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Her husband claimed she was so dumb she put her cake in the ice box and couldn’t understand why it diidn’t get any frosting on it. Two kinds of men never get very far . . . those who can do nothing that they are told and those who can do nothing else. VOLUME 21; NUMBER 39. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1959 ^ $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way * by, ^boriA SanderJ NOT AUTHORIZED I don’t know if you hav£ this problem in your neighborhood, but in ours, whenever a fund drive of any kind is taking place in the city or county, we can always ex pect five or six youngsters to ring our doorbell asking for con tributions to whatever drive-is un derway. Sometimes these children have cards with them, more often they don’t. The current drive, of course, is the March of Dimes. In the schools, children are given cards, I understand, in which to place their pennies or dimes or whatever they personally wish to contribute. Some of the youngsters in our neighborhood seem to think this gives them authority to go out and beg for money. I have talked with some of those connected with the March of Dimes drive, and they tell me the children are in no way authorized to go from door to door in an ef fort to' collect money in this man ner. They feel, too, a stop should be put to it, but know of no way to do it except to “educate the public” not to give money fo^ any cause to a child unless he is ac companied by an adult properly identified as an official “collector” of donations for the March of Dimes. I don’t think much of this busi ness of distributing the cards in the schools anyway. Parents have told me that their children are pressured into this sort of thing just as they are in so many other things; that the child is ashamed to turn in a card that is not fill ed with dimes. Besides not being in favor of it from that stand point, this is just one more duty —perhaps a small one—but not so small added to the many trivial things a teacher must do other than teaching. I would suggest that all of the fund-raising organizations give serious thought to eliminating the “school card” phase of their pro gram. The children have ample op portunity to contribute elsewhere if they wish and this business of making a child feel embarrassed because he does not contribute should be stopped. POISON FOR THE MIND An article by this title has come to my desk from the “Looking Ahead” column written by Dr. George S. Benson, director of the National Education Program—not to be confused with the National Education Association. The article is as follows: A group representing a nation wide church organization, the largest in America, recently urged, in a formal declaration, that the United States recognize Commu nist China and bring her into the United Nations. A few weeks prior to this church organization’s sup port of world Communism, two of the hundreds of church mission aries imprisoned by the Chinese Communists were released and ap peared in Hong Kong en route to America. One was a gaunt, shattered, ghost of a man whose eyes star ed blankly and who mumbled nice words about the Communists—in a sing-song cadence like a Victrola record stuck in a groove. His com panion clergyman was more ra tional; he told of their horrible experiences as prisoners of the atheistic Communists. On my desk is an official report on the slaugh ter of innocent citizens by the Chinese Communists — 20,000,000 in the first few years of the Red dictatorship, with an estimated ad ditional 23,000,000 held under bru tal forced labor imprisonment. With this report are photographs showing kneeling men, women and children, innocent of any genuine wrongdoing, being shot in the back of the head with Communist- held rifles. One other current item: an AP dispatch carrying- eye-witness reports of the firing squad, mass executions of Chinese citizens resisting the breaking up of families under the rigid “com mune” system now being enforced at gunpoint throughout China. What kind of thinking leads a church group to urge recognition and thus world-wide acceptance of such awful brutalities ? Could it be the so-called “pragmatic” think ing which began to captivate and in some cases, capture) influen tial U. S. educational leaders 30 years ago with the rising domin ance of “Progressive Education?” The thinking, which was supported by an extremely important seg ment of America’s educational leadership, goes something like this: “There are no eternal truths. What was good a generation ago is not good today unless we wish to accept it. Moral principles are made by each generation. When a generation accepts something as good, it’s good. If something that used to be bad is accepted by a new generation, then it isn’t bad. The reality and acceptance are