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No body can think straight who
does not work. Idleness warps the
mind. Thinking without constructive
action becomes a disease.
—Henry Ford.
The sense of humor is the oil of
life's engine. Without it the machin
ery creaks and groans. No 1< t is so
hard, no aspect of things is so grim,
but it relaxes before a hearty laugh.
—G. S. Merriam.
VOLUME 22; NUMBER 15.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1959
4 $2.00 PER YEAR
By The Way * by, Jborid Sander3
CrOOD FOR HIM
When a congressmen from a
fanning section speaks out against
the farm support program, one is
inclined to believe tl^at he has
more interest in the ‘future of
America than he has in garnering
sl few votes, so I think that Bry
an Dorn is to be congratulated
for his recent stand on this high
ly controversial issue. There are
many farmers in this congression
al district. A number of them look
with greed at federal subsidies.
But polls have shown that many
farmers are now getting fed up
with government subsidies—and,
of course, the inevitable govern
ment control which follows.
The congressman urged, accord
ing to an AP report, riddance “of
these socialist, facist farm regu
lations and controls or else in a
few years America will be com
pletely out of the farm business
. . . and will be reduced to a third-
rate power.”
Congressman Dorn deserves the
^support of his constituents to back
up his stand on this issue. He
also would appreciate, I am sure,
your voicing your opposition to
other federal throw-away projects
which cost the taxpayers billions
of dollars a year.
,, CHANCE OR CHOICE?
Was is just a coincidence, or
were the voters of Newberry,
when they went to the polls Tues
day, expressing their feelings
about city council’s recent action
to create a housing authority ?
Councilman Dufford, who voted
against the creation of such an
authority, was re-elected. Council
man Paysinger, who voted in fa
vor of the authority, was defeated.
Some political observers believe
the housing question played a
part; especially since the incum
bent alderman did not receive as
many votes in the “city” precincts
as he has in the past. Others feel
that the hard-working Clarence
Shealy Jr., who conducted a door-
-to-door campaign, created a fav
orable enough impression to gar
ner many “city” votes which he
might not have polled without
such a campaign.
Whether the housing authority
question had anything to do with
it or not is, of course, a matter
of speculation, but there is enough
•doubt to make me believe that the
mayor and other two councilmen
who voted to create thq authority
were happy that they had no op
position. In fact, it was only after
they knew they had no opposition
that the question was placed on
the council agenda.
You may be sure that if a gov
ernment survey team comes to our
city, they will find a “need” for
public housing. After all, that’s
the way they hold their high-sal
aried Jobs. As I recall, there was
a “need” when Carol Courts and
Vincent Street apartments were
built. You know v/hat happened.
After operating a short while,
those apartments, built with fed
eral funds which, of course, came
out of your pocket, were sold at
a fraction of the construction
cost; even at a ridiculously low
figure considering depreciation.
Is this what you want to hap
pen again? Do you wish to shell
out your hard-earned dollars to
build apartments, perhaps even
finer than the house or apartment
you occupy, for persons who make
lio effort to help themselves? Ap
proval of such a program as this
would make your senators and
congressmen believe that you are
in favor of the government throw
ing away millions of dollars on not
only this, but other federal throw
away programs. Some of our rep
resentatives in Congress, I am
happy to say, are beginning to
fight the federal spending pro
gram, but they will not have much
heart to do it without your sup
port. And approval of such a pro
gram as this is certainly not in
dicative of a “cut federal spend
ing” attitude.
If you are satisfied to sit by
and be led into a state of social
ism, that is your business. Even
tually you will see America be
come what Bryan Dorn calls a
“third-rate power.”
attend the Baptist Sunday School
Assembly.” She continued “your
state is lovely and the peaches
are wonderful.”
To some, a roadside park may
be a small project, but to the
traveler, it is a wonderful sight
and such a beautiful one as this
speaks well of Newberry and of
the hospitality of its citizens.
Having traveled a good bit re
cently myself, I can appreciate
the beautiful, shady spot even
more. I went up and down the full
length of West Virginia, * and I
don’t recall seeing more than one
roadside park and that was not a
particularly attractive one. There
were a few more as we rode
through Virginia, even more in
North Carolina; but I don’t be
lieve either of these states can
compare with the number or
beauty of our roadside parks in
South Carolina, most of which, I
believe, are sponsored by garden
clubs.
