Ez Tike says his wife is good
at imitations . . . seems she
watches him like a hawk.
VOLUME 21; NUMBER 46.
An employer is better off
sometimes to be blind, and an
employee to be deaf.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1959
+ $2.00 PER YEAR
By The Way
By Doris A. Banders
TIME IS RIGHT
This seems to be the proper
time to give serious thought to
the proposition of a United Fund
for Newberry. I have opposed this
in the past, because I witnessed
the rise and fall of the Commun
ity Chest. At that time, we were
supposed to have “only one drive.
This, in the first place, was not
true, because of several organi
zations which refused to join the
Chest, and conducted independent
drives anyway. Perhaps that
might not even have been so bad
but if I remember correctly, three
drives were necessary the last
year the Community Chest was in
operation, to get anywhere near
the goal. When the last drive was
finally over, I believe funds had
been collected to reach only 60
percent of the total amount de
sired.
' I say this seems to be the prop
er time to give a United Fund
some thought because the people
of this County have certainly had
their fill of soliciting and solici
tors this year. There have been
some five or six drives, one fol
lowing the other, some overlap
ping, since the first of the year.
Girl Scouts, March of Dimes,
Heart Fund, Easter Seals, and
coming up are Red Cross and Can
cer. Perhaps there are more I
have forgotten but these I am
sure of.
Those persons interested in an
Interservice Council and also in
a United Fund effort have tried
to get the idea across, but it has
been a slow and discouraging job.
It has been pointed out that there
is only one way in which a United
Fund will ever be successful: that
is by the full cooperation of all
civic clubs, the members of which
must agree not to take part in
any drive of any kind other than
the United Fund effort. Those in
charge of the United Fund must
also promise the public that only
one drive will be made; that the
goal must be reached in that one
drive.
Only by the refusal of the coun
ty’s citizens to participate in in
dividual drives will the United
Fund be a success. It has also
been pointed out that the UF will
be entirely on a local basis; there
will be no affiliation with either
a state or national agency. There
will be a local committee in charge
of administering the fund and
conducting the drive. This com
mittee will decide which organi
zations should be allowed to enter,
and what portion of contributions
should go to each.
There will be a meeting of the
Interservice Council on April 6.
It is urged that every club have
a representative at this meeting
and it is hoped that by that time,
every civic club in Newberry will
have agreed—as some have al
ready done—not to take part in
any individual drive but to whole
heartedly support a United Fund
effort.
Higgins Advises 'Keep Good
Industrial Climate In Newberry*
EASTER SEALS
Easter Seals mean many things
at least your contributions
for the seals do. Of importance is
the fact that 90 percent of your
donations to the Crippled Chil
dren’s Society campaign stays in
Newberry County. What is the
money used for? To buy wheel
chairs and walkers for invalids
who could get around no other
way; to help pay hospital bills
for children and adults with crip
pling diseases who would be un
able to have medical care other
wise; to pay transportation for
“home-bound teachers” for crip
pled children who are unable to
attend school; to help with the
training of teachers for handi
capped children. These things are
done here, in Newberry County,
and names of persons benefitted
by your donations are available
by contacting the local chapter.
Funds are not handed out arbi
trarily. Persons who request aid
from the CC Society are investi
gated thoroughly and an urgent
need for funds must be shown.
Mrs. J. E. Nichols, chairman of
the local chapter, and Richard L.
Baker, chairman of the Easter
Seal campaign, both request that
you please use the envelope sent
with your Easter Seals to return
a donation. If for some reason
you did not receive the seals, you
may make a donation by mail or
in person at the South Carolina
National Bank.
March Court
Begins Monday
With 42 Cases
Twenty-eight new cases will go
before a new Grand Jury when
the Court of General Sessions con
venes in Newberry next Monday
morning with Judge Bruce Little
john of Spartanburg presiding.
Fourteen carry-over cases are also
on the docket to be disposed of
during the March term of crimin
al court.
