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m ! With rare exceptions, you don’t have to read beyond the first para graph to know whether the fellow is really talking or just humming. v The mystery of daily life is how to avoid a deficit, and no government and few persons find it easy. VOLUME 23; NUMBER 24. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1959 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Doris A. Sanders ERROR NOTED Ed McConnell says I made a mistake in the comment at the end of his letter published last week, so for what it may be worth, I correct it herewith. My comment was that I did not refer, in the previous week’s column, to any plant except Oakland with respect to the “escape clause”, in the union contract. It seems, however, I did make the general statement that the clause exists in contracts not only at Oakland, but also at Mol- lohon and Newberry Mills. Inc. I then directed my remarks to the clause in the Oakland contract. I etand corrected and reiterate Ed’s statement that although the clause does exist in the Mollohon con tract, all union members have to do to get out of Local 324 is to notify Ed and he’ll see that they get out. Good for him! THANK YOU I received a letter the other day which I appreciate perhaps more than any letter or comment I have had on this column. The reason is that this businessman took a chance on going broke to write what he did. A union boycott could put him out of business, but even so, he gave permission to use his name. Of course I won’t do it, but here is his letter: “In one of your past issues of The Sun, I read an article rela tive to the labor union condition of our community. I knew' it was an expensive hobby for the ones who could ill afford it, and am very happy that you printed it. “I think you displayed more in testinal fortitude than any I have seen in a long time by writing your true thoughts.” Thank you, kind reader: I think you displayed just as much intestinal fortitude in not only signing your letter, but giving per mission for use of your name, if necessary. IT HAS STARTED For, the past couple of years, I have urged that someone—prefer ably the County Board of Educa tion—take some action to relieve teachers of involuntarily becom ing “volunteer” collectors for va rious fund raising campaigns. There are several reasons for my feeling that this should be stop ped, but two stand out above the others; first, the teachers already have so much to do besides teach that they shouldn’t be burdened with this additional task, which occurs all too frequently through the year; next, pressure should not be applied on children to con tribute to these drives. I do not mean, necessarily, that teachers apply pressure, but other children do, perhaps unwittingly. A child who is not able to bring money feels embarassed about it and this should not be allowed to happen. I vowed that I wouldn’t let my children take money to school for any cause; but the other day, just before she departed for school, Connie said “Mommy, I need some money to take to school to day.” I asked for what, and she told me they were collecting mo ney for a certain drive which, she informed me, was “very import ant.” I had to agree with her that it was important and I had intended to contribute to the drive myself. Since I hadn’t and since I did not have time then to ex plain to her why I didn’t want her to take money for such drives, I gave her some money to take. Two days later, she said “Mom my, I need more money to take to school.” Again I asked the reason and the answer was the same campaign. I explained to her that she wasn’t supposed to take money but once. She said she knew this, but was almost in tears as she explained that some of the children couldn’t bring mo ney to give, and she wanted to take some for them. Now this is a situation that shouldn’t be tolerated. Of course her teacher did not ask for more money but she felt so sorry for the children who didn’t have money to give, she wanted to supply it. If the County Board of Educa tion won’t put a stop to it, you— the parents—are the only ones left to do it. Will you cooperate? THE CONGREGATION OF MAYER MEMORIAL LUTHERAN CHURCH will observe its 60th anniversary with special services on Sunday, October 11th. Speakers will include two sons of the congregation, Rev. Lewis E. Bouknight of Mooresville, N. C. and Rev. D. Mur ray Shull Jr., missionary to Liberia. A picnic lunch will be served at Willowbrook Park at noon. All members, former members, friends and the public are invited to attend the services which begin at 10 a. m., Sunday School; 11:15, Worship Service; 2:30 p. m., af ternoon service. (Sunphoto.) Mayer History Is Given As Church Plans Celebration USIC, BILL? I had the radio tuned to WKDK e other afternoon and was in- rmed by Bill Fields that I was jtening to an hour or so of re- rded “music’.’ “Now the next imber on this program of mu- c,” said Bill (or words to that feet) is “I’m A Hog For You, aby.” You can imagine what it •unded like. I wish someone Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church was organized on Sunday afternoon, October 15, 1899, by the Revs. W. K. Sligh, M. G. G. Sher er, and Dr. O. B. Mayer Jr. The first building was erected by Dr. O. B. Mayer Jr., the summer prior to the congregation’.^ organiza tion. The Joint Council of Beth-Eden, Colony, and Mayer Memorial met at Newberry College, November 11, 1899. Capt. H. H. Folk was elected chairman and T. E. Wicker, secretary. On December 2, 1899, the Joint Council called the Rev. Charles H. Armstrong, Ph.D. of Greenford, Ohio. Rev. Armstrong accepted the call and began his work February 1, 1900, and re mained until April 1, 1902. The Mayer Memorial to which Dr. Armstrong came was a gift of Dr. O. B. Mayer, Jr., in memory of his father, the late Dr. O. B. Mayer, Sr. This building stood on a lot which was given by the Newberry Mills and was on the site of the present church proper- would draw a line between “mu sic” and just plain racket. I re fuse to go along -with the fact that such things as “I’m A Hog For You, Baby” and other noise making records of the same cate gory should be dignified by being called music. REAL HE-MEN Charlie Garrison, in his Caught On The Wing column in the An derson Independent t his week, takes up for the youth of today. He says “Some reformers and other w T ould-be authorities would give .the impression that here in America we are raising a lot of softies.” He quotes Alex Gettys, former coach of Boys High School in Anderson and a former foot baller at Erskine. “Recently Alex went down to Newberry and saw the Indians of Newberry College meet Cataw ba of North Carolina, the Indians winning. “Now based on the season’s rec ords neither Newberry or Cataw ba look like a winner in this year of our Lord 1959. But they have got real men on both teams. Take the word of Alex Gettys, an authority, on that point. “I saw the Newberry-Catawba game, and, honestly, I don’t be lieve that I ever saw' a harder- played game than that one. I feel sure we never hit opposing teams as the players did down there that night. Why, they w r ere like freight cars when they slam med into the other line. “Those men are in the best phy sical shape, or they could not have stood up under it as they did. I think superior physical condition finally paid off for Newberry and enabled them to win, but neither team w T as made up of weaklings. They are raising real men these days, and the Newberry and Ca tawba College teams are proof of that fact. I didn’t see a shirker nor a weakling on the field,” Get tys concluded. ty. The cost of the building was $2500.00. The church was dedicat ed on May 20, 1900, and five years later it was enlarged and a nar- thex and belfry added. The first house of worship was destroyed by fire on Sunday afternoon, Jan uary 12, 1919. It is most certain that the rec ords of Mayer Memorial for the first twenty years of its existence were destroyed with the building in the 1919 fire. The list of charter members was obtained by the Rev. V. L. Fulmer from some of the older members. The following is a list which these members gave from memory: Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Bobb, Mrs. Minnie Reagin, Mrs. Lizzie B. Tolbert, Mrs. Laura Reeves, Mrs. Laura Boozer, Mrs. Lillie Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. John Paysinger, Mr. and Mrs. Gilliam Fulmer, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Bedenbaugh, Mrs. Buford Waits, Mattie Waits, Mrs. Louisa Cro mer, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wicker, Mr. and Mrs. William Bedenbaugh, Mr. and Mrs. Felker and Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Mabry. For a number of years Mayer Memorial was in a parish ai*- rangement with Silverstreet and Summer Memorial Lutheran Churches. Then Mayer and Sum mer Memorials were together un til our congregation formed a par ish of its own in 1930. The second building