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Good old days: when the teenager went into the garage and came out with the lawnmower. The main trouble with the straight and narrow is that there is no place to park. VOLUME 21; NUMBER 27. By The Way By Oorts A. Banders DISAPPOINTED? I’ll bet there were a lot of dis appointed people last Saturday night—those who decided they would stay at home and listen to the radio instead of going to Setz- ler Stadium for what all the “ex perts” said would be a Newberry loss. The experts were wrong and the Indians played to a 28-6 victory over the team from East Carolina. It is rather amazing that with so many first-string men out, Coach Harvey Kirkland and his capable assistants have been able to come up with a team that seems just as good as the first string did at the beginning of the season. Evident ly there was the necessary ma terial to work with and the main thing needed was confidence. This has been gained, especially in the case of quarterback Vernon Pra ther, a freshman, who has taken over the signal calling job and called his team to two victories thus far. Coach says we are sure to win this week—there is an open date. But next week will be a rough and tough one—Elon at Burling ton and as I recall, the Elon Christians really scalped the In dians last year. The week follow ing, the Indians will be back for their final home game against Wofford. I hope you will make an effort to see a good ball team in action, and that the stadium will be filled to capacity, rather than only half filled— if that much— last Saturday night. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1958 4 $2.00 PER YEAR HOMECOMING The High School Bulldogs, after defeats for two weeks on the road, will be playing a homecoming game Friday night at Setzler Stadium. I hate to say it, but the Bulldogs have a rough road to travel to win this one. I have seen Clinton play the past two weeks, and Coach Tedards has a fine team — with a little reserve strength, they would have ccme mighty close to a victory over Spartanburg high last week. The Bulldogs play hard ball too, though, so it should be an inter esting game and a big crowd for the homecoming festivities. JUST ONE NEEDED I notice that the County Board of Education has asked the New berry area advisory board to be giving some thought to what build ing program should be put into ef fect when funds are available. There is only one answer to that question. First and foremost there should be on&—and only one—elementary school for the city. There is sufficient room at either the present Boundary St. location or at Speers. Perhaps the traffic problem would not be quite so bad at Speers as at Boundary and could be better controlled so that might be the logical spot. Once the elementary school is fin ished, to house the first through sixth grades, then the new junior high, for seventh and eighth grades, could be started. The present location is fine for the junior high. If any board or school admini strator should advance the theory that “we’ve got to have two ele mentary schools,” this is nothing .but pure foolishness and a waste of your good money. Only by hav ing one large school can an ade quate course of instruction be giv en to all groups of varied mental ity and achievement. The old ar gument that there must be a school on each side of town is also silly, especially in view of the fact that many students are being transported as much as 20 miles each way, each day to at tend school; and most students inside the city limits, whether a block or a mile away, are trans ported to school by parents. This is something that needs little thought, really, except fore sight to provide adequate space ■when the building is erected; good sense to leave out expensive “frills” and to provide adequate study aids and materials. What is needed more than anything else is a re-vamping of the course of study, beginning at the first grade level. I am glad to see that some of our neighboring counties are already in the process of classing students by achievement, not by alphabetical order or some other scheme as ineffective. Perhaps one day Newberry will catch up. Among those who enjoyed the Ladies’ Night banquet of the Newberry Exchange Club Tuesday night were, left to right. Exchange District Governor Harry E. Moose and Mrs. Moose; Mrs. Kenneth B. Wilson and Rev. Wilson, who was guest speaker, Mrs. Olin Layton and Mr. Layton, president of the Exchange Club, who presided. The speaker was introduced by Prof. T. E. Epting. Following the steak dinner at the Student Union Building at Newberry College, Rev. Wilson spoke, using as his theme “Workshop of Life.” The evening was concluded with entertainment by Miss Wilma Boozer ac companied by Miss Beverly Lake, after which favors were presented to the ladies present. (Sunphoto) Luncheon Today To Kick Off Annual NEPH Essay Contest State Holiday House Will Be Theme Of Tea Plans are in the making for the 1958 Christmas Decorations Tea, which will open Wednesday, Dec ember 3 at 3:00 p.m. at the Com munity Hall and continue through Friday morning. The outstanding