The continued cases include:
Willie Mae Higgam, murder; Alex
Wheeler, John D. Allen, and Wil
liam T. Dallas, drunk driving;
John Henry Cook and Raymond
Caldwell, assault and battery with
intent to kill; Alma S. Gregory
and David Gregory, assault and
battery of a high aggravated na
ture; William Pearson, rape; John
Reid, safe-cracking; Joe Sims and
Clarence Hodges, violation of li
quor law; M. E. Poss, larceny and
receiving stolen goods; W\ A. Clark
non-support.
Non-support, drunk driving and
violation of liquor laws violations
dominate the roster of new cases.
•Warrants issued by Magistrate
Dawkins: West Goree, Tillman
Ruff, Isaac Evans, Forest Cald
well, Sameul C. Wiggers and Otis
W. Ochiltree, non-support; Harold
Crouch and Cecil Rice, violation
of Section 16-360; Houston N.
Grant and William Edward Belch
er, drunk driving; Forest Caldwell,
housebreaking; J. B. Eppes, vio
lation of liquor law; Jimmie Lou
Hunter, stealing from home; Wil
liam Jackson, bastardy; Bob Hale,
assault with deadly weapon.
Warrants issued by Magistrate
Foster: James R. Lee Taylor,
Henry M. Shirey and Troy Hucka-
by, drunk driving, Andrew Clark,
Jr., violation of liquor law; Carl
O. Smith, molesting and attempted
rape.
Warrants issued by Magistrate
WJcker: Jerry Balew, violation of
Section 46-804; Fred W. Geddes,
Sr., drunk driving; Allen Stephens,
assault and battery with intent
to kill; Willie Edwards, Jesse
Adams Mozee and Edward Wise,
violation of liquor law.
Warrants issued by Magistrate
Shealy: Owen Nellums, assault and
battery and grand larceny; See
Summers, using car without own
er’s consent.
Special Girl
Scout Service
A special religious service in ob
servance of Girl Scout Week w r ill
be held Sunday night, March 15,
at 7:45 at the First Baptist
Church. Rev. Kenneth B. Wilson
will bring the message.
All Girl Scouts are requested
to wear their uniforms. Families
of the scouts, as well as the public,
are invited.
BOND *ISSUE?
The question of a bond issue
again rears its head. Despite the
fact that the Newberry area ad
visory school board told taxpay
ers attending a public meeting
Monday night that it was not in a
Mrs. Charles Holmes and sons of
W’hite Rock; together with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Spitzer spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Abrams at their home on the Bush
River Road. Mr. and Mrs. Spitzer
are making their home with their
daughter since the recent death of
Mrs. Holmes’ husband, Rev.
Charles Holmes.
position to discuss finances, the
question of a bond issue continued
to rise with many of those pre
sent firmly believing that the is
sue would be voted by the citizens
of Newberry County.
As you probably recall, this w 7 as
tried once before and was defeat
ed. At that time, it meant some
new facilities for almost every
school area; still it was voted
down. Why? Perhaps because
most of the areas already had
most of what they wanted. In the
lower part of the county, the folks
knew they were going to get
their high school whenever the
people decided to quit playing
politics and decide on a location.
So the only area to benefit great
ly was Newberry, where new
buildings were needed to replace
old ones.
The people of Newberry voted
in favor of the bond issue, as I
recall; the people of the county
defeated it. The conditions are
still the same. It is hard to be
lieve that the people of the county
wdll look more kindly on a bond
issue now than they did then.
The importance of a commun
ity’s business climate and the im
pact of that climate on the wel
fare of its citizens were empha
sized last night by Richard R.
Higgins, president of the Kendall
Company of Boston, speaking to
a large assemblage gathered for
the first annual banquet of the
Newberry County Development
Board. The event was held in the
Newberry College Dining Hall,
with Thomas H. Pope serving as
Toastmaster.
“Business can contribute to eco
nomic advance only in a favorable
climate and only as the economy
of a state advances can the genu
ine welfare of its citizens advance
also,” the speaker said.
Factors listed by Mr. Higgins
as influencing business climate
were favorable tax, power, build
ing, and operating costs, labor
supply, living conditions for em
ployees, and schools. Also, he said,
intangibles are important, such as
the general attitude of the com
munity toward business.
Citing specific” instances, Mr.
