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There are still a lot of wide open spaces in this country but the trouble is they are mostly surrounded by teeth. - Something, that’s hard to keep under your hat is a big head. VOLUME 21; NUMBER 29. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1958 4 $2.00 PER YEAR Taking part in Veterans Day exercises Tuesday morning on the square in Newberry were, left to right, Tom Pope, who read “In Flanders Field”; Miss Juanita Hitt, who directed the Boys Chorus; Ray Schumpert, commander of American Legion Post 24; Miss Grace Summer, president of the American Legion Auxiliary; and Rev. Cannon JVfcCreary, who delivered the opening prayer for the service. Mr. Schumpert and Miss Summer placedd the wreath at the foot of the Doughboy monument. (Sunphoto.) Smiths Find Much Of Interest During Month Tour Of Europe By The Way By Doris A. Sanders ON THE SQUARE I agree with Tom Pope, who, after the Veterans Day ceremon ies at the Square in Newberry Tuesday, expressed approval of bringing school children to witness the brief, patriotic service. He recalled the days when, as school children, we marched to the Square each Memorial Day to pay tribute to the heroes of World War I. I recall that very vivid ly. We gathered all the roses we could: find around the neighbor hood and made wreaths to place on the monument. We wore white, and marched by grades to the Square. The only objection was that the weather was invariably hot and several youngsters always fainted as a result of standing in the hot sun. We did feel, however, as a result of those trips, a great sense of patriotism. I may be wrong,bu t it seems that children today aren’t taught as we were, a patriotism to Am erica and its traditions, and to the South. I still recall about the first songs I learned in school. One was “First in war, first in peace, . . .that is the story of Washington.” Another, a tribute to the South, was “Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag” and still an other, “Carolina.” Are children taught such as these today ? Are they taught proper respect for the Star Spangled Banner? I some times doubt it, when 1 witness the behavior of youngsters at football games, band concerts and so forth when our National Anthem is played. The American Legion and its Auxiliary took a step back in the right direction when it held serv ices on the Square on Veterans Day. Ordinarily I don’t approve of the “field trips” by school chil dren, but this is one I will go along with, and I hope that from now on, Veterans Day will become the tradition that Memorial Day once was for us. AGAIN IN TATTERS While observing the ceremonies on the Square Tuesday, I glanced up at Old Glory waving in the gentle breeze of Tuesday morn ing. I was very sorry to see that those in charge of the Flag which .flies daily on the Square have al lowed it to get into tattered con dition again before replacing it. All of the flags up and down Main Street—at least all I ob served—were in good condition and clean. The one on the square was faded and worn on the edges. Seems to me this same subject came up several years ago, and no doubt there have been a num ber of flags on the square since that time but I do hope those responsible won’t let this one go completely to shreds before they replace it. TURN ON RED Some months ago the police de partment notified council that the “turn right on red with caution” signs at a couple of corners in town had speeded up traffic con siderably and plans were being- made to allow this procedure at other points. To date, I have seen no such further signs in driving about town. How about it, Chief? THIS FUNNY WORLD I could not help but be amused at a cartoon which appeared in the Tuesday issue of The Green ville News, entitled “This Funny World.” It pictures a man on his knees proposing to his girl. He is saying “And I’d be perfectly willing to give up teaching, to make a living for us.” FOOTBALL The Newberry High Bulldogs ended their season last Friday night with a victory over the eleven from Johnston High school. There was to have been a game this Friday night in Winnsboro, but seems that team is playing in a district championship and had to cancel the game with Newber ry. Efforts by Coach Art Baker to schedule another team were un successful. Newberry High won three games this year, as I recall, and played well in all others. No team rack ed up a very large score against the Bulldogs. Through the neces sity of having to use an eighth grader, Benji Kirkland, as quar terback because of injuries to two other players, the Coach and Bulldog supporters have learned that they have something to look fotward to with this young lad playing for the next few years. I believe that next year, Newberry will have a much more successful season. “We had a wonderful trip and would not take