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Money may not buy*happiness but it sure helps you to look for it in more interesting places. VOLUME 21; NUMBER 38. Alvira Fears got her divorce * . . . she calls her alimony the bounty on the mutiny. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1959 By The Way ~ bg ^borid Sanders + $2.00 PER YEAR NEW LAW ON BOOKS City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday night designating New berr£ a Bird Sanctuary. The law provides that no birds may be molested in the city limits unless they become a nuisance. This suits me fine, and I hope the city police men, while they are cruising around, will pay especial atten tion to the area around our home. When we first movel back to Jes sica Avenue over a year ago, there were young boys nut practically every day trying to shoot birds from the trees on our property and the property adjacent. I ran then off several times because I didn’t want to see the birds killed, but mainly I didn’t want any sort of guns anywhere near our little girls’ play area. They have been run off by others, too. but seems they are so thickheaded they sneak back every chance they get. Keep your eyes open, Chief, and let’s enforce this law; not only on our block, but all over town. While I’m at it, I might also comment on the youngsters in our neighborhood who have absolute ly no regard for another’s prop erty. I don’t know who these boys are, but if I could ever get out of the house fast enough. I’d catch them and find out. They ride down Langford street on bicycles, cut through the property on Lang ford street, come straight across to Jessica, riding their bicycles over our lawn and that of our neigh bors, completely disregarding newly planted grass, etc. I don’t know whether their parents' are not aware of their children’s acti vities, or don’t care, but I do be lieve a severe lecture from a po lice officer would do a lot of good. TRIP DOWNSTATE I had occasion last week to go to St. Matthews, and for the first time in about eight years, had the pleasure of visiting again with Judge Marvin M. Mann and Mrs. Mann. Many 'of you know Judge Mann. He presided at many terms of circuit court in Newberry, but perhaps more of you know him through his interest and activity in the American Camellia Society. Judge retired from the bench nine years ago. He was glad to be rid of that burden, so he said at the time. But the other day, he confessed that for a while after his retirement, he was miserable. “Nobody came to see me, nobody called me on the phone,” he said. “I thought everyone had forgot ten me and I wished I hadn’t re tired so soon.” It didn’t take long, however, for the “camellia people” to take over Judge Mann. He is one of the out standing judges of the Camellia Society, and travels frequently judging camellia shows. The cold of three years ago killed about 200 of his camellias, he said, and he took 75 of his plants to his son’s home, then in Aiken. Even so, he still has “more plants than I know what to do with.” The Mann home, for many years, has been a showplace during camellia season. . Judge suffered an illness last March and was hospitalized for ’six weeks and in bed for a time af ter that. His legs were affected by the illness and he had to learn to walk all over again, but he is now able to get around without a cane in the house. He still works with his camellias some every day, he says, and is now making plans to judge a camellia show in . Columbia in February and another in Charlotte. He has gained some weight, and looks much better now than he did at the time of his re tirement. His mind is keen as a tack at the age of 81. He asked . that I relay his greetings to his many friends in Newberry. City Police Have Busy Time With Drunks Drunks kept the city police force busy during the past year, ac cording to a report just released by Chief Colie Dowd, listing ar rests during the year 1958. Ar rested for intoxication were 303 persons during the year. The next high offense on the books was driving a vehicle with out a license. Fifty-five persons were caught breaking the driver’s license law. Forty-thx'ee were ar rested for creating disturbances, 34 