more important than the measure ments of good or bad.” “Communist China,” such think ing says, “is a reality; it is stu pid not to recognize it; what we consider today to be bad in China could turn out to be good.” For 25 years millions of Americans, in their formative years, have been subjected to such thinking and to other radical ideas and practices peddleu by various Medicine Men posing as “Progressive” educa tionalists. Sound education in the fundamentals has been subordinat ed, in many schools, to ridiculous ideas tending to undermine charac ter and discount citizenship res ponsibilities. March Of Dimes Sponsors To Have Crutch Sale, Road Block Highway Department, Other Cases Set For Civil Court O'Dell Signs With Orioles Doctors gave Billy O’Dell some thing to smile about Thursday when they reported the Baltimore pitcher’s arm is as good as ever. Then the 25-year-old southpaw pleased the Oriole management by signing his 1959 contract. The sal ary figure was not announced by officials but $15,000 was consid ered a good estimate. O’Dell, who posted a 14-11 rec ord for the sixth place Orioles last year, got a raise over his 1958 salary. His 2.97 earned run aver age was one of the best in the American League. Dr. George Bennett, orthopedic- specialist who examined his el bow the past two days, said there \v r as no trace of the minor ail ment which benched O’Dell the last few games in September. He also got an overall checkup by the team physician, Dr. Erwin Mayer. Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt has been confined to her home on Boundary street for the past two weeks “Young Man Of Year” Be Named Tonight In conjunction with National Junior Chamber of Commerce week, the local Jaycee chapter will, at a banquet at be held to night (Thursday), name an out standing “Young Man of the Year” from Newberry County, ac cording to Ferd Summer, presi dent. The “Young Man” to be chosen by judges who are not members of the Jaycees, from nominations made by Jaycee members, must be between the ages of 21 and 36 years of age, and will not neces sarily be a member of the local club. The banquet tonight will also be a “Bosses Night” and will be held at the Wiseman Hotel. At the National Awards meet ing of the Jaycees being held this week in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., ten outstanding “young men of the year” from throughout the nation will be presented “distinguished service awards.” Officers of the local club, in ad dition to Mr. Summer, are Dave Morison and Wilmer Hite, first and second vice-presidents; Rem- bert Parler, secretary and Jim Clamp Treasurer. Mayor Ernest H. Layton has issued the following Proclama tion: PROCLAMATION By virtue of the authority vest- in me as Mayor of the City of Newberry, I, Ernest H. Layton, proclaim the week of January 18 through January 25 to be Junior Chamber of Commerce Week. I call upon all of the Citizens of the City of Newberry to take part in paying tribute to this outstand ing civic organization, which is one of the finest and most active groups in our city. Its members are always alert to the needs of our community and have render ed invaluable services in the fields of safety, civic affairs, charitable projects, get-out-the-vote cam- paigns and others. The March of Dimes, which is presently under way, has been handled very cap ably by the Jaycees, and a cred itable job has always resulted. This Jaycee Week, therefore, is proclaimd to show our apprecia tion as Citizens of Newberry to a group of “Young Men of Action.” Ernest H. Layton, Mayor, City of Newberry Eleven cases are expected to be called for trial at the Court of Common Pleas which convenes in Newberry Monday morning with Judge Bruce Littlejohn of Spar tanburg presiding. The roster, set by the Newberry Bar Association Monday, is as fol lows: * Linda Belcher, plaintiff versus Sell Rite Oil Co. et al, defendant; Smith Motor Co., Plaintiff and Dennis DeWalt, plaintiff, versus James Terry, defendant; S. C. State Highway Depart ment, plaintiff, in three cases, ver sus William K. Lathrop, Mattie Mae Wicker, Estate and D. Colie Wicker et al, defendants; Aaron L. Rochester, plaintiff, versus Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. The first two cases above are scheduled for Monday, the latter four for Tuesday. Scheduled for Wednesday are T. J. Gribble, plaintiff, versus James P. Scott; J. Cecil Berley, plaint- tiff, versus Southern Railway Co.; Harry D. White, plaintiff, versus Minnie Bell Week; Henry J. Griner, plaintiff, versus Law- son Samuel. Parents To Pay For Glee Club Roanoke Trip A meeting of parents of mem bers of the Newberry Girls Ele mentary Glee Club was called Monday night by Miss Juanita Hitt to make plans for a trip to Roanoke, Va., where the group has been invited to perform at the Southeastern Music