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/ j s' The definition of a true friend is one who understands us and still is. “ L VOLUME 21; NUMBER 43. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1959 ^ $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way ~ bg ^borid Sander J JUST THE CLOCK I was talking with a prcwninent citizen of Newberry'the other day, and asked how he felt about the suggestion to tear down the old Opera House and put in its stead a .modern municipal building. “The only thing I have against tearing down the Opera House is the removal of the town clock, he said. “As for the building, it is an eyesore and I have no objection to seeing it torn down. But I do think the clock should be preserv ed and put in a place where it can be seen and heard, even if it is ne cessary to build a carillon tower and put it in the center of the War Memorial squaJPe.” I don’t believe it was mentioned in the newspaper article about the discussion at city comncil but one of the first items of concern in connection with tearing down the Opera House was “what to do with the town oclock.” JI believe J am right in saying e*very member of council feels as this geatlesman does: the town clock should he preserved. I am sure that when the time comes, the clock can and will be installed where it can he seen and heard. M9T SERVING PURPOSE The Greenville News carried an informative editorial Sunday en titled “NEA NOT SERVING EDU CATION.” Portions of it are.: “Among the thousands of spec ial interest groups lobbying in Washington, none is more active than the National Education As sociation. “The Association supports a sizeable staff which. In addition to .buttonholing Congressmen., grinds nut an endless stream of news re leases, handsomely printed and costly brochures, motion pictures and other propaganda material. “All this is designed t® persuade all who will look «r listen that the country is doomed unless the fed eral government undertakes a mas sive aid-to-education program im mediately. “At best, much of this stuff is wasteful. Occasiamalty, it Is down right deceptive. “An example arrived at our desk the other day. It was a bro chure entitled *<Can America Af ford Better Schools,’ and an ac companying ‘‘news’ release sum marizing the pamphlet. Bath ex hibit the same characteristics of slanted, misleading statements, distortions and deliberate omis sions. •“Both are pjabently designed to ‘‘prove’ that local and state efforts can never—no never—be suffi cient to support a decent school sy stem, and that the only possible alternative is federal aid to edu cation. “As an example of how the point is dragged in through the back door is the following state ment: “Right now, the federal govern ment with its efficient, stream lined collection system brings in almost three out of every four tax dollars . . . ’ “Nowhere does the Association argue the point that the federal tax system is ‘efficient’.or‘stream lined.’ It merely states that it is and then goes on to use the state ment to bolster another point. “Of course the federal govern ment’s tax system is neither effi cient nor streamlined. It is archaic, unjust, wasteful, discriminatory and staggeringly complicated as every Collector of Internal Reve nue within recent memory has pu blicly testified and as every mem ber of Congress will admit. “It is part of the National Edu cation Association’s creed, how ever, that nothing the federal gov ernment does can possibly be wrong, and nothing state and local governments do can possibly be right, and so the facts are aban doned. “Unless the federal government assumes a ‘reasonable’ share of school costs, the Association’s most recent publication asserts several communities — none o f whom are identified—face some really hair-raising tax increases. Of course, it never occurs to the pundits of NEA that these in creases might be averted if the federal government would decrea se some of its taxes and allow that money to go instead to state and local treasuries. “This serves also to illustrate another of the Association’s blind fipots. School costs are bound to go up, it declares, and if local and state agencies remain the chief support of schools, then local tax es are going to increase—which is bad. “But won’t federal taxes go up, too, if the federal government at tempts to meet those costs? And isn’t that just as bad? Not, appar ently, to the National Education Association. “This is the basis for all the ‘li beral’, free-spending arguments. ‘Government money’—that is fed eral government money—is free as the air; it comes from nowhere, at no cost, and it can )*! spent and spent and spent. “The fact is that, as has been proven time and gain, the more efficient way to both collect and disburse tax monies is at the local level. This avoids the hidden costs of bureaucratic iproliferaliion, twct- supeivised projects