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Is it a lack of appetite or lack of decision that causes men to ponder a luncheon menu so long? It’s a sign of something, possibly old age, when you can toss aside the current magazine, turn off the lights, walk away from the television, and go to bed at 9:30 on a quiet evening. VOLUME 23; NUMBER 27. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOMER 29, 1959 ^ $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Doris A. Sanders REMINDER What sort of a tragedy will be necessary before parents come to the realization that it is not safe for youngsters to roam the streets at night alone, especially on Hal lowe’en night? Most people 1 know'—including parents — have come to dread Hallowe’en about as much as the seven-year-itch, but they yield to the pressures of what must be a deteriorating society to allow children to go out and beg from total strangers, with threats of reprisal if the youngsters aren’t “treated.” Surely there must be other ways children can have fun on Hallowe’en. I know that we will have to “give in” to the point of allowing our girls to “trick or treat” their grandparents and next door neigh bors; but that will be the extent of their roaming and they will be accompanied by their parents. I only hope that other parents will consider the safety of their chil dren and see that an adult accom panies them on their Hallowe’en night excursions. Since the children will be out— whether you and 1 like it or not— the following hints from the Na tional Safety Council may be ap propriate: “Homeowners have a moral re sponsibility to keep youngsters safe at Hallowe’en. Furthermore, in many instances homeowners can be legally responsible if someone is injured on their property. “How can you guard against a tragedy that may mar a child’s Hallowe’en? Follow these, and si milar, suggestions, the Council recommends: “1. Light your porch if there’s any chance of a visit from trick- or-treaters Saturday evening. An excited youngster is ripe for a tumble in the dark. “2. Make sure your yard isn’t an obstacle course for children. Cover excavations. Tie strips of white cloth to temporary fences around shrubbery or newly seeded grass. “3. If you have a dog, keep it secured. The strange sights and sounds of youngsters dressed up to look like ghosts and goblins could excite it—with dire results.” Flower Show Termed Success; Ribbon Winners Are Named The Council of Newberry Gar den Clubs Fall Flower Show co- chairmen, Mrs. Gus Ellis and Mrs. John Lindsay, this week expressed their appreciation to all who par ticipated to make the show a suc cess last week at the Newberry- Saluda County Fair. Mrs. Ellis pointed out the fact that the show had been enhanced by exhibits from the Junior Garden Club, the Council of Saluda Garden Clubs, the Prosperity Council of Garden Clubs and the Whitmire Garden Club, as well as those from the Newberry clubs. Serving as clerks during the judging were: Artistic Division, Mrs. Charlie Altman and Mrs. Joe Roberts; Harticulture Division, Mrs. Ollie Moye, Mrs. T. P. Crooks, Mrs. Alex Leslie, Mrs. Steve Griffith and Mrs. Ned Car lisle. Judges for the show were Mrs. Niles Clark and Mrs. Henderson of Waterloo, Mrs. Robert Eichel- berger of Laurens, Mrs. Furman Fulmer, Mrs. Hoyt Dye, Mrs. Alex Pregnall Jr., Mrs. Luther Burriss, Mrs. Henry Hall of Columbia; Mrs. Heyward Curlee, Mrs. Miona Counts, Mrs. Bradley Mobley and Mrs. J. R. Thomas of Orangeburg. A luncheon was held in honor of the judges at the home of Mrs. Tina Burgess. Guests of the New berry-Saluda Fair Association were, in addition to the /judges, Mrs. John Frazier, president of the Newberry Council; Mrs. Elis and Mrs. Lindsay; also judges for the County Fair flower show sec tion, Mrs. H. B. Senn and Mrs. James C. Kinard. This attractive dried arrangement was one of the blue- . The a ^ ard f in , ^ he artlstlc di ’ ribbon Winners at the Fall Flower Show last week. It was in order of lst> 2ndi 3rd and hon . arranged by Mrs. Van Oxner, Mrs. Hugh Workman and Mrs. or able mention were* I. M. Smith of the Nosegay Garden Club. (Photo by Nichols) t Arrangement of pastel flowers: Nosegay, Mrs. William Hunter, NEAR THE TOP It would seem that Newberry County is one of the few really interested in the Business Develop ment Corporation of South Caro lina. This is due, no doubt, to the interest of the county chairman, John F. Clarkson, and the local member of the State Board, Tom Pope. These two have worked hard to inform county citizens as to the merit of the Corporation and the result is that only one county has topped Newberry in buying its