was erect ed during the summer of 1919, and the first service was held oh the first Sunday in October of 1919. Mrs. O. B. Mayer, Jr., gave the $1500 insurance which her late husband had on the building. Mr. Z. F. Wright gave the pews and the Mayer window, and the Wo men’s Missionary Society gave the Chancel furniture. In the spring of 1928, the Sunday School rooms were added at a cost of $1100 and the church paint ed. The building w f as dedicated on October 13, 1935, with the Rev. W r . H. Dutton preaching the 36th Anniversary sermon, and the Rev. T. F. Suber preaching the dedica tory sermon. The years of 1937 to 1948 were years of improvements to the building and furnishings. Work was done to the interior of the church in the form of ceiling it with masonite. The J. D. Kinard Memorial Window was aded on July 12, 1941, and was the gift of Mr. Z. F. Wright. A Ham mond organ was purchased Feb ruary 14, 1942, and of a cost of $1713, Mr. Wright gave $800.00. Steps were taken to clear up the ownership of the church pro perty. This brought about the recording of the deed on Sep tember 25, 1947. The terms of the deed were that the church property would remaki in the hands of the congregation as long as a house of worship should stand on the lot. Four days after the deed was recorded the parsonage was purchased. On July 24, 1949, the Rev. V. L. Fulmer ended his stay of nearly 15 years and on December 1, 1949, the present pastor, the Rev. D. M. Shull, Sr., began his ministry. “Through the years the con gregation experienced steady growth. In the early 1950s the members realized that they had outgrown the 1919 building. The use of monthly offering enve lopes for the building fund was begun and in 1951 the practice of Lenten self-denial offerings for the fund began. The in creased attendance at both Sun day School and Divine Worship together with an occasional re minder by the pastor of the needs for additional facilities for edu cational purposes helped to stim ulate interest and a desire to build. On April 20, 1952, the congregation, by a vote of 101 to 4, adopted the recommenda tion of the Church Council that a new brick building with edu cational facilities to cost ap proximately $65,000 be built. On April 20, 1952, B. B. Livingston was elected treasurer of the building fund. On December 12, 1954, a building committee was appointed composed of Bryan Livingston, chairman; Clyde L. Amick, Alton O. Livingston, Jr., Harold Hendrix, George Stone, Cecil Merchant, and George Ward. Harold O. Cook and Cephus Long were elected advisory members. The possibility of relocating the church site was considered and several members offered to donate grounds for this purpose. On Jan uary 16, 1955, the congregation voted to give the Church Council authority to buy adjoining lots for building purposes. On June 12, 1955, the congregation voted to set Easter Day of 1956 as a ten tative date to end worship in the old building and to launch an in tensive campaign to raise money for the building fund so as to be ready financially to begin con struction on the stated time. A Building Fund Committee was appointed on May 1, 1955, compos ed of C. E. Dorn, Chairman, How ard Cook Jr., Gerald Taylor, Mrs. Harold Hendrix and Mrs. Robert Creekmore. At this time there was on deposit $31,000 in the fund. Mr. Irvine B. Leslie was engaged as the architect. The parsonage was i^noved to the corner lot of Drayton and Lyles Streets on Oc tober 5, 1955. This made avail able for the new building the old parsonage lot and the church lot. Floor plans for the new church, as proposed by the architect and recommended by the Building Committee and Church Council, were adopted by the congregation on November 20, 1955. The com pleted plans were adopted by a vote of 139 to 5 on March 4, 1956. The congregation voted on June 3, by a unanimous vote of 165 to 0 to accept the bid of the Cannon Construction Company for a bid of $90,636.20 and authorized the Church Council to sign contracts. With $50,000 in the fund at that time, the Church Council was fur ther given the authority to bor- (Continued on page 5) Dr, Kaufman Resigns Post At Newberry Just prior to presstime Wed nesday, faculty and staff mem bers of Newberry College were advised by Dr. C. A. Kaufmann that he had resigned as presi dent of the college effective the end of the first semester. A statement was read as follows: “Dr. H. Odelle Harmon, Chairman of the Board of Trus tees has announced that the resignation of