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Vlurt to receive .. more of them as a^pfc^IrnKrv- | ed on Christmas Day. %ey Were f delicious, and we appreciate Mr. -Nance’s thoughtfulness in re- fresh tomatoes thbld^r idter Christmas. We went to Sumter and had dinner with .Wrimfr'jfr**** **<i another fine gardener, his father, had de- licious tomatoes ready for the table. OLD SCHOOLS In sWne^ end-of-the-year deanfog iip, I *an across the most recent report of the Grand Jury which contained recommen- datiions for replacing the Junior | and Boundary Street This brings to mliMi tfee fast that the County Bodrd ed lwne stion says that the nextiBBdi aSRsihdde from the State f yiiianoir Commission will be used fori buildings in the Newberry I mentioned this once before and no doubt will mention it many times in the future. The only logi cal program will be to build one large elementary school to take care of all students in the city— those who would attend Boundary, Speers, West End, Mollohon and Oakland. Only in this way can students be separated into classes according to achievement or ability; only in this way can the too-small for economic opera tion classes and the too-large for adequate instruction classes be eliminated. Also in this way, there will be a supervising principal who de votes all of his or her time to administrative details, rather than five teaching principals who can not do justice to their pupils be cause of the constant interrup tions. There is adequate room, either at the Boundary or the Speers street locations, for . one such school to take care of all elemen tary pupils, from grades one to five or six. Then, when more funds are available, a new junior high to house the seventh and eighth grades would be nice. The present high school is adequate for the ninth through 12th grades. If any suggestion to build more than one elementary school is made by officials in charge of the purse-strings, I would suggest that you raise your voice in pro test against such extravagant waste. Writing about this now may seem premature, but time has a habit of passing rapidly and I be lieve that now is the time to be giving this serious consideration. Jr'r, * tt: f Jau i^i'vai^iaEagijfep 0ty Street Paving Expected | To Get Underway In Spring m* BN-V-' / 4':- A special meeting of City Coun- cil was called Tuesday night for the purpose of expediting con struction and p N aving of certain streets within the city limits. City Manager Ed Blackwell described the meeting as another forward on the part of Council to the residents of Newberry best possible service, e months ago, Council had ted the State Highway De- lent to take over certain ts in the city for paving and tenance. These have been ac ted by the Department, Mr. 11 said, and money has approved by the delegation the work. It is expected that on and paving will begin in the Spring, t-of-way agents of the Highway Department are in town, and are working the citfr to secure the neces- easements to go forward the work. wing the approval of contracts will be award- for the work. heduled for paving are: Os- e Avenue from Pope to Reid; e Drive from Wheeler to For- rest; Vincent Street from rail- ; crossing to by>pass; Werts ? * from Pauline to Boundary; Cline from Vincent to Harris; James ifcdm McSwain to Brantley; Rosa- ^ j^lyn Drive from Pope to city lim- ■V r.t«* (this paving will also extend md the city limits); Coates street from Boundary School to .Caldwell; McDowell from Bach- to .Evans; Forrest from b- mm: !‘ r Ai m ‘Mis I! '■M& Em mm to Wheeler; Wheeler from Mower to Lindsay. . Aim scheduled for paving out side the city limits are Armfield Avenue and a section of Baxter street, -extending from Rosalyn Drive to Armfield Ave. ON VISIT HERE ; Miss Ann Kaminer, a teacher at Martearbo, Venezuela, is spending ; the Christmas holidays with her mother in Lexington. She was a guest this week of Mr. and Mrs. A. ; H. Counts and Miss Betty Jo Counts. \ Miss Kaminer, who was born in J the Philippines and who has trav eled extensively, has been teach- ing ia South America for two Calvin Crozier To Observe Its 50th Birthday Among the highlights of the New Year’s season in Newberry will be the observance of the 50th anniversary of the Calvin Crozier Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, on Tuesday evening, January 6 at 8 o’clock in Smeltzer Hall at Newberry College. Mrs. Robert Downs Wright, a past president general of the U. D. C., who organized Calvin Croz ier Chapter, will give a short his tory of the organization. There are four charter members who are still active in the chap ter. They are Mrs. L. G. Eskridge, Mrs. Raymond Fellers, Mrs. T. Roy Summer Sr., and