools and entrusted it to teachers who appreciate our sys tem, we will not be safe from in ternal decay due to “Creepmg Socialism” or the external dan ger of the growing military might of world Communism. Indians Look For Second Win In Salisbury The Newberry College Indians will meet the Catawba Indians at Shuford Field this Saturday, Sep tember 27 at Salisbury, N. C. Both Indian Teams were victor ious in their opening games as the Catawba Tribe whipped Davidson 22-17 and the Newberry Tribe lick ed the Citadel 16-0. The Indian victory over the Bulldogs was tempered by the in juries at the tackle position; John Temples and Gordon Darby, both first string tackles will be out in definitely. However, things have shaped up well in the Indian back- field. Quarterback Horace Turbe- ville proved that the Newberry aerial attack is dangerous and fullback Joe Coviello displayed powerful running| and blocking abilities. John Hudgens started the New berry scoring in the second quar ter when he was on the receiving end of Turbeville’s 55 yard pass- run for the Indian’s first score. Turbeville ran the ball for an ex tra two giving the Indians an 8-0 lead in the second quarter. The second drive began from the Citadel 19 yard line after a bad Citadel punt. A Turbeville to Hudgens pass put the Indians on the 3. Coviello plunged over for the score from the three and Turbe ville again ran for two extras. Then the Citadel made their biggest scoring threat driving from their own 48 to the Newber ry 1 where the forward wall staved off Bulldog threats two downs and on the third the Bulldogs fumbled and Newberry recovered. At half time the Indians led 16-0. Ben Anderson Rites Tuesday Benjamin Thomas Anderson, 73, died Sunday night at his residence on Johnstone Street after a ling ering illness. Mr. Anderson was born in Wat erloo, son of the late Patrick Hen ry and Harriett Nelson Anderson. He was a merchant of Anderson, Greenwood and Newberry for 50 years. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and also of the Knights of Pythias. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lorena Pickell Anderson; two sons, Benjamin Thomas An derson, Jr., and Jack Anderson, both of Augusta, Ga. and New berry; three brothers, Walter An derson of Greenwood, Roy and Hal Anderson both of Newberry; one sister, Mrs. Lottie Marshall of Greenwood; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conducted at the graveside at 11 a. m. Tues day in Newberry Memorial Gar dens by his pastor, Rev. Kenneth Wil son. Active pallbearers were Hey ward Pickell, Walter Pickell, James Anderson, Preston Adams, James Anderson Jr., and Leroy Anderson. Except by turning off the lights is there anything you can do to indicate to guests that it’s time they went home ? NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1958 Prominent Local To Speak Here Tuesday Honorable Strom Thurmond, U. S. Senator, will be guest speaker when the Newberry Lions Club meets Tuesday night, October 7 at the Com munity Hall, according to Pinck ney N. Abrams, Lions president. Senator Thurmond is well known to Newberrians as a lawyer, jurist, educator, and governor before becoming a United States Senator. He volunteered for service in World War II the day war was declared against Germany and served in both the European and Pacific theaters of opera tion. He was awarded many medals for distinguished' serv ice during his active military service. He is now a Brigadier General in the U. S. Army Re serve and is a past national president of the Reserve Officers Association. He was elected to the U. S. Senate in 1954 as write-in can didate for the term ending January 3, 1961; however, he resigned April 4, 1956 and was renominated to the Senate in the Democratic primary and re elected in November of the same year, resuming his duties No vember 7, 1956. He is married to the former Miss Jean Crouch. Druggist Dies After Attack Dr. James N. Burgess, 60, prom inent local druggist, died early Tuesday after a short illness at Newberry County Memorial hos pital. Born in Williamsburg County, Va., he was a son of George H. Burgess and the late Ada Epps Burgess. He attended The Citadel before entering the army in World War I. After his discharge he was associated with a number of phar maceutical houses and later be came a registered pharmacist. He moved to Newberry in 1944 from Columbia and bought the Gilder and Weeks Drugstore, Which he has operated since that time. Later he opened another drugstore at Joanna, which he has continued to operate. He was a member of Aveleigh Presbyterian Church, the South Carolina Pharmaceutical Associa tion, the Newberry Lions Club and the American Legion Post No. 24. Surviving besides his father are His wife, Mrs. Albatiene Stalvey Burgess and two sisters, Mrs. irnest C. Dunn of Sumter and Idrs. William D. Cameron of Fort Rucker, Ala. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3 p. m. Wednesday at the Whitaker Funeral Home by the Rev. Neil E. Truesdell. Burial was in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Active pallbearers were W. E. Turner Sr., Cyril Abrams, Tom Cromer, Thad McCrackin Jr., Ray mond Blair and Wilson Brown. The honorary escort was com posed of Richard Lominick, Irwin Satterwhite, Irwin Satterwhite Jr., Jesse Dickert, Joe Hunter, Mack Ringer, Billy Clifton, Jim Hickson, J. E. Nichols, and Doc tors E. H. Moore, W. W. King, E. G. Able, R. P. Baker, E. J. Dickert, J. A. Underwood, C. A. Dufford, V. W. Rinehart, B. M. Montgomery, V. A. Long, F. N. Martin and R. E. Livingston. Tobacco Crop Larger, Quality Lower This Year By COUNTY AGENTS Fifty-seven growers sold a combined total of approximately 16,000 pounds of aromatic tobacco to set a new record for the largest tobacco crop ever marketed in Newberry County. We were well pleased with the increased interest in growing aromatic tobacco this year. Un fortunately, the quality of this years crop was somewhat lower than last years’ due mainly to weather conditions. Heavy rains during July caused a high moisture content that made proper curing difficult for most growers. D. P. Matheson, tobacco spec ialist of Clemson College, com mented at this weeks’ sale that this condition of lower quality was general throughout all the aromatic tobacco producing coun ties this year. Matheson pointed out that this year’s unusual weath er should not discourage growers but rather should prompt them to do a better job of curing and handling the crop next year. We certainly hope growers will heed this good advice and will con tinue to increase aromatic tobacco production in Newberry County. Poultry Meetings Well Attended We are well pleased with at tendance at the two egg producer meetings held in the county re cently. At these meetings held at Silverstreet and Little Mountain, it was quite evident that growers are keenly interested in this rap idly expanding industry in New berry County. Speakers at the meetings gave many helpful pointers on the va rious phases of management for better production of high quality eggs. BIBLE STUDY AT REDEEMER CHURCH A Bible Study for members of the Lutheran Church of the Re deemer will begin Sunday even ing, September 28 at 7:30 and con tinue through November 2 each Sunday at the same time. On September 28, October 5 and October 12, the Rev. Prof. J. Benjamin Bedenbaugh will lead a study of Jeremiah. On October 19, October 26 and November 2, the Rev. Prof. L. Grady Cooper, Ph.D., will lead a study of The Acts. Members of the congregation are urged to attend. The public is cordially invited. County Fair Opens Gates On Monday At Six O*Clock Dr. Summer Is Subject Of Two NEPH Articles Dr. Mamie Summer has received national recognition for her work in Newberry and Saluda with the physically handicapped program. Articles concerning her work ap peared in the September 1958 is sue of “Employment Security Re view,” a publication of the United States Department of Labor, and in “Performance—The Story of the Handicapped,” a publication of the President’s Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped, August 1958 issue. The article in “Performance” concerned the NEPH citation pre sented to Dr. Summer by the President’s committee, the first such award presented in South Carolina. The article in the “Employment Security Review” magazine, writ ten by Clara Bell K. Shands and Kathryn E. Lewis, was entitled “Service to the Handicapped in Smaller Communities” and review ed the work done by Dr. Summer in Newberry and Saluda counties in promoting and publicizing the employment of the handicapped program. Miss Evans, 58 Service Here Miss Mildred Evans, 58, of 1429 Laurel St., died at her residence early Wednesday afternoon. She was born in Newberry, the daugh ter of the late Herbert Henry and Sarah Middleton Hunter Evans. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. J. N. Stone of Nashville, Tenn., and Mrs. W. M. Brooker, Sr., of Columbia; and three bro thers, Roscoe C. Evans of Pana ma City, Fla., Frazier L. Evans of Newberry and Beverly F. Ev ans of Lubbock, Texas. Graveside services were held Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock in Rosemont Cemetery, Newber ry, conducted by tne Rev. Neil E. Truesdell. AT HOSPITAL Allen W. Murray is a patient at the Newberry Hospital where he was carried after having suffered a heart attack last Saturday. His condition is said to be serious. Children from ages two to ninety-two are looking forward to Monday, September 9, when the 1958 Newberry County Fair opens at the American Legion fair grounds. Frank Sutton is mana ger of the fair which is conducted under the management of Ameri can Legion Post 24. Much interest is being shown in fair exhibits this year, according to Mr. Sutton, and the Newberry Council of Garden Clubs has been working hard to put on a spectac ular flower show for the benefit of fair-goers. Of especial interest to the young in age and in heart will be the midway, featuring the Marks- Manning shows. The midway will open at 6:00 p. m. each day ex cept Wednesday, Children’s Day and Thursday, Colored Children’s Day, when the midway opens at 1:00 p. m. Children will be ad mitted to the fair grounds free of charge on those days. Other events of the fair include “Good Neighbor Day” on Tues day; and “Farmer’s Day” on Sat urday. Each night, there will be a drawing for a cash prize of $250. The drawing will be at 10:30 p.m. Two minutes will be allowed for the *lucky ticket holder to present the duplicate ticket. Only one tick et will be drawn each night Mon day, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday nights, and if not presented within the time limit the money will be carried over and added to the amount for the fol lowing night. Saturday night, Oc tober 4th at 10:30 p. m., the draw ing will continue until there is a winner. More than $4000 is being offer ed in cash prizes for exhibits, which include the following cate gories: beef cattle, cooked foods, canned foods, community exhibits, dairy department, fancy work de partment, fine art exhibits, flow er department, general farm crops, junior dairy department, junior fine arts and crafts, Old Ladies’ department, pure bred rabbits, poultry department and youth exhibits. The fair committee is composed of Chalmers Brown and Paul B. Ezell, advisory committeemen; C. A .Dufford, Sr., George Halfacre, Louis Floyd, Ray Schumpert, B. A. Buddin, chairman and Mr. Sut ton. Jerry Davis, eight-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davis, un derwent a tonsillectomy in the Newberry Memorial Hospital Wednesday morning. + $2.00 PER YEAR Board To Get Bids On Fire Escapes Recommended By Jury The County Board of Education decided Tuesday night to ask for bids in preparation for installing fire escapes at Bush River, Little Mountain and Whitmire’s Park Street schools. This action is be ing taken in light of urgent insis tence by the Newberry County Grand Jury, which met with the County Board two weeks ago. The subject of fire escapes at these schools hac been discussed for over a year. The state deputy fire marshal inspected the bhildings and gave the opinion that, the es capes were not necessary. Mem bers of the Grand Jury thought otherwise, and recommended a year ago that the fire escapes be installed. No action was taken by the County Board on the recom mendation, and the next meeting Newberrian Finds Alaska Is Country Of By MRS. A. H. COUNTS A boyhood dream of a chance to go to Alaska came true for a Newberry business man, George N. Martin, owner and operator of a Main Street Radio and Television store. The opportunity came in 1967 when Mr. Martin applied for a po sition with the Philco Corporation. He was asked to report at Phila delphia, Pa., for a series of ex aminations in July and as a result of his near-100 per cent correct answers