Dr. C. A. Kauf mann as president has been ac cepted with regret by the Board in a special meeting at Newber ry College on Wednesday, Octo ber 7th. Dr. Kaufmann resigned for reasons of health effective the close of the first semester.” Following the meeting. Dr. Kaufmann told The Sun that while he had enjoyed his term as president of Newberry and was reluctant to leave, his doctors had advised that this action be taken. He stated that he has no immediate plans for the future, other than to remain in Newber ry for a while and rest. The Board of Trustees was in Newberry Wednesday to at tend the installation service of Rev. Harry Weber as an in structor in the Bible Depart ment. Coimty Fair Opens Monday October 19 Monday, October 19 is the opening date for the first joint Newberry-Saluda County Fair, to be held at the American Legion fairgrounds in Newberry, spon sored by Post 24 American Legion, Newberry and clubs of Saluda Counter. Frjmk Sutton, fair manager, announces that more than $5000 is being offered in cash prizes. The prizes are attractive, he says, and should encourage keen compe tition in all departments. The midway will feature Ross Man ning Shows. The Calendar of Events lists Monday, October 19 as official op ening day; Tuesday, Saluda Coun ty School day; Wednesday, New berry County School Day; Thurs day, colored school day, Newber ry and Saluda. Each day, Monday through Sat urday, there will be a drawing for a $200 cash prize. Only one tick et will be drawn each night Mon day through Friday, and if the duplicate is not presented within two minutes, the money will be carried over and added to the amount for the following night. Saturday night, October 24 at 11 p. m., the drawing will continue until there is a winner. IN OBSERVANCE OF FIRE PREVENTION WEEK this week, the young students of Aveleigh Kindergarten were taken by their instructors, Mrs. E. J. Gatlin and Mrs. P. E. ; Way, for a visit to the Newberry Fire Department. They were intrigued with the big red trucks and bells, but paused long enough for this Sunphoto to be made. Egg Production In Is Million Dollar Services At Lebanon Church Revival services will be held at Lebanon Methodist Church on the Mt. Bethel Garmany Road begin ning October 26 through October 30. Services will be each evening at 7:30, Monday through Friday, conducted by the Rev. David T. Templeton, pastor of the New berry Circuit, which includes New Chapel, Lebanon and Ebenezer Methodist Churches. CLEMSON.—Poultry production in Newberry County is surging ahead behind sound leadership, youthful energy, and good man agement to become an economic force of real significance to the mid-South Carolina area. The story was revealed last week by A. L. Busby, Clemson Ex tension Service County Agent at Newberry, during visits to poutry- men in the county. “I believe that Nawberry farm; ers will take in more than $1,000,- 000 from the sale of commercial eggs alone this year,” he said. This is an increase over previous years and he attributes the in crease to the fact that hens have doubled in number in the county during the past two years. Busby and his assistant, J. O. Donkle and W. S. Walker, work with poultrymen in setting up high performance record systems for poultry flocks in collaboration with T. C. Stewart, Clemson Ex tension Poultryman, Clemson. Used as a springboard for the remarkable increase in layer flocks was an experienced business leader, agricultural loans from a Whitmire bank, and a nucleus of experienced poultrymen. Busby estimated that in New berry county laying hens now number above 200,000. This figure represents more than a 100 per cent increase over 93,000 layers reported by the State Crop Re porting Service for Newberry County in 1957. The increase is a Jboost to the total poultry picture in the county where turkeys and broilers already form an import ant segment of agriculture. Singled out for praise in the poultry progress was Dave Wald rop of Waldrop Brothers, Silver- street. Dave operates a feed and egg business with his brothers Jeff and Ralph. As both the chief supplier and buyer for feed and eggs, he has been in a favorable position to advise growers on poultry problems. Waldrop’s advice is backed by 17 years of poultry experience and it is noted that the spurt in growth of the commercial egg business coincides with his decision to go into the egg marketing business jn his community. The decision has caused a real economic stimulus. His purchases of eggs from flock