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Usually what we do we do well.
Crack golfers .work no harder than
ambitous duffers on their game.
If I ever seem perplexed, please ex
cuse me, because what I write is just
a flash of light in an otherwise im
penetrable darkness.
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VOLUME 22; NUMBER 11
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY9, 1959
+ $2.00 PER YEAR
By The Way * by, JboriJ Sander3
Patrol leaders at Girl Scout Day Camp learn to lash tables. Left
to right they are Paula Frier, Whitmire; Virginia Mills, Prosperity;
Nancy Paysinger, Newberry; Donna Elrod, Whitmire, Doris Ann
Parks, camp director, Carol Armfield, Newberry; Kathy Shannon,
Newberry and Jeannie Armfield, Whitmire.
NEA Seeks Local Control
Of Schools, Editor Says
BUSINESS CLIMATE
When Richard R. Higgins, presi
dent of The Kendall Company,
spoke at the annual banquet of
the Newberry County Develop
ment Board several months ago,
he stressed that one of the most
important things for an industry
seeking community to possess is
“good business climate/’ Those
of you who heard his speech may
have noticed that while he highly
commended the '“good business
climate” in South Carolina, he
pointedly DID NOT comment on
such a condition existing in New
berry. I am sure that he had in
mind the situation of which I
wrote in this column two weeks
ago; that while the merchants
in town deplore having unions
in existing industry and realize
this is a major deterrent to se
curing new industry, they will not
openly express such an opinion.
While there may still be left a
few disreputable manufacturers
who would exploit their employees,
these are few and far between in
the South. Reliable companies, the
kind we would like in Newberry,
expect a day’s work for a day s
pay and nothing more. They do
not expect the unreasonable and
even if they wished (which they
don’t) to go back to “sweat-shop”
methods, they could not do so,
union or no union, because of fed
eral and state government in
spections and control.
Not many of you have ever had
any direct dealings with unions or
union representatives and you
cannot really understand the dis
tracting and time consuming an
noyances brought about by the
petty complaints of union mem
bers. Certainly there are good
people who are union members,
there are even a certain number
of good “field representatives,”
outsiders brought in to help ne
gotiate with management. For ( in
stance, I would hazard a guess
that since there is a union at the
Mollohon plant of the Kendall
Company, management officials
there are glad to have someone of
the caliber and intelligence of Ed
McConnell to act as liason be
tween the union members and
management. But there are not
Ed McConnells in every union to
curb the flow of minor spats, and
these things end up on the mana
ger’s desk in never-ending num
bers.
Let me give you an example:
I have worked in offices where
the temperature was above 100
and the humidity almost as high.
At the end of the day my clothes
would be so wet I could almost
wring perspiration from them. It
never occurred to me, however, to
say “I won’t work because the
weather is too hot.” I had a job
to do, and I did it. Most of you
bave worked under the same cir
cumstances. It has been only in the
past ten years or so that you have
air conditioned your places of bu
siness, then it was done not for
your comfort but for the comfort
of- yobr customers. In one of our
local textile plants sojne time
ago, when the temperature hover
ed between 94 and 96 degrees, a
number of the employees simply
sat down and said “we won’t
work.” This was in the nature of
a crisis that could easily have clos
ed down that plant, but capable
management averted that crisis
and the plant continued to run.
This sort of thing gets no pub
licity so you do. not hear about it.
But it happens often and most
of the so-called “grievances” are
more asinine than the refusal to
work because of the weather.
There are businessmen in New
berry who want to see new or ex
panded existing industry. Some,
in the past, have even tried to
raise money to build plants. But
it should be evident, in view, of
all the new industry which has
located in South Carolina in the
past ten years, that Newberry is
not likely to get anything of im
portance until the people of New
berry get together and say “we
do not like organized labor in our
city. We believe in the honesty
and integrity of our local manu
facturers and we will back them
in any troubles they might have
with the union. If a new industry
can be secured for Newberry, we
will do everything in our power
to keep out organized labor.”