double what it cost us to go. We just wish every body could go over and see what we have seen.” This was the feel ing of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. (Bill) Smith, on their return from a month's tour of European coun tries. The Smiths left September 3rd from New- York on the luxury lin er, the Queen Mary, and returned to New York on the Queen Eliza beth on October 7th. They made the tour with a group of 41 mem bers of the National Automobile Dealers Association. It was most disheartening to listen to the Newberry College game last Saturday night when they played Elon at Burlington, N. C. The Newberry Indians in years past have had bad cases of fumble-itis, bi# this hasn’t bothered them much this year un til the Elon struggle. Perhaps it was the cooler weather, perhaps the Elon Christians just hit hard er, but something happened and it would be my guess that the main difficulty was that the In dians were tired. I would hate to think of getting up early on Sat urday morning, riding the 200-odd miles to Burlington and playing the same night. I don’t expect the Indians will think much of it af ter this year. Surely they would have been in better shape had they had a night’s rest after that long trip before having to play. Saturday night will be the date of the final home game for this season. The Wofford Terriers will be here and they will be looking- for a win. They have a good pass ing combination and I imagine that Coach Kirkland and his as sistants are working hard to de fend against this phase of Wof ford’s offense. That reminds me of something I read about Frank Howard in a Clemson alumni bul letin. He told that he had been married twenty years or more and had not been able to get his wife the least bit interes'ted in foot ball; that she would gx> to the Clemson games and cheer for Clemson but he could never teach her -what was going on, and she seemed to have no interest until their son began playing high school football. She began to take more inter est then, said Coach Howard, and he knew finally that she had learned something about football when, after the Miami game this year, as soon as he walked in the house, she said “Frank,-youTl just have to do something about your pass defense.” SCHOOL BANDS ARE OUTSTANDING The Senior High, Intermediate and Junior High School bands, under the direction of Miss Lor raine Paris, presented an excel lent half-time show at the New r - berry-Johnston football game last Friday night at Setzler Field. The three marching bands assemb led in various formations, depict ing holidays of the year, and play ed appropriate selections. Those who witnessed the show highly praised the young musi cians and the excellent work done The Smiths had the following description of the Queen Mary: “It is a beautiful ship with gross tonnage of 81,237, and employing 1,288 people; has swimming pool, shuffleboard and gymnasium, also electrical generator large enough to furnish a town of 30,000 peo ple.” The worst part of the trip was on September 5, when “We really hit a storm. Many passengers were ill; only half of our party were at their respective tables. We were told at noon the ship was changing its course to avoid the storm. Late afternoon it was much better.” The time aboard was spent in varied activities, parties, dances, relaxing in deck chairs. The Queen Mary docked in Cherbourg for two hours and pas sengers made a short tour, seeing Normandy Beach where the allies invaded the continent. The Smiths were impressed by the greenness of the country side here. After the tour, the group again boarded ship and went to South Hampton, then to London. September 9, 10 and 11th were spent in London on guided tours, “free” periods to shop and look around, and parties. Mr. and Mrs. Smith enjoyed seeing the chang- inig of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, where horses kept time to music; Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Picadilly Circus, No. 10 Downing St. and other points of interest. A marvelous ex perience, said the couple, was a tour through the House of Lords and the House of Commons; also hearing Big Ben strike. A train ride from London to Do ver occupied September 11. On this trip, the Smiths saw the famous White Cliffs and passed the Dunkirk scene of evacution. They took a boat train to Brussels where “we saw the most beauti ful country and houses; farming with machinery, growing pota toes and sugar beets mainly, out side of flowers.” On September 12, the group toured Belgium and found inter est in the history of that country. They visited a lace factory and discovered that Belgium and Switzerland are the richest coun tries in Europe. Their verbatim report on a visit to the World’s Fair at Brus sels: “We wished everybody could see the wonderful buildings that were at the fair grounds. The fair covered 465 