for failing to stop at “Stop” signs. Thirty-five persons were caught driving under the influence of intoxicants, 29 driving too fast for conditions, 24 failing to yield right of way, 22 for reckless driv ing. Other arrests made by the city police department included: house breaking, one; assault and battery, 29; failing to stop for red light, 15; spilling load on street, one; possession of unlawful weapon, eight; petit larceny, 19; hit and run, two; driving too close, six; excessive noise, eight; failing to give proper signal, one; resisting arrest, three; interfering with of ficers, one; speeding, nine; pos- ession of illegal liquor, 12; dis orderly conduct, 12; assault, three; drinking in public, three; defective brakes, four; driving under sus pension, five; leaving scene of ac cident, two; breaking glass on street, one; improper driving, four; discharging fire arms, one; damaging property, four; and gambling, four. Mrs. McGill, 56, Rites Wednesday Mrs. Myrtle Kirby McGill, 56, wife of the Rev. James I. Mc Gill of 201 Caldwell Street, died in Self Memorial Hospital in THE MESSAGE The president’s message of last week brought outcries from many Southern Senators. I find this of interest in Senator Olin John ston’s comments: “The President’s proposal to establish a new committee on re cent social trends is nothing more than a forerunner device to set up a national program to dictate to our local schools and school boards. His so-called national goal in this area will become nothing more than another means to control lo cal schools from the national level, forcing communities in and out of standards and conditions that will disrupt the entire local social orders.” Persons who contributed to the construction of the “Doughboy” monument in Newberry, honoring the dead of World War I, did not realize that 40 years later, a por tion of their contributions would be used for life-saving purposes. On Tuesday, a check in the amount of $710 was presented to the Newberry County Memoria Hospital for the purchase of equipment it deemed best. The contribution to the hospita came about in this manner: When it was decided in 1919 to erect the World War I monument, a fi nance committee was formed. It Greenwood on Monday. ^ composed of Mrs L W Floyd , . Mrs. Frank Hunter, Zach Wright She was born m Lexington T Roy Summer and Mrs . Elojse Wright. Shortly after the monu ment was dedicated, Mrs. Floyd died. Mrs. - Hunter succumbed not long after that time, and accord ing to Mrs. Wrigbt, “Zach, Roy and I talked often about what we would do with the money that was left over, about $500, but we never came to a conclusion.” When World War II came along, Mrs. Wright said, the money was taken from the bank and a War Bond was purchased. Later, Mr. Zach died and more recently, Mr. Summer passed away, leaving Mrs. Wright the only living mem- ncr of the committee. After Mr. Summer’s death, his son. T. Roy Summer Jr., found the bond among his father’s posses sions. He recalled his father say ing that he thought since the New berry County Memorial Hospital was also a war memorial, that would be an appropriate place to use the money. Mrs. Wright stat ed “I was definitely in agreement, but Mr. Summer should lie given the credit, because it was his idea.” Tuesday, L. A. Richardson, hos pital manager, accepted the check as a memorial to T. Roy Summer, Sr. After consultation with mem bers of the local medical society, it was decided that the funds would be used to purchase two life-saving machines, an Isolette Rocker and a Bennett pressure breathing therapy unit. The lat ter is a machine used for improv ing respiratory functions in chron ic chest diseases. It can be used for such ailments as asthma and lung infection and medication can also be given through the machine while it is “breathing for” the pa tient. The Isolette Rocker is used to assist new-born babies who are not able, or have trouble breathing for themselves, “to assist the new born through periods of respira tory and circulatory distress,” as termed by the doctors. Dr. Ralph P. Baker, who was present when the presentation was made, stated “there is no doubt but that these two machines will save lives. We have