With an endorsement of this kind
in the hands of the Newberry
County Development Board, pro
spective industry can be shown
that there IS “good business cli
mate” in Newberry, and the
chances of securing new industry
will be enhanced immediately.
FEDERAL AID
Borne school systems in South
Carolina have come to the reali
zation that in asking their teach
ers to join the National Educa
tion Association, they are asking
them to endorse federal aid to
education and integration. They
are telling their teachers “you
may join NEA if you wish, but
we are not recommending it.”
Other systems still demend—al
though not in so many words, of
course, that their teachers plank
down the $10 per year dues to
join NEA.
Perhaps you think this only
concerns teachers, but you are
wrong. If you have children or
grandchildren, it vitally concerns
you because a great portion of
that $10 goes to lobby for federal
aid to education, and there fol
lows, of course, federal control
and federal insistence on imme
diate integration. With federal
control, schools in Newberry
would be forced to teach what
radical bureacrats tell them they
shall teach. You parents and your
representatives on school boards
would have no say in running the
schools.
I believe the NEA is one of the
greatest threats to our schools
today. To combat it, you can urge
your friends who are teachers not
to join this organization and you
can write to your representatives
in Congress and let them know in
no uncertain terms that despite
the lobbying of the NEA, which
includes many Southern members,
you are opposed to federal aid to
education.
The editor of The Greenville
News, in the Monday and Tues
day issues, exposes the trickery
resorted to by NEA at its recent
convention. These editorials are
printed elsewhere in this issue
because I believe you would like
to be informed as to the aims of
NEA.
ABOUT THE TRIP
I had intended to tell you this
week more of our experiences in
Morgantown, West Virginia, but
I seem to have written enough to
fill up this space for this week,
so that will wait until another
week. I will report that we ar
rived back in Newberry safely
Friday night and that our trip
was enjoyable ,interesting and
educational.
Police Record
June Arrests
The following arrests were made
by the City Police Department
during the month of June, ac
cording to Chief Colie Dowd:
Intoxicated, 22; driving while
intoxicated, 3; driving under sus
pension, 1; illegal liquor, 2; run
ning redlight, 2; running stop
sign, 4; creating disturbance, 3;
failing to yield right of way, 2;
assault and battery, 1; possession
of unlawful weapons, 1; threaten
ing, 1; gambling, 5; running gam
bling house, 1; damaging pro
perty, 1; petty larceny, 1; driving
too fast for conditions, 3; speed
ing, 2; no driver’s license, 2.
WANTS TO FIND
RETIRED TEACHERS
J. P .Coates, 107 Southwood
Drive, Columbia, Priesident of the
South Carolina Retired Teachers
/ssociation, wants the name and
address of every white retired
teacher in South Carolina. He
requests all retired teachers to
send their names and addreeses
to him.
(From The Greenville News, July
6 and 7.)
The results of the annual con
vention of the National Education
Association clearly indicate that
the group is still controlled by a
professional clique dedicated to a
powerful central government and
the welfare state.
Even the rejection of a state
ment flatly endorsing racial inte
gration—an important by-product
of the welfare state seemed to
be an act of expediency rather
than conviction.
The Association voted over
whelmingly to increase its lobby
ing activities in behalf of federal
aid to education. It called for a
letter writing campaign support
ing the Murray-Metcalf bill to
provide federal “grants” for school
construction and teachers ’sal
aries.
The professionals who run NEA
have apparently succeeded in per
suading a majority of its mem
bers (certainly a majority of those
who are able to attend its con
ventions) that only a vast out
pouring of dollars from the fed
eral government can “save” edu
cation in the United States..
But to “save” it in this manner
is really to destroy it. No matter
how often the NEA’s* leadership
proclaims the theory that it is pos
sible to have federal aid without
federal control, they have yet to
point to one major field in which
this miracle has been performed.