Higgins said that last year when
The Kendall Company installed
some new equipment, plant com
munities felt the effects of this ne-
Risk Succumbs
Tuesday Morning
Jacob Heber Rish, 51, of Rt. 1,
Little Mountain, died Tuesday
morning at the Newberry hospital
following an illness of five months.
Mr. Rish was born and reared
in Lexington County, a son of
the late John Jacob and Susan
Alice Amick Rish. He had spent
most of his life near Little Moun
tain and was a member of St.
Peters (Piney woods) Lutheran
Church. He was a farmer.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Millie Eargle Rish; four sons,
Thomas Heber, Jacob Sidney, Joe
Rickey and Donald Ray Rish, all
of the home; two sisters, Mrs.
Rhoda Della Norris of Colum
bia and Miss Thelma Lucille
Rish of Little Mountain; and one
brother, Jessie Virgil Rish of
Little Mountain.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 3 p. m. Wednesday at St.
Peters (Piney woods) Lutheran
Church by the Rev. John D. Zeig-
ler. Burial was in the church ce
metery.
Vehicle Owners
Urged To Apply
For Certificate
Motor vehicle owners are en
couraged by the State Highway
Department to make applications
for certificates of title to their
vehicles at this time.
Certificates of title are current
ly being issued by the Department
and all vehicles in South Carolina
must be titled by January 1, 1961
as owners will not receive a li
cense renewal application for the
1962 license plate until a title has
been obtained.
Applications for motor vehicle
certificates of title may be ob
tained from any licensed automo
bile dealer, from any of the 43
field offices of the Highway De
partment and by mail from the
Columbia office.
The completed application, giv
ing the vehicle serial number,
make, year, body style, license
number, when and where acquired,
liens against the vehicle, if any,
the name and present mailing ad
dress of the owner and a .50 fee,
should be forwarded to the Motor
Vehicle Division in Columbia or
presented to any Department
field office. The application must
also be signed by the vehicle own
er before a notary public.
Inquest Friday
An inquest will be held Friday
night at 8 o’clock in the county
court room into the death of Gor
don H. Sims, according to Coroner
George R. Summer. Sims, who
was on duty with the Air Force
in Columbus, Miss., was killed in
stantly when the car he was driv
ing rammed into a C.N.&L. freight
train box car early on the morn
ing of February 14.
A passenger in the car, 2nd Lt.
Peter Edward Sercer, was injured
and was hospitalized at Fort Jack-
son for several weeks.
cessary modernization through a
reduction in work forces. “The de
gree to which citizens accept and
understand necessary moves like
these, the degree to which leaders
in the community help to get an
understanding throughout the
community—these are the tests
of the general attitude of the com
munity toward a business—the
thing that make a favorable busi
ness climate,” he said.
Mr. Higgins noted the impor
tance of the support that business
receives from the states as being
of prime concern for any locality
actively trying to attract new bu
siness and hold those already pre
sent. “In contrast to some other
states we all could mention,” Mr.
Higgins said, ‘South Carolina has
recognized that business and cor
porations should not be the whip
ping boys, that fiscal problems
should not always be solved by
loading taxes on industry, that
reasonable labor legislation is
important, that the right to work
law means something to old in
dustries as well as new industries.”
The president of The Kendall
Company pointed out the impor
tance of maintaining a favorable
business climate through both
state and national policies. ‘It is
characteristic of the older indust
rial sections of the country,” he
said, “that as labor interests be
come more powerful and forceful
ly promote so-called welfare legis
lation, disregard for business in
terest increases.” It was in this
connection that Mr. Higgins said,
“Only as the economy of a state
advances can the genuine welfare
of its citizens advance also.
Mr. Higgins referred to the in
dustrial development of South
Carolina in recent years as “really
sensational.” “Although local de
velopment boards like yours have
played important parts in bring
ing about this development,” he
continued, “the political climate
of the state has been the most
significant factor. The vital in
terest of your Senator Thurmond
both when he was governor and
when he was Senator, the vital
interest of your Congressman
Dorn, the. state-wide efforts of
Charlie Daniel and the Director
of the State Development Board,
Robert M. Cooper, have first at
tracted industry to the state and
then the committees have done
their share in providing favorable
local climate.”
