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■V.SS.' PAGE TWO TBS NEWBERBY SUN THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1959 1218 Collate Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class postage paid at Newberry, South Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per vance; six months, $1.25. in ad- COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS Last week I thought a bit, about plastics—a growing item in our life. And now I come with more about plastics. “This doubling and redoubling of sales by one company after another has stemmed from an ever-widening demand for a myriad of products. One major market is the construc tion business, which uses plastics, for example, in insulat ing, plywood and wiring. The appliance makers also are big consumers, for housings, control panels, washing ma chine agitators and the like. Detroit requires about ten pounds for every car that rolls off its assembly lines, for interior trim, wiring and such purposes. Even some presum ably insignificant uses add up to impressive quantities; so far this year, credit cards have consumed more than a mil lion pounds of plastic. Last year, hula hoops, a presumab ly non-recurring phenomenon, took more than 15 million. Amid this great diversity of uses, there are a few areas in which plastic products appear to show particular promise. Perhaps best publicized is the fast-moving boat business, in which fiber-glass-reinforced plastics bulk ever larger. The popularity of recreational boating has been one of the com mercial wonders of the postwar era, buoying the sales and earnings of such companies as Glasspar and Owens Yacht Co., the latter of which went public only last week, with an offering of 300,000 shares at $8 each. Plastics these days even are going into housings for out board motors. The changeover was made, officials say, be cause plastic housings are cheaper and lighter in weight, resist corrosion and abrasion, boast good impact resistence and reduce noise. Since sales of outboard motors in the U.S. run to some 600,000 a year by one of the largest firms in the business, that is quite a business. Another market in which plastics increasingly are dis placing other materials is flooring. The spectacular growth of this business is illustrated by the recent history of a con cern which for years has made rubber flooring, as well as soling materials and heels for the shoe industry. And so it goes, across the length and breadth of U. S. in dustry. For every new plastic that comes out of the labora tory and the pilot plant eventually broadens the, base of the whole plastics business. Nor will Delrin’s debut in any sense mark the end of that process of continual growth. For Gen eral Electric has announced that late next year it will begin producing, under German patents, something called Lexan, which it describes as the first of an entirely new family of plastics. Certain it is that fabricators large and small will be eager to meet that challenge. All in all, then, the fabricators are grappling enthusias tically and in most cases successfully with the whole range of plastic materials that the basic producers have created. Their own products, in turn, already permeate the economy, and the gamut grows over wider. Cheaper than many of their rivals and more versatile than most, the plastics clearly are here to stay. In carving out a competitive place for them selves, they are giving a whole new dimension both to U. S. industry and to the American way of life.” Strom IIurmond iiooQOODoWoil .Vt-V “In the fall of 1953, Union Carbide Corp. chemists discov ered a new plastic which led to a material called Polymer X. Next December, Polymer X will make its commercial debut, probably as a package film. But the company isn’t awaiting sales reports; it’s already designing new plants to roll out the product in growing quantity. That thumbnail sketch of the short, exciting and expen sive career of Polymer X to date illustrates the break-neck pace of the chemical and plastics industry today and the gambles companies take to get the jump on their fast-mov ing and formidable competitors. Not a pound of Polymer X has left Carbide’s hands yet, but company financial men have plotted a 20-year sales projection to guide the speed and timing of future produc tion expansion. With a 1 million-pounds-a-year Polymer X plant being completed, engineers are designing a much big ger plant to be completed early in 1962. Carbide is so an xious to move swiftly that both these plants will use a rela tively inefficient process while