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* By the time most men learn to behave themselves, they’re too old to do anything else! Fishing has never been con sidered as a branch of medical science, but it can cure a lot of ills that pills can’t touch. VOLUME 21; NUMBER 33. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1958 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way " by, ^borid Sander3 WORDS OF PRAISE I believe that Miss Sallie Lee Cromer- and her fifth grade stu dents who put on a program re cently for a UDC Chapter would like to know the impression they left with the UDC members. I had a note from a member of the group who told me “those children gave that program perfectly—dignified, no giggling, no prompting. Their training is wonderful.” It makes a parent feel better, I think, to know their children, are trained so well and behave so nicely when performing in public, and the children rate public praise for their behavior. MORE PRAISE “The biggest and best” has be come a cliche among newspaper reporters. It is just one of those phrases that is expected to be said about certain events although the writer quite often, figurative ly, keeps his fingers crossed as he types those words. It is my opin ion, though, that the phrase can be truthfully used in connection with the Christmas parade staged here last Friday afternoon. The weather cooperated with the Civi- tan Club and the day was neither bitterly cold nor uncomfortably hot; just right. The parade started just on the stroke of 3:30 and pro ceeded in an orderly manner on its route through the town. The bands were fine, the floats beautiful, the queens charming—and enough of them! Other units added to the interest and the tremendous crowd on hand to witness the spectacle added the crowning touch. Charlie Baber, who was chair man of the parade, and Civitan members who worked with him are to be highly praised for the success of Newberry’s 1958 Christ mas parade. Also to be praised are those who worked so hard on the beautiful floats, and all of those who took part in the pa rade. I think the fact that many un its participated, as well as the fact that the crowd was one of the largest I remember seeing congre gated on the streets of Newberry in a long time, indicates that Newberrians missed their Christ mas parade last year and were glad to see it back again. So again, congratulations to Charlie Baber and the Civitans on a job well done. OUTSPOKEN South Carolina Democrats made a wise selection in choosing Tym Pope as their chairman. While he and other Southern Democratic leaders are noc able to muster enough support to override the powerful group of Democrats who would sell their souls for votes, at least Mr. Pope can be counted on to let the nation know how South Carolinians feel about the situa tion and about one Paul Butler in particular. An Associated Press story in Sunday’s Greenville News tells what happened: “The Democratic National Com mittee forced down protesting Southern throats Saturday words of praise for National Chairman Paul M. Butler and his ‘forth right utterances on civil rights’.” “The possibility of a Southern attempt to censure Butler or even oust him had been hovering over the four-day session of Democrat ic party leaders. But Butler sup porters got in the first blow by offering a resolution singing his praises for his leadership in the Nov. 4 election victory and in par ty counsels—as well as his stand on civil rights. One Northerner after another got up to add per sonal expressions of commenda tion and to endorse the resolu tion. ' “Thomas H. Pope, Democratic state chairman for South Caro lina, then said he could subscribe wholeheartedly to saying nice things about Butler in connection with the resounding election vic tory. 'But his civil rights views are something else, Pope said. “Butler, he said, has virtually invited the South to leave the party on numerous occasions, and ‘I’m not going to vote for a reso lution that would make me sell my soul for something I absolutely and irrevocably don’t believe in.’ Pope said it was ‘pretty appar ent the South is going to be pun ished today’ but T ask you not to thrust that down our throat. Don’t make us walk the last mile’.” In case you haven’t read the program Butler proposes to “set a new pattern for the Democratic party,” here it is: “Repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act provision which permits states to enact right to work laws; fed eral laws to force racially inte grated schools to remain open; enactment of a provision knocked out of the 1957 Civil Rights Act which would permit the U. S. At torney General to initiate suits in all fields of civil rights rather than waiting for individuals to file the suits; the end of the filibus ter in the Senate, and the House rule which gives the Rules Com mittee a strong say-so in deter mining which legislation