The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, October 16, 1958, Image 1
There’s never enough time to do
the job right but there’s always
enough time to do it over.
Disciplining children is a thing
of the past but unfortunately
while they gained at one end . . .
they are losing at the other.
VOLUME 21; NUMBER 25.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1958
^ $2.00 PER YEAR
By The Way ~ by, ^borid Sander3
NEED A RECIPE?
Clemson College Extension Ser
vice must be concerned about all
these yankees moving South or
something, for they have now pub
lished, of all things, a recipe for
cooking grits! No fooling! I have
at hand a news release entitled
“Corn meal and Grits Recipes Giv
en in Clemson Circular.”
Seems this circular was pub
lished in connection with “Corn-
bread Week” observed last week
in South Carolina. I might add,
however, that the circular does
contain, besides the recipe for
good old boiled grits, recipes for
fried grits, grits muffins, grits
souffle, grits croquettes, grits and
meat casserole and mixed bread,
whatever that might be.
Perhaps I had better get one of
those circulars, because even af
ter all these years, I don’t seem
to be able to cook grits to the sat
isfaction of my low-country hus
band. On second thought, if I
don’t learn, he will continue cook
ing breakfast himself, so I’ll just
leave my copy of the circular for
someone else. The number of the
circular is 275, in case you are
interested and . you may obtain
one from the county agent’s office.
HARD WORK
Most of the fans in the stadium
worked about as hard as the foot
ball team Saturday night in the
last five or six minutes of the
Redskin-Carson Newman game
“sweating out” what appeared to
be an almost certain victory
touchdown for the CN Eagles.
The Eagles, appropriately named,
took to the air in an attempt to
overcome the one touchdown lead
held by the Newberry team. With
the help of penalties, the Indians
held out and finally regained pos-
ession of the ball with just enough
time left to run—or rather, to
hold on to the ball, for one play.
The Redskins were saved by the
half-time whistle, too, because it
was an almost certainty that Car-
son Newman would have had the
ball over the goal line in anoth
er play—but about a second before
the center was to snap the ball to
the quarterback, the official reach
ed down and grabbed the ball,
holding it high to indicate half
time. A sigh of relief went up
from the Newberry fans.
It was- a thriller, but perhaps
not quite so much as was the
last half of the Clemson-Vander-
bilt game which we heard over
WKDK after the Newberry strug
gle. A Clemson touchdown, with
only nine seconds left in the game,
climaxed a very exciting second
half. Clemson seems to have
what it takes—and it would ap
pear that the main thing it takes
is two teams, one just as good as
the other. There should be little
doubt about which team will come
out on top on “Big Thursday” but
that is one of those games that
can always fool you. Personally,
it makes no difference to me
whether the Tigers or the Game
cocks are victorious. My husband
attended both schools and while
he earned his Master’s degree
from Carolina, I think he still
sort of leans toward Clemson, so
he remains neutral and considers
Newberry^ his Alma Mater which,
of course, suits me.
But to get back to the Newberry
game, the crowning of the Home-
Queen was a little overshadowed
by the introduction of Steve Pe
terson— and I’m sure neither the
Queen nor anyone else minded. It
was good — but heartbreaking—to
see Steve again. I am told that he
thoroughly enjoyed his trip here,
and those who donated to make it
possible may be certain they do
nated to a good cause.
One other mention of the Satur
day night half-time ceremonies
before ending this. It is always
with a great deal of pride that I
watch the Newberry College “N”
Band, directed by Charlie Pruitt.
This is something the college had
needed for years and years — and
when they finally got a band,
they got one worth watching and
listening to. They are a fast mov
ing outfit, trimly attired in their
scarlet and grey suits. They
march well, play well, and have
an entirely different look, having
gotten away from the generally
accepted “uniform” type suit. We
again congratulate Charlie and
the members of his band for such
fine performances.
nate trivia and get back to the
teaching of fundamentals. I was
right surprised to hear this agree
ment with Mr. Sloan’s views from
one of the school adminstrators,
but unfortunately, one person a-
lone can’t do the job. In fact, not
even the seven men who sit on the
County Board of Education are
going to do the job until the par
ents demand it. And parents, for
the most part, don’t seem to care.