on all of the examina tions, along with his scientific education and practical abilities, he was assigned by Philco as their Tech Rep at the Air Force and the Early Warning Radar Site at Cape Lisbourne, Alaska. Several months after his arrival there he was made site engineer. A quick trip home to close his business and Mr. Martin was on his way to the land of Polar Bears, Eskimos and the fascinating Nor thern lights ,arriving there in August 1957. Practically isolated on the far shores of the Artie Ocean, Mr. Martin found his work most inter esting, working with a group of congenial civilian personnel, Air Force personnel, and enlisted men. They had comfortable living quarters, excellent food and en joyed a variety of recreational ac tivities such as bowling, ping pong, pool, etc. There was never a dull moment and time sped quickly by and soon his year’s tour of duty came to a close. Probably one of Mr. Martin’s most exciting experiences was dur ing one of his regular trips to the Radome, located on a mountain top about two thousand feet high. During the winter the trips to the Radome are made by cable, how ever in the summer the trip can be made by a road that winds up the mountain. Shortly after the men arrived at the Radome on this particular occasion, the ever blow ing Northern Wind soon got up to 110 knots or 120 miles per hour and the thermometer dropped to 45 degrees below zero, marooning the men for three days and three nights, Weather such as this, Mr. Martin said, will freeze an unpro tected hand in 30 seconds. Despite the great barren terri tory surrounding the site, which is several hundred miles above the timber line and two hundred miles north of the Artie Circle, the Land of the Midnight Sun possesses some wonderful natural resources. It is a very mountainous terrain, the mountains coming almost to the edge of tne ocean; however there is a long narrow beach about ten miles long. There is no sand but the beaches are covered with smooth colored rocks which sparkle in the bright light of tne sun. Mr. Martin observed a herd of some two hundred-Carribou that graze all winter on tundra moss. The moss grows almost two inches high about the tundra; however it builds up year after year growing Varied Interests layer upon layer, and the herd digs down under the snow to get the moss. There were also grizzly bears 'and large numbers of red foxes. The Caribou is the main meat food of the Eskimos. They also use whale meat and seal. There are a large number of birds to be found in the Artie area, many of them very colorful. Among the more plentiful type are ravens, puffin and murrier. The latter resembles a penguin and nests in the cliffs along the water edge. The Eskimos are very fond of the eggs which they gath er in the summer and* preserve and store them for winter use. There were no Eskimos in the immediate area where Mr. Mar tin Was stationed. Some few lived in a village about 40 miles away on the coast. The majority of Es kimos live in the South of Alaska where the soil is very fertile and during the short summer season produces wonderful vegetables and small fruit. Summer arrives suddenly in the Artie. On the morning of June 14 the men were surpised to see that the ice had broken during the night and had moved out about 60 feet. The ice comes back and forth with the tide wearing and break ing more ice. All this produces a weird sound, but it is also in teresting to watch. Mr. Martin said the tide has a rise and fall of only six inches. The huge tumb ling pieces of ice sometimes form tall jagged mountains, that after so long drift out to sea. Almost with the first sign of warm weather flowers spring up everywhere covering the earth with bloom in all colors and hues. The beautiful flowers and color ful birds are a never to be forgot ten sight. About the only outside contact other than regular mail and Air Force planes was a visit of mis sionaries on several occasions. “We hardly knew when Alaska (Continued on page 2) Immediately after graduation from Newberry High School, Thomas Harrison Summer re ceived his honorable discharge from the U. S. Army reserves and entered the regular army. He enlisted at Fort Jackson on June 15, and from there was as signed to the First Infantry, 2nd Division, Fort