is to be voted on and when.” While the South, of course, is the section of the country most vitally affected now by the cur rent policies of the federal govern ment and the usurpation of power by the Supreme Court, I cannot understand why politicians in oth er parts of the country do not realize that this is the first big step in complete socialization of the country. This may sound fan tastic, but it isn’t really. The gov ernment already has control of so many things that affect our lives; now it aims to tell us how we shall run our schools, and wheth er or not our state may or may not have “right-to-work” laws. Next it will be something else to take over power now exercised by the states, and if someone doesn’t stop the federalization, the states will be merely puppets dangling from a string held by a bureaucrat in Washington. The issue of control of schools affects the South in the greatest degree at this time; but once the federal has a foothold, and starts* sending bureaucrats to run schools in all parts of the country, there will be weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth, but then it will be too late. It is a sad thing to realize that few of those who vote for socialis tic programs do it because they truthfully think it is best; the country has come to a sad state of affairs when its politicians—who were once statesmen—have be come greedy individuals who will vote for any program which might assure them a few votes, re gardless of the end result of the program on their state o” the country. I do not say that all Southern politicians are innocent of this practice, but it does seem that most of them at least try to fight programs which will lead to com plete federalization. They are not yet ready to betray the South for a few pieces of silver—or a few votes. Stays Out Red; Turns Down Co-op Proposal B« T. Young, 81, Died Wednesday Bennie Thompson Young, 81, died early Wednesday morning at the Carolina Rest Home in West Columbia. He had been in declin ing health for the past two years and critically ill for the past two weeks. Mr. Young was born in Pros perity, the son of the late Nath an, Hunter and Nancy Dennis Young. He was twice married. His first wife, Mrs. Alma Nates Young, died in 1938. He was a retired mail carrier and also a farmer. He was a mem ber of Grace Lutheran Church. He was a member of the Prosperity Lodge No. 115, AFM, and a Shriner, Hejaz Temple. On Oc tober 16, 1958 he was awarded a citation for meritorious service to the lodge. He was a member of the Prosperity Eastern Star and was also a member of the S. C. Rural Letter Carriers Association. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Willie Mae Wise Young of Pros perity; one daughter, Mrs. A. J. Richards, Sr. of Heath Springs; two grandsons, Dr. A. J. Richards Jr. of Columbia and Tommy Rich ards of the Medical College of Charleston; and one greatgrand- son, Lee Richards of Columbia. Funeral services will be con ducted at 3 o’clock today (Thurs day) at the Grace Lutheran Church by the Rev. Ben" Clark. Interment will be in Prosperity Cemetery. The body is at the Whitaker Funeral Home and will be taken to the residence at 10 o’clock this morning. An audit report delivered to members of council at their meet ing Tuesday night showed that the city of Newberry ended its fiscal year on September 30, 1958 in good shape. The audit, prepared by C. Walter Summer, Certified Public Accountant, showed a bal ance of $2,399.35 in the general operating fund, as well as substan tial amounts which have accrued in other funds. These include $52,- 635.73 in the contingent fund; $22,390.61 in the street paving fund; $8,934.39 in the deprecia tion fund; $752.50 in the fire fighting equipment fund and $49,- 318.62 in the bond fund. The com plete audit report is on file at the city offices for inspection by any interested citizen. The only expenditure from the contingent fund during the year was from the reserve for repairs, Vincent Street Recreation Center, $2,045. Other items for which con tingent fund reserves are set aside include fire truck, water ex tensions, sewer extensions, park ing shed for joint utilities depart ment; shed for sewer department; reserve for lights, Margaret Hun ter Park; new equipment including utility pick-up truck, utility truck and ladder truck; switch unit for electric department; sludge pump for sewer department, and for Newberry County Development Board, a reserve set aside to pay the city’s part for a brochure. The auditor found financial rec ords of the city well maintained, except for certain items concern ing - disposition of cases recorded in the Recorder’s Docket. In his letter to the council, Mr. Summer stated: “In the course of our examina tion of the Police Fines and For feitures, we noted that there was a lapse of time between the dates of the summons, and the dates of the disposition of the