all want ed to buy them before, but there hasn’t been the money. All mem bers of the Newberry County Medical Society are grateful for this contribution.” The Sunphoto above shows Mrs. Wright presenting the check kto Mr. Richardson. Remainder of Doughboy Fund Is Donated To Local Hospital Queen Contest Plans In Making County, the daughter of the late Nelson and Virginia Bryant Kirby. Mrs. McGill had made her home in Newberry for four years having formerly lived in Colum bia and Winnsboro where her hus band held pastorates. She was a member of Glenn Street Baptist Church in Newber ry. Survivors other than her hus band are five daughters, Mrs. S. F. Cooke of Rock Hill, .Mrs. Earle Hamrick of Newberry, Mrs. Wes ley Braziel, Sr., of Winnsboro, Mrs. Milton Pate of Kingsport, Tenn., and Airs. Robert Brewer of Falmouth, Mass.; a son, James F. McGill-of Columbia; three sis ters, Mrs. Jim Russell of Miami, Fla., Mrs. Marie Hughey of Spar tanburg and Mrs. Margie Worth ington of Chattanooga, Tenn.; three brothers, Harry Kirby of Columbia, Theodore Kirby of Chicago, 111., and N. S. Kirby, Jr., of Cincinnati, Ohio, and several grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2:45 Wednesday afternoon from the First Baptist Church of Newberry by the Rev. Fay Ban- ford and the Rev. Kenneth Wilson and the Rev. C. M. Kelly. Burial was in Crescent Hill Memorial Park in Columbia. Mrs. McGill was very active in all phases of church work during her lifetime, serving as pianist, Sunday School teacher and Wom en’s Missionary Union president. She was honored by having a WMU Circle named after her at the Second Baptist Church at Chester. She was known all over in North and South Carolina for her religious activities. For the past three years she and her hus band, the Rev. J. I. McGill have owned and operated the Myrtle’s Flower Shop in Newberry. Active pallbearers were Fred Bodie, C. B. Gordon, Bill Bigham, Earl Bergen, Bill Reeves and Dud ley Pate. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. Von Long, Dr. B. M. Montgom ery, Dr. Underwood, Dr. Bills, Dr. L. P. Bates, Dr. J. B. Floyd, Dor sey Moseley, the Rev. E. N. Gun ter, the Rev. H. E. Moseley, the Rev. Horace Hammett, Dewey Mixon and the Men’s Bible Class of Glenn Street 'Baptist Church and also the Board of Deacons of the Glenn Street Baptist Church of Newberry. Council Debates Plans For New Fire Truck, Municipal Building Jurors Named For Civil Court The following named persons were drawn to serve on the jury for the Court of Common Pleas which convenes here on January 26th with Circuit Judge Bruce Little john of Spartanburg presid ing. A. E. Morehead, W. A. Moates, F. O. Amick, Claude O. Ringer, Henry W. Werts, Harold J. Bouk- night, Parker F. Martin, Ray L. Ruff, Ira H. Kinard, Luther E. Watkins, Cecil McEntire, Robert Louis Kunkle, Fred L. Cooper, John T. Sanders, J. C. Sanford; Also, Johnnie R. McCall, Joe M. Roberts, Harold N. Bowers, Toombs D. Lewis, Burley A. At kins, B. L. Hamm, James M. Gil liam, J. Leroy Wessinger, Wil liam K. Cromer, James L. Fulmer, J. L. Dennis, D. H. Hamm, Jr., J. Hugh Leitzsey, C. A. Mills, J. K. White, Bennie A. Bush, Earl W. Craps, Thomas A. Harmon, Char les M. Stuck, John D. Boland, Orin A. Amick. City Council’s first regular meeting of the year Tuesday night brought forth discussion of the possibilities of edecting a mun icipal building and purchasing a fire truck. While a new municipal build ing had been mentioned before by The 1959 Valentine Queen Con test, sponsored by the Civic League, will be held Saturday night, February 14 at the New berry high school auditorium. Due to the illness of the league president, Dr. Mamie Summer, Mrs. Ed Blackwell will serve as chairman of the Queen committee Working with her will be Mrs. George Hawkins, Mrs. George Stone, Mrs. Russell Addy, Mrs. Tom Long, Mrs. Charlie Ruff and Mrs. Howard Clark. These ladies will contact mer chants of Newberry during the coming week to sponsor a queen in the contest, and urge that all merchants participate in this af fair. Young ladies between the ages of 16 and 21 are eligible to enter the contest. Those who are inter ested are requested to contact any member of the committee as soon