The roadside park of which we
are speaking was begun in May
1951. Twice it has received a first
place award from the S. C. Gard
en Club, in 1952 for the most at
tractive completed roadside park,
and in 1958 for maintenance, and
continued improvement. Mrs. Seth
Meek is now serving as chairman
of the park committee.
Since this is such an attractive
spot not only to Newberrians, but
also to tourists, may I again urge
that you do what you can to stop
the vandalism which continues?
Unthinking . persons tamper with
the mechanism which automatical
ly turns the lights on and off and
many times there are no lights at
the park until the mechanism can
be repaired. Youngsters seem to
delight in shooting out the lights
and this, too, is an expense to the
club to have these replaced.
Our law officials do what they
can to stop this destruction, but
they can’t always be on hand at
the Roadside Park, so it would be
appreciated if you would report
to the authorities any vandalism
you might notice, not only at this
park, but at other places set aside
for the comfort, convenience and
recreation of Newberrians and
their tourist guests.
Clarence A. Shealy Jr., left and C. A. Dufford Sr. con
gratulate each other Tuesday afternoon, after learning of
their victorious bid for election and re-election to City
Council. (Sunphoto.)
Dufford, Shealy Are Named
To Council By 1176 Voters
Returns From
Duty In Japan
Colonel and Mrs. Ladson G. Esk
ridge returned last week from Ja
pan where he has served with the
U. S. Army for four years. They
are visiting Col. Eskridge’s moth
er, Mrs. L. G. Eskridge, and sis
ter, Mrs. William Partridge and
family. Their daughter, Nancy,
has been staying with the Part
ridges and attending Winthrop
College for the p^st two years.
The Eskridges will be here for
a month then will leave for Low
ry Field, Colorado, where Col.
Eskridge has been assigned for
duty.
Clarence A. Shealy, Jr., who re
sides in Ward 3, No. 2 precinct
of the city, has been nominated by
city voters as alderman from
Ward 3 to replace S. D. (Bozo)
Paysinger on City Council begin
ning January 1, 1960. Mr. Shealy
is a newcomer to politics. He re
ceived 621 votes; Mr. Paysinger
received 561.
In the only other city race, C.
A. Dufford, Sr., who is complet
ing his 12th year as councilman
from Ward 2, was re-elected. He
Pass State
Medical Exam
Mrs. Margaret Hunter McCar
thy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.
William Hunter of Newberry, and
her husband, James Anderson Mc
Carty III were among the 71 doc
tors who passed the recently-given
board examinations of the S. C.
State Board of Medical Examin
ers. Both Drs. McCarthy recently
were graduated from South Caro
lina Medical College at Charleston,
and both expect to continue their
studies in Charleston in specialized
fields.
Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Felker and
family of Ford City, Penna. are
spending two weeks in the home
of Rev. Felker’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Felker near the city.
received 676 votes. His opponent,
George W. Martin, who served one
term as councilman from Ward 1
before moving to Ward 2, receiv
ed 500 votes.
Mayor Ernest Layton, Council-
men Frank Armfield, Ward 1;
Clarence DeHart, Ward 4; Cecil
Merchant, Ward 5 and Dwight W.
Jones, Ward 6, were returned to
office without opposition.
The total vote was 1176 of more
than 3000 eligible voters.
The vote by precinct was as fol-
lows:
Alderman Ward 2
Precinct
Dufford
Martin
Ward
1
95
51'
Ward
2 _
133
114
Ward
3-1
41
20
Ward
3-2
124
92
Ward
4-1
33
27
Ward
4-2
60
40
Ward
5 __
55
64
Ward
6 __
135
92
TOTAL
676
500
Alderman Ward 3
Precinct
Paysinger
Shealy
Ward
1
— 77
70
Ward
2 _
152
95
Ward
3-1
57
7
Ward
3-2
8
208
Ward
4-1
38
22
Ward
4-2
68
32
Ward
5 _
19
100
Ward
6 _
142
87
TOTAL
561 •
621
Be Presented
In Recital
On August 15
Mrs. Ruby R. Abrams will pre
sent her summer expression stu
dents in recital on Saturday night,
August 15, at the Junior High
School Auditorium. Because of the
large number of students who
will participate, the recital will
be divided into two groups. The
first group will consist of all stu
dents in the fourth grade and
younger. This portion of the re
cital will begin at 6:30 p.m. and
last until approximately 7:30.