cases re corded in the Recorder’s Docket. We were informed that these dis positions in the Docket were be ing recorded at irregular intervals and not recorded on the dates that the cases were disposed of. We also noted that the warrants of arrest were not dated or signed by the officer serving them and that the receipts issued for park ing violations were not pre-numb- ered.” The auditor recommended that the City Recorder enter the dates and dispositions of the cases as they are disposed of; that the warrants of arrest bq pre-number- ed, dated, and signed by the offi cer serving them; that the com mitments be pre-numbered; that receipts issued for parking viola tions be pre-numbered. Council instructed the city man ager to have the Police Depart ment and recorder’s court adopt the recommendations of the audi tor. Another principal item of dis cussion by council Tuesday night concerned the electric distribution system in recently-annexed Su burbia. The Newberry Electric Coopera tive, Inc., which now sells elec tricity to customers in Suburbia, and which owns the distribution system, made three proposals to council for solving the electric problem in the area. It first pro posed to sell the entire system in Suburbia to the city for $25,000; the second proposal was to con tinue serving the area and either install street lights with the city paying the tab, or allow the city to install street ’ lights, with the Co-op billing the city for current used by the lights; in return, the Co-op would pay the city 3% of the gross business (which wbuld amount to about $180 a year to the city) pay a city license of $150; and to pay taxes on the assessed valuation of the system. The third proposal was that the Co-op would turn the system over to the city and that the city, in turn, would turn over to the Co op a like number of customers (72) who now reside outside the city but receive city service. After lengthy discussion, Coun cil voted to reject all three pro posals, and authorized the city manager and city attorney to ne gotiate further with the Newberry Electric Co-operative, Inc., in an effort to reach an agreement. Council adopted a Business Lic ense Ordinance drawn by the the committee of which Councilman Merchant was chairman. Council discussed buying some property adjoining the city gar age for use in further expansion of city facilities. The City mana ger was authorized to investigate and decide on the area the city would desire, and to have it ap praised and report to Council for action. Dr. N. E. Truesdell, pastor of Aveleigh Presbyterian Church and president of Fairview Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center, sought the approval of council for a restrict ed campaign for contributions for the Center. This approval was given, and Mayor Layton express ed the thanks of council to Dr. Truesdell for his efforts in this cause. Post Office Open The local post office will stay open Saturday afternoon until five p. m., according to Postmaster Moose, for the convenience of the public in mailing packages and buying stamps. HAS SURGERY Mrs. George R. Summer is a patient at the Columbia Hospital where she underwent surgery Tuesday. She is expected to be there about two weeks. Many Distinguished Guests At “Holiday House” Tea ARRIVE HERE FOR HOLIDAYS Capt. and Mrs. Powell E. Way and family have arrived in New berry to spend the Christmas holi days with their parents, Mrs. Mc- Hardy Mower and Mrs. P. E. Way. Capt. Way, who has been sta tioned at El Paso, Texas, will leave the first of the year for duty in Okinawa. His family will join him there later. A variety of beautiful Christ mas arrangements for home and formal decorations during the holiday season were on display when the doors of the Civic League’s annual Christmas Tea opened last Wednesday afternoon. Both inside and out, the historic Community Hall was transformed into a scene of Yuletide beauty. Greeting guests on their arri val during the formal reception Wednesday afternoon were Mrs. Strom Thurmond, wife of U. S. Sen. Thurmond; Mrs. Bryan Dorn, whose husband is Congressman of the S. C. Third District; Mrs. J. E. Grier of Spartanburg, president of the South Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Wo men’s Clubs; Mrs. Irvin Haw thorne of Donalds, president of the South Carolina Home Demon stration Club Council; Mrs. J. T. Rutledge of Conway, president of the Garden Club of South Caro lina; Mrs. John R. Childress of Greenville, president of the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs; Dr. Mamie Summer, presi dent of the Newberry Civic League; Mrs. Richard L. Baker, chairman of the tea. Other mem- 1 bers of the tea committee were Mrs. J. E. Wiseman, Mrs. Howard Clark, Mrs. L. D. Nichols and Mrs. John R. Frazier. In addition to the over 600 lo cal women who worked to make the tea a success, residents of other South Carolina cities were