The speaker urged that South
Carolina’s^ “Fine business climate”
be kept that way. “Don’t relax in
your efforts to give business and
corporations a fair shake in taxes,
in restrictive legislation, in sym
pathetic representation in Wash
ington,” he advised. “Perpetuate
the basic climate, within which
your own efforts to serve this
fine county can be most product
ive.
“The foundation of any business
development program is a sound
business climate,” Mr. Higgins
said, “First on the state level and
then on the local level. Land sites,
cooperation, water, electric power,
labor supply, reasonable taxes—
all of these tangible things are
necessary, but basically sound
climate will be the thing that
brings economic expansion. That,”
concluded the speaker, “in my
judgment, is what lies behind
South Carolina’s rapid progress.
And, as I have said, don’t lose it.”
Prior to Mr. Higgin’s talk, new
officers and directors of the local
development Board vrere introduc
ed. Earl Gilliam, director from
Whitmire, has been elected presi
dent for the 1959-60 Board year:
Jacob Bowers of Prosperity, vice-
president, and Cecil Berley of Po-
maria, treasurer. Mr. Gilliam suc
ceeds T. Roy Summer, Jr., who
served as the Board’s first presi
dent whose term as a director ex
pires in April. Thomas H. Pope
has been elected to succeed him
as director from the Newberry
district. Other members of the
Board are Rev. Garth Hill of Little
Mountain, David Waldrop of Sil-
verstreet nad Clifford T. Smith
of Bush River.
Among other guests introduced
were officials of the Kendall Com-
Many Opinions
Are Aired At
Public Meeting
The public meeting called by
the Newberry area advisory school
board Monday night to discuss
construction of schools in New
berry brought forth a number of
opinions, a majority of which
were not of the type wanted or ex
pected by the advisory board.
The questions for discussion
were twofold, according to the
board. First: should we construct
a new junior high school, or new
elementary school first? Second:
should we construct one central
elementary school, or more than
one?
While there was no vote taken
on the latter question, the only
thought advanced by those who
took the floor was that there
should be two schools; no one
spoke in favor of one central ele
mentary school. The biggest dis
cussion centered around the ques
tion of which should be built first,
and whether there should be a
bond issue in an effort to build all
three simultaneously.
The bond issue as well as other
financial problems, the advisory
board was not prone to discuss.
They made it clear they didn’t
know how much it would cost to
build one building, two buildings
or three. Their only purpose in
calling the meeting, they stated
time and again, was to find out
whether the citizens wanted to be
gin the building program with a
junior high or with an elementary
school.
Despite efforts to keep the dis
cussion on this track, the bond
issue continued to rear its head
with a number of persons express
ing the belief that the citizens of
the county would vote a bond is
sue for the construction of three
schools immediately; others point
ing out that such an issue had
been defeated a couple of years
ago.
The advisory board was seeking
the thoughts of the public to guide
it in making a recommendation to
the Newberry County Board of
Education, since it had promised
that the next funds available
would be used in the Newberry
area. There is presently on hand
about $75,000, with another $200,-
000 expected from the State Fin
ance Commission in June of this
year. It is understood that if a
definite decision is made imme
diately as to which school should
be built first, there would be suf
ficient funds available to start
preliminary plans for one school
at this time, and to complete con
struction with the allocation due
in June.
R. E. Beck, elementary superin
tendent, read a report by a repre
sentative of the State Department
of Education who inspected the
city elementary school buildings
Monday. He recommended sim
ultaneous building of the three
schools, but said there “is more
immediate need for elementary
schools than for a Junior high.”
He also read a report by build
ing inspector and fire chief Sam
Beam, who reported that all three
buildings needed repairs, but that
junior high seemed in better shape
than Boundary or Speers. In re
sponse to a question from the
floor, he said that Chief Beam did
not condemn the ouildings.
A motion was made from the
floor that the program begin by
building a new elementary school
at the Boundary location; then in
1960, if no more funds were forth
coming from the State Finance
Commission, to hold a bond elec
tion for construction of the other
two schools. This motion was car
ried, as a recommendation to the
advisory board.