The professionals in the NEA
hierarchy are not concerned with
the threat of federal controls.
What they want is power. Under-
a system of local control and lo
cal supervision, this is denied
them. But if authority is moved
to Washington, these petty ty
rants wlil have vastly increased
their strength locally.
One common-sense note in the
proceedings was sounded by a del
egate from Virginia. Said Harold
Bell of Harrisonburg:
“To me it seems incongruous to
send $1 to Washington to get 60
cents back.”
Unfortunately, Mr. Bell’s warn
ing went unheeded. The NEA is
still convinced - that, somehow,
“federal money” is unlike any
other kind; that because it comes
from everywhere, it really comes
from nowhere, and thoughts of
ultimate costs need not disturb
anyone.
The fact, of course, is that fed
eral money is just like any other,
and that if the lack of money is
really the root of America’s edu
cational troubles, it can be raised
more easily at the local level than
at the national.
But because the -NEA’s leaders
are more concerned with building
their own empires than with
solving the problems of education,
this fact is ignored. They have
tied their fate- in with the cen
tralized state and they are not
yet ready to give up.
Their kinship with the “liberal”
school of politics is again demon
strated by their action on the
question of racial integration in
public schools. The delegates did
reject the idea of endorsing inte
gration outright. Instead they
readopted last year’s statement
which called on the people to ap
proach the problem in a “spirit of
fair play, good will and respect for
law.”
On its face, this seems innocu
ous enough. But to many of the
Northern NEA “law” is defined as
the decrees of the Supreme Court.
Where that leaves the Southern
delegates is difficult to say.
More revealing than this, how
ever, is the behind - the - scenes
maneuvering as reported by the
Associated Press. Said the AP:
“Ever since the convention
opened last Sunday, officials of
the 665,000-member organization
have been pleading with the dele
gates not to take a stand on inte
gration which might be resented
in the South and hamper the ef
fectiveness of the organization.”
The AP report is evidence that
the sentiments of the officials are
not with the South. Instead the
Southern members are being
catered to momentarily, like bad
children with rich parents.
Behind this mask of friendliness
lies the true sentiments of the of
ficialdom of NEA. If their goal
of massive federal aid is attained,
it may be expected that the mask
will be dropped. With the tool
of federal control in their hands,
they will then be able to put into
practice their real convictions on
the question of racial separation.
The advocates of federal aid
for education just won’t give up,
despite the many contradictions
in their position. The bureaucrats
in the federal government and
the National Education Associa
tion are determined to entrench
themselves and expand their
power.
The theory on which federal
aid is based is that it would^, tax
the wealthier states to assist in
educating the children in the
poorer states.
But come now a University of
Chicago professor who has made
a study of the situation and finds
that the v/ealthier states are the
ones whose educational facilities
are farthest behind.
As has been said so many times
(Continued on page four)
Learning the art of archery is one of the pleasures at the Girl
cout Day Camp being held this week and next week at the camp
te in Lynchs Woods. Among those taking part are the young la-
ies above, left to right, Linda Bickley, Marilyn Ruff, Judy Shealy,
ho is the instructor; Kiki Kirkland and Jane Yount, all of New-
erry with the exception of Jane who is from Whitmire.
Guardsman Jobs
Available Here
Adjutant General Frank D.
Pinckney announced today that
over 800 spaces are available in
the South Carolina National Guard
for officers and enlisted men. Of
this total, 138 vacancies are in
Newberry guard units. The local
units, prior to reorganization on
April 1st, always maintained full
strength and usually had waitUig
lists of prospective guardsmen.
The vacancies now existing were
caused by the addition of one
new unit in Newberry and an in
crease of strength in most units.
Vacancies in Newberry units are
as follows: Headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment, 228th
Combat area Signal Group, 21 en
listed men; Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery, 1st AW
Battalion, two officers, one war
rant officer and 30 enlisted men;
Battery A, 1st Battalion, one of
ficer, 75 enlisted men; Battery C,
1st Battalion, two officers, six
enlisted men. The 246th Army
Band has its authorized strength
and there is no shortage in this
unit.