of dubious va lue, and mistakes of judgment due to. lack of familiarity with lo cal problems. “It is little short of tragic that the Association should dissi pate its efforts, not te mention the dues of its well-meaning members, in halitting local saqpport -of the nation’s schools. In so doing, it is not serving the best interests of education. “The fact is that state and lo cal governments can anui should meet their own education needs, and they can do it better and more cheaply than it could be done und er any program administered by a vast new federal bureaucracy.” While on the subject of the NEA, I might call attention to an article which appeared in the February issue of the S. C. Education News. The story begins “Dr. A. C. Flora of Columbia, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for NEA, wdll preside at the special opening ceremonies on February 8 for the gleaming Mue-green grass and white marble structure, some times referred to as the ‘Miracle on Sixteenth Street,’ the new NEA center.” A picture of the building ~ae- companies the story. It appears to cover .a full >city block right in the heart of Washington, where real estate prices could not be termed exactly “cheap.” The mag- nificient structure appears to be some eight or ten stories in height. Who 1e the world NEA puts iin All that space is an unknown factor, but now it appears logical that it was necessary to raise dues from $5 to $10; else how could NEA lobbyists be so handsomely hous ed ? Teachers of Newberry County and South Carolina who belong to the NEA :niukt be extremely Ihpppy to knew that they paid $6(5,390 vo help build this fine structure and to pay federal-aid-to-education lobbyists. I have yet to see what the NEA has done for the teach ers io return, other than a lot of talking- which will eventually lead to federal control of schools and of the teachers themselves. :S£ MM Pali’ Hi m MAYOR ERNEST LAYTON places the crown on t .e head of Newberry’s 1959 Valentine Queen, Miss Nancy Edwards. She was chosen from among a bevy of beauties at the Queen Contest Saturday night, sponsored by the Civic League. Runners-up. were left. Miss Faye McCullough and right. Miss CeKhie Clark. (Sunphotfb) Expect Newberry Guard Units Under Pentomic Plan Door To Door Heart Fund Drive Be Conducted Sunday Foggy Night Train-Car Crash Fatal JUST GOOD EATING Ordinarily when I am grocery shopping for cereal, I buy the kind the girls prefer; however the oth er day I decided to buy the- kind 1 like instead, I am sure you moth ers must get as tired as I do hear ing commercials about the various things inside of cereal boxes, and what might be ordered with tops of boxes, etc., so perhaps you will fmd this message contained on the cereal box I bought the other day as refreshing as I did:- “NO TOYS! NO NOISE! Moth ers of America, rejoice! Wheat Chex is guaranteed to contain no premiums — no whistles, missiles, rockets or ruckus. “No beanies, b-b’s, heebies or jeebies. Not a ball, hat, hat or gat in any package of this crunchable, munchable wholewheat cereal. “Wheat Chex is made so the fun is in the flavor—the only cereal made on purpose for Grownups and Above-Average Children. You get taste instead of toys, and nu trition instead of noise. “We take pride in proving this is one cereal worth buying for its own fine self—with no strings, rings, or things attached.” Callicutt Is Transferred Announcement has been made by Southern Bell Telephone & Te legraph Company that James M. Leland, Jr., of Columbia will be come Southern Bell manager for the Newberry area March 1st, succeeding J. L. Callicutt, who has held that position since 1956. Mr. Callicut has been transferred to Gaffney area, where he will be area manager. Mr. Leland is a native of Charleston and has been connect ed with Southern Bell since 1952, following his graduation from the Citadel. By MRS. A. H. aDTINTS One airman was killed and -uio- ;ther injured when the car in which they were riding ran into a moving freight train during a :heavy fog at 12;45 a.m. Saturday at the cros sing on Bypass 19 near the Oak land plant of the Kendall Mills. A2c Gordon Hellams Simms, 24, of Cross Anchor, w.as killed in stantly and his oonyoanion, 2nd Lt. Peter Edward .Sercer, 22, of Columbia, suffered a broken leg. Lt. Sercer was treated at the Newberry County Memorial Hos pital and was later- transferred to the Ft. Jackson Army Hospital. Both men were stationed at Co lumbus Air Force Base, Colum bus, Miss. The automobile Jbit the 54th car of the 65 car Clinton, Newber ry and Laurens train which -was being- pulled by three diesel en gines. The car then struck the 57th and 58th cars before being turned around and jammed into a post near the track. The Oar was a complete loss. Police reported that the con ductor and engineer of the train said they, did not hear the col lision and were not aware of the accident. The