event, of state-wide interest, is being sponsored by the Newberry Civic League assisted by the New berry Council of Garden Clubs. The committee consists of Mrs. Richard L. Baker, chairman, a member of the league’s executive board and president of the Garden Club Council; Mrs. John Frazier, civic league and garden club coun cil member; Mrs. Leon Nichols, member of Civic League and Pal metto garden club; Mrs. Howard Clark, 3rd vice-president of Civ ic League and vice-president of Garden Club Council; and Mrs. James E. Wiseman, member of Garden Club Council and first vice-president of Civic League. Many dignitaries from through out the state are expected for the opening reception on Wednesday afternoon. Tea will be served visitors during the three days, and all adults and school children of the county and state are cor dially invited to attend. The theme of the tea will be “State Holiday House” with some arrangements f r o m invited guests. During the period of the tea, more than 30u0 persons are ex pected to view the arrangements from which many ideas may lie received for home Christmas dec orations. A silver offering will be taken to help defray expenses of the tea. The annual “Kic^-off” lunch eon for the National Employ the Physically Handicapped essay contest in Newberry County will be held today (Thursday) at 12:30 p.m. at the Newberry Community Hall, according to James F. Cog gins, chairman of the local NEPH committee. The luncheon will feature a panel discussion on the essay theme, “Hiring the Handicapped in our town.” Mr. Coggins will serve as moderator of the panel. Participating in the discussion will be Probate Judge E. Maxcy Stone, Dr. N. E. Truesdell, Mayor Gambles, Wins Nash Rambler Prosperity — Mrs. John Wessmger gambled a brand Earl new wings of a Mrs. J. J. Langford, who has been ill at her home on Boundary St. for about a week, was admitted to the Newberry Memorial Hospi tal, Monday where she is under going treatment. nash rambler on the pigeon and won. The young, attractive wife of a prominent Prosperity dentist recently won a sports car on a New York television show and as a bonus prize she was offered $500 in cash toward the purchase of a new Rambler station wagon or she could gamble that at least one of six New York-based hom ing pigeons would make it home after being released in Prosperity, with the station wagon as the stakes. Mrs. Wessinger elected to take the all-or-nothing gamble on the birds. ,, The pigeons, all highly-trained homers were brought to Prosper ity by John Calabria of Rego Park N.Y. Some 50 friends and relatives were on hand when the birds were launched from the Wessing er front lawn on Main St. at 10:05 a.m. Sunday. Plans Are Made For Homecoming At High School Newberry High School will ob serve its Homecoming Day Fri day night with the highlight being a football game at Setzler Field between the High school Bulldogs and the Clinton Red Devils. Dur ing half-time, the Homecoming Queen will be crowned. Candidates for the Queen hon ors are Mackie Haltiwanger, who will be escorted by Don Satter- white; Pat Mills, escorted by Wayne McCullough; Carrie Long shore, escorted by Lloyd Brigman and Mabel Shealy, escorted by David Langford. The senior football players and their sponsors will be: Mike Liv ingston, Billie Harrison; Larry Young, Evangeline Lide; Rhett Butler, Pat Sellers; Carey Wash ington, Kitty Salley; Bobby Liv ingston, Jean Longshore; Jerry Oxner, Linda Cassidy; Ronald Bowers, Rachel Hunter; Jerry Chapman, Gail Coppock; Eddie Kyzer, Marty Bouknight; Jerry Uillashaw, Anne Timmons. A pep rally will be held Thurs day night on the city square from 7 until 8 p. m. A Homecoming pa rade will begin Friday at 4 p. m. and following the game, a dance, honoring the football players, will be held at the Community Hall until midnight. All students and former students are invited. A do nation of twenty-five cents will be taken to help defray expenses. The public is urged to be on hand for the parade and the foot ball game Friday night. Ernest Layton, Dr. James C. Kin- ard and James B. Henderson. Sixty-Six students from New berry, Whitmire and Mid-Caro lina high schools, together with their superintendents and English teachers, will be guests of the sponsoring organizations for the luncheon. Others expected to be present are members of the local NEPH committee, community leaders, and the following out-of town guests: E. H. Bradley, dir ector of the S. C, Employment Service; Abe Fenell, SCES Veter ans representative; Mrs. Clara Bell Shands, SCES training sup ervisor; Bob Galloway of Due West, chairman of the S.C. Em ployment Security Commission, and Mrs. Galloway; Dill Beckman, chairman of the Governor’s NEPH committee and chief of S. C. Vocational Rehabilitation Ser vice. Members of the' local NEPH committee in addition to Mr. Cog gins, are Dr. Mamie Summer rep resenting' the Civic League and the Employment service; Jake Wise, Work Begins On Building For Four Doctors Under construction on Harring ton street, adjacent to Newberry County Memorial Hospital, is a to house the the offices ot