Educators As sociation annual meeting. It was decided that parents would pay the cost of the trip for their children and that no funds would be solicited from the public. Paul Whitaker and Mrs. Dun can Johnson were elected co-chair men to make further plans for the trip. The 100 girls in the chorus will be taken to Roanoke in two chartered buses. The event will be held the first week in April. The March of Dimes continues its month-long campaign this week, with especial emphasis on the Blue Crutch sale to be held Friday afternoon and Saturday of this week in the business section of Newberry. The sale will be un der the sponsorship of the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary of which Miss Grace Summer is president. The Blue Crutches will be sold for a donation of ten cents or more to the March of Dimes. On Sunday the road block, with Meredith Harmon as chairman, will be held. One block will be at the intersection of College and Main streets and probably at one other intersection in the city. Cold weather dampened the spirits of basketball fans, and a basketball game held for the March of Dimes last Friday night netted only $23 for the fund. The game was between the Jaycees and “Larry Monts and his Eight Balls.” Most of the school cards have been turned in to chairman P. K. Fuller, according to D. P. Folk, who is general chairman of the Drive, but the amount of contri butions from this source has not yet been announced. A Bridge benefit held last week brought in $124 to the fund. Cof fee parties are now underway, with Charles Dukes as Chairman. The biggest fund-raising event of the month will be the Mothers March, a door-to-door campaign throughout the county, to be con ducted on Friday night, January 30th. Dave Morison is in charge of this phase of the MOD and the March will be handled in the city by the Mothers Clubs, in the coun ty by the Home Demonstration Council. Those who wish to make con tributions to the March of Dimes may do so by contacting D. P. Folk, Harold Folk, who is MOD treasurer, or any member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, which is sponsoring the drive. Mrs. Nell Graydon, author, of Greenwood was guest speaker at the Mterary Study Club’s meet ing Tuesday. She is shown here with, left to right, Mrs. R. L. Chipley of Greenwood, who accompan ied her to Newberry; Mrs. John Free of Newberry, formerly of Greenwood and a close friend of Mrs* Graydon; the author, and Mrs. Clyde Tindall, president of the club. (Sunphoto.) / Greenwood Author Talks About Book At Study Club Meeting wssKauML. — Mrs. Nell Graydon, noted auth- Mrs. Tindall stated that this Bond Sales For December High Series E and H Bond sales for the month of December in New berry County totaled $56,668.00 reports Joe M. Roberts County Savings Bonds Chairman. Charter members of the Literary Study CTub.and three women who helped organized the club, were recognized at the Reciprocity meeting heldTuesday afternoon. They are, left to right. Miss Margaret Paysinger and Mrs. Clyde Tindall, charter members; Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Mrs. P. H. Hei- sey and Mrs. D. W. A. Neville who helped organize the club six years ago; Mrs. Ed Duckworth and Mrs. Willie Hawkins, charter members. (Sun-photo.) Mrs. Pinner, 72, Rites Today Mrs. Maude Johnson Pinner, 72, died Tuesday afternoon at the Baptist Hospital in Columbia fol lowing declining health for one year and an illness of three days. Mrs. Pinner was born and reared in Henderson County, N. C., the daughter of the late Hugh and Corrie Allen Johnson. For a number of years she had made her home in Pomaria and was the wi dow of Dr. Zackery Pinner, who was a practicing physician in that section. She was a charter mem ber of Pomaria Lutheran Church, a member of the church choir, a former pianist of the church and a member of the U.L.C.W. She was active in church and com munity work. Surviving are one son, Beaman L. Pinner; one sister, Mrs. Arthur Holbert; three brothers, Gus, Frank, and Roy J. Johnson, all of Asheville, and one grandson. Funeral services will be con ducted Thursday at 3 p. m. at Po maria Lutheran Church by the Rev. Miles T. Cullum. Burial will be in Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery. Mrs. Dawkins' Nephew Dies Frank W. (Billy) Brown, 28, of Blythewood was fatally injured Monday in an automobile accident in Ft. Devens, Mass. He had re turned from overseas duty with the Army last fall. He was a nep hew of Mrs. J. Ray Dawkins of Newberry. He was the son of Edward D. Brown and Katy Hall Brown and was a member of Harmony Bap tist Church near Blaney. Survivors in addition to his parents include a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Brown Miller of Durham, N. C.; a brother, Edward A. Brown of Columbia and a number of aunts and uncles. Birthday