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To hear some men talk you would think they knew more than the presi dent, congress, the pentegon, and the United Nations, plus the bartender. VOLUME 23; NUMBER 28. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1959 + $2.00 PER YEAR *By The Way By Doris A. 8a r:dor* TREATED ANYWAY People are so nice to our little girls. When our neighbors learned we weren’t going to let them go “trick or treating” even in the neighborhood because of the in clement weather, they either brought them “treats” or saved them until the girls went for a visit. And one of the readers of this column, noticing that we didn’t intend to let the girls go beyond the neighborhood, on Hal lowe’en night, did a most thought ful thing. She brought Connie and Ruthie the most beautiful—and most delicious “treat”—a chocolate nut roll. We have all enjoyed it, and our thanks to Mrs. O. M. Cobb for her thoughtfulness. Thrilled as they were about the treat, howev er, Connie and Ruthie, when they saw Mrs. Cobb, were more inter ested in finding out whether or not “Rudolph” would be out this year. I’m sure most of you are familiar with the reindeer scene the Cobbs have on their front yard each Christmas. Two years ago, they didn’t have it and the girls were so disappointed. When I called to ask about it several days before Christmas, Mrs. Cobb said they didn’t intend to put it out again, but if the girls wanted to see Ru dolph, out he would go. So Ru dolph again was on hand to “light the way” and two little girls were happy . . . and they will be again this year, because they have al ready extracted a promise from Mrs .Cobb that Rudolph would lead Santa’s reindeer for Christmas, 1959. WHEN THEY’RE READY The time is coming when edu cators are going to have to realize that there is no set chronological age at which a child is ready to start school. Most children today have had widely varied experiences before they reach the age of six. Their parents begin traveling wdth them almost as soon as they are out of the hospital. Many attend playschool or kindergarten for a year or so. And then there is, of course, television, and no matter what you think of it as an aid or as a deterrent, children who watch television pick up a certain amount of knowledge. If you don’t be lieve it, just watch any pre-school er in a grocery store, identifying almost every item he sees. I know that many first graders of this year would have been men tally ready and mature enough for first grade last year. I also notice the children at kindergarten and am sure that a number of them should be in school this year, rather than wasting another year at kindergarten. The only proper way for determining the appro priate age at which a child is ready for school is by a testing program fro decide whether the in dividual is of proper mental age and whether he is mature enough to cope with the change from home or kindergarten to school. I know of two examples which will indicate the value of a test ing program. A child whose 6th birthday fell on the “deadline” for entering school, October 31, 1 believe, was enrolled in the first grade. He was a good deal young er than many of his classmates. His teacher was unable to keep his attention and felt that perhaps he was not mature enough to be attending school. His parents very wisely took him to the School of Education Reading Clinic at the University of South Carolina. There he was thoroughly tested by experts who came up with the conclusion that he was mature enough for school. They found that his difficulty, like that of many first children, was that he 1 had not been given enough res ponsibility during his early years. In another case, a child was taken by his parents to the same Reading Clinic at the age of five years, two months. Thorough testing on “reading readiness” as well as general information show ed that the child at that age, was on the average with a first grad er after two months in school as far as reading readiness was con cerned, and that the child’s men tal age was six years, ten months, with an I. Q. of 132. The State, however, forbids that child to go to school until he reaches his sixth birthday. Instead of entering school at age 5% when he has a mental age of almost seven, the child is forced to wait until he is 6%. This shows the wide range of intelligence of pre-schoolers and some provisions must, and I am sure soon will be made ta get those youngsters who are ready, Making plans for the wind-up of the Loy-alty Fund Campaign at First Baptist Church are, left to right, Raymond Blair, Walter Walker, Gus Ellis, Furman Garner, Chairman, Bill Turner, Ben Chreitzberg and Pat