Something else — besides a re
turn to fundamentals — is needed
in our schools, too. It is a pro
gram for those who are not able
to keep up with the average stu
dents. I have many times sug
gested that there should be a sep
aration of classes according to
ability, and I suggest it not only
for the benefit of the “academi
cally gifted,” I believe the educa
tors call them, but also for those
who do not have the mental abili
ty to keep up. This idea of “social
promotion” is preposterous. It
serves to torture the children in a
higher grade when they couldn’t
even pass the grade below, be
sides causing trouble for teachers
who have to take up time with
students who shouldn’t even be in
the class.
There should be another type
program for those students. They
are entitled to an education as
much as anyone, but it should be
an education that would be of
benefit perhaps along the vocat--
ional line. They could be put in an
“ungraded” class until they are of
age to begin work in some voca
tion. Allow them to spend their 12
years in school, at the end of
which they could receive a certi
ficate of some sort.
This kind of program cannot be
possible under our present build
ing situation, of course, but it
would be possible if we had a Con
solidated elementary city school
program — and that is what I
hope, and expect to see before
many years pass.
Receives Homecoming Ovation I Condemnations
To Take Term
Of Civil Court
BULLDOGS WIN
Being so enthusiastic about the
College victory Saturday night, I
almost forgot to mention the
High School Bulldogs. They, too.
were victorious last Thursday
night, taking a win from Dents-
ville.
The Bulldogs will be away
from home again this week, play
ing Chester Friday night, October
17. Chester isn’t too far away, so
there should be a good crowd
from Newberry to witness what
we hope will be the Bulldogs’
third win of the; season.
The “Hero” of Saturday night’s Homecoming game at Newberry
College was Steve Peterson, star football player for Newberry in
1956, who was injured that year and left permanently paralyzed.
Steve and some members of his family were flown from Tarpon
Springs, Fla. to Newberry for Homecoming weekend. Steve chuckles
as Dr. Conrad Park erroneously introduces his (Steve’s) two broth
ers as his two “sons”.
Bill Gatlin Takes Over As
Manager Of Newberry Mills
Petit jurors for the Court of
Common Pleas which convenes in
Newberry Monday should have a
good lesson in values of property
in Newberry County, for the en
tire docket will be taken up with
highway condemnation suits.
A number of property owners in
the county, who could not get
awards to their satisfaction from
Condemnation Boards for pay
ments of rights of ways on Inter
state Route 26 and other state or
federal highways, have taken their
complaints to the court. Judge
Thomas P. Bussey of Charleston
will be presiding. Highway con
demnation cases will be the only
actions on the docket, since they
are given priority by statute.
Of the number of cases schedul
ed, court officials believe the fol
lowing will consume the entire
term. Each is a suit brought by
the South Carolina £>tate High
way Department against the be
low listed property owners: (1)
Carrie D. Hunter Estate; (2) M.
O. Mayer et al; (3) G. Tab Werts;
(4) Yoder L. Addy et al; (5) Ar
thur J. Livingston, et al; (6) Lo-
amma Ruff; )7) S. N. Crayne.
Indians Take
Second Win At
SOMETHING NEEDED
One of our school officials told
me the other day “Mr. Sloan cer
tainly nas the right idea.” Mr.
Sloan, as you know if you have
read this column recently, is
James Sloan of Joanna who be
lieves that schools should elimi
Accreditation
Program Is
Explained
William B. Royster, chief sup
ervisor of elementary education of
the South Carolina Department of
Education, was featured speaker
at the meeting of the Boundary
Street Parent-Teacher Associa
tion held last Thursday night.
