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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.
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