invited to make arrangements. Among those who arranged deco rations for window ledges were Miss Erin Kohn and Mrs. Furman Fulmer of Columbia; Mrs. Alson Calhoun of Greenwood, "Mrs. Alan Lambright of Spartanburg, Mrs. Raymond Holroyd and Mrs. R. M. Riddle of Chester, Mrs. R. C. Jet er of Union and J. C. Dowling of Gaffney. The exterior of the building was garlanded with cedar, and wreaths decorated the doors and bannisters. The Tea Table, decorated by Mrs. Frazier, was beautiful with an arrangement of happiness roses and white snapdragons in a silver container, flanked by tapers in silver holders. A silver tea service completed the arrangements. The table was placed before a back ground door decorated with ce dar, Christmas balls and red satin ribbons. Other arrangements were by the Newberry Business and Profes sional Women’s Club, the Rose Garden Club, Green Thumb Gard en Club, Hoe and Rake Garden Club, Palmetto Garden Club, Nosegay Garden Club, Newberry Garden Club, Floral Garden Club. All of the latter were table ar rangements. The beautiful Christ mas tree was decorated by Town and 5 Country Garden Club; the chandelier and sconces by Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Cobb; the piano by Hal Kohn; the record player by Mrs. J. D. Rook. Preceding the formal opening Wednesday, the Newberry College N Orchestra under the direction of Prof. Charles Pruitt played seasonal selections at the steps of the Community Hall. During the evening, music was furnished by a Choral Ensemble from Newber ry High School, directed by Miss Juanita Hitt. Dr. Summe and Mrs. Baker both expressed their satisfaction with this year’s tea, saying that it was “by far the best” of any of the teas thus far held in Newber ry. The Aveleigh Presbyterian Kindergarten float took second prize in the kindergarten division in the Christmas parade last Friday. “Mary and Joseph” are portrayed by Christy Weigle and Johnny Windley. Mrs. Edith Baker, director of the kindergarten is at the rear of the float with back to camera; Mrs. P. E. Way, assistant director, is seated in the center just behind the first row of child- ren. The children sang “Away In A Manger” as the float proceeded down the parade route. (Photo by Nichols.) Thousands of Spectators and Large Parade Welcome Santa Henry R. Boozer Henry Rufus Boozer, 7<jk of Rt. 2, Newberry died TuCfedky night at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. He had been in declin ing health for a number of years and had been seriously ill for the past month. 1 Mr. Boozer was born and reared in Newberry, a son of the late Adam Luther and Mrs. Mary Perkins Boozer. He was a member of Ebenezer Methodist Church and served as superintendent of the Sunday school for several years. He is survived by five sisters: Mrs. Ma&gie Lathrop, Mrs. D. C. Driggers and Mrs. J. W. Shealy, all of Newberry, Mrs. Emma Gen try of Kinards, and Mrs. Alice Scott of High Point, N. C.; four brothers, Ira Boozer of Spartan burg, Joseph Boozer of High Point, N. C., Carl Boozer of West Columbia and Luther Boozer of Camden; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conduct ed at 3 p. m. today (Thursday) from Ebenezer Methodist Church by the Rev. C. B. Word. Inter ment will be in the Church Ceme tery. The body will remain at the Mc- Swain Funeral Home and the fam ily will be at residence of Mrs. D. C. Driggers on Player St. Ext. Staff Members Attend Meetings Dean Conrad B. Park and Reg istrar James C. Abrams of New berry College have just returned from the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Southern Association of Col leges and Secondary Schools held December 1-4 in Louisville, Ky. During the meeting, Dean Park attended the conference of the Academic Deans of the Southern States and also the annual con ference of Church Related Colleges in the South, of which Dr. C. A. Kaufmann, President of the Col lege, was the secretary-treasurer. Registrar Abrams attended the conference of the Southern Asso ciation of College and University Registrars. ~ Following this meeting, they at tended the regional conference of the National Defense Education Act held on December 5 at the Brown Hotel in Louisville. The pre-Christmas visit of San ta Claus, who was welcomed to Newberry by a spectacular phrade and thousands fof children, young and old, from throughout the county, officially opened the Yule season in, Newberry last- Friday afternoon. A color guard composed of Na tional Guardsmen, followed by the Newberry Concert Band, which has provided festive music in New berry for the past 50 years, led the colorful' 62 unit parade through the town’s business district. The jolly fellow from the North Pole was presented the key to the city by Mayor Ernest Layton. The ceremony came at the end of the parade route after Santa ascend ed the old courthouse steps at the town square. ^ Among the ,many units in the parade were