Wish “To Be 100” By MRS. A. H. COUNTS A wish to live to be 100 years old has been expressed by a vener able farmer, Uncle Jeff Sease, quietly observed his 98th birthday at his home in the St. Phillips sec tion of Newberry County on Thursday, January 15. He distinctly remembers the words, “Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother That Thy Days May Be Long on the Earth,” for he says, “I have always honored my father and mother. In the olden days it was tell the truth or take the consequences and Uncle Jeff was able to get by with only two whippings in his life, he says. One was for telling a tale to his father and the other was for giving his brother a “poke in the side.” He is a lifelong bachelor and spends his time with his sister- in-law, Mrs. Helen Stone Sease. The reason for his bachelorhood, he says, is that the ones he be^ lieved he loved “found out they loved someone else.” “Uncle Jeff” has been a life long farmer and continued until his 80th year. For years he raised the largest hogs in the county and on numerous occasions drop ped into the city to tell newsmen of the huge porker he had just butchered, some weighing over 800 pounds. He never lacked for his favorite dish of good pork meat and for many years saved more than 1,- 000 pounds of cured hams and large quantities of lard. “It was 70 years ago on Feb ruary 15 that the biggest snowfall fell in the county. It measured 15 inches, and at that time rabbit hunters did not need any guns as they could easily pick the ani mals from out of the snow as they attempted to escape,” said Uncle Jeff. Something of a longevity record may be established by the Sease family inasmuch as the combined ages of the five remaining mem bers of his family total 434 years. Mrs. M. P. Hornsby of Columbia is 85; Mrs. J. D. Nance, 90;Mrs. A. P. Ruff, 80, and L. H. Seas^ is 82. The last two sisters and broth ers, all live in Newberry County. The record for his three departed brothers are 80, 86, and 87. He has been living in his present home for about 92 years. Mrs. Baker Will Head Easter Seal Fund Drive Mrs. Richard L. Baker has been named chairman of the Easter Seal Campaign for 1959, accord ing to an announcement made by Mrs. Emmett Nichols, chairman of the local Crippled Children’s So ciety. In announcing the appoint ment, Mrs. Nichols stated: “We feel that we could not have had a more capable person to help meet our goal. I’m sure that it will be one of our best campaigns.” The Easter Seal Drive starts the last of next month. “The greatest tragedy,” said Mrs. Nichols, “is a crippled child who looks down the vista of life without hope.” A. L. M. Wiggins of Hartsville, chairman of the Board of Trus tees for the Crippled Children So ciety of S. C., termed the organi zation “The custodian of the fu ture of these helpless children.” Hospital To Be Given Certificate Edwin L. Crosby, M. D., direct or of the American Hospital As sociation, Chicago, has announced special certificates will be award ed to t welve hospitals in South Carolina which have held member ship in the Association for 25 years or more. Included among the twelve is Newberry County Memorial Hospital. In announc ing the special awards, Dr. Crosby stated: “We are proud of this op portunity to recognize our hospit al members that have supported the Association for a quarter cen tury or more.” Presentation of the certificates will be made at the annual meet ing of the South Carolina Hospit al Association in Columbia on Jan- 23. Golden Age Group Entertained By Kindergartners The Golden Age Fellowship of Central Methodist Church met in the Social Hall for the January meeting with 20 members and eight visitors present. Circle No. 4 was in charge of activities, with Mrs. Ray Nobles, chairman. Mrs. Aft Baker pre sented ten members of the Ave- leigh Presbyterian Kindergarten who gave recitations and sang for the group. Those participating were Cile Purcell, Becky Mc- Swain, Alice Paysinger, Frances Williamson, Debbie Smith, Chris tie Weigle, Brenda Jones, Amelia Ann Martin, Connie Sanders and Ruthie Sanders, and Sloan Wal lace. Mrs. J. W. White opened the meeting with song and a poem, “A Little Bit of Heaven,” followed by prayer. Following refreshments, served by Circle No. 4, the meeting was concluded with the hvmn, “Bless Be The Tie.” Graydon, or of Greenwood, was guest speak er at the Reciprocity meeting of the Literary Study Club held Tues day afternoon at 4 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Elbert Dickert. Mrs. Graydon’s first book, ‘Tales of Edisto,” was published several years ago. Her second, “Another Jezebel,” came off the press just before Christmas. It’s central fi gure is Amelia Boozer, who spent part of her life in Newberry and married a Newberry man., David Boozer. Mrs. Graydon gave credit for much of the information