Hughes. (Sunphoto.) Founder Of Kendall Company Dies In Boston Tuesday Night Louie E. Throgmorton of Dallas, Texas, vice-president and director of Public Relations for Republic National Life Insurance Company of Dallas, was guest speaker when Ex- changites of Newberry honored their ladies Tuesday night at annual Ladies Night. A delicious dinner was enjoyed at the High School Cafeteria. This was followed by a de lightful talk by Mr. Throgmorton. Posing for the Suncamera prior to the dinner were, left to right, Robert H. Lovvom of Columbia, president of Calhoun Life Insurance Company, who introduced the speaker; Howard Cook, program chairman for Ladies Night; Mr. Throgmorton, and Irvin Leslie, Exchange president. Postal Service Be Speeded Up Under New Plans, Says Moose Announcement has been made ) local postmaster Harry E. Moose of sweeping postal service chan- News was received in Newberry Wednesday morning of the death of Henry P. Kendall in Boston, Mass., Tuesday night. Mr. Kendall was chairman of the board and founder of the Kendall Company. He was president of Kendall when the company acquired the Oak land plant in Newberry in 1925 and the Mollohon plant in 1926, also at the time of the Oakland expansion several years ago. Mr. Kendall visited Newberry fre quently while his health permit ted, and had many friends here. D. O. Carpenter, manager of the Oakland plant, stated Wednesday that the Kendall family requested that flowers not be sent. It was also Mr. Kendall’s wish, he said, that all plants continue in opera tion. 1 The following telegram was sent to employees of the Kendall Company by Richard R. Higgins, president: “Henry P. Kendall, Chairman of the Board and Founder of the Kendall Company, died this even ing at his home at the age of 81. As many of you know, he had been ill for some time. Henry P. Kendall was a builder. He was the architect of one of the nation’s largest and most important cor porations, which developed from a single plant. “He was a builder of men and through his philosophy of fear less delegation developed an or ganization prepared to meet the challenge of today’s dynamic business economy. He was a com munity builder. He gave gener ously of his time, effort and money to assist in improving communities in which our company located its diversified operations. His life, his philosophies and his high ideals have had their impact on all of us who have been direct ly and indirectly associated with Mr. Kendall. He leaves us his ex ample of integrity, courage and a warm faculty for abiding friend ships. He leaves us also his com pany and the great responsibility for its further growth. In this last respect he left what he al ways gave so generously, his con fidence. “Recently while reminiscing with an old friend about the com pany, Mr. Kendall said T always wanted to have a foundation un der the business. I have it now. It is the people of the company.’ “We mourn the passing of Mr. Kendall. Perhaps there is conso lation in recognizing that he in school without waiting for a chronological age deadline. ANOTHER HONOR Another honor has been bestow ed upon Brainard Cheney, out standing author, and the husband of the former Frances Neel of Newberry. The article concerning Mr. Cheney appeared in the At lanta Constitution of Sunday, No vember 1st and the portion per taining to him is as follows: “Three outstanding Georgia writers received awards for liter ary achievement at the concluding program Saturday evening of the Georgia Writers Conference. “Brainard Cheney, author of ‘Lightwood’ and ‘River Rogue,’ born in Fitzgerald, received the GWA fiction award for 1958 for his novel, ‘This Is Adam’.” breathed life into the Kendall Company which can serve human ity for generations to come.” Henry Brooks, of Troop 66, Newberry, son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Brooks, was presen ted his Eagle badge at the meet ing of the Newberry Lions Club on November 3. The presenta tion was made by Lion John F. Clarkson, Chairman of the Troop committee, who also gave min iature Eagle pins to Mr. and Mrs. Brooks. Henry became a Scout on June 10, 1957 and has gotten his Eagle award in record time. He has re ceived many honors this year. In May he was elected Senior Patrol Leader and his fellow scouts made him Honor Scout for the year, which is the highest honor the troop gives. In June at Camp Old Indian he was elected to the Order of the Arrow, national camping fraternity. He also serves his troop as Co-Quarter master and has 38 Merit Badges to his credit. He has registered to attend the National Jamboree at Colorado Springs next summer. Troop 66 is sponsored by the Newberry Lions Club. Youth Group To