quota of stock in the Corporation. Richland County re ports 122% of its quota, Newber ry 90%. The next county to New berry is Barnwell, with 49%. Al most 30 counties had reported no shares sold. The state total is only 43% of the quota of $1,100,000. A new report was due Wednesday, so perhaps the story will be differ ent, but it appears that the other counties need good salesmen such as we have in Newberry. CONGRATULATIONS It is with pleasure that we heard that one of our “Boundary Street Colonels” has received a promotion in rank. Harry O. Buz- hardt (Shorty to all of us around here) recently received the rating of full colonel in the U, S. Marine Corps. Shorty is now stationed with the Marines in Albany, Ga. Prior to that he had been at Ma rine Corps headquarters in Wash ington. Shorty, if I may call a bird-col onel by that nickname, has been in the Marines since February 1941. He is the son of Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt who lives on Boundary street. M. L. Whitener Died Tuesday Martin Luther Whitener, 85, died Tuesday morning at his home on College St. Ext., after a long period of declining health. He was born in Catawba Coun ty, N. C., the son of the late George M. and Eliza Abernathy Whitener. He was a retired lumberman and was a member of Harrington Heights Church of God. He was married to Mrs. Ella Mae Sain W’hitener, and they cele brated their 50th anniversary in 1951. Besides his wife surviving are four sons, Marshall Whitener of Greensboro, N. C., Guy V. White ner of Newberry, Herman White ner of Union and Arlo Whitener of Jonesville; four daughters, Mrs. Lois Bess of Richmond, Va., Mrs. Edith Gallagher of New berry, Mrs. Donna Higgins of Chase City, Va., and Mrs. Bonnie Hamrick of Charlotte; one broth er, Sam Whitener of Fort Meade, Fla.; 23 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be con ducted at 2:30 p. m. Thursday at Harrington Heights Church of God by the Rev. Adrian P. Shoemaker. Burial will be in Rosemont Ceme tery. Th</ body is at Whitaker Funeral Home and will be taken to the residence at 5 p.m. Wednesday and placed in the church at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. Active pallbearers will be Guy Whitener Jr., Larry Whitener, Kenneth Whitener, Charles White ner, James Gallagher and Arthur Dwyer. THE REASON You perhaps noticed an adver tisement in last week’s Sunpaper by the American Railroads. We are informed that this same ad appeared in nearly 10,000 news papers. The vice-president of the Association of American Railroads has this to say about the ad: “It was designed to present the basic principle on which American railroads will stand when labor- management negotiations open next month on the elimination of costly featherbedding and make- (Con tinned on page 4) Dr. Montgomery At Heart Meet Dr. B. M. Montgomery, member of the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Heart Association represented Newberry County at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association in Philadelphia, Octo ber 23 through 27. Dr. Montgomery -was among 3,- 500 physicians, research scien tists and lay leaders from through out the country who will discuss the newest developments in the nationwide effort to control and conquer diseases of the heart and blood vessels. These ailments ac count for more than half of all deaths in the nation. He will par ticipate in panel discussions and will attend the “Fireside Confer ences” of the American College of Cardiology, which is meeting con currently. Jobs Open For Census Takers Applications for employment as census takers for the 1959 Census of Agriculture in Union, Newber ry and Fairfield Counties are be ing accepted it w’as announced to day by Field Director Joseph R. Norwood of the Census Bureau’s regional office at Charlotte. Persons interested in these jobs in Fairfield an'd southeast New berry County should notify Henry E. Caldwell at 128 E. Zion St., Winnsboro, who is serving as crew leader for this area. The crew leader can be reached at telephone number 5(i41. Persons interested in jobs in Union and northwest Newberry County should contact Fred H. Goings, Route 1, Jonesville, at telephone OR 4-5464. Applicants for census taking jobs must be citizens of the United States, have a high school edu cation or furnish evidence of com parable experience, be in good phy sical health and of excellent character, and be at least 18 years of age. They must have suf ficient financial resources to sus tain themselves for approximately four or five weeks from the date of appointment until they receive their salary check. Applicants with veteran