Taking part will be:
Mary Baker, Debbie Partain,
Terry Newton, Becky McSwain,
Dean Rodelsperger, Susan Jones,
Alice Youmans, Beth Price, Linda
Bennett, Dianna Lominick, Alice
Counts, Harriette Hedgepath, El
eanor McCaughrin, Connie Sand
ers, Ruthie Sanders, Howard
Kirkegard, Bobby Lipscomb, Keith
Nichols, Warren Cook, Tip Har
grove, Cecil Ringer and Monty
Smith.
The recital for the older group
will begin at approximately 7:50,
after a twenty minute intermis
sion. Includued in this group are:
Ellen Williamson, Beth Baker,
Eleanor Kirkegard, Karen Kirke
gard, Susan Lipscomb, Susan Le
Valley, 1 Susan Hamm, Robbie
Creekmore, Judy Bain, Harriett
Schumpert, Linda Reames, Mar
tha Jean Smith, Harriett Chap
man, Henry Summer, David Ben
nett, Tommy Bennett, Robbie Mc
Caughrin, Rupert Maxwell, and
Nan Buddin.
Mrs. Abrams stated that re
hearsals for the recitals will be
held at Junior High auditorium
Tuesday, August 11 at 3:30 p.m.
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CARD OF THANKS
Mrs. H. B. Senn, president of
the Newberry Garden Club, re
cently received a card, addressed
to the club members, from Mrs.
Shelby Dark of Rayville, Louis
iana. She was expressing appre
ciation for the Roadside Park on
76 by-pass, which is maintained
by the Newberry Garden Club.
Mrs. Dark wrote that the Park
■was an “ideal place to pitch our
£ent on the way to Ridgecrest to
New Parsonage
Is Dedicated
By MRS. A. H. COUNTS
Two special services were held
Sunday in the St. James and
Beth Eden Lutheran Parish.
At the morning hour of wor
ship at St. James, the Rev. Alvin
H. Haigler, a May graduate of the
Lutheran Theological Seminary,
was installed as pastor of the par
ish. That afternoon the new par
ish parsonage, located on Forest
Drive in Newberry, was dedicated.
Dr. Karl W. Kinard, president of
the Lutheran Synod of South
Carolina, installed Mr. Haigler as
pastor and also conducted the dedi
cation service for the parsonage.
Both churches were organized
over 100 years ago, St. James in
1840 and Beth Eden in 1843.
The new parsonage consists of
three bedrooms, a living room,
dining room, combination kitch
en-den, pastor’s study, two baths
and carport. It is built of brick at
a cost of 312,883. Harold Long was
chairman of the parsonage plan
ning committee. Serving with him
were William Swittenberg, Forest
Miller, Alan Caldwell, James D.
Brown and William Franklin.
Mr. Haigler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thad F. Haigler of Swan
sea, is a graduate of Newberry
College. He is married to the for
mer Miss Loretta Herlong, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Her
long of the Sandy Run section of
Calhoun County. She is a graduate
of the University of South Caro
lina.
Newberry College Summer
School graduation exercises were
held in the Conference Room of
Wessels Library on Friday, July
31. The invocation was spoken by
the Rev. Luther Grady Cooper, as
sociate professor of Bible and Re
ligious Education. Judge E. Max-
cy Stone delivered the commence
ment address.
Fourteen baccalaureate degrees
were conferred by Dr. Conrad B.
Park, Dean, assisted by James
Abrams, Registrar. Recipients of
degrees are shown in the photo
above, left to right seated: Mrs.
Ellen Busch Priester, Aiken and
Newberry, magna cum laude; Bet
ty Joyce Turner, Newberry, cum
laude; Mrs. Jewel Jackson Max
well, Aiken, magna cum laude;
Frances Pawnee Counts, Prosper
ity; John Campbell, Clover; and
Ronald Kieffer Irvin, Crockett,
Left to right, standing: T.
