Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

The only trouble with the future is that it gets here quicker than it used to. VOLUME 21; NUMBER 42 By the time a man can afford to lose a golf ball he can’t hit it that far. NEWBERRY. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1959 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Doris A. Sandora SWEET MUSIC I came across an item of inter est in Mr. “Clemson” -Eleazer’s column, “Seen Along the Road side.” In case you didn’t see it, I quote: “I like to hear great music as 1 ride. Not the mambo, jambo, knock ’em down and drag ’em out sort that so dominates the airways now. But the smooth, easy listen ing sort that carries you away on its melody. Trouble is, there’s so little of this latter sort. When I’m in the range of WMUU of Greenville I keep tied to them. For they dish out a lot of music I call good. “Good music stimulates, it does something to you, it inspires. “I wonder what much of the popular jangle we hear so much does to those who like it. Could it inspire, could it elevate, could it thrill, could it leave a song in the heart? Sounds like a cat-fight of discords to me, something you cpuldn’t play wrong, not remember anything from, or whistle. Just the jangle of the jungle. ‘“Let me hush and get back where I belong. But WMUU, and a few others, please keep it up. For surely there are still a good many folks who like real music.” Amen, Brother Eleazer. And I might add that if you catch WKDK at the right times, you get that sort of music too. At other times, I seriously doubt that even the station owner would tune in! This reminds me of another little item I noticed in one of the papers the other day. “When we listen to a disc-jokey playing the top 40 tunes in the nation, we shudder to think of what the next 40 must be like.” Mrs. Anna Long Died Wednesday , Miss Anna Belle Long, 81, died early Wednesday morning at her home in the Tranwood Commun ity after a short illness. Miss Long was born in Newber ry County, the daughter of the late Luther M. and Anna Schum- pert Long. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Re deemer, a Life Member of the Un ited Lutheran Church Women, and a member of the Tranwood Home Demonstration Club. She is survived by two broth ers, J. Robert Long and L. Edgar Long, both of Newberry; two sis ters, Mrs. Minnie L. Sease and Mrs. Mary L. Shealy, both of Newberry; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conduct ed at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Whitaker Funeral Home by the Rev. Francis I. Fesperman. In terment will be in Rosemont Ce metery. Architect Finds Opera House In Decaying Dilapidated Shape At Valentine, a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love—at least long enough for the photo grapher to snap a picture. Presenting a big red heart to Miss Amelia Ann Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Martin, is Ralph Baker Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. R. P. Baker. (Sunphoto.) Boy Scout Week Observed In Newberry February 8 To 15 The Blue Ridge Council, Boy Scouts of America, covering An derson, Greenville, Newberry, Oco nee and Pickens counties in north western South Carolina is cele brating Boy Scout Week this week with many . -special events, most of them on the unit level. Father and son banquets are being held in Greer, Fountain Inn, Greenwood, Anderson, Greenville, Pickens and many other towns and cities council wide. Parents nights in many of the 380 units register ed in this Council will be held. Scout Sunday will be celebrated by many units on February 15. Many churches will have special recognition of this 49th anniver sary of the founding of Scouting in America. A number of churches in the Newberry area held special Scouting services last Sunday, February 8. The theme for this celebration is “Onward for God and my Country” also “A Scout is Friendly” will be given special emphasis this year. Since Scouting began in 1910 there have been 29,500,009 men and the boys registered. At the end of December 1958 there were 1,814,504 Cub Scouts, Boys 8-9-10 years old. There were 1,543.048 Boy Scouts and 257, 521 Explorers in units, a total df 3,615,073. There are 1,335,812 adult leaders in the 535 Councils across Ame/ica. The Blue Ridge Council had at the beginning of this year a total of 3,208 Cub Scouts, 4,637 Boy Scouts, 653 Explorers in the new program, 380 units and 3,517 adults registered. Gas Authority Office To Move Effective February 23, offices