train did not stop but continued to Columbia where trainmen learned of the accident. The accident was investigated by Sheriff Deputies, Highway Pa trolmen, city police and Coroner George R. Summer. The Coroner said that an in quest will he held but the date has not been set. A concerted drive will be held Sunday afternoon, “Heart Sun day,” to collect donations for the 1959 Heart Fund Campaign in Newberry County, Volunteers will conduct a house-to-house canvass .Sunday afternoon for the benefit of those who wish to contribute to this cause. Recent statistics for Newberry County show that heart disease is found to be the cause of 55.2 percent of all deaths among resi dents of the county, according to the latest report of the S. C. Board of Health. This figure was found to be relatively high in com parison to the figure of 49.5 per cent for South Carolina as a whole. It is been reported that South Carolina has one of the highest rates of heart disease in the nation. In the country, the number of deaths of local people from all causes during 1957, based on ' vi tal statistics just released, total ed 261 of which 144 were due to heart ailments. The outstanding offender among the latter was coronary heart disease, which took 90 lives. CROSS ANCHOR—A2c Gordon H. Simms, 24, was killed instant ly early Saturday morning at a railroad crossing in Newberry. He vras stationed at Columbus Air Force Base, Columbus Miss. He was a native of Union County but had made his home near Whit mire, most of his life. He was a son of J. Ernest and Anna Lee Bailey Simms. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church of Cross Anchor. He was selected as an outstanding Airman of the Headquarters Squadron, 4228th Strategic Wing recently at Colum bus Air Force Base. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jeanne Lamb Simms of Cross Anchor; one son, Thomas Dean Simms of Cross Anchor; his fath er and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. Ernest Simms of near Whitmire; four brothers, Ray Simms of Union, Marion Simms of Simpson- ville, Lewis and Joe Simms, both of Whitmire; three sisters, Mrs. Ruby Smith and Mrs. Henry Boy ce, both of Whitmire, and Mrs. Mary Arthur of Statesville, N. C. Funeral services were held Mon day afternoon at 4 p.m. at New Hope Baptist Church in Cross An- Tax Agent Be Here In March E. C. Moyer, agent for the South Carolina Tax Commission, will he in Newberry on March 9th and 10 to assist taxpayers in preparing their state income tax returns. Mr. Mayer will be located at the court house, and urges tax payers who have problems making their returns to contact him on either of the above-mentioned dates. Post Office Be Closed Monday The Newberry post office will be closed Monday, February 23rd in observance of the legal holiday, Washington’s Birthday on Febru ary 22, Sunday. There will be no window serv ice, city or rural deliveries. Mail will be worked in post office boxes and outgoing mail dispatched as usual. All Newberry units of the S. C. National Guard are expected to be retained when the reorganization of the state’s guard into pentomic type units begins within the next sixty days, according to Col. B. F. Wingard, commanding officer of the 228th Group. “While there may be some change in designation and personnel,” Col. Wingard said, “we expect that all units now sta tioned in Newberry will remain here under the pentomic plan.” Adjutant General Frank D. Pinckney, in annooncing the state wide reorganization, said “The new changes are a step forward for the Guard, and they are in keeping with the military struc ture for modern type warfare now being effected by the regular es tablishment.” The 51st Infantry Division will be changed from the triangular type organization with three In fantry Regiments- to the new five sided unit consisting of five Bat tle groups. Each Battle Group will be supported by a three-unit artillery battalion, aimed with 155mm and 105 mm howitzers. A sixth artillery battalion is avail able for general support with Hon est John rockets and eight-inch howitzers. The Infantry battalion has been deleted, and a Trains Headquart ers has been added, commanded by a colonel, to control service units including the Medical, Ordnance and Transportation battalions and the Quartermaster, Aviation and Adm ; nistrative units. An armored cavalry squadron has been added and the Signal Company has grown to battalion size. South Carolina has 114 com pany and detadhment size Army Guard units with a ceiling strength of over 9900. In addition to the 51st Division, the state sup ports an anti-aircraft artillery group comprising two 90mm gun battalions and a group headquart ers, plus several direct support companies. These will be replac ed with more modern type units. Public Meeting Be Held To Discuss School Construction League To Hold Memorial For / Dr. Summer The regular meeting of the Ci vic League will be held at the Community Hall on Tuesday at 4 p.m. There will be a memorial ser vice for Dr. Mamie Summer to which the public is invited. This will be conducted by Mrs. R. D. Wright. Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, chairman of the Education Division, will be in charge of the program, Prof. F. S. Elliott, who is also a mem ber of the League, will be speaker and will discuss “The Values of Reading.” Mrs. J. E. Wiseman, vice-pre sident of the Civic League, will conduct a business session. Hostesses for the occasion are co-chairmen Mrs. Howard Clark and Mrs. George Stone; assisted by Mrs. Guy V. Whitener, Jr., Mrs. Phillip Kelly, Mrs. John Lindsay, Mrs. Albert Ringer, Mrs. George Heller, Mrs. B. F. Haw kins, Mrs. Paul Heisey, Mrs. Hen ry Lominack, Mrs. R. H. Wright, Mrs. R. D. Wright, Mrs. Gordon Able, Mrs. Seth Meek and Mrs. Guy Whitener, Sr. Contest Is Sponsored By Jaycees “My True Security,” a script writing and delivery competition which encourages high school seniors to think, write and speak on the importance of initiatives and self-reliance, will be sponsor ed in Newberry for the first time this year by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. This competition takes the place of the Voice of Democracy essay contest which has been sponsored by Jaycees in the past. Entries will be judged on the content, originality and delivery of the five-minute script on the subject “My True Security—The American Way.” The local chapter winner will be chosen from among six final ists, three from Mid-Carolina high school and three from New berry high. These finalists will be named by Friday, February 20th, and judges will choose the winner -,cmo time next week. The local winner will compete in the state competition. Each of the six final ists will receive a “My True Se- cU.Ly Key.” The winner will re ceive a $25 savings bond, the run ner-up a pen and pencil set. The National winner will re ceive a $1,000 scholarship; tw'o runners-ups will receive $500 each. Paul K. Fuller is serving as Jaycee Chairman of the “My True Security” competition. A public meeting will be held by the Newberry Area Advisory School Board to receive sugges tions from taxpayers and patrons of Newberry schools as to how the school construction program in Newberry should be planned. This meeting will be held on Mairch 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the New berry High school auditorium, and is the outgrowth of a request by the Newberry County Board of Education that the Newberry Ad visory Board make recommenda tions as to the building program, inasmuch as the next funds avail able would be used for school con struction in the Newberry area. Two questions are to be discuss ed at the meeting. They are: (1) Should a new junior high school, or new elementary schools be built first; (2) Should Newberry have one or two elementary schools. According to figures released by the Advisory Board, there are currently 1003 students in grades one through six; 302 in grades seven and eight; and 596 in grades nine through twelve. It was also pointed out that property now owned by Newberry county schools includes 2.9 acres at the Junior High site; 12.5 acres at Boundary Street site; and 5.8 acres at. Speers Street site. The recommendation of the State Fi nance Commission is that five acres be alloted for the first 100 students, one acre for each addi tional hundred. This is only a rec ommendation, not a requirement. One group of interested patrons has already taken action to ex press views on the building pro gram. The following recommenda tions were made to the Newberry Advisory Board at a meeting in January: “Since the Newberry County School Board has publicly announc ed its decision to spend the 1960 allocation of school construction funds in the Newberry area, we, the members of the Coordinating Committee of Speers Street Ele mentary, Boundary Street Elemen tary and Newberry Junior High School Parent-Teachers Associa tions, do hereby submit the fol lowing for your consideration and action: “R ecommend and request through such necessary and ap propriate channels or school auth orities that sufficient monies be allotted and committed from Hawkins Infant Succumbs John Adam Hawkins, 5-day-old son of George Robert and Caro line Huffman Hawkins of 1200 Fair St., died Tuesday morning at the Newberry Memorial Hos pital. Besides his parents, surviving are two brothers, Bob and Bruce Hawkins, both of the home; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wal do C. Huffman and Mr. and Mrs. George P. Hawkins, his three k feat grandmothers, M;s. Bessie Hawkins, Mrs. John A. Huffman, Mr. and Mrs. E. Maxey Stone ! in d Mrs. Rhoda Pearl Boozer, all returned to Newberry Friday af- of Newberry. ter a weeks visit in Jacksonville, Graveside services were conduc