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A wedding ring may not be as tight as a tourniquet, but it certainly stops the circulation. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the pptirpose he sees to be best. —George Eliot. VOLUME 22; NUMBER 14. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1959 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way ~ by Jborij SanderJ WHO WANTS IT? Who wants public housing, fed erally financed, in Newberry ? There may be those who want it or think the city needs it, but as yet I have heard no such ex pression of opinion except from the mayor and three members of council who voted to establish a housing authority. On the other hand, no sooner was last week’s Sunpaper in the hands of the readers before the telephone began buzzing, and peo ple on the streets told us “we are not in favor of public housing. Keep fighting it.” If the city council approached you asking for a donation to build nice, modern, brick duplex apart ments to rent for $18 a month to persons so sorry they won’t try to better themselves, would you do it? Of course you wouldn’t. But if Council goes through with a public housing program, as some of the city fathers seemed deter mined to do for some reason, they won’t even ask—they’ll just take the money out of your pocket to do the work via federal taxation. And while you are struggling to pay rent or make house payments, you are also working to practical ly give a nice house to those who won’t provide one for themselves, although most of the “slums” do boast a nice television set (not second-hand like ours) and nice automobiles. I do not accuse our city council of having socialistic leanings, but this is the sort of thing that be gins paving the road straight to socialism. Our good citizens have shown in the past that they will voluntarily do almost anything for the worthy, unfortunate per son. They resent, however, having money taken from their pockets to furnish nice new houses for a bunch of bums who could better themselves if they spent less on recreation, TV, drinking and fine automobiles. The majority of Newberry citi zens do have pride in their homes. Evidence of this is the work done by employees of our textile plants after they purchased their homes from the mills. No longer are the “mill hills” drab looking, with row after row of the same type houses. They have been remodeled, paint ed, exteriors changed, yards cared for and the “mill hills” are as nice as almost any neighborhood in town. Other evidence can be seen by riding through the sections where our Negro residents live. Many of them have painted, remodeled, brightened up their homes. Some are buying new homes and are proud of them. Others—those who occupy the “slums”'—are content with things the way they are in most cases. I acknowledge that there are a few exceptions. By providing houses for those jpeople who won’t provide for themselves, our city council would lie taking away individual initia- *tive to work for something better. The loss of initiative is the begin ning of a total welfare state. I don’t like to see it begin in Newberry. Do you? o YOU CAN’T VOTE Suppose you were told next Tuesday morning that you would not be allowed to vote; or when you went to cast your ballot, you were given only one slate' of can didates? Would even that stir ihe apathy of Newberry voters? Chances are that Tuesday will be hot and humid, extremely un comfortable, and will leave you in a mood to do nothing except chat which is absolutely necessary. So you will decide not to bother about voting. Please remember that you pay to run the city and that it is your obligation to choose chose who will make the decisions in your behalf. It should not be necessary to urge you to go to the polls Tuesday. You should be ready, willing and anxious to cast your vote. See you at the polls. PEOPLE ARE NICE I was proud of the fact that Little Ruthie and I went all the way to Morgantown, W. Va. and back without any flat tires, since it was beginning to seem that when I get in the car to go some where, at least one flat tire was inevitable. Last Thursday, Mrs. Floyd Den nis, Ruthie and I started out for Augusta to visit Floyd and Frasier who’ are at summer National Guard training at Fort Gordon. Everything was going along fine until we got within ten miles of Augusta, when suddenly we heard a noise and the car started shak ing. We finally got it stopped— and investigation revealed a minor blow-out on the right rear tire. Ruthie wasn’t a bit happy, and Anna was a little worried about what we would do. Perhaps you remember how hot the weather was last Thursday afternoon. For tunately we were on a straight level stretch of highway, with good wide shoulders, but not a bit of shade in sight. “Don’t worry,” I consoled. Someone will help us.” I managed to get the jack out of the back and that big, heavy spare tire, as sev eral cars whizzed past. Just as I was trying to solve the mystery of working the jack, a car pulled up behind us. The kina gentleman im mediately took over and had our tire changed in no time, proving again that people are nice. Turns out the gentleman, who would not even accept a cold coke after