researchers work on a more efficient process to be used in a plant scheduled for 1964 completion. To rush Polymer X to the market in two years, Carbide put teams to work simultaneously on research, development, engineering, marketing, patents and finance. This system is hazardous; if research proves the product has no future, the work of the other teams is lost. In earlier years, the develop ment staff would not have tackled the product until re searchers had completed their work. Other departments similarly would have awaited their turn. ‘The way we used to do things, it would have taken us five to ten years on Polymer X,’ Dr. Leon Shechter, director of Carbide’s Bound Brook plastics research. Until recently, chemical companies counted on an average of about seven years to take a completely new product from the test tube to its market debut. ‘What we have most of is ideas and money,’ says Dr. Eu gene A. Barr, general manager of all new plastic products. ‘What we have least of is time.’ ‘We used to back into a product by making a little and seeing how it went,’ says William J. Canavan, a manager Civil Rights Commission The Civil Rights Commission, which was established by the un constitutional Civil Rights Act of 1957, is making some very radi cal, vicious, unconstitutional and obnoxious proposals to the Presi dent and the Congress. They range from virtually stripping the States of their rights to decide who should vote in elections to the withholding of federal funds from schools which refuse to integrate. Other proposals would authorize federal registrars to supervise elections, have the Federal Gov ernment integrate all housing by executive fiat through the VA and FHA home loan programs, utilize the Commission as a conciliation and advisory service for speeding school desegregation, and have the Federal Government interfere in the operation of private schools, private real estate boards, and other areas which have nothing whatsoever to do with government action. I warned my Senate colleagues in 1957 that they were creating an awesome monster which would stir up racial tensions, strife, hat red, and bitterness that could last for years to come. That was one of the principal reasons why I made my extended address of more than 24 hours. I regret that the proposals of the Commission— none of the worst carry the en dorsement of a majority of the Commissioners— have made my prediction come true. I commend Commissioner Battle and concur in his sentiments that the report “is not an impartial statement . . . but rather, in large part, an argument in advocacy of pre-conceived ideas in the field of race relations.” Evidence for Segregation During recent weeks I have been calling the attention of the Sen ate to the mounting evidence that the great majority of the people of the country do not desire forcible integration of the races. Among the points of evidence I have cited to the Senate has been the revealing New York Times article which reported that thous ands of New York parents are sending their children to the South for a peaceful and segre gated education and an Associat ed Press dispatch about a tele gram sent to President Eisenhow er by a large group of Alabama Negroes stating their unqualified opposition to forcible integration. I told the Senate that there is little sentiment for forced inte gration in the South except by the few Communists we may have, some militant NAACP leaders, and a few other race agitators. Labor Reform Passes The Congress has completed action on labor reform legislation after a group of Senate-House conferees spent 12 days thrashing out the differences between the Senate and House versions. This final bill is a major improvment over the Senate’s Kennedy-Ervin bill, particularly on the issues of secondary boycotts, picketing, and the no man’s land area of jurisdic tion. It does not entirely answer the need for legislation in this field, but the great improvement over the original bill constitutes a victory for the American people, especially our workers. Presidential Vetoes President Eisenhower has de monstrated great courage and wisdom in exercising his veto power over bills which would plunge our country further into debt and—if the trend should continue—possibly into national bankruptcy. In recent weeks, he has twice vetoed extravagant housing bills with integration ov ertones in public housing and ur ban renewal features. He has also vetoed a public works appropria tion bill carrying 67 unbudgeted projects at a price tag of more than $800 million. His vetoes have served as a very