Frank McAlister, Travelers Rest;
William F. Robertson Jr., Colum
bia; Thomas Kenyon Smith, Ay-
nor; Jeie Elvie Peterson, Myrtle
Beach and Newberry; Wendell
Frank Price, Florence; Richard
Anthony Mann Sr., Newberry;
Don Wayne Sprouse, Union; and
Charles L. McKinnon Jr., Beth-
une. (Photo by Nichols.)
Boland Named To
FHA Committee
Milton F. Bcland, Rt. 1. Po-
maria, is the new member of the
Newberry County committee for
the Farmers Home Administra
tion. He will succeed Robert M.
Long of ^ilverstreet whose three
year term expired on June 30/
Mr. Boland has operated his
Grade A dairy farm near Little
Mountain for 15 years during
which time he has increased his
herd from 7 to 55. Last year his
herd averaged 8,700 pounds per
cow.
On his 265 acre farm Mr. Boland
raises about 60 acres of corn, 20
acres of alfalfa and 50 acres of
oats.
Mr. Carter, local county super
visor for FHA says that Mr. Bo
land’s practical experience will
enable him to make a real contri
bution to the county committee’s
actions when they review loan ap
plications.
Serving with Mr. Boland the
coming year will be Burton R.
Sease of Rt. 3, and Heber J. Leap-
hart of Rt. 2, Prosperity.
Rowe Succumbs
Early Tuesday
David Scott Rowe, 43, of 915
Tarrant St., died Tuesday morn
ing early at a Newberry hospital
after a short illness.
He was born in Saluda County,
a son of Mrs. Nannie Palmer
Rowe and the late Andrew Samson
Rowe. He had lived in Newberry
for the past 32 years and was a
member of O’Neal Street Metho
dist Church. He was employed by
the Dickerson Construction Co.
and was a member of the Newber
ry Volunteer Fire Department.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Doris Lee Clark Rowe; two sons,
Russell Rowe of the USN in
Kingsville, Texas, and Donald
Rowe of Newberry; a daughter,
Mrs. James Howard Shealy of
Omaha, Neb.; five sisters, Mrs.
Lamar Cumbee of Aiken and
Ridge Spring, Mrs. Jack Brickie
of Orangeburg, Mrs. Cecil Bon-
nett of Kneeces, Mrs. Carl Demp
sey of Aiken and Mrs. Anthony
Proctor of Fort Dix, N. J., and a
brother, the Rev. Rufus Rowe of
Startex.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 2 p.m. today (Thurs
day) at McSwain Funeral Home
by the Rev. Paul D. Petty and the
Rev. Thurmond H. Vickery. Bur
ial will be in Rosemont Cemetery.
Members of Headquarters , and
Headquarters Detachment, 228th
Combat Area Signal- Group, S. C.
National Guard, returned by con
voy to Newberry Sunday after two
[weeks of summer training at Fort
Gordon, Georgia. -
Uie 228th was changed on Ap
ril 1st of this year from an anti
aircraft unit to a signal group
[ under the pentomic reorganization
plan, and most guardsmen in the
detachment spent their two weeks
[field training in school, becoming
proficient at their new duties in a
signal unit. The 228th is com
manded by Col. Barrnger F. Win-
gard, assistant state adjutant
general.
Shown at the switchboard in
[ the top photo are Newberry
guardsmen, left to right,. Sgt.
Mat A. Coleman, Signal Message
Supervisor; SP-4 Edward F. ^om-
[ inack Jr., M-Sgt. James E. Stone,
Sgt. Frederick E. Lusk, SFC Har
old R. Coats and SFC Ned H.
Hipp.
Trying out the same switchboard
Bachman Chapel
Homecoming Set
Bachman Chapel Lutheran
Church of Prosperity, will observe
its annual Homecoming Sunday,
August 9 with the 11:15 a. m.
service.
The Rev. James Ernest Kinard,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Kin
ard of Newberry, will deliver the
sermon. He is pastor of the Trin
ity Methbdist Church in Honea
Path.