Mr. Royster very clearly outlin
ed the work that is currently be
ing done to advance the level of
elementary education is- South
Carolina and in the South. He
stated that the Southern Associa
tion of Schools and Colleges began
nine years ago to develop criteria
for elementary education. These
criteria, he said, pertained to such
things as facilities, instructional
programs and teacher qualifica
tions, were designed to lead even
tually to a formal accreditation
program for elementary schools
similar to the programs already
in affect for secondary schools
and colleges.
Mr. Royster continued that it
was now possible for elementary
schools to affiliate with the
Southern Association and thus
participate in the development of
the accreditation program. The
affiliating schools would then
have the incentive to meet the va
rious standards set up by the As
sociation, he said.
In order to affiliate, the ele
mentary schools would have to
apply, pay a small fee, enter into
a self-evaluation program, and
then be investigated by a commit
tee of the association.
The speaker told PTA members
that some work was being done
toward elementary accreditation
at the state level along similar
lines to the work of the Southern
Association.
A question and answer session
followed the talk, after which a
social was enjoyed. The meeting
was presided over by C. M. Smith,
president.
Not My Idea,
Says ‘Dutch’
The Charlotte Observer, earlier
in the week, came out with the
statement:
“There is never anything new
in football . . . it has all been
done before somewhere by some
body. The ‘Lonesome End’ forma
tion now causing such a stir was
used by Dutch MacLean at New
berry College exactly 30 years
ago.”
When questioned about the
statement, Coach MacLean says
“yes, it is true we used the ‘lone
some end’ at Newberry thirty
years ago, but don’t give me credit
for having thought it up. To the
best of my knowledge, that idea
was first thought up by Coach
Alonzo Stagg at the University of
Chicago. Coach Stagg is now one
of the oldest living coaches in the
country, past 90 years of age. So
the ‘lonesome end’ was an old idea
even at the time we used it at
Newberry.”
Coach says that at the time they
used the* play, their lonesome end
was included in the huddle. “Now
they just give him a signal, and
he knows what to do.” He ex
plained that from the ‘lonesome
end’ position, the player could
tackle either a guard or a back
with equal agility, or could, from
his place on the field, rush down
the field to receive a forward pass.
Mid-Carolina
Game Friday
Mid-Carolina High School plays
Ridge SJpring-Monetta High on
the gridiron Friday night, October
17 at 8 p. m. on the Prosperity
football field. This game was
changed from Thursday to Friday
night because of conflicts with
other scheduled activities.
Since this is Homecoming, a
large crowd is anticipated. During
L. E. (Bill) Gatlin, Jr., of Rock-
mart, Georgia, has been, appointed
general manager of Newberry
Mills, Inc., according to an an
nouncement made last weekend by
William R. Beuret, executive vice
president of the company.
Mr. Gatlin is a native of New
berry and was formerly Senior
Associate, Textile Division, Kurt
Hoi
Council Cuts Suburbia’s
Taxes: Ends Year In Black
lecommg
Salmon Associates, Inc. of Wash- jies giving the Ohio lad a total of
ington, D. C. He is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. Gatlin of Newber
ry and was reared here. He was
graduated from Newberry High
School and received a B. S. degree
in Textile engineering from Clem
son College.
Mr. Gatlin is married to the for
mer Miss Rose E. Bodie of New
berry. They are parents of two
sons, L. E. Ill, 17, and Milton, 11
years of age.
Mr. Gatlin began work in Mol-
lohon plant of Kendall Company,
in 1933, and except for his time in
school, he has been connected
with the textile industry in various
capacities since that time.
Is Commissioned
Lieutenant Rank
Of much interest to his many
friends in Newberry was the C6m-
missioning of Jerry P. Epting to
Lieutenant, at the Commencement
Exercise of the Ninth Graduating
Class of the Palmetto Military
Academy of South Carolina Nat
ional Guard O. S. C. in Columbia,
October 12, 1958.
Jerry is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Epting of Moultrie,
Georgia, former residents of New
berry, South Carolina. His wife is
the former Joyce Moore of pros
perity, and at present they reside
at Dillon, where he is employed by
The combined efforts of hard
running fullback Joe Coviello and
halfbacks Bobby Rowe and Bob
Yarnall and the signal calling of
freshman quarterback Vernon
Prather guided the fighting Red
skins of Newberry College to
their second victory of the season.