Opera House Resolution Is
Received “As Information”
Baker Resigns;
To Be Coach At
Eau Claire
Arthur Baker has resigned as
head coach at Newberry high
school, according to an announce
ment made Wednesday morning by
J. V. Kneece, superintendent. Mr.
Baker resigned in order to accept
the position as head coach at Eau
Claire High School near Columbia.
“It is with deepest regret that
we learned that Coach Baker has
decided to leave Newberry,” Mr.
Kneece stated. “We give him up
reluctantly. He is a Christian gent
leman, and wonderful coach, and
a fine trainer of youth. We did
not feel, however, that we wanted
to stand in the way of a promotion
for Coach Baker and so, with re
luctance, his resignation, submit
ted Wednesday morning, has been
accepted.”
Coach Baker who came to New
berry from McColl, has served as
coach at Newberry for two years.
He has been active in community
as well as in school affairs. He
was named “Young Man of the
Year” recently by the Newberry
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
His wife, who is the former
Edith Edens of Dalzell, did sub
stitute teacher work during their
first year in Newberry. She is
presently the director of Ave-
leigh Presbyterian Kindergarten.
The Bakers have two children of
pre-school age, Artie and Kim.
Two big problems—the fate of
the Opera House and the pur
chase of a fire truck—are still un
settled after Tuesday night’s city
council meeting.
The fire truck situation, which
was postponed last meeting be
cause of the lateness of the hour,
was again discussed. Mayor Lay-
ton asked for a motion to get bids
ers Chapter, S. A. R., Merchants
Association, Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club, Home Dem
onstration Council, South Carolina
Labor Council, Newberry Rotary
Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
and Local Union 324.
Council decided unanimously
that in view of the fact that thero
were no immediate plans to do
on both a custom and assembled I anything with the Opera House,
unit. Cuoncilman Armfield, how- the resolution would be received as
ever, made a motion that an ex- j information.
pert in fire-fighting and equip- Council instructed the city man-
Dorn Opposed
To Nepotism
Congressman William Jennings
Bryan Dorn placed in the Con
gressional record an article by W.
D. Workman, Jr. on the* South
Carolina law ^gainst nepotism in
state government.
Representative Dorn in a state
ment said that when the people
send a man to Congress, they take
for granted that he has the good
judgment to handle the taxpay
er’s money in the best public in
terest. “It is shocking,” Congress
man Dorn said, to see a few mem
bers abuse the confidence and
trust the people have placed in
them. It is a reflection on repre
sentative government.”
Mr. Dorn continued, “In this
time of inflation and tdgh taxes,
every Congressman should take
the lead and set the example in
saving every dollar possible for
the overburdened taxpayers. This
is no time for shenanigans, clown
ing and waste of public funds.
Representative government is on
trial throughout the world and all
Congressmen should set an exam
ple of integrity, dedication to duty,
and fidelity to the cause of good
government”.
Representative Dorn said that
the majority of Congressmen
handle the taxpayer’s money with
great care and it is a shame to
see a small number reflect on the
principles of democratic repre
sentation.
Alcohol Fills
Police Blotter
pany, L. A. Savage, J. D. Poole
and J. R. Black of Charlotte, J.
C. Ewing, manager of Kendall’s
Edgefield plant, D. O. Carpenter
and Bill Tedford, manager of
Oakland and Mollohon plants re
spectively.
Also recognized were represen
tatives of the local press and radio
and of WIS-TV and WFBC-TV;
Emory Bedenbaugh, field represen
tative for the Board and Mrs.
Celia Dodgen, secretary .
Alcohol continues to be the
cause of most arrests made by
the city police force, as the Feb
ruary docket recorded 39 arrests
for intoxication. Liquor account
ed for two other arrests, one for
transportation of illegial liquor,
the other for driving intoxicated.
A “criminal” was apprehended
by city police and charged with
Services At
Churches In
Prosperity
Wightman and Zion Methodist
Churches, Prosperity, are joining
in the Columbia District Week of
Evangelism, March 15-22.
Services will be held at Wight
man church, Sunday through
Tuesday nights, Marchl5-17, the
guest preacher being the Rev.