Mrs. R. Herman Wright. Mrs. W. A. King of Clemson, president of the South Carolina Di vision, U.D.Cc, and Mrs. J. Frost Walker of Union, Recorder Gen eral of Crosses, will be present and will make talks. A special musical program has been planned for the occasion. All chapter members are invited to at tend the anniversary celebration. m Elects Council The following were recently elected and installed as new coun- cilmen for a three year term at Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church: J. H. Cook, Jr., Rev. R. W. Hoff- meyer, Furman G. Kyzer, B. B. Livingston, George R. Summef. D. Leroy Minick will fill an un expired two year term. Other congregational officers appointed were: Vicer chairman, Fred H. Cook; secretary, Garvice L. Taylor; treasurer, J. H. Cook, Jr.; keeper of parish records, Mrs. Clyde L. Amick; building fund treasurer, B. B. Livingston; chief usher, J. Harold Taylor. X ”1 ||f E CELEBRATE the New,Yen. the begin- ning of another solar qrd* became we have * again a million dollars worth of days, hours and minute*. W« have a feeRngof alation that must be expressed in What a wonderful feeling this sense of being reborn gives us. We have, time. Time for doing. Time for thinking. W< are rich in our possession of it for a while once more. The New Year gives us a handful of time with which we may defeat age; fear; disillusionment and the decay of too little With God’s help, 1959 will bring to cur com munity new strength, that we all may si making this truly a... -A in ♦nr Many Events Of Importance And Interest During Year 1958 By MRS. A. H. COUNTS Newberry County people have many things to be thankful for during the year now drawing to a close. The city ended the year in the A-3c Collier Neel, who is sta tioned at Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Miss., spent a few days during Christmas with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Collier Neel. Mrs. Johnson Dies Suddenly Sunday Morning Mrs. Arlie McCain Johnson, 66, widow of Thomas P. Johnson, died suddenly Sunday morning at her residence at 1237 Calhoun Street after declining health for the past six months. Mrs. Johnson was born and reared in Waxhaw, N. C., and was a daughter of the late John Z. and Mamie Belk McCain. She attended Shorter College in Ma con Ga., and graduated from Chicora College in Greenville. She taught in the Newberry City schools for the past 35 years, re tiring in June, 1958. Prior to .eaching in Newberry, she had taught at Leesville Col lege and had done graduate work through Newberry College. She was a demit member of the Eastern Star and a member of the Jasper Chapter of the DAR. She was a member , of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Carter Abrams of Newber ry; three sisters, Mrs. Edwin Niven of Monroe, N. C., Mrs. Carl Bennett of Lancaster and Mrs. T. G. Anderson of Columbia; one brother, Dr. John W. McCain of Lebanon, 111.; and one grandchild. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3 p. m. Monday at McSwain Funeral Home by Dr. Neil E. Truesdell and Dr. Paul H. Heisey. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were R. E. Beck, Ralph Setzler, Harry Hedge- path, James Smith, Duncan John son, P. K. Harmon, E. M. Stone, and Keitt Purcell. Flower attendants were Mrs. Georgia Welborn, Mrs. Elizabeth Graham, Mies Bertha Gallman, Mrs. Callie Mayre Setzler, Mrs. Jo Layton, Mrs. Naomi Epting, Mrs. Nettie Bishop, Mrs. Ada Werts and Mrs. Elise Bowler. black; the county reached a mil lion dollar business in dairying; the county poultrymen can now boast of approximately 100,000 laying hens producing eggs com mercially which are being shipped to several states; farmers had the best cotton and corn crop in sev eral years; the Newberry Electric Cooperative Inc. is fast approach ing the time when electricity can be delivered to i£s customers at one cent per kilowatt hours, and the Jersey breeders in Newberry County are rapidly advancing in the showmanship of their herds. The home demonstration clu|>s of the county composed of 334 wo men representing 17 clubs, who play leading roles in their com munities, have adopted as their principal &oals, “Raising standards of home and community life, de veloping leadership, and coordin ating work of the community home demonstration agents.” The year began with a new mayor, Ernest H. Layton, who re placed Cecil Kinard. Tom Suber was reelected mayor at Whitmire and J. A. Williams was reelected mayor at Prosperity. Jesse Frank Hawkins and T. William Hunter were reelected to the House of Representatives. Maxcy Stone was reelected judge of probate. A wo man entered the race for alderman for Whitmire but was defeated. The Newberry City