that hot work, was Mr. Ben Barnes of Johnston. He knew my family when we lived in Johnston many years ago, and he does busi ness with some of our local lum ber and pulpwood companies. I write this not only to thank Mr. Barnes publicly, but to prove again that while there are many mean people in this old world, they are still outnumbered by the good ones. GUARDSMEN FROM NEWBERRY’S BATTERY A, 1st AW Bn. 263d Artillery, go over the unit’s training schedule for “tomorrow’s” training at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The Battery departed July 19 and will retarn to Newberry August 2. Above are, 1. to r.. Specialist T. L. Lester, Sp. W. E. Taylor, Sgt. J. B. West, Sp. J. E. Marlowe, and Lt. J. F. Hipp. Teacher Supplement Increase Is Approved By County Board Will Resign Miss Evelyn Burns, secretary in the office of the Newberry County Development Board for the past few months, has resigned that position. She will leave her job with the board the end of this week ,and after a weeks vacation, will begin work as secretary in the office of Dr. B. M. Montgom ery. Despite the heat of Tuesday night, the County Board of Edu cation disposed of a number of items on its agenda, before ad journing to meet again on August 11 to finally approve a budget and discuss the school building pro gram. The Board approved, among other things, a $7 to $10 increase in county supplement for teach ers. Money for this purpose was supplied by the county legislative delegation, which recommended that the increased supplement go only to classroom teachers, those who did not already receive “ad ditional supplements”, such as coaches, band directors, etc. The rate of pay for substitute teachers was also raised from $6.00 to $8 a day for the first ten days, $9 for the next five days, and $10 thereafter until 20 days had elapsed. At the end of 20 days, the substitute becomes the permanent teacher and is paid according to certificate. Dr. Johnny Roche of Whitmire was named to replace Francis M. Setzler as board member from the Whitmire area. He received his commission and attended the Tues day night meeting, at which all members were present. The Board discussed “stand ards of promotions” for students, established at Mid-Carolina High School by Supt. C. S. Williams, and instructed County Director of Schools P. K. Harmon to see that such standards were set up in all schools in the county. Jesse W. Miller was awarded a contract as shop instructor at Whitmire high school. The Board authorized funds to send one teacher from each high school to a six-day guidance workshop to be held in August. Mt. Bethel Garmany commun ity was given permission to sell topsoil from property they lease from the School District provided the land is “left in good shape” and the funds are used for the im provement of the Community Cen ter. Pomaria Elementary School was authorized to sell a stove, sink and water heater left in the old kitchen after the new cafe teria was built. County Superintendent of Edu cation James D. Brown was in structed to continue mailing to board members and school super intendents a list of expenditures of each school during the year. Sinclair Oil Company was aw arded a contract to furnish heat ing oil to schools during the com ing year, and Farmers Ice and Fuel was awarded the coal con tract, both on a countywide basis. The board agreed to increase the amount in the budget earmark ed for maintenance of high schools, and authorized Whitmire High to purchase, from this fund, blinds for the school building. Building needs, bond issue and budget will be discussed at the August 11 meeting. Celebrate 75 Years Business T. Roy Summer, Inc., “The Man’s Shop,” is celebrating its 75th year of business in Newber- ry. In 1884, J. H. Summer and Brothers began a clothing estab lishment, located at the corner of Main and Caldwell streets, the lo cation recently vacated by Jones Florist. The firm later bought out the O. M. James Clothing Company in 1903, which was in the space now occupied by Mc- Crory’s, and became known as J. H. Summer & Co. T. Roy Summer Sr. continued in business with his father for some years before open ing his own store. In later years, T. Ro ' Summer Jr. became asso ciated with his father, and has managed the store since his fath er’s death. Mr. Summer and his mother, “Miss Florence,” invite their friends to stop by for a visit dur ing their anniversary celebration. : V- ' r' To England For Training Ralph Higgins, formerly of Newberry, is one of 12 employees of Celanese Corporation’s Cel- river plant in Rock Hill chosen to attend a 10-week training pro gram in England and Canada to become familiar with the opera tion of a new plant to be built by Celanese and Imperial Chemi cal Co. of England at Earle, near Blacksburg. The Blacksburg plant, which is already under construction, is ex pected to be completed by August 1960 and will manufacture Teron, a synthetic fibre made from nat ural gas. Mr. Higgins will leave South Carolina on August 14 and go to Ontario, Canada. He will return August 31 and will leave on Sep tember 4 for Manchester, Eng land. He will spend ten weeks at Imperial Chemical Company’s plant at Middlesboro before re turning to this country. te: !