acres of land and we could have stayed there a month and then would not have seen it all. We rode in a bucket up in the air; in a motor bus around the grounds and then in a 2-passenger motorcycle around the grounds. The American Build ing was the best looking at the fair. It was round and was 350 feet across the center. Russia also showed their might with their dis play. One of the most beautiful and amazing sights was the ato- nium. It had large balls on it with elevators to the top and es calators to the side balls. If you wanted to be smart and have din ner on the top ball it would cost only $12 per plate. All the fair i displays were beautifful and w T e enjoyed it very much, but we were dead tired when we left Brus sels.” On September 16 the group hit the first day of cool weather when they traveled down the Dan ube River, through Nuremberg, scene of war crime trials, and Frankfurt. On September 17 the Smiths reached Vienna for a sight seeing day and on September 18, attended the International conven tion of automotive dealers. They left Vienna for Zurich on Septem ber 20, the day before Swiss Thanksgiving Day. Among the facts the Smiths discovered about Switzerland were that there are no women voters; everything closes at night; workers are best paid in Europe; Red Cross origin ated in Switzerland. The group went to Lucerne in the afternoon, and on September 22, left Zurich for Venice for extensive sight seeing. After two days filled with sight-seeing in Venice Mr. and Mrs. Smith and members of their group went on to Rome for two more days of looking at historical points of interest. On September 26, the tourists were given time off for a rest and began sight-see ing again on Saturday. On Sun day, the 28th, they left for Paris and arrived there on election day. The “Flea Market” caught the interest of the Smiths. “This is open only on Sunday and Monday. Huge crowds. They have every thing from junk to expensi^ an tiques. The guide said that the name was obtained due to the fact that people moved around like fleas and it is a good place to catch them.” On Monday the group toured the Renault plant with 7,000 workers and the Dauphine plant with 6,- 000. “Workers seemed interested in their work, much more than in U. S.” September 30 and October 1st were spent sight-seeing in more of Paris. On October 2nd, the trek back home started when the group boarded a boat train from Paris to Cherbourg then embarked on the Queen Elizabeth, landing safely in New York on October 7th. Of the tour, Mr. and Mrs. Smith said “if they didn’t have what you wanted, they would get it for you. The food was out of this world.” (Ed. note: We regret that space did not allow us to publish the complete “diary” kept by Mr. and Mrs. Smith which elaborated more on points of interest in various countries.) WOFFORD GAME TICKETS ON SALE Tickets for the Newberry Col lege Indians’ final home game, against Wofford, to be Saturday night at Setzler Field, may now be obtained at Central Drug, Lominick’s Drug Store and John nie’s New’s stand. SPEERS STREET PTA The Speers Street Parent-Teach er Association will meet tonight (Thursday) at 8 p. m. at the school. All members are urged to attend. B. M. Scurry of Charleston spent last weekend at his home in Newberry. Folk To Head 1959 Campaign March Of Dimes Plans have been formulated for the 1959 March of Dimes cam paign which will get underway in Newberry County beginning Jan uary 1st. D. P. (Jabbo) Folk will serve as chairman of the March of Dimes. The campaign here is sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Charlie Altman is county chairman of the National Foundation. Mr. Folk announced the various phases of the program, and chair man of each division as follows: Poster advertising, Tommy Setzler. Coin containers in the city, Lew is Davis and Dudley Griffin, co- chairman; in the county, Kenneth Cook, chairman. Coin cards in schools, P. K. Ful ler, chairman. Social benefits, including coffee parties, bridge games, etc., and this year to include a benefit ban quet with an outstanding speaker, Bob Schumpert, chairman. Mothers March for city and county, Dave Morison, chairman. Wheelbarrow Race, Harold Folk, chairman. Blue Crutch Sale, Bob Under wood, chairman. Road Block, Meredith Harmon, chairman. Radio Forum, Rembert Parler, chairman. The March of Dimes for 1959 will benefit not only the polio patients and program, but due to the expansion of the National Foundation, research and help will be given for victims of birth defects and rheumatic arthritis as well, Mr. Folk said. Further plans for the drive will be given prior to and during the month-long campaign beginning January 1st. Jurors Named For Court November 24 Names of jurors to serve during the November term of General Sessions (criminal) court which convenes here on November 24th were drawn by the Jury Commis