about Newberry in her book to Judge Eugene S. Blease, Mrs. G. Leland Summer, and the “Annals of New berry” by the late G. L. Summer Sr. She also stated that she found David Boozer’s will, which was a source of information, at the court house in Newberry. In replying to the question as to how she happened to write “Jezebel,” Mrs. Graydon said she had in mind writing a book about Columbia, similar to “Tales of Edisto,” which is about Edisto Is land. In doing her research, she told the members and guests of the club, she came across so much interesting and contradictory in formation about Amelia Boozer that the “Columbia project” no longer seemed interesting, and she decided to try to find the truth behind the Amelia Boozer story. “In writing Jezebel,” Mrs. Gray don said, “I tried not to say or infer anything that would cause embarrassment to anyone in New berry.” She read a portion from “Tales of Edisto,” describing relations be tween white families and Negro slaves during pre-War Between the States days. Mrs. Graydon, who was intro duced by Mrs. Eld Duckworth, chairman of the Reciprocity Com mittee, is a native of North Caro lina, but has made her home in Greenwood many years. She is a graduate of Elizabeth College, where she majored in English. She began writing ag a hobby. Mrs. Graydon presented a copy of “Tales of Edisto” to the club, and told of a letter she had re ceived from Justice Frankfurter, to whom a copy of the book had been sent. He wrote, according to the author, that the book stirred in him a nostalgia for a way of life he had never known. Mrs. Clyde Tindall, president, called the meeting to order. Two selections, “Wagon Wheels” and “All the Things You Are” were sung by Kernie Wessinger, accom panied by Darr Wise. Stone Elected George E. Stone, Newberry, was elected a trustee of the Central Electric PowerCooperative, Inc., at its annual meeting at the Hotel Columbia Jan. 15. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Halfacre, Mrs. Joe Bickley and Miss Lottye Halfacre spent Sunday in Green ville with the Halfacre’s son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hutto, Jr., and their infant son, Clarence Claude Hutto, who was born on January 11th. year marked/ the 6th anniversary of the Literary Study Club, which was formed on January 27, 1953, under the direction and leader ship of Mrs. Paul H. Heisey, Mrs. F. Scott Elliott and Mrs. D. W. A; Neville. There were eleven char ter members, five of whom have since left Newberry, and five who are still in the Club. Special guests recognized were Mrs. Louis Floyd of the Wom an’s Club, Mrs. E. G. Able of the Civic League, Miss Grace Summer of the American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. R. D. Wright of Drayton Rutherford Chapter, U.D.C., Mrs. A. C. Garlington, Calvin Croiier Chapter, U.D.C., Miss Hattie Belle Lester, Jasper Chapter, D.A.R., Mrs. Warren Cousins, Music Club, Mrs. Richard L. Baker, Garden Club Council, Judge Eugene S. Blease, Miss Blanche Davidson, Mrs. T. Collier Neel, Mrs. John Free, Mrs. R. L. Chipley of Green wood, and newspaper representa tives. Following the meeting, refresh ments were served from a table which was centered with an ar rangement of pink carnations and snapdragons, flanked by white candles in silver holders. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Jan. 25: Mrs. James R. Clary, Bobbie Lou Addy, Mrs. W. W. Cromer, Mrs. Myra B. Cromer, Betty Wayne Hendrix, J. B. Kin- ard, George E. Stone, William Boyd Cohen, Mrs. James W. Holland, Pat Werts. Jan. 26: Mrs. Banks Enlow, Beamon Summer, Clifton Hatta- way Jr., Mrs. Dari B. Wise Jr., Annie Buzhardt, Mrs. Fannie Ringer, Mrs. Ellis Davenport, George Park, Dean Dicker!. Jan. 27: J. B. Coward, Ann Campbell, JoyCe Lominick, By ron Nichols, Mrs. Katie Cousins, J. Nelson Cousins. Jan. 28: Judge Eugene S. Blease, Mrs. J. B. Coward, Da vid Boyd Parr, Kenneth Black- well, Jake Boozer, Rev. E. K. Counts, Sandra Boland, Rev. J. Ed Taylor, Mrs. J. V. Kneece, Kay Davis, Sara M. Forbis, Rose H. Wallace. Jan. 29: Mrs. B. R. Pickens, Mrs. R. C. Williams, Mrs. J. T. Bouknight, Don Chappells, Char lie Wallace Epps, Mrs. John W. Waldrop, Mrs. Belle Bouknight, Linda Smith, William G. Coates, George Earl Cromer, Sid Wald- hour III, Claude Counts, Mrs. James C. Abrams, Mrs. W. F. Mullinax, Doyle Long, Walter Leroy Bouknight. Jan. 30: Mrs. B. E. Stockman, Mary Frances Bedenbaugh, Viv ian Lynn Wise, Mrs. Duncan Johnson Jr., Mrs. J. Chesley Ab rams, R. B. Shealy, Mrs. C. H. Eargle, Randolph Crowder. Jan. 31: John T. Norris, Hous- eal Norris, Robert Ezell Dawk ins, John Jordan McCullough, Kenneth Shealy, Mrs. A. C. Ward, Jesse Lewis, Mary Lane Williams, Kaye Rinehart, Mrs. B. V. Chapman, Mrs. H. J. Loo ney, R. B. Kennerley, Mrs. J. M. Pool, Miss Jimmie Nell Kyzer, Phillip M. Forbis, Marzie Ward.