Fla. with Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Hoi- ted at 12:15 P. M. Wednesday loway. While there, the two in Rosemont Cemetery by the couples attended the Mardi Gras Rev. Francis I. Fesperman. smmm In Hospital After Fall Mrs. Paul H. Heisey is impro ving and is resting comfortabiy at the Columbia hospital after suffering a broken hip in a fall on the steps of her home last Thurs day night. Mrs. Heisey was taken to Columbia hospital, and under went surgery there Saturday. chor, conducted by the Rev. John Mullis, the Rev. M. B. Lee, the Rev. Thurmond Gable and the Rev. C. O. Bell. Burial was in the church cemetery with military honors. THESE YOUNG CITIZENS are members of Aveleigh Presbyterian Kindergarten, directed by Mrs. Edith Baker, assisted by Mrs. P. E. Way. Left t> right, front row, Amelia Ann Martin, Frances Williamson, Christie Weigle, Connie Sanders, Alice Pay singer; 2nd row, Elgin Atchison, George Long, •Ralph Baker, Edmunds Young, Jean Harmon, Rob n Duncan, Ruthie Sanders; 3rd row, William Ren- wick, Johnny Windley, Debbie Smith, Becky McSwain, Harry Cromer, Bobby Wessinger, Danny Ab rams and Cile Purcell. Absent when the picture was made were. Dawn and Dean Dicker!, Brenda Jones, Sloan W’allace and Howard Kirkegard. school construction and/or reno vation funds now on hand or ex pected in 1960, to plan and con struct a new Junior High School within the Newberry area, and that such building be of adequate space to house the 6th, 7th and 8th grades of the Newberry area. And further, that such monies and/or construction take priority over any other construction or re novation now contemplated. “This recommendation and/ or request is made with full know ledge that all elementary schools within the Newberry area com prising grades one through grades (5) five will necessarily be forced to use present or existing building facilities until such time as con struction funds are available for further replacement of obsolete housing facilities now in use in our present elementary building. “Further, this committee is un alterably opposed to spending money for any construction addi tions whatsoever to existing in adequate buildings until such time as money is available for construction of new and adequate elementary school housing facili ties. “We make this recommendation for construction of a Junior High School building for the following reasons: “(1) As of now, and as publicly announced it appears that money will be available for construction of one new school building in the Newberry area. “(2) Construction of a Junior High School building woujd re ceive widespread public support. “(3) The construction of a Jun ior High school with space for the 8th grade will alleviate anticipat ed overcrowded conditions in the present high school. . “We also feels that further study is necessary on require ments for an elementary school building, or buildings, consistent with need, available money, ade quate building grounds and with considerable thought as to the suitability of: “(1) one building to house grades (1) one through grades (5) five and/or construct (2) ings to house grades (1) one through (5) five. “Respectfully submitted for your consideration and sincere judgment on any action taken. “Coordinating Committee, Speers Street Elementary, Bound ary Street ElemendRy, and New berry Junior High School.” A. W. Murray, chairman of the Newberry Area Advisory Board, urges all patrons and interested persons to attend the meeting to be held on March 9th and to avail themselves of the opportunity to express their views on the build ing program at that time. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS 'i » ! Feb. 22: Mary Ruth Walton, Susanne McElveen, Mrs. J. V. Lomax, Cathy Bennett. Feb. 23: Mrs. Ralph W. Con nelly, Lawrence E, Connelly, Mrs. Luther Hamm, Sanford V. Epps, Ann Wheeler, Mrs. Harry Kyzer, John Miller. Feb. 24: R. >A. Feagle, Doro thy Koon, Mrs. W. L. Shipman, Rey Lominack, Essie Cook, Mrs. Tompsie Summers, Mrs. Kirk- sey Koon, W. R. Lominack, Wil liam Grady Bedenbaugh, Larry Swygerf, Natalie Setzler, A. L. Goff, Julie Mae Koon, Ida Hut chinson, Margaret H. Lovell, Jimmy Underwood. Feb. 25: John C. Adams, Ro bert Davenport, Mrs. Ruth Wood, Willie Ann Berley, Car ol E. Epting, Peggy Berley, Ma rion Long, Mrs. Elizabeth Hay es Waldhour, S. L. Waldhour, J. J. Hughes, Willie Lee Ringer. Feb. 26: Mrs. G. W. Senn, Peg gy Andrews, Mrs. Mildred Har per, Mrs. Hal Kohn, Jr., Carol Senn, Lowell Boozer, Elizabeth Langford, Ed Cannon. Feb. 27: H. D. Whitaker, Frances Hayes, Anne Wheeler, Mrs. Clara Ward, Elizabeth Setzler, Mrs. Jesse W. Sens, Julia Faye McSwain, Willie Jones, Ranee Miller, Sarah Franklin. Feb. 28: Walter Wallace, Mrs. W. EL Elmore, Dr. Drayton Nance, Mrs. Mary Amick, Tochie Long, Charlie Crowell, Jr., Ray Doolittle, Hariette Ann Hendrix, Jack Brock, Mrs. D. W. Long. February 29: P. Metts Fant, Jr.