sions Wednesday morning. The Grand Jury will report on November 24; petit jurors on No vember 25. Judge Thomas P. Bus sey of Charleston will be presid ing. Jurors from Newberry and routes: Malcolm L. Kibler, Rob ert R. Bruner Jr., J. N. Beard, J. C. Abrams, Charles A. Force, Heyward Davis, James L. Taylor, Ira T. Cousins, Malcolm L. Moore, Leroy Anderson, Earl Woods, Clifton T. Hattaway, Ger ald C. Paysinger, S. L. Ruff, W. R. Reid, H. Earl McCullough, B. Luther Hamm, John R. Frazier, W. C. Swittenburg, Robert H. Lake, Claude C. Price, J. Boyd Robertson, Otis L. Whitaker. From Whitmire: Luke B. Hart, R. T. Abrams. From Prosperity: W. P. Beden- baugh, J. R. Cannon, W. H. Leap- hart Jr., B. Edwin Wicker, Grady B. Rose. From Pomaria: Milton F. Bo land, D. L. Wedaman Jr., A. P. Richardson, R. Carol Ringer, L. L. Koon. From Little Mountain: G. I. Riddle. City Worker In Hospital After Shock Eric Davis, lineman employed by the City of Newberry, is un dergoing observation at the New berry County Memorial Hospital after suffering a shock while working on an electric line Tues day afternoon about 4:45 p. m. Mr. Davis was making a con nection near the city water plant when the accident occurred. He contacted an energized wire, ac cording to City Manager Ed Blackwell and the resulting shock caused him to fall. Persons near by who heard Mr. Davis call out after he was shocked stated that he was hanging to the wire mo mentarily, then his grip loosened and he fell to the ground. Mr. Blackwell stated that doc tors reported Wednesday that there was no evidence of serious injury, either from the shock or the fall, but that the vicitim was being kept under observation for a while. Boys Chorus Sings For Veterans Veterans Day exercises held on Memorial Square in Newberry Tuesday morning. With the “Dough boy” monument in the background, the' group sings “America, The Beautiful.” Other selections by the Chorus were “Star Spangled Banner” and “America.” Miss Hitt leads the chorus above. Stand ing at the left is Rev. Cannon McCreary. (Sunphoto.) Freedom Must Be Diligently Guarded, James Tells Vets By MRS. A. II. COUNTS “Whence came this Freedom?” This was the question asked by the Rev. Feltham S. James, pastor of Bethel Methodist Church, Char leston, and past National Chaplain of the American Legion, at the Veterans Day Banquet held Tues day evening at the local armory. ‘2War clouds seem to be ever looming on the distant horizon,” Mr. James said. “We ask our selves how it has come about that after two world victories and one stalemate, peace and national se curity seem more precarious than ever. Wherein lies this failure?” Mr. James believed that “the American fighting man did not fail. He has never failed. But we, the people, have failed. We have not brought to mankind the peace ful world for which countless mil lions have died. We have not brought to full fruition the free dom upon which a peaceful world must rest. We can say, and I be lieve with justifiable pride, that this freedom has come to bud in this, our native land. We know freedom as no other nation under the sun. But whence this freedom that we in America cherish so dearly? The answer is in the last verse of America . . . “Our Fath er’s God, to Thee, Author of Lib erty.’ America is built upon a Book. It was the Bible that made Route 26 Uses Large Acreage In County Interstate Route 26, a controll ed access federal highway which will run from Charleston to Chi cago when completed, is consum ing 906.19 acres of property in Newberry County, according to right-of-way deeds filed in the county court house. The super highway enters New berry county at a point below Lit tle Mountain between Road 48 near Chapin to Route 273 which runs from Little Mountain to Highway 176. The highway will leave the county at a point be tween Routes 19 and 66 near Kin- ards. All portions of the highway through the county are under construction. Robert Sligh Dies In Texas Robert E. Sligh, formerly of Newberry, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Sligh, passed away at his home in Hillsboro, Texas on November 10 after several months of serious illness. He was 64 years of age and had served as telegraph operator and dispatcher for the Katy Railroad for over 35 years. Besides his widow, he is surviv ed by two brothers, George B. Sligh of Evansville, Ind., and Tom P. Sligh of Newberry; and four sisters, Mrs. C. T. Lamb of Rich mond, Va., Mrs. Frank Sutton and Misses Gussie and Claire Sligh of Newberry. America free. It is the Bible that will keep her free.” “Time does not permit me to trace the revolution for human freedom through the past nine teen centuries,” Mr. James said, “but your forefathers and mine picked it up on the Eastern edge of North America. When the mas ter of the Mayflower gave the in vitation to return to the comfort and security of England, not