Council authorized the annexation of Su burbia and an election made the section an added part of the city. Elections were also held in Whit mire and Prosperity where addi tional territory was added to each of the towns. County law enforcement offi cials, though busy at all times keeping down major crime, direct ed a good portion of their work to small petty thievery carried on to - a large extent by teen-agers. One Negro teen-ager stole a bi cycle, then abandoned it for a motorbike and finally exchanged it for a motor scooter. He admit ted to all three thefts. Five New berry County men were arrested for stunning fish by using an old- fashioned crank-type telephone. Thieves carted off the 350-pound safe from the Chappells post of fice and got less than $50; thieves also carted away a safe from an establishment in Whitmire and carried it seven miles to discover that it contained only $15. Churches also came in for a share of the thievery during the year. Thieves on two occasions raided the 200-year-old St. John’s Lutheran Church near Pomaria, the oldest church in this section, and stole a movie projector and screen, two fans and a hot plate. Church bells were also stolen from rural churches. A public address system valued at $300 was remov ed from Hunt Memorial Baptist Church. A number of people in public life retired. Paul B. Ezell, county farm agent for 28 years, was hon ored at a banquet attended by over 200 friends at his retirement. He was succeeded by his assistant agent, A. F. Busby. Eight city and county teachers retired with a to tal of 286 years of service. Two policemen of the city force also retired; they were J. J. Hitt and John Shealy. Also retiring was Miss Eugenia Epps, hostess at the ladies rest room for 28 years. L. F. Fischer, manager of the local Coca Cola Bottling company, re tired with a 41-year record. Tragedy took the lives of sev eral people. Miss Verna Mae Ab rams, a registered nurse, lost her life when she emptied a waste basket of paper tissues in a coal burner stove at her home and her clothing caught fire. Agnes Wil son, a 91-year-old Negro woman, perished in a fire which destroyed the two-story dwelling in which she had an apartment. One youth died from the effects of a batted ball while playing baseball. An other youth died from being struck (Continued on page 3) Dr. Holler At Central Church Sunday morning, January 4th, Dr. Adlai C. Holler will bring the message at Central Methodist Church. Dr. Holler is the son of Rev. A. C. Holler, once pastor of Central. He is a graduate of Wofford College and Duke Uni versity, and at the present time is Editor of the South Carolina Methodist Advocate. The public is invited to hear Dr. Holler. FORECAST FOR 1959 1. Not too good and not tod: bad. Both the boom and the re cent recession will be awaiting developments following the re- r cent November elections. 2. 1959 will be a “do nothing** year for Congress. Both parties will hold their cards close to their chests until 1960—when the Republicans will want good bus iness. Most Democrats will vote for most of the inflationary leg islation; but only a few of Congressmen will vote for such* legislation over the President’s yeto. The Democrats will be in dilemma. In their hearts they not want good business in 19*0;' but they must be very car not to do Anything which c be held against them in I960, Every act of Rockefeller’s of other leading Presidential didates of both parties will carefully scrutinized to anal; their vote-getting possibilities for 1960. We will comment these possibilities in our Fore cast for 1960 a year from now. 3. So long as Russia is fearful of China’s loyalty, she will not intentionally start a shooting war. I hope that Chiang Kai- shek will come to his senses so that China will become an ally of the United States. Marshall surely bet on the “wrong horse” when he made hi# report to Trtt- ,man. 4. Our national budget will show a heavy deficit in 1969. This and other factors should cause a continued gradual, al though not dangerous, inflation. 5. Serious competition will suf fer at all levels in 1959. Manu facturers, merchants and others who reduce advertising and other selling appropriations will surely suffer. 6. Despite, competition, the profits squeeze will be eased for many concerns by strenuous cost cutting programs and improving business. 7. More foreign goods will en ter the United States during 1959. This especially applies to Ger man, Italian, Japanese, and Rus sian goods. 8. New cargo ships, built in Japan, England, Germany, Nor way, Sweden ^and Italy, will be launched in 1959, This should #re- sult in most American-built and American-registered ship# oper ating at a loss. More subsidies will be demanded. 