Dr. C. A. Dufford, pediatrician; Dr. W. W. King, general practi tioner; Dr. R. E. Livingston, ear- eye-nose-throat specialist; and Dr. James E. Wiseman, Jr., who will graduate from dental school at the University of Louisville in June, and will return to Newber ry to practice. Irvine Leslie is the architect for the Doctors’ Building, which wil be a one story structure contain ing 5800 square feet floor space, with built up roof and brick ve neer finish. The building will consist of four suites, each suited to the individ ual requirements of the doctors occupying them, and a pharmacy. The suites will be 30x40 feet; the pharmacy, which has been leased to Dr. Richard Lominicck, will contain about 600 square feet. A. O. Livingston and Son are general contractors for the build ing which '"ill cost an estimated $64,000. Board Recommends Newberry Area Plan Building Program Begins Duties As Pastor Of Colony Church Colony . Lutheran Church, which recently withdrew from the Beth- Eden parish to become an inde pendent church in the Newberry Conference, will hear the first ser mon by its new pastor on Sunday, November 2. Rev. H. A. Dunlap and his fam ily moved this week into the new ly constructed parsonage across the highway from Colony church. ^The new pastor is a native of Oklahoma. He was graduated from Newberry College in 1948 and from the Lutheran Seminary in Columbia in 1951. He has also completed all requirements for the degree of Master of Sacred Theol ogy at the Seminary. During his last year in the sem inary, he served as Supply pastor at St. Paul’s parish at Gilbert and was called to that parish as pastor after his graduation. He spent over eight years . at St. Paul’s before coming to the Col ony Church. While there, he serv ed as president of the Lexington . County Lutheran Ministerial As- American Legion; Frank Arm- S0C i a ti 0 n, president of the West- field, The Sun, Ollie Moye, the ern Conference, treasurer of the Observer; Miss Giace Summei, p ar j s h Education Committee of the Synod, and is on the Board of Trustees of Newberry College. Rev. Dunlap is married to the former Miss Eltryn Long, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Long of Pomaria. They have two daugh ters, Lauren, age 12 and Susan, age 7. Sunday school will be held at Colony at 10 a. m. Sunday with worship services at 11. The pub lic is cordially invited to attend. Once airborne, the speedy fliers circled uncertainly for a few mo ments, apparently getting their bearings, then took off on a string-straight course. Tuesday Mrs. Wessinger was notified that the first of the six pigeons had landed safely at its cote. “I still can’t believe it’s true,” Mrs. Wessinger explained happily Tuesday afternoon. “I have to keep pinching myself to be sure it’s not a dream.” Mrs. Wessinger was told that delivery of the station wagon could be expected in about 30 days. Mrs. I. Kaplan is visiting her daughter in Atlanta, Ga. for a few days. American Legion Auxilary; Max cy Stone, VFW; Ernest Layton, mayor of Newberry; Mrs. Mere dith Harmon, VFW Auxiliary; Pierce Davis, manager of the local employment service office; James Henderson Suber of Whitmire; Dr. N. E. Truesdell, representing AAA; and Dr. Janies C. Kinard, representing mehtal health serv ices. Competent judges will select the winning essays from among those submitted by 11th and 12th grade students. First prize, $25, will be given by Newberry Feder al Savings & Loan Association; Prosperity Furniture Company, the Whitmire Plant of J. P. Stev ens & Co., will give a prize of $10 for the essay judged best in each of the three high schools. The contest is sponsored each year by the Newberry County NEPH committee, the S. C. Em ployment Service and S. C. Vocat ional Rehadilitation Service. The luncheon, capably organized by Dr. Mamie Summer, is spon sored by American Legion Post 24 and its Auxiliary; VFW post and its Auxiliary; Civic League, Rotary Club, Civitan Club, Ex change Club, Lions Club, Kiwanis Club, B & PW Club, County Coun cil of Farm Women, Jaycees, Eas tern Star and the Council of New berry Garden Clubs. There will be a representative of each of these groups at the luncheon. Gr.llman High school students will also participate in the con test, with a prize of $10 for the winner in that school being given by friends of Gallman High. In the past, two Newberry con testants have won prizes in the state NEPH committee. Miss Elizabeth Earhardt was a first place winner, receiving a prize of $50; Miss Sinclair Kemper took second place in the state contest last year. Essays of state prize winners are entered in national competi tion, Winner of the national prize receives $1000. Tuesday Is Election Day Balloting for ail state-wide of fices, three county offices and a number of constitutional amend ments will take place Tuesday, November 4th, General Election day. Polls will open at all regular polling places (see Notice of Elec tion in this issue) from 8 a. m. until 6 p. m. County offices to be filled, and nominees are: Probate Judge E. Maxcy Stone; House of Represen tatives, T. William Hunter and Jesse Frank Hawkins; Commis sioner Dist. No. 1, Carman