Henry M. Thomson of Columbia,
secretary of youth work of the
South Carolina Methodist Board
of Education. Continuing the ser
vices at Zion Church, Wednesday
through Friday nights, March 18-
20, the guest preacher will be the
Rev. Phil Jones, pastor of Trinity
Methodist Church, Newberry. The
four for running stop signs, eight pastor of Wightman and Zion
for creating disturbances, three
for having no driver’s license and
one for not having a driver’s li
cense in possession. Other arrests
for the month included failing to
yield right of way, 2; driving too
fast for conditions, 2; no license
plates, one; and driving left of
center, one.
ment, possibly a representative
of the National Fire Underwrit
ers Association, be employed to
make a study of the local fire de
partment to see whether it com
pares favorably with departments
in other cities the size of New
berry; and if not, to recommend
steps' necessary to bring it up to
par. After considerable discussion,
the motioi) passed. A later motion
to secure bids on the trucks was
rejected.
Irvine Leslie, architect who re
ported to the council last meeting
that he had examined the Opera
House building and found it in
“dilapidated condition,” appeared
before Council Tuesday night to
stress to fact that he had not re
commended tearing down the Op
era House, but merely made a re
port of its condition.
Mayor Layton read the follow
ing resolution:
WHEREAS, the following or
ganizations have been contacted
in reference to the Opera House
situation, and each one is heartily
in favor of everything possible
being done to save the building
for years of service to the city.
WHEREAS, They are in favor
of an expert in this line of restor
ation being employed to make a
survey with recommendations to
the city authorities.
RESOLVED, To urgently re
quest council to give the Mayor
authority to appoint a committee
to make this study of the restora
tion of the Opera House for a
City Hall; appropriating funds to
be used in consulting the expert on
restoration.
The resolution was signed by an
officer of The Newberry Civic
League, the American Legion
Auxiliary, the Council of Newber
ry Garden Clubs, Drayton Ruth
erford Chapter, U. D. C., Jasper
Chapter, D. A. R., Calvin Crozier
Chapter, U. D. C., Philemon Wat-
riding a scooter on the sidewalk.
Policemen also arrested seven
persons for assault and battery,
Churches, the Rev. Paul C. Scott
will have charge of song services
beginning each night at 7:30
o’clock. Special music will be gi
ven by the choirs of both churches.
On Palm Sunday morning, March
22 the pastor will conduct Holy
Communion and will receive mem
bership classes.
G. 0. Dorroh
Dies Suddenly
Griffin Olin Dorroh, 45, died
suddenly Friday morning while
working at his home in the
Longshore section of Newberry
Ccunty. He was attending his
duties on his farm when he was
suddenly stricken.
Mr. Dorroh was born and rear
ed in the Longshore section of
Newberry County near Silver-
street and was the son of Mrs.
Mary Elizabeth Senn Dorroh and
the late Alfred Reeder Dorroh.
He was a member of Smyrna
Presbyterian Church and a mem
ber of the Woodmen of the World.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Betty Martin Dorroh; two sons,
Olin and David Dorroh; and
one daughter, Barbara Dorroh,
all of Silverstreet; four brothers,
Henry, Bob, James F. and W. C.
Dorroh, all of Silverstreet; two
sisters, Mrs. Thomas Boozer and
Mrs. Gilder Neel, all of Newberry.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 3 p.m. at Smyrna Presby
terian Church by Rev. Otis C
Brown and Rev. Phil Jones. Bu-
i ial was in the church cemetery.
Active palbearers were Alfred
Dorroh, McTeer Senn, Alan Senn,
Alfred Lupb, William Wilson,
Frank Corley, Ansel Corley, and
C. J. Lupo.
Honorary escort was composed
of Bill Click, Cliff Hattaway, R.
C. Floyd, Alan Longshore, An
gus Senn, J. C. Neel, R. E. Neel,
J. G. Long, Fred Werts, Elgie
Sheppard, Dr. J. A. Underwood,
Dr. R. E. Livingston, John Pitts,
James C. Blair, Elders and dea
cons of Smyrna Church, Vernon
Martin and Guy Boozer.