effective brake on extravagant and wasteful pub lic spending. Sincerely, Strom Thurmond. Miss Counts Is Bride Of Mr. Schumpert By MRS. A. H. COUNTS Miss Frances Pawnee Counts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Keister Counts of Prosperity be came the bride of John Walker Schumpert Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Walker Schumpert of Newberry at four o’clock Sunday afternoon, August 16 in Mount Pilgrim Lutheran Church. The Rev. J. S. Wessinger, pas tor, officiated using the double ring ceremony. Floor baskets and altar vases of white gladioli and white car nations, palm branches, smilax and white candles in candelabra deco rated the church. The ushers were Randolph Wil son and Blair Martin, both of Newberry. The bridegroom’s father was best man. Walter Counts of Newberry, or ganist, and Mrs. Elon Eargle, so loist, furnished the wedding mu sic. The bride sang the wedding prayer at the close of the service Mrs. Billie Berley of Pomaria, sister of the bride, was matron of honor and the bridesmaids were Miss Cheryl Jean Counts of Smyr na, Tenn., niece of the bride and Miss Jane Hawkins of Columbia. They wore street length dresses of white lace over taffeta with long pink sashes which ended at the hem line. They wore head pieces to match their dresses and white gloves. They carried nose gays of pink and white carnations tied with a large pink bow. The bride, given in marriage by her father, was lovely in her floor length wedding gown of chantilly lace and nylon illusion. The fitted bodice with scalloped neckline was appliqued in seed pearls and irridescent sequins. The lace ov erskirt which covered half of the front of the skirt was brought to a point and fell gracefullly to the floor from the sides and back. Ap pliqued lace flowers completed the front design of the skirt. Her fin ger tip veil of illusion fell from a lace hat edged with pleated illu sion pearls and sequins. She car ried a white Bible topped with an orchid which was showered with satin streamers. She wore a dia mond pendant, a family heirloom. For a wedding trip to the moun tains of North Carolina, the bride wore a black and white sheath dress with short black jacket, feathered hat, white gloves, patent shoes and bag and the orchid from her Bible. Both are 1959 graduates of Newberry College. The bride groom is engaged in business in Newberry where the couple will make their home at 1912 Harper St. dress with aqua shoes and fiat, and carried a colonial bouquet of white mums and carnations. The bride, who was given in marriage by her brother, John M. Davis, was lovely in her floor length wedding gown of lace and _tulle over satin. The fitted lace bod'ce was fashioned with a stand ing collar decorated with sequins and pearls and long sleeves ending in points at the wrist and w r as but toned down the back w T ith self covered buttons. Lace motifs were appikated on the bouffant tulle skirt. Her fingertip veil of bri dal illusion was caught to a cap type head piece. She carried a Bible with white orchids shower ed with tube roses and ribbon. Immediately after the ceremony a reception was held in the social hall of the church. Mrs. Phillips changed to a two piece dark cotton outfit with matching bag and shoes for trav eling. She is a graduate of New berry High School and of Newber ry College. She is employed as Educational Assistant at Main Street Methodist Church, Green wood. Mr. Phillips, a graduate of Fort Mill High School, is a student at Clemson College. The couple will make their home on Stanley Street in Greenwood. Recent Marriages Larry Joe Guy of Chappells and Linda Hunter of Silverstreet were married at Silverstreet on Sep tember 6th by Rev. George B. Shealy. Mr. and Mrs. William B. Scott and daughter Sherry Lynn, of Hickory, N. C. spent Monday with the Rev. and Mrs. Paul C. Scott. Mrs. J. M. Bedenbaugh return ed home Sunday, much improved after an operation at the Provi dence Hospital in Columbia. Mrs. W. L. Mathis Sr. and Mrs. Helen Summers spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Summers and Pamela Kay of Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ackerman had as guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ackerman Jr. and Bi»~ sell III, and C. I. Boozer Jr. oT Columbia. Mr. W. B. Ackerman Sr. left for Darlington Sunday on business and while there will attend the races. Miss Davis Weds James Phillips By MRS. A. H. COUNTS Miss Myra Davis, daughter of Mrs. Walter Hyatt Davis of New berry and the late Mr. Davis be came the bride of James Boyce Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Price