Men with a variety of skills are
currently needed, according to
General Pinckney, and those who
desire to be technically trained
can apply for Army schools where
they will receive expert instruction
in the field of their choice. Many
Guardsmen have utilized their mi
litary training to adVance them
selves in a civilian profession, he
continued.
The local armory is open from
8 a. m. until 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday, with officials on
hand to receive applications and
to explain the advantages of be
coming a Guardsman. Veterans
of any branch of the military ser
vice, as well as young men who
have acquired a service obligation
are urged to contact local Nation
al Guard officials for further in
formation.
Over 3000 Are Registered
To Vote In Aug. 4th Primary
Brooks Enjoying
Visit To Moscow
The following letter was re
ceived this week from Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest A. Brooks, who are
touring Russia and other countries
abroad:
“We want you to know this has
been the most wonderful trip we
ever had, so far.
“As per the schedule you pu
blished of our trip we have now
visited all four Scandinavian coun
tries going in Sweden and to Nar
vik, Norway about 200 miles north
of the Artie Circle.
“We entered USSR from Hel
sinki and have now visited six
Russian ciU?s including Lenin
grad and Moscow. Our treatment
in Russia has been outstanding.
The food has been wonderful and
the hotel’s extra good. The hotel
I am writing from is in English
the ‘Ukraina’. It is pictured above
(on hotel stationery) and is the
finest hotel in USSR. It has 29
floors and is very modern. Our
room is on the 15th floor. We
have a panoramic view of the city
and can see the Kremlin in the
distance. We have been restricted
in no way and have taken pic
tures every place we wished. We
visited the Kremlin today and I
took 36 pictures of the beautiful
structures there. We also saw
the bodies of Lenin and Stalin
preserved in the Mausoleum.
“We will have five wonderful
days here in Moscow and have at
tended the ballet theatre which
is wonderful. We were surprised
to find so many people here speak
ing English. The students in school
start the study of English in the
5th grade and they are required
to take at least two foreign lan
guages.
“When we leave Moscow we will
visit Minsk and Smolensk on the
way to Warsaw, then to Prague
and will return to Europe at Vien
na; thereafter, another month’s
visit to Europe and we will re
turn to the best place of all, dear
old Newberry.”
Mayor To Get
Doggy Gift
Mayor Ernest H. Layton will
be presented with a 36-inch long
hotdog on Thursday of this week
in observance of National Hotdog
Month, according to a release re
ceived this week.
Anyone desiring to sample this
doggy gift is invited to attend
the ceremonies at the city hall at
2 p.m. today.
The Sunphoto above shows fireman pouring water on the upper
floor of the Newton Tire and Recapping Co. building to combat the
fire which apparently began from spontaneous cotnbustion about
7 p.m. Tuesday evening. The quick work of the Newberry Fire De
partment is credited with checking the flames and keeping the fire
from spreading to nearby buildings.
The fire orginated in the back part of the second floor of the brick
building where tires and recapping materials were stored. The upper
floor was badly damaged by fire, water and smoke. The equipment
on the first floor was damaged-by water.
The building id owned by Mrs. Adrian Summer, and Dennis W.
Newton is president of the tire and recapping firm. The fire was dis
covered just as the workers were leaving for the day.
Last Rites For
Mrs. Langford
Held On Friday
Mrs. Lula Emma Langford died
at Newberry County Memorial
Hospital last Wednesday after
noon after a lingering illness.
Mrs. Langford was a daughter
of the late Thomas Douglas and
Sarah Emma Paysinger Buzhardt
of the Hartford community of
Newberry County. She attended
Mt. Amoena Seminary, a Luther
an school for girls at Mt. Pleas
ant, N. C.