six beauty queens, beautiful floats and numerous musical units from this area. The Members of the Christmas Tea planning committee, shown at the Tea Table in the Commun ity Hall, are left to right, Mrs. Richard L. Baker, chairman; Mrs. J. EL Wiseman, Mrs. Howard Clark, Mrs. L. D. Nichols, Mrs. John R. Frazier, and Dr. Mamie Summer, president of the Civic League which sponsors the affair annually. (Photo by Nichols.) MAJORETTES IN LEXINGTON PARADE The Majorettes of the Foster School of Dance were invited by the Lexington Chamber of Com merce and paraded with the Lex ington band at the parade Tues day afternoon. The following young ladies were in the parade: Pat Shealy, Marsha Schumpert, Kathy Roberts, Har- riette Burgess, Debbie Perkins, Margaret Wherry, Arm Phillips, Paula Cuthbertson, ' Gail Amick, and Karen Stone. Sugar Bowl On Radio and TV WIS-TV, Columbia, has an- nouhced that arrangements have been made for South Carolina viewers to receive live coverage of the Sugar Bowl football game on New Year’s Day. This game is of especial interest to Palmetto State Grid gans, as it features Clemson College against the nation’s num ber One team, Louisiana State Uni versity. Game time on Channel 10 will be 1:45 p. m. James F. Coggins, manager of local radio station WKDK, stated today that arrangements are now being made for the game to be broadcast over WKDK and an an nouncement as to air time for the game will be made later. College Woman s Club Entertains The Newberry College Woman’s Club entertained the faculty and staff with the annual Christmas Party in Smeltzer Hall on Mon day, December 8. Miss Hattie Belle Lester was chairman, and ^he co-chairmen were Mrs. James Abrams, Mrs. John A. Aman, Mrs. Cora W. Aull, Mrs. T. P. Crooks, Mrs. Frances DeViese, Mrs. Blanche Dickert, Miss Virginia Dufford, Mrs. F. I. Fesperman, Mrs. Miriam Harden, Mrs. Mary F. Kunkle, Miss Mary Sue Lem mons, Mrs. Frasier Lominack, Mrs. B. O. Long, Mrs. Hendrix Monts, Mrs. Margaret Neely, Mrs. Conrad B. Park, Mrs. Edna Pay- singer, Miss Betty Maude Setzler, Mrs. Edna Wilson. The parlors of Smeltzer Hall were beautiful with their festive holiday decorations and the large Christmas tree. Miss Lester and Mrs. Park served the guests de licious refreshments from a table which was covered with a colorful Christmas tablecloth. *Later in the evening the singing of Christmas carols was enjoyed. Professor Darr Wise furnished the music and Mrs. F. I. Fesperman led the carols. Laurens High School Band Was rated tops and received a $60 prize. Runners-up were bands from Ninety-Six, second, and Green wood, third. The five Newberry bands which participated, New berry High, Intermediate and Jun ior bands, Newberry College N Band and Gallman High band, were not eligible for prizes in the contest. Only out of town bands were judged. < Beauties who sought the title of “Miss Merry Christmas” were Misses Marian Haltiwanger of Newberry, Rosann Fulmer of Mid-Carolina, Carol Donnan of Whitmire, Janet Hawkins, New berry County Farm Bureau tyieen, Miriam Eleazer, May Queen of Newberry College and Anne Bru ner, Queen of Hearts of Newber ry. Miss Bruner received the cov eted title and was crowned by Mayor Layton at the courthouse following the parade. Winners in the school float xli- vision were Boundary Street, first; Silverstreet, second; Speers Street third, pnd Gallman, fourth. Win ner in the Kindergarten group were the Mother Goose Kindergar ten float, first; Aveleigh Presby terian Kindergarten, second; and Pre«-School Mother’s Club No. 1, third. The event was sponsored by the Newberry Civitan Club. BIRTHDAY t n GREETINGS - Dec. 14: Mrs. J. R. Wood, C. J. Alexander, Raymond Sal ter, W. S. Hentz, C. B. Matt hews. Dec. 15: R. Derrill Smith, Thomas E. Wicker, Mrs. G. W. Shealy, Bobby Wicker, Joan Se- gar Dominick Bartlett, Mrs. C. J. Alexander, Mrs. J. EL Senn, Mrs. R. EL Johnson, Katherine Sease, Frances Bedenbaugh, Amelia Ann Martin, Janie Buz- hardt, Leslie Brooks. Dec. 16: Mrs. R. Aubrey Har ley, Mrs. D. L. Nance, Mrs. Al bert Ringer, Mrs. L. EL Wood, Marion Wiggins, Rosemary Dowd, Moriet Nichols, Clyde Richardson, Jenny Ryan Gra ham, Bobby Green, Mrs. F. R. Higgins, Davey Icard Jr., Kate H. Forbis. Dec. 17: Jack Workman, Billy Clary, Betty Clarkson, Mrs. Maggie Hartley, Betty Page, Pete Parrott, A. F. Bush, Rich ard Cooper, Mrs. D. B. Sease, Judy Lynn MacBeth. Dec. 18: Miss Lucy Epps, Cor- rie Crumpton, Joan Louise Dom inick, Walter James Joye, Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, Marion Ear- gle, Lorena Lancaster, George Hiller Jr., J. N. Nicosia, Wil liam Heller, Ada Cromer, Gene Sowell, Lamar Sanders. Dec. 19: Betty Jo Livingston, Mrs. R. C. Neel Sr., Mrs. A. N. Crosson, Jr., Judith Mills, Mrs. Cleave Stoudemire, A. D. Mar tin. Dec. 20: Mrs. John Glymph, Mrs. EXTie Wightman, Mrs. Paul H. Long, Wallace Ruff, Sandy Fretwell, R. C. Carlisle. ■am v m M V,1