9. Failures may not increase during 1959. Some big corpora tion, now listed m the Dow-Jones Averages, may get in financial difficulties. 10. Federal cost-of-living fi gures will be disputed in 1959. Labor rates and wages which have been • tied to the Federal Tables will be disputed by both Labor and Management. , 11. On the basis of the above statements, I forecast, on the av erage, no wide change in 1959 for commodity prices. The recent re cession is not over. Russia is still fighting us with an economic war. 12. There will be more strikes and labor troubles in 1959 than |n 1958. Due to fear of unfavorable labor legislation and poor busi ness conditions, labor leaders were on their good behavior in 1958. 13. It is now difficult to fore cast the unemployment situation for 1959. Owing to the increase of automation, working forces will continue to be cut. Looking ahead to the elections of 1960, manufacturers, who are mostly Republican, will want no more serious unemployment to occur. 14. Many plans for expansion of plants were postponed during 1958 for fear of a real depres sion. Some of these plans will be executed in. 1959, although on a more moderate scale. There will be a need for con tinued economic readjustrhent in 1959; but the playing of politic# by both parties may temporarily postpone it. 15. 1959 will not see any mark- $3p,(KH),OOO,O0O v v v _ gram.Will it compete with or tect toll roads recently built believe ^kie " will harm outstandihg^Shri*rilk« IBonds. • Ir ' ' 19. Mam thus obtaining higher income and better security. 20. As inflation becomes more serious, only short term bond is- s u e s—other than convertible bonds—should be held to matur ity. Bonds should no longer be considered good “permanent” in vestments unless they are non- taxable or convertible on a rea sonable baais. | , ^ 21. The best investment policy during 1959 will continue to be a well-diversified portfolio,—stocks, short-term bonds, and cash. Ev ery conservative investor will keep one-third of his portfolio liquid, to have funds available in case of a sudden very severe drop in the stock market. This will come some day. 22. As the 1958 Congress has not accomplished more in correct ing abuses in the Teamster# Un ion, the 1959 Congress will do lit* tie to improve the labor situa tion. Therefore, invest in compan ies which will not be subject to labor strikes. Banks and utilities probably are the most nearly im mune. 23. The Taft-Hartley Act will not be amended, nor will labor’s, exemption from anti-monopoly laws be removed, until after .the 1960 election. Labor leaders will get more and more power until— with Russia’s help—they bring on a real depression. 24. Due to unemployment and the difficulty of borrowing funds for installing automation (auto matic factories), the machinery .industry will continue quiet dur ing 1969. 25. I now see no probability that either wages or retail prices will be “fixed” during 1959 un less Russia threatens World War Three. 26. Most wageworkers will be more efficient during 1959, which should enable some managements to increase their productivity and profits. ■ 27. Executives will attend more strictly to business during* 191$, redodiig :time spqnt on luncheon dubs, golf, etc. 28.. Good building land on the proper side of gwming cities will to iacrease in price not- V , _ _ 9 puipwooa 3 1959; hut offset by the aemana. lor HdpHtty and 19® -torvea plCanada will many Canadian and vestmenti, 39. The greatest factor in Azncan Sfl it KMgg 'xF. termining the price osf city and businesses in general is automobile and availttl parking space. This is Continued on page 3) Jan. 4: Howard Clark, John Pappas, Murray Hai Claude Sheppard, Elaine B Paul 'Shealy, Mrs. Wilbur J. ger, Debra Smith, Steven Ur. •• Jan. 5: Miae Juanita. MW Johnson Hagoed Clary, C ine Livingston, William K. L~ Sheely, J. L Eania, STW:. Ruff. Jan. «: Henry Edward Cous ins, R. T, Feagle, Mru. AHkljf Ballentine, Mrs. Grady Ringer, M. O. Fulmer, Branders Shealy, Dessie K. Keeler, Evelyn D. Da vis, Cally Berry. Jan. 7: J. D. French, JokuT Rex North III, Mrs. J. R. North, Jerry Richardson, Vir ginia Jones, Ervin D. Richard son, Mr* James D. Crooks, #. L. Shealy, Mrs* David Luther Ruff, Robert S. Forbia. Jan. 8: Emory IL Mrs. D. L. Andrews, D. & Schumpert, Mrs. D. E. Half- acre, P. D. Holloway, John Da vis, Glenn L. Hamm, Nellie Wicker, Mrs. Audrey Rowes, Rowe, Mrs. D. F. Senn, William Leitssey, Mrs. BL M. Herman, Mrs., J. W. Fuller, Miss Louise D. Suber, Claude Counts, Vickie Kuan, Pat Shealy, J. Robert Hi*. J. D. Kiiuud, W- ’tltklnd m li§ ml tor sweb land aeS. ; . 29. Small faarma ’ without - ■ > •' V i’'' Mavti* H. - Ghy •Mm M *••• i/w-