as passible. Scott Building Caldwell Street Changes Hands A deed was recorded in the of fice of the Clerk of Court this week showing the sale of property located at the corner of Caldwell and Friend Streets to Chevis I. Boozer, et a'l. This property Is fa miliarly known as the “Scott” Building, and houses the S. C. Em ployment Service offices and Whitaker Floor Coverings in ad dition to two vacant areas. The property is described as .46 of an acre and one building, 96 feet on Caldwell St. and 208 feet on Nance St. It was conveyed to Mr. Boozer by Sudie B. Cushion et al for $5.00 and other valuable considerations. A number of real estate deals were transacted during the past week, according to deeds recorded They include: Newberry No. 1 John T. Norris to Charles Burke Whittle, Prosperity, one lot, fronting south on Boundary St., $5.00 and other valuable consid erations. Mary Bouknight Taylor and Robert Edward Bouknight to Grace K. Bouknight, one lot and one building, 1409 Drayton St., grantors 1-2 interest, $5.00 love and affection. Will Baxter et al to James Glasgow, Rt. 1, Newberry, two acres, $5.00. James L. Brown to Elma Brown, Rt. 4, Newberry, one lot, fronting on Player St., $5.00 love and af fection. O. F. Armfield Sr., et al to Cal vin F. Padgett et al, one lot and one building, 1908 Milligan St., $5.00 and other valuable consid erations. W. Fulmer Wells to 'Benjamin Bernard Nichols, one lot frontt- (Continued on page 2) Sound Film Is Available For Churches The Lutheran churches of the Newberry area are now scheduling showing “Tap Root,” a religious sound motion picture in color. This picture was produced by the Southern Lutheran Theological Seminary of Columbia. It is of special interest locally because it was filmed on the Seminary cam pus; its theme and the familiar characters appearing on the screen add to its effect. Viewers are privileged to look in on the young minister in train ing at the Seminary. The church is challenged to give its prayers, more young men for the ministry and liberal financial support for its needs. The Rev. D. M. Shull is in charge of scheduling the pic ture in the various churches. A projector and screen are provided along with the film. College Second Term Begins Newberry College will begin the •second semester of its 102nd ses sion with the opening of its dor mitories on Monday, January 26, 1959. Registration of students who are entering Newberry College for the first time will he held Tues day, January 27. Students cur rently enrolled in Newberry will register for the second semester lanuary 12-17. The first semester will conclude with the final examinations to be given on January 19-24. Classes for the spring or second semester will begin Wednesday morning, January 28, at 8:00 a.m. Many From Here Plan To Attend Dozier Banquet Col. Thomas H. Pope of New berry will be Master of Ceremonies at a gigantic banquet which will be given Saturday night, January 17th in Columbia honoring retir ing Adjutant General James C. Dozier. A Military Ball will follow the banquet. Due to the large number of National Guard officers who have made reservations for the banquet, arrangements have been made to hold it in the Fort Jackson Field House, instead of at the Wade Hampton Hotel as was previously planned. Among those who will attend the banquet from Newberry units are: Lt. Col. James W. Henderson, Maj. Hervey F. Blalock, Maj. Jerry O’Quinn, Captains Andrew L. Gambrell, Glenn H. Burghardt, Harry E. Moose* Wallace W. Har well, Earl L. Gibson, James W. Counts, Hubert M. Bedenbaugh; 1st Lt. William A. Leaphart, Jr., 1st Lt. Guerry A. Fulmer; CWO George C. Abrams and CWO Car- roll DeVore from Headquarters Battery, 107th Battalion; Capt. James C. Lester, 1st Lt. William M. Minick, 1st Lt. Emerson D. Jones, 1st Lt. Robert C. Under wood, 2nd Lt. Jimmie L. Harmon, 2nd Lt. Curtis W. Hipp and CWO James D. Perry from C. Battery, 107th; Col. B. F. Wingard, Lt. Col. Wil liam J. McLeod, Maj. Earl C. Hipp, Maj. J. Leland Welling, 1st Lt. Fred L. Green, Jr., 1st Lt. Dick M. Vaughan, Jr., Capt. Fred Weir, Jr,, Maj. William K. Lowry and Chief Warrant Officers James G. Clamp, Drayton Minick, R. F. Sanders, Bobby Sanders and Floyd