one of the Pilgrims accepted. Fifty men, women and children true to their quest for freedom, stood there and watched the little ship grow smaller and smaller until it disappeared over the horizon. The revolution for human freedom had been transplanted into the Virgin soil of a new world.” “When England tried to impose upon the Pilgrims in the • new world the pagan feudalistic con ditions of the old world, they stood their ground and would have none of it,” the speaker continued. “They had no leader except belief in human freedom, but these pio neer Americans knew they were free. Through the signing of the Declaration of Independence, gov ernment by royal decree was abolished. Common men were nCw to run their own affairs. “These people wanted no Euro pean regimentation. Their whole idea was to protect the freedom of the individual, not only from out siders but from insiders—especial ly from men in public office. They thought of government as a serv ant, not a master. They insisted, and at last it became a part of constitutional law, that any pow ers not specifically granted to the federal government automatically remained in the hands of the sep arate states or in the hands of the people themselves.” “It was an individual freedom they refused to yield to a central government,” stated the speaker. “They wanted freedom to invent, to try out new ideas, to go into business, choose their own work, select their own leaders, to buy and sell. In America, to a far greater degree than in any other country, there has been the oppor tunity for self expression, self development and advancement on the basis of merit, regardless of race, creed or class distinction. Under this way of life for the past 170 years we have pointed the way to a world of peace and plenty.” Taking the Supreme Court to task, Rev. James said “There are those who say we can’t resist the trend of history, that some in high places are already making revisions. The Supreme Court in some of its recent decisions has reverted to the paganistic regi mentation of the Old Order. They have set themselves up as the master rather than the servant of the people. Such is not the con cept of those who established the first true freedom in the history of man. “We ill America are up against a problem—the problem of pro tecting ourselves from the sur reptitious tactics of those who would have us commit suicide by using our strength to destroy the very things which are responsible for that strength. These enemies of freedom are working to take advantage of our virtues and turn them into weaknesses. “We must not only preserve freedom for ourselves,” the speak er condluded, “but within these shores it must be preserved for the rest of mankind. When a majority of the peoples of the earth realize that they are en dowed with liberty by their Crea tor just as he endowed them with life, there will be war. Until that time comes, we in America must continue to lead the struggle against the forces of paganism, in times of peace as well as in time of actual war.” Approximately 400 veterans at tended the banquet. Ray Schum pert, Newberry Post No. 24 com- - mander, presided and the speaker was introduced by Pete Parrott, a \ past commander. Group singing was enjoyed under the direction of Dennis Newton with Mrs. P. K. Harmon, pianist. Miss Grace Summer, president of the Legion Auxiliary, spoke briefly. J. W. Fuller, first vicce commander, introduced guests. John A. Mayer, one of the two remaining Spanish War Veterans in the county, attended the ban quet. The American Legion Auxiliary served the dinner. “BiRTHDAY - ^ GREETINGS ^ Nov. 16: Mrs. D. J. WBliame, Mrs. Irma H. Perry, Mrs. Pope L. Buford, Sr., Donald Young, Tina Rae Darby, Mrs. T. M. Sanders, Leila Norris, Bobby Dominick, Mrs. W. M. Fennell, Lillie Goree, Hatte Hogge, Mrs. Nellie Wel- born, O. L. Cook, Sr., Mrs. B. J. Keefe. Nov. 17: Mrs. P. E. Way, Mrs. Mary Livingston, Bobby Morris, Jackson W. Taylor, Paul H. Shull, Stanley Shealy, Jimmie Zobel, Maxcy Stone, Dianne Davis, Mar- ise DeVore. Nov. 18: W. Henry Lominack, * Russell Culbertson, Melvin Han cock, Dianne Reeves, Mrs. J.J. Ennis, Laurence D. Chapman, Frances Davenport, Mrs. Ran dolph Crowder. Nov. 19: R. E. Summer, Doris Hipp, Mrs. John McCullough, J. M. Pool, Mildred S. Martin, Mary Frances McCullough. Nov. 20: Mrs. H. O. Newman, Gerry Rutherford, Mrs. Victoria Bradley, G. D. Wike, Clarence C. Hutto, Jr., Reed Marrett, George L. Johnson, Dorothy Leaphart, Mrs. Mary Ann Davis Beckwith, Henry Holland Wilson, Robert Wayne Turner, Mrs. Frasier Sanders. Nov. 21: Gurnie R. Summer, Argy Chapman, Ben R. Wicker, Joseph ine Doolittle, Mrs. Robert W. Glymph, Mrs. R. E. Beck, Melvin Price. Nov. 22: Mrs. Lamar Hazel, Bertha Long, Robert Kelly, Carol Ringer, Mrs. Beiley A. Fretwell, Ralph Whitaker, Martha Dahl Harley, Eva Mae Cook, Mrs. J. H. Cook, Sr.