owners will put close to a half-mil lion dollars back into farm income in the region this year. For ex ample. he, paid $51,000 for eggs frofr* ms community*' Inst month when prices were decidedly off. Waldrop bases prices paid on those of the Columbia market. Luke Hart, of the State Bank and Trust Company, Whitmire, has been active in assisting pros pective producers with capital needs. This' is a field that needs more support from area banks, Mr. Busby said. Production efficiency through good management has contributed to the Newberry county poultry success story as much as any other factor or combination of factors. Producers know this. There is a premium on top efficiency, Busby reports. Through the records pro gram carried on hy Busby and as sociates, producers are allowed to compare their month-by-month production with that of other pro ducers. This comes in the form of monthly “Egg, Feed, and Mor tality Record” which producers receive. Flocks are anonymous in this report, and no one is embar rassed. But there is constant striving to maintain a high pro duction. The records are also im portant in pointing out areas of management weakness. Frank M. and George F. Senn of Burton community are leaders who have carried streamlined management to the point of auto mation. Here, three houses shelter slightly less than 3,500 hens each. In the housing unit is a cen tral washing, grading, and refrig erated boding room to clean, pack and maintain egg quality. Pictured above are State and Local Officers of the South Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs who were attending a meeting of the Northern District in Whitmire recently. Seated, left to right, Mrs. Wayne Unger of Walterboro, Mrs. W. C. Flanagan of Columbia, Mrs. T. P. Crooks of Newberry, Mrs. C. B. Busbee of Cayce, and Mrs. C. R. Moss of Spartan burg. Standing, left to right, Mrs. M. E. Abrams, Mrs. Zack E. Aughtry, Mrs. A. B. Shriver of Whitmire, also Mrs. A. Fletcher Spigner of Columbia, and Mrs. Flay Axelander, Mrs. George Davidson, and Mrs. Walter S. Suber, all of Whitmire. (Photo courtesy Whit mire News.) The 10,000 h$ns in the Senn’s “Automation Chicken House” re ceive their feed self-feeders, water from automatic waters?* and lay their eggs in nests served by a ceiling suspended dolly on which eggs are placed directly into the packing liners for shipment. Dirty eggs and cracks are handled sep arately for additional processing. This entire unit is operated by, one man. ‘ At other farms, emphasis is placed on top-notch management with slightly less elaborate equip ment. At George and James San der’s and at E. M. Martin’s, effi cient poultry operations were in progress, and one flock of approx- mately 1,500 hens was laying at almost an egg-4-day rate at 92 percent of full capacity. Many of Newberry’s poultry producers are young in years as well as “young in the business.” John Matt DeHart, 17, who lives on the Newberry Highway, man ages 5,000 hens as a 4-H Club (Continued on page 5) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Oct. 11: D. D. Darby, Nancy Green, Mrs. Kate Miller, For rest Boozer, Mrs. A. H. Dick- ert. Bill Attaway, William E. Dufford, MrsL Trudie Epting, W. C„ Dorroh. Oct. 12: Mrs. W. J. Switten- burg, Mrs. James R. Andrews, Elbert C. Long, J. E. Wiseman Sr., Anita Faye Killian, Mrs. Carl Shealy, Marguerite Webb, Paul H. Long, Martha Moore Summer, David Schumpert, Ro bert Shealy Sr., Patsy Jones. Oct. 13: Steve Griffith, Dor othy Kyzer, Mrs. K. L. Martin, Marion Spearman, Mrs. Lila Dickert, Virgil W. Rinehart, Judy Rinehart, Karen Stewart, W. H. Ashbaugh, Mack Mont gomery, Estelle Martin, dan ces Miller, Mrs. Mattie L. Fel lers. /Oct. 14: Mrs. O. F. Armfield Jr., Henry Livingston Jr., Da vid Lee Cartner, Mrs. O. Hentz, Miss Bessie Thrift, Mrs. W. K. Swygert, Mrs. Wofford Cooper, Rev. Murray Shull. Oct. 15: Larry Luther Chap man, Mrs. John T. Norris, Mrs. William K. Lathrop, Tobie En- low, Mrs. Henry Livingston, Everette GralNm, J. O. Koon, Mrs. R. A. Goodman, Laddie Hamm, D. J. Taylor, Michael Thurow. Oct. 16: Pete Coleman, Mrs. James S. Watters, J. Frank Wilson, James Darby, Betty Ruth Perry, Guy V. Whitener Jr., Billy Dominick, George Ray Richardson, Jimmie Brown, Pope Johnson, Shirley Dillashaw, Clyde Wilson, Amy Atkison, Fred Schumpert, Mrs. Carroll Frick, Mrs. Dow Bectenbaugh.* Oct. 17: Buford Cromer, Bar bara Helen Youmans, Mrs. M. I. Youmans, Keith Green, Dorothy L. Senn, A. C. Dominick, Linda Davis, Samuel H. Crim.