Dennis from the 228th Group; also CWO Chaflie Pruitt from the 246th Army Band. All officers of A Battery, Greenwood; B. Battery Clinton and D. Battery, Hampton, 107th Battalion are also expected to attend. Most officers will be ac companied by their wives or guests. Program Friday The public is cordially invited to attend on Friday, January 16th at 9:25 a.m., at the Senior High School, the Lee-Jackson program sponsored by the Calvin Crozier Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. There will be special music and an address by a talented young speaker. All Daughters of the Confeder acy are especially urged to be present. The Wheelbarrow Race between Ed Beck, left and Mayor Ernest Layton, held Saturday for the benefit of the March of Dimes, ended in a tie, but the MOD campaign realized $123.44 from the event which was enjoyed by all on-lookers up and down Main Street. council, the city fathers seemed more inclined Tuesday to get down to brass tacks about it, and instructed City Manager E d Blackwell to investigate the pos-. sibility of securing a loan from the federal government for this purpose, and to report his finding back to council. No definite lo cation was chosen for the pro posed building, but it was felt by some, if not all councilmen, that the present location was the logical site. This would mean tearing down the old ^ “Opera House” which now houses the city hall, council chambers, police de partment and city jail. The jail cells, according to Mr. Blackwell, are “a disgrace to any city.” He stated that the upstairs of the building had been rented for the past eight years for $20 a month but that he had been notified that this rental contract will be terminated in the near future. Mayor Layton introduced the subject of purchasing a new fire truck. This item was* not on the regular agenda for the meeting. He stated “I think we should be gin to formulate plans to pur chase a fire truck.”He asked whe ther the fire truck committee, ap pointed by his predecessor, May or Kinard, had taken any action to decide whether it would be feasible to buy an assembled unit. C. A. Dufford, Sr., chairman of the committee on which Mr. Layton, Councilman Armfield and Mr. Blackwell also served, stated that the committee hasn’t felt the city was in dire need of the truck and that until the time their feelings were changed on the subject, “we are more or less dormant.” Council called in Fire Chief Sam Beam for more information about the condition of the present trucks. The Chief stated that Newberry has a top rating as far' as fire ratings were concerned for a department of that (vol unteer) type. He stated that in his opinion, no city in South Car olina the size of Newberry could “class up” to the city’s depart ment. He told council that New berry had the lowest possible fire insurance rates for a volun teer fire department and that a representative of the Southeas tern Underwriters had assured him that if any changes were neces sary to keep the rates as they are at present, he would be notified and given time to make necesary changes before the rates would be advanced. The chief felt, however, that even with the excellent rating given the local fire department, that a new truck i-s needed. His reason was that the oldest of the three engines, a LaFrance, was 40 years old, “and things just happen to old machinery.” The next oldest truck is 22 years of age, and the newest, about 13 years old. Both of the latter are Seagraves trucks. When asked whether the age of the trucks determined the insurance rates, the Chief said he wasn’t sure, but thought it was a combinat ion of age and condition. “They tell you,” he said, “that they re cognize it up to 15 years; up to 20 years, you had better do some thing about it.” He stated that his department was inspected by Southeastelm Underwriters every four or five years, and that they had never requested that anything be done in Newberry. “All equipment is in fair con dition as far as I know,” Chief Beam said, “but you may think they are in good condition today and tomorrow they may not be. When you have something as vi tal as the fire department, it is not a question of what you need. When equipment