Flower Attendents were Mrs.
Mary Taylor, Mrs. Betty Halti-
wanger, Mrs. Sylvia Gibson, Miss
Nina Shepard, Miss Nancy Senn.
Miss Rebecca Dorroh, Mrs. Susie
Dorroh and Mrs. Judy Walton.
Mrs. M. E. Higgins of Gaffney
is spending this week with her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Gilfillan and family
on College St. Extn.
ager and chief of police to inves
tigate the traffic and parking
problems at the intersection of
Main and Nance streets and to
take necessary steps to help the
flow of traffic at the intersection.
Council accepted for maintance
Evans Circle from Glenn street to
Oak St., and Oak St. from Evans
Circle to Glenn St., and also ap
proved the installation of an eight
inch sewer line not to exceed $2,r
875 and six and eight inch water
lines not to exceed $9,600 in that
area. Councilman DeHart stated
that he believed sanitary ’sewers
should be installed in Suburbia
first. Councilman Paysinger point
ed out that the Evans Circle and
Oak St. property had been in the
city and owners had been paying
taxes on it for many years.
A delegation of home-owners in
Suburbia was present to ask coun
cil to install the sewer line in that
area. The mayor and city mana
ger explained that a bill was pend
ing in the General Assembly which,
would clarify the situation rela
tive to utilities in annexed areas,
and preliminary plans for the
sewer line were being me.de, pend
ing the outcome of action by the
General Assembly. They assured
the Suburbia residents that the
sewer line would be installed be
fore too much longer.
Council voted to install a sani
tary sewer line on Wardlaw St.
between Vincent and trunk sewer
line at a cost not to exceed-$1200.
Council disallowed a claim by L.
J. Matthews for damage to his
automobile which was driven into
a fire hydrant at the corner of
Main and College streets. The
claim was for $161.56.
Council adopted a policy to
charge $5 for ciit-on fee for water
and electric services which have
been disconnected for non-payment
of bills.
The city manager and city at
torney were authorized to nego
tiate with Dave Caldwell relative
to a water line in Caldwell Heights
and to report back to council.
The city manager was authoriz
ed to sign an agreement with the
Michie City Publications Co. to
codify the ordinances of the City
of Newberry. The contract pro
vides that the company will eith
er print the code or deliver type
written copies to council.
Council was notified that a six
foot cyclone fence had been in
stalled around the swimming pool,
and a four-foot cyclone fence con
structed at the Marion Davis Park
on the north, east and west sides.
BIRTHDAY i
GREETINGS
March 15: Patricia Jones,
Mrs. George W. Heller, Jr.,
Wofford Cooper, Howard K. Be
denbaugh, F. C. Wicker, Steve
Reeves, Sr., Rebecca Williams,
Jimmy Park, H. G. Sowell.
March 16: Mrs. Barbara Ab
rams Counts, Donna Pugh Con
nelly, Karen Stone, Mrs. Buck
Wicker, P. N. Boozer, Kay
Stockman, Mrs. P. C. Workman,
Cindy Lominick, Julia Senn.
March 17: Mrs. Sallie Pope
Williams, H. J. Touchberry.
March 18: Mrs. Pauline Sum
mer Sprouse, Mrs. Emerson
Jones, Elgin Gene Sheppard,
Judy King, Betty Maude Setz-
ler, Clifford Shealy, Tom Beck
with, Mary Bryan Parr, Mrs.
Elsie Heller.
Magch 19:Raymond Blair,
Earl Hayes, Toney Bowers,
Pressley N. Bowers, Jr. Eugene
Brossy, Mrs. James A. Under
wood, Jr.
March 20: Harry Dominick,
D. W. A. Neville, William Har
ris, C. W. Bowers, Mrs. El B.
Setzler, J. C. Boozer, Mrs. Pope
L. Buford, Jr., Mrs. W. W. Wat
kins, Mrs. Marvin W. Long,
Janice Whitaker, Mrs. P. K.
Harmon.
March 21: Dan Bradley, Har
vey Richardson, Wade Pitts,
Barbara Davis, Mrs. William H.
Hawkins, S. A. Baggett, Jr.