On February 12, 1896 she mar
ried to John Julius Langford, who
died in 1936. The couple became
the parents of four children, three
of whom died in infancy. One
son, Herman S. Langford of New
berry, survives. She is also sur
vived by one sister, Mrs. Mamie
Hornsby of Newberry and a num
ber of nieces, nephews and other
relatives.
She was baptized in infancy
and became a member of Colony
Lutheran Church. After her mar
riage she transferred her mem
bership to the Lutheran Church of
the Redeemer, where she was a
regular attendant until her last
illness. She was a member of the
Mary E. Hipp Bible Class and a
life member of the United Luth
eran Church Women.
Funeral services were held from
the Lutheran Church of the Re
deemer Friday afternoon, July 3
at 5 p.m. with the pastor, the Rev.
Henry A. McCullough Jr., con
ducting, assisted by Dr. Edward
Fulenwider, a former pastor and
family friend; Dr. James C. Kin-
ard and the Rev. H. A. Dunlap.
Interment followed in Rosemont
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers included her
nephews, Claude, Harry and
Thomas Buzhardt, Thomas and
Fred Hayes, Charlie Cheatham,
Douglas Hornsby, Griffin Lang
ford and Bailey McCullough.
Honorary escort included the
members of the Mary E. Hipp
Bible Class, J. F. Hawkins, Hal
Kohn, Thomas Wicker, Smiley
Porter, Emory Bowman, Herbert
C. Lorick and Holland Paysinger.
Flower attendants were her nieces.
RETURN FROM
FLORIDA TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Carpenter
returned Monday to their home
on Boundary street after a weeks
vacation at Daytona Beach, Flor
ida.
Rites Sunday
For Mrs. Spinks
Mrs. Della Long Spinks, 78,
wife of Carey B. Spinks, died
Saturday morning at the Lowman
Home after a brief illness.
She was born at Prosperity and
had lived in Newberry many
years before going to the Lowman
Home two weeks ago. She was a
daughter of the late Luther I.
Long and Eva McCullough Long
and was a member of the Luther
an Church of the Redeemer in
Newberry.
Surviving in addition to her
husband, is a brother, Wilbur E.
Long, Sr., of Newberry.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday at 3:30 p. m. at the
Lutheran Church of the Redeem
er by Rev. H. A. McCullough, as
sisted by Rev. Leroy E. Black-
welder. Burial was in Rosemont
Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Paul
Long, Ed Cannon, Leland Wilson,
Dr. J. C. Kinard, Carl Setzler,
Ralph Setzler and Hubert Setz
ler.
Honorary pallbearers were A.
J. Bowers Jr., and members .of the
Council of the Lutheran Church
of the Redeemer.
Mrs. Dean Dies
In Saluda
SALUDA—Mrs. Mary Lee Dean
84, died at her home Tuesday,
morning after several months of
declining health.
She was the daughter of James
Jacob Schumpert and Susanna
Sligh Schumpert of Newberry.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Luther Neil Bedenbaugh of Silver-
street; a sister, Mrs. B. B. Crouch
of Saluda; and a brother, Duffie
Schumpert ‘of Newberry.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at Bethlehem Methodist Church
Wednesday at 5 p.m. by the Rev.
George Herndon, the Rev. Vernon
Jordan and the Rev. Julian Craig.
Burial was m the church ceme
tery. .
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Mcllwain
and children, Billy, Nancy and
Brad of Forest City, N. C. spent
last weekend with Mr. Mcllwain’s
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. For
rest Lominack on Glenn Street.
Danny McHargue of Statesville,
N. C. is spending two weeks with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
O. F. Armfield, Sr. and other re
latives in Newberry.
Monday was the deadline for
residents of Newberry to obtain
registration certificates to vote in
the August 4th Democratic prim
ary. An unofficial tabulation
shows that almost 3100 persons are
registered in the eight city pre
cincts since the new registration
law went into effect last year. Of
the 3100, many are since deceased
or have moVed their residences >
elsewhere.