■ Newberry must prepare to re ceive evacuees from target areas in the event of enemy attack, ac cording to Lt. Col/ C. F. Colyer, who spoke Monday morning, to members of the Newberry County Civil Defense Advisory Council. Col. Colyer, from the State CD Office in Columbia, was in New berry to explain the State CD plan as it applies to Newberry County. Attending the meeting were Charlie Altman, County CD director; Keister Willingham, who was director of Civil Defense in Newberry during World War II; Rep. T. William Hunter; City Clerk and Treasurer Clarence Wal lace who represented the mayor; and Martyn Cavanaugh, CD prop erty officer. Col. Colyer explained that Co lumbia, Greenville, Charleston and Aiken were desigated “target areas” and that in the event of attack warning, persons from Co lumbia would be evacuated to Newberry and other surrounding towns. If an enemy attack should come, he said, the state would be expected to take care of its owfc people for thirty days; after which federal aid could be secur ed. He spoke of the danger of fall T out, even should an attack be made on a target as far away as Atlanta. Col. Colyer advised the coumpl . as to steps which should be taken to set up a Civil defense organiza tion in Newberry. Mr. Ahman stated that the plan would be studied and further steps would be taken at an early dpte to effect a civil defense or- . ganization in the county. Shown in the Sunphoto above are seated, Mr. Altman, left and Col. Colyer. Standing, 1. to r., Messrs. Cavanaugh, Willingham, Wallace and Hunter. Receives Ph.D. At University William D. Amis, formerly of Newberry, recently completed all requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in sociology at the -University of North Caro lina. The subject of Dr. Amis’s doctoral dissertation was “Social Structure and Personality: The Contribution of Erich Fromm to Sociological Theory.” Dr. Amis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. “Dad” Amis of New berry. He graduated from New berry High School and attended Newberry College. He received his A. B. degree from Swarthmoi'e College in Pennsylvania. His grad uate work has been at the Uni versity of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. During his graduate study for the Ph.D. degree, Dr. Amis spent 15 months working on a mental health research project at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Roanoke, Va. Dr. and Mrs. Amis at present are living in Atlanta, Georgia, where Dr. Amis is a member of the faculty of Emory University. Mrs. Amis attended the Rochester Institute of Technology. While in Atlanta she has been employed as a fashion illustrator at Rich’s and Davison’s department stores and is at present a free-lance art ist. Dr. and Mrs. Amis are mov ing in September to Winston- Salem, N. C. where Dr. Amis has accepted a position on the faculty of Wake Forest College. MRS. GEORGE N. MARTIN was the lucky winner of 345 silver dollars, as well as a number of other prizes, on Radio Station WKDK’s “Bingo” program Monday, July 20. Mrs. Martin, who obtained her bingo card from Main St. Flower and Gift Shop, said she had been following the bingo games so long “I was ready to give up.” Mrs. Martin also received a $35 swimming pool from Newberry drug; $25 from Frank Lominack’s Hardware; a vase from Main St. Flower and Gifts; trip to Florida from WKDK; a carton of cigarettes, cigarette lighter, memo book, phone set and desk pen set. With Mrs. Martin are shown, left to right, Jimmy Coggins, owner and “bingo-caller” of WKDK; her son, Blair, .Mrs. Martin and Mrs. W. E. Monts. (Sunphoto.) MOVES TO HOME IN NEWBERRY County Supervisor and Mrs. S. W. Shealy moved recently from Prosperity to their new home on Langford St. Mrs. Buddy Hunt and young daughter, Kathy, of Greenville, are visiting this week with Mrs. Hunt’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Dawkins. \ Promotion Party Is Given For 228th Officers Recently promoted officers of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 228th Combat Area Signal Group of Newberry, spon sored a promotion party for all 228th officers Tuesday afternoon. The affair was held in the Day Room of officers quarters at Fort Gordon, Georgia, where the 228th is attending two weeks summer training camp. Hosts at the party, who recent ly received promotions, were: Lt. Col. Leland Welling, and Majors James L. Counts, Harry Avedis- ian, John K. Lindsay and James K. Blackman. Col. Barringer F. Winard, as sistant state adjutant general, is commanding officer of the 228th Group. Most members of the 228th Headquarters Detachment are at tending school at Fort Gordon, training for their new jobs in the Signal Group which, until reor ganization on April 1st of this year, was an anti-aircraft group. The guardsmen will return to Newberry by convoy Sunday. Tuesday Determines Fate Of Two Members Of Council Dorn Speaks At Manassas Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia placed Congressman Dorn’s speech commemorating the 98th anniver sary of the First Battle of Man assas in the Congressional Record. Dorn spoke to a large gathering at the battlefield statue of Stone wall Jackson. Representative Dorn paid tribute to General Barnard E. Bee of Pendleton as a gallant sol dier who gave Jackson his famous nickname. The ceremony was con ducted by the District of Colum bia Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Representative Dorn was introduced by the noted author, Virgil C. Jones, who wrote “Grey Ghost” and “Ranger Mos- by”. The Third District Con gressman dedicated his remarks to the memory of his grandfather, George E. Dorn from Edgefield, who fought at Manassas as a member of the famous Hampton Legion. Dorn warned the nation, both north and south, of a Su preme Court dictatorship and the threat to states’ right and indi vidual liberty. New Forester In Newberry COLUMBIA.