gets as old as that, something should be done. Age will deteriorate anything. We can get along with what we’ve got until something blows up, then it will be too late,” Chief Beam continued. The chief recommended a cus tom built truck, with a five year guarantee. “I don’t know what this other stuff (assembled unit) is,” he said. Council appeared to be about evenly divided as to the need for a truck, and Mayor Layton was unable to get a motion either to purchase or not to purchase the firefighting apparatus. It was finally decided that the committee would be furnished specifications for both a custom and an assem bled unit and would look into the situation further. The city manager told council that he and the city attorney had not been able to further ne gotiate with the Newberry Elec tric Cooperative, Inc. to settle the question of the electric dis tribution system in Suburbia. He said the city attorney advised him that the laws were not clear on the matter and that he thought early legislation would be intro duced in the General Assembly paving the way for a solution to the problem. Council authorized the city manager to purchase property adjacent to the city garage, a lot 300x300, at a price not to ex ceed $8600; also a 20-foot right of way to widen the alley into the city garage at a price not to ex ceed $260. A lengthy discussion preceded this motion. Mr. Black- well expressed the opinion that the city needed the property for expansion; that tractors, trucks, air compressors and other valu able equipment were now exposed to the weather because there is no place to house them, although money has been set aside to build a shed. The additional property would contain sufficient space to build the shed, he added. Mayor Layton stated that bus iness license applications and ord*/ inances had been delivered to : U& merchants and business firms. Another item on the agenda wssp rejected after much discussion. It was a proposal to purchase an el ectric timing device for the polka department ,to time speed of ve-* hides on the city streets. The ma jority of the councilmen felt this device would not be effective.* Mayor Layton presented Certi ficates to two members of the po lice force who recently completed a course of study at the State Law Enforcement Division’s training * school at Greenwood. They were Sgt. Ray Schumpert and Sgt. John Wood. Sgt. Schumpert told council “This was a wonderful school. I wish every member of the force could attend it. Prob lems are different now than they were ten years ago, and you have to attend schools of this kind in order to keep up.” Council was notified of the Municipal Association meeting in Charleston on February 16, 16 and 17; also that plans had been exe cuted for paving certain streets in Newberry which were taken over by the highway department, and that contracts were let Tuesday for the work. The council session ejided by adopting an ordinance designating Newberry as a Bird Sanctuary. A copy of this ordinance will be seen elsewhere in this issue. “BIRTHDAY <] GREETINGS Jan. 18: Mrs. Steve G. Grif fith, Mrs. L. G. McCullough, William Henry Shannon Jr., Alice Bedenbaugh, Becky Dick- ert, Irvin Lee Leslie, Mrs. Gor don R. Thurow. Jan. 19: Lonnie Clifton Gra ham, Mrs. H. H. Abrams, Ma jor Gerald O’Quinn, Gaynelle Harmon Stewart, Diane Boland, Buford Connelly, B. H. Hamm, Cheryl Reeves, Linda Smith. Jan. 20: Charlie Bowers, John Donald Rook, Donna Betts Nich ols, Mrs. O. H. Lane, Elizabeth R. Boylston, Lugenia Martin, J. T. Batson, S. A. Baggett, Sr., Ervin Merchant. t Jan. 21: Warren Abrams, Mrs. Eva James D. Wherry, Lamar Neville, Mrs. Annie Lee Whita ker, Miss Anna Long, Jean Har mon, C. Olin Inabinet. Jan. 22: P. D. Dawkins, Mrs. Frances Clary, Miss Doris Schumpert, Myra Davis, Marie Hollingsworth Gilliam, Eddie D. Richardson, Mrs. R. H. Buford, Michael Griffin, Stuart Leslie, Gary Lee Harmon, J. Burr Har mon. Jan. 23: Sally Lewis, Palmer Shealy, Illie Nichols, Mrs. Caro line Mayer, Mrs. Willis Ringer, Sr., Betsy Werts Donnie Atkin son, H. W. Schumpert, Doris S. Setzler. Jan. 24: Mrs. J. C. Price, Eu gene Shealy, Jeanne Dawkins, Buddy Spearman, Mrs. Myra Trefsgar, Jo Anne Ennis, Mrs. Joyce Attaway.