Benning, Ga. where he has successfully com pleted 10 weeks of basic train ing on August 23. While there he qualified for Officer Candi date School, and also received the Sharpshooter’s badge, after having completed the standard course and firing of Rifle M-l. Pvt. Summer is at present un dergoing Military Police Train ing at The Provost Marshal General’s School at Fort Gor don, Ga. His address is Pvt. Thomas H. Summer, RA 14 664- 266, Training Company B, The Provost Marshal General’s School, Fort Gordon, Ga. of the Grand Jury resulted in a statement that unless the escapes were installed, “we will use the most forceful means at our com mand to see that they are.” Members of the Board retaliat ed by asking the Grand Jury to suggest a source of funds for in stalling the recommended escapes. No further comment was made on the situation until last week when the Grand Jury, after meeting with the Board the previous week, stated in its presentment to the t court that it was satisfied the Board would install the escapes in the n*M£~&ttire. A committee of the Board re ported that the Stoney Hill school property had been surveyed and that the teacherage would be cut off into a separate lot with three or four acres, to include the barn and other outbuildings. This property will be advertised for public auction. The school build ing, and 11 acres, will be offered to citizens for a community build ing at a price of $2000 for an out right purchase. The Board heard a request from , John Conover, band director at Mid-Carolina, for travel expense allowance to travel from Mid- Carolina to Prosperity, Little Mountain and Pomaria, where he is training junior bands; also for an expense allowance to travel to Columbia or Greenville to pur chase' music, to take students for I private . instruction, to take band members to football games and to music contests. This request had been approved by the Mid-Carolina advisory board but was not looked upon with particular favor by the county board. Action was deferred until more definite information concerning the director’s itinerary could be obtained. Announcement was made that Mid-Carolina High School would hold open house on October 12. A request was made by Gilder Neel, member from the Bush Riv er area, for the transfer of the “surplus” automobile purchased by R. L. Hulsebus from the New berry County School district to Saluda county. These automobiles, made available to school admini strators to be used only for “edu cational purposes,” were purchas ed certain superintendents from the state’s surplus property division for $35. They were paid for by the individuals purchasing them, although they were bought through the school district. The Board approved the transfer. BIRTHDAY Z GREETINGS Sept. 28: Bobby Gilliam, Joe Dominick, Harold Wicker, Mrs. Ray Doolittle, W. A. Webb, Mrs. Gary Lee Smith, Virginia Glymph, Laura N. Bowers, Mrs. ! Olin Graham, Harold Brown Folk, Mrs. Richard Caldwell, Drayton Minick, E. B. Carlisle, Sue Ellen Wicker, Mary Lou Weir, Mrs. A1 Weigle, Gus Franklin, Celia Brooks. Sept. 30: Barbara Moore, Ju dith Amy Wise, Otto Nichols, Doris Ringer, Johnny Bowers Jr., Mrs. Ethel Wicker, Miles Cheatham, Mrs. F. J. Harmon, Chris Word, Earl T. Eargle. Oct. 1: Dr. James C. Kinard, Mrs. Chevis I. Boozer, Walter Summer, Mrs. Maude G. Ross, Dr. Elbert Dickert, T. A. Har grove, Scott Elliott, Barbara Sue Long, Mrs. J. N. Nicosia, R. T. Feagle, D. V. Knight, Mary Jo DeVore. Oct. 2: Ralph B. Baker, Mrs. W. L. Beat, Eugene Stockman, Leonard Halfacre, Mrs. Ida Clamp, who is 94 years young this day and very, very active; Betty Boozer, Ralph C. John son, Elizabeth H. Shannon, Mrs. Henry Lominack, Mrs. F. A. Bo land, Nancy Harmon, Paul Har mon, Sallie L. Brandon, R. M. Blake, Ann Lipscomb, Bill Franklin, Nancy Underwood. Oct. 3: James Clamp, Margar et Ann Spotts, Sally Leonard Hodges, Guy Bowers, Mrs. John Miller, George Ward, Kay Beam, Mrs. Aubrey Davis, Mrs. A. T. Dennis, Charlie Harley, Charlotte Myers, Tommy Weir, Bobby Weir, Bobby DeHart. Oct. 4: Mrs. R. H. Wright, Miss Josie Reid, Eva Jane Price, C. C. Fulmer, Mrs. R. D. Wright, Mrs. J. G. Sease, Claude J. Price, Jimmie Ingram, Diana Hunter, Mrs. J. E. Neel, Bill Graham, A. C. Dyskin, Mike Sharp, Maude H. Matthews, Johnnie Cousins.