of the Clinton Newberry Natural Gas Authority will be in the for mer Carolina Life Building, 1207 McKibben Street. Prior to this date, the present office on Boyce Street will remain open for service to customers. Broad River Coop Loan Approved The following telegram was re ceived from Congressman William J. B. Dorn just before press time VP df" atH A V • REA LOAN APPROVED TO DAY BROAD RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERTIVE IN GAFFNEY SERVING FOU RCOUNTIES IN CLUDING NEWBERRY, CHERO KEE, SPARTANBURG AND UN ION. LOAN FOR $395,000 MAIN* LY FOR 300 NEW MEMBERS, AND TWO NEW SUBSTATIONS., ALSO EXTENSIVE IMPROVE MENTS TO EXISTING LINES. Mrs. Tompkins, Daughter Are Wreck Victims Mrs. Elizabeth Roof Tompkins, 39, wife of Stanley Booth Tomp kins, and their daughter, Debbie, 2, were killed in an automobile ac cident Sunday afternoon at Black- shear, Ga. jVIrs. Tompkins was born in Newberry County and had made her home in Lynnhaven, Fla. for the past several years. In addition to her husband, sur viving are her father, Joe Roof; two daughters, Kelsey and Terry Tompkins; three brothers, Ed and James, Roof, both ^ Whitmire and Jerry Roof of dfcarlestoh,;, artAl three sisters, Mrs. Thelma' r Fish of Whitmire, Mrs. Bill Ellenh^rg of Greenwood and Mrs. Nell Knight of Indiana. '* Mrs. Tompkins’ hulbhmj, who was on duty with the U. S. Navy in Algeria at the time? of the ac cident, is enroute to Newberry. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Whitaker Funeral Home. World Day Of Prayer Service First Baptist The annual World Day of Pray er Service will be held on Friday, February 13 at 4 p.m. at the First Baptist Church with St. Luke’s Episcopal Church as leader for the city-wide observance. Taking part, in addition to these two congrega tions, will be the Associate Re formed Presbyterian Church, Ave- leigh Presbyterian Church, Luther an Church of the Redeemer and Central Methodist Church. The service this year was com posed by a committee of nine Egyptian women of the Coptic Or thodox, Anglican, Evangelical churches and the YWCA. They re present graduates of the French School of the Sacred Heart, St. Mary’s English School and the American College for Girls in Cairo. The cross used this year is Cop tic. Many Copts, or Christians in Egypt, have this cross tatooed on their wrists. The word Copt means Egypt in the ancient Egyptian language. The Coptic Orthodox Church is the ancient Christian founded by St. Mark. Each year the national World Day of Prayer committee sends out a service from a different na tional group as a means of deep ening and broadening Christian experience. This diversity in types of worship should give a better un derstanding of the way in which Christian faith is expressed in many lands. The offering is used for inter denominational mission work through the Divisions of Home and Foreign Missions of the National Council of Churches, after the cost of promotion and extension has been met. The public is invited to attend this service. Dr. Kinard Is Founders Day PTA Speaker Dr. James C. Kinard will be the featured speaker for the Found er’s Day program at the Boundary Street Parent-Teacher association meeting at 8:15 p.m. tonight (Thursday.) His subject, “Ancient History” will enable Dr. Kinard to cover the highlights of Boundary Street school’s past. Since this will be of interest to all forfner teachers and students of Boundary, they are most cordially invited to attend, together with all other friends of the school. For entertainment, there will be an appearance of the rythm band featuring the second graders of Mrs. Frances Beck’s room. Boundary street parents are re minded that a nursery is provided for children in the third grade and under. All children in the fourth grade and over are expected to go to the auditorium with their par ents. Members of the executive com mittee are reminded that they are to have their meeting at the reg ularly scheduled time, 7:30 p. m. Nichols Studio Plans To Move L. D. Nichols, owner of Nich ols Studio, has purchased the bui'ding formerly occupied by Young’s Fruit Store on Main Street. He announced today that the studio will be moved to this location after the building is re modeled. For many years, the studio has been located upstairs over the fruit store. C. B. Bushardt Rites Wednesday Caleb D. Bushardt, 73, died Tuesday morning at a local hos pital following declining health of several months. Mr. Bushardt *was born and reared in Newberry County, the /son of the late Caleb D. and Izora Duncan Bushardt/ For a number of years he had made his home on Summer Street and had operat ed a wholesale produce business before retiring several years agb. He was a member of the Associ ated Reformed Presbyterian Church. His wife, Mrs. Bee Lom- inick Bushardt, died last April. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. V. M. Epting of Pacolet, Mrs. D. B. Hartzog of Denmark and Mrs. George L. Mayer of Newberry; one brother, J. B. Bushardt of Hemingway; seven grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Mc- Swain Funeral Home by Dr. P. L. Grier. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Councilman C. A. Dufford Sr presided at the Tuesday night meeting of City Council in the ab sence of Mayor Ernest H. Lay- ton, who is confined to the New berry County Memorial Hospital for test and treatment. Attorney James N. Parr, law partner of City Atttorney R. Au brey Harley, appeared to make recommendations to Council con cerning the codifying of city ord inances. Mr. Parr explained that although some work had been done on this project by Mr. Harley, the latter had come to the conclusion that the codification could be done more quickly, better and more economically by a company design ed for this purpose. Mr. Harley recommended that Michie City Publications Company of Char lottesville, Va. be awarded a con tract for the work. Mr. Parr told Council that the Michie company would compile, edit and print 100 bound copies of the Code for $3000 for the first 100 pages, $7.50 for each additional page over 100. After lengthy discussion, coun cil asked that the City Attorney contact the Michie Company and negotiate a contract to compile and edit the ordinance, with a pro vision that council may either have the Company print the ordinance or have it printed locally. Council received as information a letter from Irvine B. Leslie, Ar chitect, concerning the condition of the Opera House. It is as follows; In compliance with your request, we have made a careful study and inspection of the physical condi tion of the various jureas and com ponent parts of the old Opera House and herewith submit the following report: The exterior brick masonry walls were originally constructed of common brick laid in lime mor tal^ was the custom when the building was erected. The build ing was well built using what was probably the best quality of com- 1 mon brick available at that time. However, the softer brick as well as the mortar in some places have disintegrated to some extent due to, the effects of both time and weather. The exterior woodwork consist ing of window frames, wood sash, etc. would require extensive re pairs and in some instances re placement as well as caulking, glazing, painting, etc. The wood floors in various parts of the building have decayed and rotted, including the floor joists in some places due to moisture and insufficient ventilation particular ly on the ground floor. The overhead ceilings on the up per floor are in very bad condition due to leaks in the roof and other The most recent addition to the equipment of the picnic area of Wells Park is a fine large outdoor fireplace, erected by the Green Thumb Garden Club. Wells Park was donated to the City of Newberry by the Osborne Wells estate about six years ago. It consists of about five acres of rolling wooded land with springs forming a stream which runs the length of the park. It is located in a nice residen tial section, the main entrance being at Pope Street and Wells Park Drive. The Green Thumb Club has undertaken the beautifi cation of this park as a long-range | project. This tract of land was jungle-like, with a tremendously thick undergrowth of thistle, briers, vines and weeds, but had wonderful possibilities for beau tification. Recently, at a family picnic in the picnic area of the park, the club members with their families enjoyed a picnic supper served at the cypress picnic tables around the new fireplace. Following the supper, a dedication service of the fireplace was held. It is dedicated to the use of everyone living in this fine community and the pub lic is invited to make use of the equipment and strangers passing through Newberry are also invit ed to go in and rest in this quiet, secluded spot. In the Sunphoto, a Litterbug poster made by a Green Thumb member is displayed. One of the projects of the garden clubs is to discourage throwing litter around. To Conduct Bible Study The Rev. R. W. Hoffmeyer, as sistant professor of Bible at