Newberry’s fullback Joe Covi
ello picked up 80 yards on 24 car-
286 yard total for four games. De
spite a minor nose injury early in
the game. Coviello played to the
final gun. However, he was not
called on for any quarterbacking
duties as Prather was able to
carry the full load. Gains by Cov
iello, Rowe and Yarnell plus a 12
yard pass from Prather to Hud
gens set up Newberry’s first tally
with minutes left in the first
half. Coviello scored from 1 yard
out. The second tally came in the
fourth quarter when the Indians
took advantage of an off sides
penalty and Coviello again scored
from 1 yard out. This time the
pass from Prather to Rowe was
complete for the two extras and
the Indians held a 14-0 lead. But
the ever powerful Eagles came
back an scored on two consecu
tive pass plays and then realiz
ing weakness in the pass defense
took to the air calling thirteen
consecutive pass plays. Two com
pletions were called back because
of CN penalties one was a 54
yard TD pass. The last CN threat
was halted on the Newberry 30
and the Indians ran the clock out.
Coviello is now leading in the
scoring department with 24 points
while Horace Turbeville, out of
the Newberry picture for the last
two weeks, still holds second with
12 points.
Kirkland stated of the CN game
“We got the breaks last night,
except for an off side penalty we
might have lost. Carson-Newman
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. has a rea , hustling ba|1 club _ I>m
glad we’re through with single
wing for the year. Our team play
ed well except for our pass de
fense in the last few minutes. No
one was injured; this is real en-
the half, the sponsors of the foot
ball players will be escorted to the
field.
The crowning of the Homecom
ing Queen will be the highlight of
half-time activities.
His foot over the goal line, Coviello finally scores for Newberry,
after three attempts, from one yard out with four minutes left in
the first half of the game between the Newberry Indians and the
Carson-Newman Eagles at Setzler Field Saturday night.
couraging. I hope that we will
have some of our ailing boys
ready for Troy this week.”
This Saturday the Indians will
travel to Troy, Alabama to meet
the “Red Wave” of Troy State. In
last year’s contest the Indians
played to the tune of 20-0 over
the Alabamians, but Coach Clip-
son’s formidable Redmen include
22 returning lettermen and with
this crop one more year experience
presents real tough opposition and
it looks like the pivotal year for
the Troy Staters.
Dr. Conrad Park, academic dean of Newberry College, crowns
Homecoming Queen Miss Suzanne Lewis during half-time festivi
ties at Setzler Stadium Saturday night. At the left is the crown
bearer, Roger Mature, son of Prof, and Mrs. A. P. Mature.
Interesting Talk Is Made By
Mrs. Stevens At Club Meeting
Winners Of
Homecoming
Tropbies
Each year the Alumni Associa
tion of Newberry College awards
a trophy to the merchant who has
the best decorated window for
Homecoming. The winner this
year was the Novelty • Shop,
History of Steve’s athletic ca
reer. Second place was awarded to
Dr. E. M. Anderson - Welcome
Home, Steve.
The various student organiza
tions of the College prepare dis
plays on the college quadrangle.
Most of the beautiful and ingeni
ous displays this year featured
Steve Peterson. The prize winners
were:
First place - The SENIOR
CLASS - Steve’s College Life
Second place - The SOPH-
MORE CLASS - Indian Holding
an Eagle
Third place - The BOOSTERS
CLUB - Picking Feathers for
Steve’s head-dress.
Honor Students
At Winthrop
Six students from Newberry
County were among those recog
nized this week for scholastic
achievement at Winthrop College.
They were Joyce Ouzts, Katheryn
Shealy, Peggy Berley and Janice
Timmons of Newberry, and Mary
Geiger Long and ‘Beverly Williams
of Whitmire.
The students earned the recog
nition by being named to the
school’s Distinguished List for
second semester 1958. To make
the list, a student must maintain
an average of 3.5 or “B” plus on
all courses taken during the se
mester.