preference who meet all requirements will be given prior ity over non-veterans. Farm census job applicants must be licensed to operate and must provide a privately-owned automo bile in good condition. Census takers will be paid 7 cent's a mile for official travel. Education Board Has Meeting The County Board of Education met Tuesday night with all mem bers present, discussed a number of matters but took definite ac tion on few items, according to James D. Brown, county superin- tendevit of education. Mr. Brown said the Board discussed the “matching fund” program under Title 3 of the National Education program to provide teaching aids for science, mathematics and for eign languages. He stated that the proposed bond issue for con struction of schools was also dis cussed and that members seemed to be optimistic as to the outcome of such an issue. Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Kester of Columbia are spending a couple of weeks in Aiken with their daughter, Mrs. Jim (Mary Kes ter) Downs, and Mr. Downs. Mrs. W. Roy Anderson, Mrs. Allen Murray; Hoe and Rake, Mrs. Mary Alice Smith, Mrs. Gladys Holsen- back; Green Thumb, Miss Grace Summer; Town and Country, Mrs. E. E. Westwood Sr., Mrs. Charles Dukes, Mrs. H. B. Wells Jr. Dried Arrangement: Nosegay, Mrs. Van Oxner, Mrs. Hugh Work man, Mrs. I. M. Smith; Hoe and Rake, Mrs. Irene Ivester; Floral, Mrs. L. L. Haltiwanger, Mrs. L. S. Wilson, Mrs. Y. T. Dickert; Town and Country, Mrs. Jack O. Jenkins, Mrs. W. D. Beard, Mrs. Howard Cook Jr.; also Honorable Mention, Newberry, Mrs. Don Rook. Arrangement of fruit and/or vegetables in a basket: Green Thumb, Mrs. Billy Odell; Nose gay, Mrs. Ralph B. Baker, Mrs. W. E. Turner, Mrs. R. D. Smith; Palmetto, Mrs. Thad McCrackin Jr. Mass arrangement: Garden Stu dy, Mrs. Clifford Smith; Nosegay, Mrs. R. D. Smith, Mrs. Forrest Lominack, Mrs. White Fant; Hoe and Rake, Mrs. Audrey Stockman; Palmetto, Mrs. John Frazier. Line arrangement with yellow predominating: Garden Study, Mrs. Gus Ellis; Green Thumb, Mrs. Melvin Attaway; Hoe and Rake, Mrs. William Shealy; Palmetto, Mrs. Leon Nichols. All white arrangement: Palmet to, Mrs. John Lindsay; Newberry, Mr$. Joe Feagle; Green Thumb, Mrs. G. B. Summer; Hoe and Rake, Mrs. Ethel Ruff, Mrs. Lillian Mor ris. Arrangement suitable for a church: Floral, Mrs. C. C. Dun can, Mrs. L. E. Gatlin, Mrs. Rayon Mitchell; Palmetto, Mrs. John Frazier, Mrs. McTeer Senn, Mrs. Buck Connelly; Nosegay, Mrs. R. D. Smith, Mrs. P. M. Dennis, Mrs. C. A. Kaufmann, Mrs. E. W. Yates. Invitaional Class, composition of all green material: Green Thumb Garden Club of Ridge Spring; Py- racantha of Saluda; Garden Club of Saluda. Junior Artistic Division, a com position depicting the forest using a bbird as an accessory. All from Green Thumb Jr. Club: Martha Brown, Marcia Stutts, 1st; Donna Nichols, 2nd; Lila Summer, 3rd; Gayle Ruff, Katheryn Kelly, hon- orablbe mention. Table Section, invitational: Fall breakfast table by Prosperity Council of Garden Clubs, blue rib bon; Fall Wedding breakfast table by the Whitmire Garden Club, Blue Ribbon. First place winners in the hor ticulture division were: Mrs. Forrest Lominack, Mrs. R. M. Lominack, Mrs. Steve Grif fith, Mrs. Guy Whitener Sr., Mrs. E. E. Westwood, Mrs. Robert Liv- (Continued on page 4) Mrs. Young Dies At Prosperity Monday Night Mrs. Willie Mae Wise Young, 69, widow of Bennie T. Young of Prosperity, died Monday night at Mills Clinic after a period of de dining health and a short illness. She was a retired school teach er and had taught in Prosperity High School for 37 years. She had also been secretary of Grace Luth eran Church for a number of years and had served as a home demon stration agent in Newberry Coun ty. Mrs. Young for many years was Prosperity correspondent for The Newberry Sun. She was the daughter of the late John Lawson and Laura McFall Wise. Surviving are one step-daugh ter, Mrs. A. J. Richards, Sr. of Heath Springs; one sister, Mrs. Charles B. Tyler of Jacksonville. Fla.; two brothers, L. M. Wise of Greenville and George C. Wise of Washington, D. C.; two step-, grandchildren; and a one step- greac-grandchild. Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church in Prosperity by the Rev. Ben M. Clark. Interment followed in Prosperity cemetery. Active pallbearers were Kreps Zeagler Jr., Charles Hemingway, Jesse Shirer, Curtis Amick, H. A. Richards, Jr., and David Lawson. Honoraryescort was composed of officers of Eastern Star of Pros perity and teachers with whom she had taught. Exchangites, Ladies Hear Throgmorton Louie E. Throgmorton of Dallas, Texas, an outstanding speaker known for his ability to present a serious message with a background of wit and humor, will be guest speaker at the annual Exchange Club Ladies night to be held Tues day, November 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Newberry High School Cafe teria, according to Irvine Leslie, Exchange president. The speaker will be introduced by Robert H. Loworn, of Columbia, president of Calhoun Life Insurance Com pany. Mr. Throgmorton is vice-presi dent and director of Public Rela tions for Republic National Life Left to right, Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Kinard, Mrs. J. E. Wiseman, Mrs. Charles Culbertson and Mr. Culbertson gather for dinner at the Hotel Wiseman prior to the Civic League meeting Tuesday night. Mr. Culbertson, State Director of Civil Defense, was guest speak er and was introduced by Dr. Kinard. Mrs. Wiseman is president of the Civic League. (Sun- photo.) Government Negligent In CD Program, Culbertson Charges 3731 Persons Receive Free Crest X-Rays Insurance Company of Dallas.-He has been in the insurance business for 29 years, and prior to his con nection with Republic Life served as general agent of Aetna Life Insurance Company in Shreve port, La., where he was active in civic and religious circles. He is much in demand as a speaker and has spoken at over 300 gatherings in a year throughout the South and Midwest. He was born in Pig- gott, Ark. and was educated in the schools of Jonesboro and Little Rock. A past president of the Ki- wanis Club of Shreveport, Mr. Throgmorton has the distinction of being listed in “Who’s Who in the South and Southeast.” Howard Cook, program chair man, was in charge of arrange ments for the 1959 Ladies Night event. According to Dr. V. A. Long, Director of the Newberry County Health Department, 3,731 persons were x-rayed during the recent Mobile Chest Survey made in the county. This program was sponsored by the Newberry County Health De partment in cooperation with the South Carolina State Board of Health and Newberry County Tu berculosis Association. Out of this total of 3,731 x-rays a total of 98 were called in for retakes. Only two newly diagnosed cases of tuberculosis, not already known to the Department, were found during this survey. The purpose of this type progam is to screen well people to determine signs and symptoms, in their early stages, of diseases such as tuber culosis and lung tumor. Dr. Long wishes to express his appreciation to the public in par ticipating in this survey and to all the interested * people and organi zations who were instrumental in makng the survey a success. JOINS SIGMA ETA Hugh Johnson Bickley, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Bickley of Newberry, is among the ten new members added recently to the Newberry Chapter of Theta Sig ma Eta, the fraternity for men students on the New'berry College campus, who are preparing for the Christian ministry or any other type of full-time church work. College Seniors Practice Teach In Local Schools On Monday morning, 79 seniors education majors began a three- week session of practice teaching. This training is required by the State Department of Education for a certificate to teach in the schools of South Carolina. The education students will practice teach for three weeks again next semester. This work is supervised by Prof. James L. McCord, supervisor of secondary education, and Mrs. Louise R. Douglas, supervisor of elementary education. Practice teachers from Newber ry County in secondary education are: Jerry M. Alewine, Ruby E. Banks, Robert E. Bouknight, Tho mas Reginald Brigman, Jimmy Lee Harmon, Claude Meadows Herndon, Raynold Stoudemayer. Elementary education: Martha Ann Lindler, Mildred Long, Kath leen Martin and Evelyn Wessing- er. The secondary group will teach in one of the following schools: Newberry High, Newberry Jr. High, Mid-Carolina, Silverstreet, Bush River, Whitmire High, Sa luda High, Clinton High, Holly wood High, Chapin High, John ston High, Edgefield High and Crayton Junor High, Columbia. The elementary group will prac- tice-teach in either Speers Boundary Street Schools. or Mr. and Mrs. A1 Fischer and daughter, Lila of Orangeburg spent the weekend with Mrs. Fish er’s mother, Mrs. E. A. Carpenter on Calhoun St. “The federal government, under the federal constitution, has the responsibility to protect lives and property,” Charles Culbertson, State Director of Civil Defense, told Civic League members Tues day night. “The federal govern ment has not faced up to this re sponsibility,” he charged, point ing out that the nation spends $40 billion, or $325 per person on military defense, anly