New berry College, will teach the Bible study “Isaiah Speaks” at Central Methodist Church February 15-18. The Sunday night session will be gin at 7:30 p.m. and will be held in the church. The three afternoon sessions will be held in the social hall at 3:30. All members of the WSCS are urged to attend at least three of the sessions. Guild members and members of other societies in Zone 3 are also urged to attend. The contribution will go to the salary of Miss Mary Beth Littlejohn, conference WSCS rural worker. U. S. Army Pvt. Glenn Arthur of Newberry teamed up Monday night with WAF M-Sgt. Mabel S. Page of Trenton, N. J. and Bernadette McCartin of Jamaica, N. Y. to win $15,000 in their third round of the five-round $25,000 Golden Medley Marathon on the TV musical contest, “Name That Tune.” Pvt. Arthur and his wife, the former Miss Martha Lominack of Newberry, are living near Ft. Monmouth, N. J., where Pvt. Arthur is stationed. causes. The roof leaks in various places as evidenced by the rotton roof decking or sheathing, etc. and damage to the overhead ceil ings and walls. All of the various parts or items above mentioned when combined into an overall picture, develops into the fact that the building is in a dilapidated condition. The building was principally de signed and constructed as an Op era House for presenting various types of road or stage shows and theater productions. There are dis tinctive features or parts such as the inclined floor, high ceilings, balcony, dressing rooms, stage, etc., which were necessary for its designed purpose or use. However they have served their purpose and are now worthless and a liability to the City of Newberry, S. C. The ground floor areas are used for housing the Police Department, City Courtroom, City Jail and City Administrative Offices, said areas are in such condition that the im pression given to any stranger or visiting industrialist would be anything other than desirable. We have given the study of this problem considerable thought and in our opinion it would be imprac tical and uneconomical to remodel the old Opera House into a modern well planned municipal building. City Manager Ed Blackwell informed council that funds were available for borrowing from the federal government for both plan ning of a municipal building, and for construction. Council authqrized the tempor ary creation of an acting assistant police chief position with a salary range from $350 to $400. The city manager felt that such a position is necessary to provide adequate supervision for the police depart ment. The position will be tempor ary for six months and will be made permanent after that tup$ if ; council is satisfied that it is ac- complishing the purpose for which it is intended. . ;' , ' / Action on the purchase of a f ira truck for the city was deferred-un til the next meeting of council...; Council authorized the installa tion of a sanitary sewer line on Springdale Drive not to exceed $900. The city manager reported that no progress had been made tow ard transferring the electric dis tribution system in Suburbia from the Newberry Electric Cooperative, Inc. to the city. Council authorized the installa tion of storm sewers across the property between Summer and Harrington streets at a price not to exceed $1600. Council decided to donate $100 to the Junior High Girls Glee Club, to help defray expenses of the group to Roanoke, Va., where they will perform at the convention of the Southeastern Music Educators BIRTHDAY , GREETINGS galph Bl*k, Mrs. Ltframs, FTPr. Pitts, igley. Bill Boozer, Mil- tugh. Sherry Daniel- ItKate Porter. C. A. Kaufmann, James L. Lipscomb, Mrs. Cecil E. Kinard, Bessie Kelly, Bob. Btrotoks, Reginald Bedenbaugh, Joan F. Phipps, L$Ue Mae Kin ard. » Feb. 17: Mrs. Walter Lovett, Mrs. Marvin O. Summer, v Mrs. J. N. Ruff, Mildred Senn, Mrs. Clarence Waldrop, Ralph Wick er, Dawn Frick, Mrs. Henry Nichols, Miss Ruby Dominick, Mrs. R. L. Longshore, Larry Monts, Mrs. A. L. Goff, Mrs. Jesse W. Senn, Policeman Eu gene Shealy. Feb. 18: Miss Leona Shealy, P. G. Blount, Bobby Timmerman, Lorene Fulmer, Bettie Mims, Howard B. Kirkegard, Mrs. J. W. Mims, Ray Holliday. Feb. 19: Jim Feagle, W. R. Feagle, Mrs. Emma longshore, Charles Kinard, Mrs. Eva Mc- Kissick, Mrs. S. E. Longshore, James D. Crooks, Marcia Mon roe, Kenneth Tompkins, Mrs. Mrs. Harry Dukes. Feb. 20: Fred H. Dominick^ T. Clyde Tindall, Mrs. C. F. Thompson, Henry E, Mills, Larry Summer. Feb. 21: Mrs. Ruth Davis, Wil son Leitzsey, Ralph Summer, Jesse Outz.