LEAVES HOSPITAL
AFTER SURGERY
Mrs. Jake Wise, who has been
a patient at the Newberry Me
morial Hospital for the past sev
eral weeks, returned Monday to
the Hotel Wiseman where she
makes her home. Mrs. Wise, who
underwent knee surgery, is now
able to be up and walking about
some.
J. P. Perry Dies;
Relatives Here
J. Perdew Perry, 73, died sud
denly in a Columbia Hospital last
Wednesday.
He was born and raised in Sa
luda County, son of the late R. S.
and Ida Berry Perry. He had
made his home in Columbia for
the past twenty years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Lillie Pitts Perry; four sons, Rob
ert, Phil and Ed Perry of Colum
bia, Lt. Col. John P. Perry of
Germany; two daughters,. Mrs.
Clemmons Spurlings of Columbia
and Mrs. Moriat Buohl of Md.;
five sisters, Mrs. Fred Pitts and
Mrs. Burton Abies, both of Col
umbia; Mrs. S. P. McCarty of
Rock Hill; Mrs. J. P. Perry of
Prosperity and Mrs. J. H. Perry
of Newberry.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at Columbia and burial
was at Perry’s Cross Road in Sa
luda County.
The Newberry Garden Club met
Tuesday, October 14 in the pri
vate dining room of the Wiseman
Hotel with Mrs. Richard L. Baker
and Mrs. Claude Smith, hostesses.
The president, Mrs. H. B. Senn,
opened the meeting. Following
the club collect, routine business
was discussed and reports from
various committees heard.
Congratulations were extended
to Mrs. Don Rook, winner of the
sweepstakes prize in the artistic
division at the flower show spon
sored by the Council of Newberry
Garden Clubs at the County Fair.
Other winners from the Newberry
Garden Club were, in the artistic
division, Mrs. Von Long, Mrs.
Richard L. Baker, Mrs. Price Pad
gett and Mrs. Steve Griffith; in
the horticulture division, Mrs.
Von Long, Mrs. R. E. Livingston,
Mrs. Don Rook, Mrs. Price Pad
gett and Mrs. T. J. Eskridge.
Mrs. C. I. Youmans, program
chairman, introduced Mrs. Rich
ard L. Baker, who in turn intro
duced the speaker, Mrs. J. Good-
low Stevens of Moncks Corner.
Mrs. Stevens, Bird Chairman of
the Garden Club of South Caro
lina, is a past director of the East
Low Country District and a trus
tee of the Memorial Garden in
Columbia.
She began her talk with a brief
sketch of the life of Audubon,
telling of his childhood interest in
nature and of how he became the
world’s greatest painter of birds.
She stressed how much birds
help in conservation, scattering
seeds, eating harmful insects and
weed seed. She urged all garden
ers to keep filled bird feeder sta
tions and bird baths and to plant
some berried shrubs to provide
food. She said that bird houses
shpuld not be painted light colors,
but should be stained or painted
brown or left natural, inasmuch
as birds shy away from bright
colors.
She told the club members that
a feder for humming birds may be
made with a slender plastic dial,
of the sort used by druggists for
medicine tablets. The vial, said
Mrs. Stevens, should be filled with
a solution of two parts sugar to
one part water, colored red to at
tract the birds’ attention, and tied
to a low limb.
Mrs. Stevens stated that stern
er laws are needed to protect
birds. She showed color slides of
native birds and displays of bird
houses and feeders.
The guest speaker was present
ed a camellia corsage from Mrs.
Rook’s garden and a box of bulbs
from the club. Mrs. Price Pad
gett was winner of the door prize,
also a box of bulbs.
A dutch luncheon was served
from the beautifully appointed
table, whfch was decorated with
autumn leaves, bird figurine and
bird place cards.
Property owners in Suburbia,
who received city tax bills for the
full year 19J>8 although they were
only annexed to the city in June,
were pleased to learn that city
council Tuesday night took action
to nulla bona 50 percent of their
taxes for the current year. This
will result in payment of six
months, rather than a year's
taxes for Suburbanites.