Dinner will be served on the
grounds following the service.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all former members and friends
to attend the Homecoming serv
ices.
Mrs. John Thomas of Aiken
spent last week with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Nance on
Johnstone St.
New Forester
On Duty Here
Rodger Lonnie Hagwood Jr.
has been employed as Forester to
fill a vacancy in the Newberry
District of the S. C. State Commis
sion of Forestry, according to
State Forester Chas. H. Flory.
Mr. Hagwood, born at Louis-
burg, N. C. has lived near King-
stree, ^or the past twenty years.
He recently received his B.S. de
gree in forestry from North Caro
lina State College at Raleigh.
At Newberry he will work un
der the direction of District For
ester John E. Graham, doing for
estry work in the counties of Ab
beville, Chester, Edgefield, Fair-
field, Greenwood, Laurens, Mc
Cormick, Newberry and Saluda.
SHEALY REUNION
The annual Shealy - Sheely -
Shealey reunion will be hel^ Aug
ust 16 on the Shealy reunion
grounds at the late Daniel Shealy
home place near Chapin. A large
crowd is expected and the public
is invited. All bring picnic bas
kets for an old time picnic lunch.
Entertainment will be furnished
by Snuffy Jenkins, Papy Sherrill
and others. Fun and fellowship
will be enjoyed by all, as announc
ed by Oscar L. Shealy, president.
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in the lower photo, are 1st Lt.
Fred L. Green Jr., Signal Main
tenance Officer; Capt. Fred J.
Weir Jr., assistant operation offi
cer; CWO Drayton Leroy Minick;
Lt. Col. J. Leland Welling Jr.,
Signal Officer; Maj. Earl C. Hipp,
Field Radio officer; Maj. Harry
Avedisian, message traffic engin
eer; and Maj. James W. Counts,
Supply officer.
GREETINGS
BIRTHDAY
Aug. 9: Mrs. James S. Price
and twin sister, Mrs. O. D.
Glenn; Regie Brooks, Karen
Boozer, Wilbur Boozer, Alice
Julia Youmans, Mrs. Gettis L.
Coats, Anne Graham, Doris Ann
Parks, Beth Harmon.
Aug. 10: Katherine Rebecca
Truesdell, Tommy Chappells,
Joe Roberts Sr., Mrs. Dove P.
Connelly, Sue Harmon, Mrs.
Doris Brooks, N. C. Shaver,
Jessie Dandy, Linda Cook, Mrs.
Virginia Berley, Rodney Cook
Outzs, Larry Creekmore.
Aug. 11: Leonide Reagin, Mrs.
Jeff Suber, Ned Danielson, Ja-
nelle Livingston, Peggy Bow
ers, Nina Ann Sheppard, Lu
Ellen Neel, Miriam K. Leslie,
Mrs. J. A. Chasteen, Keith
Wicker, Jerry and Terry Koon.
Aug. 12: J. J. Boazman, Clar
ence Kinard, J. Dave Caldwell,
Pat Rayfield, Clyde Livingston,
Bill Stuck.
Aug. 13: Micky Jenkins, Ros
alind Werts, Tom P. Wicker,
David Waldrop, R. C. Hunter,
Alfredia Livingston, Mrs. F. C.
Hentz, Barbara Alice Amick,
F. J. Kennerley II, Henry Da
vid Warren.
Aug. 14. Tip Hargrove, Mrs.
P. C. Plampin, Mrs. Clay Bal-
lentine, Carroll Looney, Loris
Boland, Deborah Brady, Dudley
Dominick, Sudie Dennis, Patricia
Lake, Ike Dennis Jr., . Debbie
Lipscomb, P. K. Fuller, Rev.
Paul Petty.
Aug. 15: Mrs. James Mills,
Miss Sadie Bowers, Mrs. Wil
liam Partridge, Mary Lane
Chapman, Mrs. Rpth Walton,
Ann Leopard, Mrs. Arthur
.Eargle, Charlotte Pelham, Gary
Pope, Dow Bedenbaugh, Jose
phine Anne Tindall, Cecil E.
Merchant, Ella Rae Blake.
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