Bouk night; and Commissioner District No. 2, Ross George. State-wide constitutional amend ments will also be seen in the No tice of Election. Looking over the Traffic Safety Analysis for the City of New berry, which was presented at a meeting of civic leaders Monday night, are left to right. Dr. James C. Kinard, who presided at the meeting; Sgt. B. E. Fallaw of the S. C. State Highway Patrol who made the presentation, and Mayor Ernest Layton. The meeting was sponsored by the city in cooperation with the State Highway De partment. (Sunphoto.) Good, Bad Points Of City Traffic Safety Plans Told Citizens Meet With County DB A group of interested citizens from every section of the county met Tuesday night with the New berry County Development Board to discuss industrial development in the county. The main topic of discussion was the possibility of forming a couifc ty-wide corporation, in conjuction with the development Board, to promote industry in the county. An analysis of Newberry’s traf fic safety activities, as made by the National Safety Council, was presented and reviewed at a pub lic meeting attended by a group of interested citizens and officials Monday night, at the Community Hall. Mayor Ernest Layton open ed the meeting. Dr. James C. Kin ard was toastmaster. The Inventory was presented by Sergeant B. E. Fallaw of the South Carolina State Highway Department, as a public service in tpe interest of safety on the high ways. This year, Newberry joined 15 other South Carolina cities in submitting 1957 safety activity re ports for analysis by The Nation al Safety Council. A total of 351 cities in Newberry’s population group participated, and the city’s activities were compared with those in the top 30 percent of all cities in the group, rather than the single “top” city. Death and Injury Record The one fatal accident reported in Newberry during 1957 repre sented an increase over the prev ious three-year average, when the city went three years without* a fatal traffic accident. Three per sons injured during the year also represented an incrcease of two over the previous three year av erage. However, Sergeant Fallaw pointd out, fatal accidents alone do not give a complete picture of the traffic accident situation in a community. Accident Records “It is also necessary to keep complete and accurate records of non-fatal injury and property damage accidents to determine the enforcement, engineering, and education needs of the city,” he continued. Newberry scored 30 per cent of currently recommended perform ance levels in accident records, and was praised for using the standard accident report form. The Council, however, recommended that an ac cident location file be maintained, cross-referenced by driver’s name. An accident spot map to show high accident areas should also be main tained. ; Traffic Engineering Newberry’s traffic engineering met 54 per cent of recommended performance and the city drew praise from the Council for the commendable number of off-street parking spaces per 1,000 popula tion. Fifty such spaces per 1,000 population are recommended and Newberry reported 112 spaces. The city was also commended for hav ing twice the recommended miles of streets with modern lighting. However, angle parking along U. S. and state numbered routes should be eliminated as quickly as possible, the Council recommend ed, and more miles of paved streets should be marked with center lines and crosswalk lines at intersections. Police Traffic Supervision Scoring 50 per cent of recom mended performance, Newberry’s police force was commended for total strength, but the Council urged the city to use civilian clerks in purely clerical jobs in order to relieve officers. A high er percentage of the police force should be motorized was also rec .ommended, as well as was a writ ten traffic policy, and a pedestrian enforcement program be installed, preceded and accomplished by in tensive public safety education ac tivity. Traffic Courts Newberry scored 49 percent in the traffic court section, although a complete evaluation of the traf fic court’s activities was not pos sible, as all statistics required were not submitted. The Safety Council recommended that the court be opened with a ceremony to create a more proper atmos phere, and recommended that the judge participate in one of the re gional traffic court conferences held at various law schools. School Safety Education One hundred per cent of New berry’s total school population is enrolled in public schools, and the city scored a very commendable 79 per cent of recommended per formance in school traffic safety education. The city was commend ed for its safety education pro gram, but the Council noted, with improvement in performance of schools in other cities, appraisal and evaluation measures will be raised. Consequently, the city’s present highly-efficient program must be at least maintained or still better, increasea. The Council recommended in Newberry’s most significant defi ciency, driver education, that classroom instruction and prac tice driving be expanded to in clude all eligible students. Public Safety