Phillips of Fort Mill at 7:30 o’clock Saturday evening, Septem ber 5, in Central Methodist Church in Newberry. The Rev. Max H. Christopher of Chester and the Rev. J. Walter Johnson of Greenwood officiated at the double ring ceremony. The church was decorated with palms, white gladiolas, chrysan themums, snow on the mountain and candelabra with white tapers. Mrs. James E. Wiseman, organ ist, and Mrs. William Hentz, sol- loist, both of Newberry, furnish ed a program of nuptial music. The ushers were Marion Black- welder, O. L. Collins Jr., and Thomas Phillips, brother of the bridegroom, all of Fort Mill, and Billy Riley of Newberry. The bridegroom’s father served as best man. The bride’s sister, Miss Faye Davis of Cayce, was her only at tendant, and served as maid of honor. She wore an aqua and white embroidered street length of new product market development. ‘Now you have to start out running just to stay even.’ Mr. Canavan notes that a new system means research and development money is spent much faster. While this in some cases could mean product failures will be more expensive than previously, he emphasizes the possible advantage of getting information faster and making early decisions to speed up, slow or stop the effort on any product.” PROSPERITY NEWS The Literary Sorosis will meet Friday afternoon, Sept. 11 at 3:30 with Mrs. W. E. Hancock. The Azalea Garden Club met Wednesday, Sept. 2, with Mrs. Roy Connelly. The president, Mrs. Roy Dom inick, presided and opened the meeting with the reading of scripture and prayer. Mrs. Gregg Counts had the pro gram and gave a discussion of “Flowering Trees and their Cul tivation.” Mrs. Helen Summers had glean ings and took charge of recrea tion. Mrs. Roy Connelly was the winner at Bingo. The hostess served London Fogj pound cake, and salted nuts. The William Lester Chapter of the U.D.C. met Friday, Sept. 4, with Mrs. John Stockman. The meeting was opened with the rit ualistic service # and salute to the flag. The topic of the meeting, South Carolina Women in the Confeder acy, was read by Mrs. John Stock- man. The hostess, Mrs. Stockman, served ice cream and cake. Miss Joy Thomason arrived home Thursday, Aug. 3 after a two months trip to England and six weeks study at the University of London. Miss Thomason has returned to New York where she has accept ed work in an Art Studio and will continue her studies at Cornell University. Mrs. Everett Edmunds and son, Arthur, of Asheville, N. C., spent the past week with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Taylor. Mrs. J. P. Perry returned home Saturday after spending a week with Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Creel of Hemingway. Ralph Bow r ers has returned home after spending a vacation at the beach. Mrs. Mary Long has returned from a visit with the Rev. and Mrs. Eugene Eaddy and baby Sa rah of Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Uonnelly had with them the past weekend their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Webster Grayson and sons, Tony and Paul, of North Augus ta. Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Wessinger spent the Labor Day holidays at Myrtle Peach. The Rev. and Mrs. Paul C. Scott and Mrs. A. B. Hunt spent Tuesday and Wednesday of the past week in Woodford. Mr. and Mrs. J^Walter Hamm and son, Wally spent the holidays with Mrs. Hamm’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Rudisill at Cher- ryVille, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Riley of Union were guests Tuesday and Wednesday of Mrs. A. B. Hunt and Mrs. Joe Spotts. Mrs. Emma Long Deedis has re turned to Grand Rapids, Michi., to resume teaching. She was ac companied by her mother, Mrs. Rufus Long, who will visit her daughter and son-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Overbeek of Grand Rapids. Mrs. A. J. Richards of Heath Springs spent Sunday with Mrs. B. T. Young. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Counts Jr. and Mrs. Horace Counts Sr. spent the Labor Day holidays with Major and Mrs. Raymond Oldhues, Cocoa, Fla. After the holidays, Mrs. Counts Sr. will re turn home, while Mr. and Mrs. Counts Jr. will visit points of interest in Florida. T AAV NOW... YOU CAN OWN il V U Ik a BEAUTIFUL LOT in "Greenacres On Lake Greenwood $9 Down * $4 A Month Own a place in the most beautiful development on LAKE GREENWOOD... a place for your week end cabin... or trailer... or a five to ten acre estate! "Greenacres On Lake Greenwood” Offers You the Buy of the Decade! 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