Meet Monday The Newberry County Commit tee on Children and Youth will meet Monday, November 9 at 3:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Agriculture building. The subject of the discussion will be “Codes of Social Conduct for Children and Youth.” All parents and interest ed persons are invited to attend. Ed Beck is chairman of the county committee. Vice-chairman is Mrs. R. Aubrey Harley, and M rs. Julia R. Smith serves as sec retary. Five Ordered To Report The following Newberry County men have been ordered to report for induction into the army on Monday. November 9: George William Coats, Ninety Six; Willie Irvin Coleman, Washington, D. C.; Randolph Lee Wilson, Newberry; Freddie Lee Bishop Jr., Newberry; David Harold Epps, Whitmire. Baptist Men Organize To Complete Drive Forty-three men gathered in the Fellowship Hall of the First Baptist Church for their “Assign ment Supper” in preparation for completing their Forward Pro gram of Church Finance. Furman Garner, chairman of the pledging committee, was responsible for the enlisting and directing of the twenty-one teams of men. Chal lenged to see their visits as a spir itual witness, the men went out two-by-two to make appointments and to place the obligation and privilege of Christian stewardship before some of their members. More than 475 church members responded to Pledge Sunday, leav ing only twenty-two percent of their congregation to be contact ed. More than 85% of the total budget was pledged at the open ing service. Members of the canvassing teams will be visiting on Tuesday and Thursday nights of this week, by appointment. “Report snacks” are being scheduled for nine o’clock as the men return to the church for fellowship and refresh ments while reporting their prog ress. The Rev. Kenneth B. Wilson, pastor, reports, “the response of our people has been not only grati fying, but thrilling. They have seen the challenge of Christ’s great commission and are sharing their part in its fulfillment. Giving through this unified program will not only enable us to carry for ward our enlarged program of witness in this community and through cooperative efforts to the ends of the earth, but the budget includes many capital im provements and short term debt reduction items which are a fur ther challenge to our membership. It is tremendously heartening to observe the enthusiasm of a peo ple when they truly grasp the joy •f complete cooperation by parti cipating in such a large under taking.” Lominick Rites To Be Today Mrs. Daisey Nance Lominick, 79, died early Tuesday night at the local hospital. She had been ill for two weeks. Mrs. Lominick was born and reared in Newbery County, the daughter of the late Maj. John King Griffin and Dorothy Ruth erford Nance. For a number of years she had made her home in Newberry and was amember of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. Oct. 18 she and her husband, Janies F. Lominick, celebrated their 63rd wedding an niversary. Surviving besides her husband are two sons, Robert Nance Lom inick of Warwick, and John King Lominick of Spartanburg; five daughters, Mrs. Pearl Shealy and Mrs. Dolly Long, both of New berry, Mrs. S. J. Me Watters of Burlington, N. C. and Mrs. Earl Roland and Mrs. Gerard Jones both of • Charleston; seven grand children, and six great-grand chil dren. She was the last surviving member of her immediate fam ily. Contracts To Be Opened On Broad River Project Sealed bids on road and bridge projects costing an estimated $2,- 360,000 will be publicly opened at the Hotel Columbia at 9 a.m. Tuesday, November 17, Chief Highway Commissioner Claude R. McMillan has announced. The largest bridge project on which bids will be received is for the construction of a 608-foot pre stressed concrete bridge over Broad River and a 912-foot pre stressed concrete bridge over Broad River and the Southern Railway, both on Roads S-307 and S-229 at Peak on the Fairfield- Newberry County line. Construc tion of this new crossing, long proposed by Newberry-Fairfield motorists, will greatly shorten the travel distance between Peak and Little Mountain. R. Aubrey Harley, Senator from Newberry County who has work ed with others for over 20 years for the construction of the Broad River Bridge, explained today that the wordng of the above re lease from the State Highway De partment is confusing, in that it indicates that two bridges will be built. He explained that the “608- foot bridge” is the first portion of one long bridge. This section runs from the Nev/berry County side, 608 feet across the river, and the 912-foot bridge runs from the Fairfield side until it joins the “Newberry side” of the bridge. The bridge was “split” merely