According to members of coun
cil, the charging of a full year
was merely an oversight. It was
explained that when council set
the 39 mill levy for 1958, it was
placed on “all taxable property**
with no exclusions, as had been
done in the past, and that tax
notices were prepared in accord
ance with that action.
City Manager Ed Blackwell and
City Clerk and Treasurer, W. C.
Wallace, were commended by coun
cil for ending the city’s fiscal year
“in the black.” The treasurer’s
report for the fiscal year begun
October 1, 1957 and concluded
September 30, 1958 showed a cash
on hand balance of $2,114.35. In
addition to this balance, council
expended $3,818 for street im
provements and $11,979.77 for the
water system in Suburbia, both
items not included in the original
budget. These items caused the
budget to be upset, council having
set an original budget q| $675,-
705.20. Amount actually expend
ed during the year totaled $688,-
284.19, with receipts also higher
than were estimated, reaching
$690,398.54, about $15,000 above
the estimated income.
A petition was read from resi
dents of Suburbia, asking that
street lights and sanitary sewer
lines be installed in that area.
Council gave the city manager the
go-ahead to install an electric dis
tribution system in the annexed
area at a cost of $12,000. Mr.
Blackwell stated that he was not
yet prepared to give an estimate
on the cost of the sewer service,
but felt that it would run at least
$50,000 to install.
Council ended its brief session
in less than an hour, and adjourn
ed.
AAUW Chapter
Meets Saturday
The American Association o:
University Women, Newbern
Branch, will meet at 3:30 p.m. oj
Saturday, October 18 at the horn
of Mrs. Paul H. Heisey, 1230 Me
Morris St.
Miss Pearle Stockman will bi
the speaker.
Dwyne Mayer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Enoch Mayer, Route 4, has
accepted a position with Lomin-
ack Hardware, Inc. on Main St.
— bIrThday
GREETINGS
Oct. 19: Mrs. R. G. Carroll,
Mrs. J. R. Cromer, James Mar
tin Armfield, Virginia T. Pay-
singer, Bobbie Long, J. H. Half
acre.
Oct. 20: Kerry Bowers, James
Connelly, Fronie Hendrix, Mrs.
George F. Ruff, Brooks Mills,
Ray Darby, L. H. Sease, Mrs.
A. J. Bowers Jr., Mrs. Louis C.
Floyd, Elmora Shealy, Louise
Shealy.
Oct. 21: Floyd Dennis, Mrs.
Clarence Kinard, Charles Clary,
Jessie Stevens, Harper Wherry,
Pope L. Buford III, Betsy Bru
ner, Ann Kelly, G. E. Hitt,
James Robert Neel, Miss Nan
nie McKittrick, L. E. Werts,
Mrs. Bergie Swindler, Henry
Hargrove, Ruby Nell Bowers,
Betty K. Shealy.
Oct. 22: T. Roy Summer Jr„
Bonnie Cromer, John Billings
ley, Mrs. Bobby Sligh, Mrs. C.
D. Weeks, Tucky Neel, Mrs.
Phil Brooks, Aubrey Davis,
Johnnie Rucker, George Wayne
Martin Jr.
Oct. 23: L L. Boinest, Mrs. T.
S. Riley, Barbara Frankie Joye,
Mrs. Bill Hughes, Charles Ept
ing, Jessica Senn, Mrs. C. A.
Reeder, Eunice A. Stewart, Dr.
James A. Underwood Jr.
Oct. 24: Ida Webb West, H. O.
Counts, Dupree Harmon, Lt. CoL
James Glymph, Mrs. A. E. More-
head, Ola Norris, David Zobel,
J. H. White, Mrs. Ray Dawkins.
Oct. 25: Shelba Jane Kinard,
William Cromer, George Wil
liam Coats, Jr., Buddy Clark
Watkins, Fred Richardson, Ted
McDowell. . fi