only 25c per person on civil defense each year. Meeting with the Civic League at the Social Hall of Central Methodist Church were members of the local Business and Profes sional Women’s Club, members of city council and representatives of other civic and service groups. Mrs. J. E. Wiseman, league presi dent, presided and introduced special guests. Mr. Culbertson was introduced by Dr. James C. Kinard who, with Mrs. Kinard, had made arrange- Newberry Co-Op Nan les Directors At Friday Meet Three new directors were elect ed at the annual meeting of the Newberry Electric Cooperative, Inc., held in the Newberry High School auditorium Friday night. They are R. M. Blair, Zone 1; Clifford Smith, Zone 2, and David L. Ruff, Zone 3. Hugh M. Epting, manager of the cooperative, was the speaker for the occasion which was at tended by around 400 members and their families. “We were very busy during the year,” Mr. Bpting said, “even though there were no spectacular projects under construction, con sumption of energy per average member was 400 KWH over the preceding year.” Mr. Epting also stated that the average consumer cost per KWH hour was. less than any preced ing year of its operation and that the average cost of $1.86 is al most one per cent under the na tional average. He said that over the years the Co-op has met all of the interest and principle pay ments on time and in addition has paid off thrae notes well in advance of due dates. He reported that the depreciat ed value of the Cooperative amouts to $1,770,554.95, or $61,- 671.93 over the previous year. The sale of KWH has increased from one million sold in 1942 to 17 million in 1958. The average annual KWH has increased from 748 KWH per annual consumer in 1948 to 4,353 in 1958. ments for the guest speaker. Mr. Culbertson reviewed the civil defense structure in South Carolina, and pointed out that while there were only four so- called “target areas” in the state —Columbia, Charleston, Aiken and Greenville—that Newberry could possibly be affected by fall out from even greater distances. He spoke of the effectiveness of" underground shelters, not only as protection from direct hits or ra dioactive fallout, but for use in event of such natural disasters as tornadoes and hurricanes. He stated that Newberry was an al ternate location for state govern ment in the event of an attack on Columbia. The Civil Defense director es timated that, if 223 key points were hit by bombs containing the equivalent of one million tons of dynamite, 50 million people would die within five days. He pointed out that a part of these would be casualties of direct hits, but that many would die from the effects of radioactive fallout, and that the latter deaths could be eliminated with adequate shelter. He said that the sum of $17 to $20 billion would be needed to provide ade quate public and private shelters. “If Congress can appropriate $40 billion a year for military pre paration,” Mr. Culbertson said, “it should face up to its responsi bilities at home and see that Am erican citizens are adequately educated and sheltered to with stand an enemy attack.” BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Chapter Meets Drayton Rutherford Chapter, U. D. C. will meet Tuesday after noon, November 3rd at 3:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Thomas H. Pope Jr. with Mrs. J^ V. Kneece and Mrs. M. L. Youmans as as sociate hostess. Mrs, J. J. Chappell will have the historical program, the sub ject of which will be “There Will Always Be A South.” Nov. 1: Mrs. Louise Cobb, Jerald Smith, Mrs. Myrl Glymph, Mrs. Dorothy Son Pyle. Nov. 2: Mrs. L. G. Eskridge, Mrs. Julia R. Smith, Lennis Hove, Mrs. I.' H. Wilson, John W. Waldrop, Lula Mae Martin, Loretta Derrick, Harry Stone, Sr., Theo Neely, F. A. Boland, Mrs. A. M. Dominick, Mack Dominick, Sgt. Edward Myers. Nov. 3: Bobby Ruff, Bruce Hawkins, Jack S. Crim, Bobby Davis» Nov. 4: Mrs. J. C. Harmon, June Roberts, J. C. Doolittle, Candace Graham Ruff, Jimmy Longshore, Mrs. Lula E. Hitt, Mrs. Gus Franklin, Henry Franklin, Mrs. George B. Brooks. Nov. 5: T. S. Riley, Judy Shealy, Vonnie G. Chapman, W. B. Boinest Jr., Ryan Gra ham, Mrs. Alice Shealy, Mrs. Carl Setzler, Floyd Amick, Mar tha A. Young, Buddy Wilson, Jane Bedenbaugh. Nov. 6: Mrs. J. C. Kinard, Miss Mary Wheeler, James Mills, Mrs. Wilbur Boozer, Jim my Glymph Jr., Larry Cromer, J. Foster Senn, Charlie I. Am ick, Sammy Price, Vinnie L. Hinnant, Tyler Britt, Mrs. Tom my Mims, M. W. Felker, Coke S. Dickert. Nov. 7: Mildred Ruff, J. T. Bouknight, David Ringer, Mrs. M: P. Connelly, Jon Dickert, Da vid Edward Berley, Jean Alt man, Frank Sutton.