Education The city’s highest percentage score, 86 per cent, was attained in public safety education. De signed to find out whether avail able facilities are being used in educating the public in traffic safety, the Council commended The Observer for its traffic safety ef forts leading to the winning of one of the Public Interest Awards earlier this year. Theater man agement in Newberry was also commended for using traffic safe ty films, and it was reported that such films were also used for non theater showings. The Council recommended that Newberry dis tribute more traffic safety litera ture, particularly the state driv er’s manual, and that local and area enforcement officials in charge of traffic accident rec ords be consulted to determine the most frequent accident factors or causes over the past year or so. Then, the Council added, three or four traffic safety projects aimed at these major accident prevention needs should be initiated. Organization for Safety The Inventory noted that or ganization for public support is vital to achieve permanent reduc tions in the accident rate. The best laid plans will fail if public officials are the only ones con vinced of the need. A city of New berry’s size does not need an el aborate citizen organization, but it does need one in which the prin ciples of citizen support are rep resented to develop an understand ing of, and approval for, necessary engineering, enforcement, and educational measures, and to en- The County Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, discussed relatively minor matters, accord ing the James D. Brown, superin tendent of education and secretary of the Board. One item of interest was a look to the future. The Board recommended that the Newberry Area Advisory Board take under consideration the build ing program in the Newberry area, so that when funds are available for further building from the State Finance Commission, the program may go forward with out delay. At the present time, three building projects are under way: Pomaria cafeteria,, Prosper ity cafeteria and renovation and Gallman High addition. Mr. Brown stated that some funds would remain in the building fund after the completion of these pro jects, but that it would probably be after 1960 before enough money would be available for a building program of any size in the New berry area. Sitting with the Board Tuesday night as an acting member was Gerald Paysinger, representing the Newberry area. The vacancy from this area on the Board has not been filled since the death of Joe L. Keitt. Mr. Paysinger is acting chairman of the Newberry area advisory board. The Board further considered fire escapes and were advised of low bids, from Blalock Construc tion Co. in West Columbia and George Hawkins in Newberry. The Board felt that one escape, which will not be used at Prosperity, could be used at one of the other buildings (Bush River, Whitmire and Little Mountain) and asked that bids be revised on the basis of using that fire escape. The Board heard a request from Mid-Carolina for a salary increase of $500 a year for the school’s sec retary; also a request for an ad ditional $500 for janitorial serv ices. Action on the first request was deferred; on the second, the superintendent was given the go- ahead to use whatever janitorial services were necessary, but to try to keep within the budget. The Board decided to follow state policy with regard to teach ers whp were on sick leave for more than 20 days. It was decided that after that time, the teacher who had been substituting would be placed on the payroll until such time as the regular teacher returned to work. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS rt\ Nov. 2: Mrs. L. G. Eskridge, Mrs. Julia R. Smith, Lennis Hove, Mrs. I. H. Wilson, John W. Waldrop, Lula Mae Martin, Loretta Derricck, Harry Stone, Sr., Ted Neely, F. A. Boland, who is 82 years young this day; Mrs. A. M. Dominick, Sgt. Ed ward Myers. Nov. 3: Bobby Ruff, Bruce Hawkins, Jack S. Crim. Nov. 4: Mrs. J. C. Harmon, June Roberts, J. C. Doolittle, Candace Graham Ruff, Jimmy Longshore, Mrs. Lula E. Hitt, Mrs. Gus Franklin, Henry Franklin, Mrs. George B. Brooks. Nov. 5: T. S. Riley, Judy Shealy, Vonnie G. Chapman, W. B. Boinest, Jr., Ryan Graham, Mrs. Alicce Shealy, Mrs. Carl Setzler, Floyd Amick, Mrs. Mar tha A. Young, Buddy Wilson, Jane Bedenbaugh. Nov. 6: Mrs. J. C. Kinard, Dr. J. K. Wicker, Miss Itfary Wheel er, James Mills, Mrs. Wilbur Boozer, Jimmy Glymph, Jr., Larry Cromer, J. Foster Senn, Charlie I. Amick, Sammy Price, Vinnie L. Hinnant, Tyler Britt, Mrs. Tommy Mims, M. W. Fel- ker. Coke S. Dickert. Nov. 7: Mildred Ruff, J. T. Bouknight, David Ringer, Mrs. M. P. Connelly, Jon Dickert, David Edward Berley, Jean Alt man, Frank Sutton. Nov. 8: Mrs. Jack Chappell, Mrs. McHardy Mower, Tompty Chappells, Barbara Gilstr&p, Carrie Norris, Mary Eva Doo little, Hugh Ballentine, Mrs. George W. Summer, Mrs. H. J. Touchberry, Berly A. ‘Fretwell, Nancy Paysinger, Carol Setzler. courage each individual to accept his personal responsibility for the solution of traffic safety prob lems, the Council concluded.