The unofficial taublation by pre
cincts is as follows:
Ward 1, 461; Ward 2, 574; Ward
3, No. 1, 172; Ward 3, No. 2, 532
Ward 4, No. 1, 119; Ward 4, No.
2, 286; Ward 5, 375, and Ward 6,
571.
Qualified electors will have the
task of choosing two members
of city council in the August 4tli
primary. There is opposition in
Ward 2, where veteran council
man a A. Dufford Sr. is being
opposed 4>y George W. Martin;
and in Ward 3, where S. D. (Bozo)
Paysinger, serving his second term
is opposed by Clarence A. Shealy,
Jr., newcomer to politics.
Returning to office without op
position are Mayor Ernest H.
Layton and Councilmen Frank
Armfield, Ward 1; Clarence De
hart, Ward 4; Cecil Merchant,
Ward 5 and Dwight W. Jones,
Ward 6.
Announcement of polling places
will be published "In the subse
quent issues of The Sun.
Newberry Federal
Does Have Cash
In the Statement of Condition
of the Newberry Federal Sav
ings and Loan Association,
printed in last week’s ipsue of
the Sunpaper, an important item
was omlttetf. It wks the “Cash ,
on Hand and in Banks” item.
The published statement should
have shown this item “Cash on
Hand and in Banks $261,276.81.
The Sun regrets this error
and wishes to assure its read
ers that this fine business in
stitution of Newberry does have
cash with which to carry on its
operations.
IN WASHINGTON
. David Neville, who recentlj
completed his second year at th<
Medical College of South Caro
lina, Charleston, ie spending this
week with his mother, Mrs. D. W
A. Neville on Calhoun street. H<
will leave this weekend for Wash
ington, where he will be employee
at Walter Reed Hospital unti
time for him to return to his
studies at Charleston.
GREETINGS
BIRTHDAY
July 12: Mrs. E. W. Yates,
Sr., Buddy Waldrop, Wayne C.
Spearman, F. R. Higgins, Be
linda Jo Bickley.
July 13: Marcia Todd, Emory
Hayes Bedenbaugh, Mrs. Ben
nie Livingston, Mrs. C. H. Can
non, Aubrey Wicker, Tabor L.
Hill, Ronald Shealy, G. R. Page,
Forrest Shealy, Sr., Walt Mills,
Patsy Oxner, Mable Wicker.
July 14: Holland Sligh, Tom
Summer, Mrs. Ralph Black, Nor
man Martin, Juanita Felker, H.
E. Thomas, Martha Lominack,
Mrs. C. L. Holloway, Mrs. W.
R. Bouknight, Max B. McKit-
trick. Dr. S. L. Junter, Larry
Harmon, Larry James Wicker,
Clark Abrams.
July 15: R. C. Floyd, Jim
Todd, Carolyn Murry, Mrs. John
H. Ruff, Jackson -W. Taylor, Jr.,
Wally Lewis, Carrie Wightman,
Mrs. W. H. Tedford, Loujse Hey
ward Dodkht, Sue Senn, Kit
Regnery, Woodrow W. Smith.
July 16: Mrs. Pet Dawkins,
Mrs. Jim Todd, Mrs. T. S. Har
mon, Frank Partridge, J. G.
Long, H. C. Timmerman, Gor
don Johnson, G. B. Fuller, Mrs.
Nat Gist Jr., Dorothy Jean
Hutchison.
July 17: Mrs. G. R. Price,
Mrs. D. T. Wicker, Mrs. A. E.
Bedenbaugh, Mrs. Murray Shep
pard, Mrs. Catherine Graham,
Lavinia Brown, Lera Duncan,
liinis M. Clarkson, Marshall L.
Motes, I. M. Smith.
July 18: Clayton Smith, Mrs.
F. M. Schumpert, Mrs. Ruby
Trice, Betty Shealy, Kenneth
Fuller, Kathy Senn.