—Two changes in the forestry staff- of the S. C. State Commission of Forestry were announced by State Forester Chas. H. Flory. Forester Phil L. Hadaway Jr. has been transferred from New berry to Walter boro to fill a va cancy. Mr. Hadaway, a native of Georgia, received his B.S. degree in Forestry at the University of Georgia. He has been stationed at Newberry for the past sixteen months. William B. Lawrence Jr. has been employed as Forester to re place Hadaway at Newberry. Mr. Lawrence, a native of Greenville, recently received his B.S. degree in Forestry from Clemson College. Several years ago he was employ ed by the Forestry Commission as a Forestry Aide at Spartanburg. Mr. Lawrence will work at Newberry under District Forester John E. Graham, doing forestry work in the following nine coun ties: Abbeville, Chester, Edge- field, Fairfield, Greenwood, Lau rens, McCormick, Newberry, and Saluda. Tuesday, August 4th, Newberry voters will decide whether their city council shall remain as it has been constituted for the past two years, or whether there shall be one or two new faces at the be ginning of the next calendar year. Assured of returning to council chambers are Mayor Ernest H. Layton, Councilman Frank Arm- field, Ward 1; Clarence DeHart, Ward 4; Cecil Merchant, Ward 5; and Dwight W. Jones, Ward 6. 1 College Finals Four county students will re ceive Bachelor of Science degrees at the summer graduation exer cises of Newberry College to be held in the Conference Room of the Weasels Library on Friday, July 31, at 3 p.m. E. Maxcy Stone, Probate Judge for Newberry County, will deliver the commencement ad dress. County candidates for degrees are: Frances Pawnee Counts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Counts of Prosperity; Richard An thony Mann Sr. of Newberry; Mrs. Ellen Busch Priester of Aik en and Newberry; and Betty Joyce Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Turner of Newberry. 50-CALIBER MACHINE GUN is checked prim* to being fired by Newberry’s Battery C, 1st Automatic Weapons Battalion, 263d Ar tillery, at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The unit departed for field training on July 19. The men will fire the 40 milimeter anti-aircraft weapon and, in addition, will assist with the training of other units in the weapon’s use. Shown above are, left to rght, SFC B. T. Mills Jr., Specialist T. M. Nichols, and Sgt. I. F. Bouknight. GREETINGS BIRTHDAY August 2: Mrs. M. W. jClary, Dr. Louis Patrick, Debra Jane Bowers, Mildred Chapman, Ann Bowers, W. P. Lathrop, B. B. Leitzsey Jr., Willie Graham, Eva B. Clary, Nancy Bouknight, Mary Ellen Gist. Aug. 3: Mrs. W. C. Schenck, Hugh Turner, Mrs. A. D. Halti- wanger, Mrs. T. H. Neel, Fur man Wright, Mrs. W. L. Hitch cock. . Aug. 4: James S. Price, Su san Senn, Mrs. John F. Clark son, Sadie Mae Graham, Gary Lee Ringer, Frances B. Boozer, Buddy Parnell, Thomas Cromer, Mrs. Bennie Burn, Mrs. B. G. Langford, Harry and Larry Longshore, Sandra Smith, Jim* my Koon, G. S. Parnell Jr. Aug. 5: Mrs. C. T. Summer, Mrs. Pearl Smallwood, Jerry Graham, Leon Clark, Mildred P. Setzler, Mrs. J. W. Davenport. Aug. 6: Mrs. Wyche Dickert, Mrs. Hugh Senn, Mrs. Harry W. Shealy. Mrs. D. F. Senn, Mrs* Roy Singley, Mrs. Malcolm Amick Sr. Aug. 7: J. W. Swindler, Mrs. H. W. Swindler, Mrs. Ben Stew art, Chris Carlisle, Bobby Smith, Gilbert Bouknight, Mary Helen Cromer, Douglas Forbis, Fran ces B. Stutts. Aug. 8: Mrs. Olin Lominick, Jean Sullivan Copeland, Mrs. Oswald Copeland, James P. Fulp, Mrs. Leland Boozer, Bill Hughes, Mrs. Eula Hendrix, William Pitts. Wvft. m ■' > V " > ; V\’ In doubt are the Ward 2 and 3 races. C. A. Dufford, Sr., who has been alderman from Ward 2 for the past 12 years, is being oppos ed by George W. Martin, who served one term on council some years ago from Ward 1. S. D. (Bozo) Paysinger, ending hie fourth y^ar as alderman from Ward 3, has competition from Clarence A. Shealy, Jr., newcom er to politics. Polling places (listed elsewhere in The Sun) will open at 8 a.m. and close at 4 pan. A registration certificate is required for^ voting, but, according to O. F. Armfield,. Sr., secretary of the City Demo- t cratic Executive Committee, a per son may vote without a certifi cate provided his name is on the registration list and that he can be identified by election manag ers. Each eligible voter in the city of Newberry is urged to vote. Election returns will be broadcast as they are received by Radio Sta tion WKDK, in cooperation with The Sun. 1 . s * Sf f*