for purposes of securing bids on the project, according to Mr. Harley. Indians To Be At Home This Week; Elon Foe The Newberry College Indians, carrying a 5-2 won loss record, play, host to the “Fighting Christ ians” of . Elon Colege here in Newberry Saturday, November 7 on Setzler Field at 8 p.m. Coach Sid Varney summed up his season as being the slimmest since his team began at Elon, but the Christians have licked New berry in the last two meetings. With such an introduction, he proceeded to sum up the prospects by pointing to only eight return ing lettermen from the group of seventeen who won monograms with last year’s mediocre squad. Their big threat is quarterback Charlie Maidon who is one of the better passers in the North State Conference. Newberry’s stalwart, defense has played a key role in the Tribe four straight victories, and over all tb All-Senior line, spearhead ed by center and pre-season All- State choice, Conley Jumper, has done a fine job limiting the oppon ents to 779 yard rushing in seven contests. Newberry’s forward wall is manned by Ends Jimmie Gra ham of Johnston and John Hud gens of Lynchburg; tackles, Gene Hendrix of Lexington and John Temples of Batesburg; guards, Stanley Ross of Blackville and Ro land Rosier of Barnwell; and cen ter Jumper. Against Guilford they held their own giving up only 82 yards, as compared to Newberry 332 yards gained. Fullbaclc Richard Seastrunk scored his 12th touchdown of the season to boost his total to 72 points after seven games, and three yet to lie played give the Summerville lad a chance to con clude the season as the N. A. I. A.’s District 26 leader. Also, he leads the Newberry offense with 616 yards (584 rushing). Wyman Taylor of Sumter kick ed his 14th extra point against Guilford. This gives the 135 pound quarterback a good aver age, as he attempted only 16. Quarterback Bill Bethea leads the punting with a 39.5 average. INITIATED INTO PHI TAU FRATERNITY J. Robert (Bobby) Davenport, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Daven port of Newberry, was mong £he five new members recently ini tiated into Phi Tau social frater nity at Newberry College. The new members were selected on the basis of scholastic achivement and leadership abilities. Funeral services will be held today, (Thursday) at 3 P. M. at McSwain Funeral Home, by the Rev. H. A. McCullough and the Rev. R. L. Councilman. In terment will follow in Rosemont cemetery. ges designed to guarantee next day first class mail delivery to more than 2,100,000 people in South Carolina, and, according to Ben Rook, son Of Miv and Mrs. J. Donald Rook, received his Eagle Scout Award Thnrgday night, Oc tober 29 at the annual ladies night banquet of scout executives of this district. In an impressive cere mony, L. L. Stanley, Scout Execu tive of the Blue Ridge Council, presented young Rook the award. Ben is a member of Troop 1, sponsored by the Newberry Rotary Club, Marvin Rucker, Scoutmaster. Ben received the Pro Deo et Pat- ria award last May. Newberry benefits from the new Columbia “ Metropolitan area’ ’ plan which was placed in effect on Saturday, October 31. “The new plan ol service has two principal objectives,” Post master -Moose said. “The first is to assure that preferential mails posted up to 5 p.m. will be de livered on the first carrier trip the next day at any point in the state.” Mr. Moose stated that locally, mail must be posted in time to catch a 6:55 P. M. dis patch from Newberry in order to be guaranteed of first carrier trip delivery the next day at any other post office within the state. ‘ Next, it has been determined by the Post Office Department that better service will result by concentrating at Columbia the larger portions of bulk mails, parcel post, circulars, etc., des tined for South Carolina addres ses. This type of mail formerly was distributed at Atlanta and Washington gateways. In connection with these two ob jectives, it was pointed out that they conform with Postmaster General Summerfield’s announced policy of striving toward eventual overnight delivery of preferential mails throughout the United States. With the exception of two trains which have been discontinued, ex isting mail transportation service has been modified and adapted, insofar as practicable, to carry out the Department’s new program. As a part of this plan, a number of new highway truck routes ra diating from Columbia to every corner of the state have been es tablished to speed up the delivery of mails from the central hub. It is expected that the perfec tion of the plan will mean not only extensive service improvements but also will result in a new in crease of some 60 new postal jobs in the bulk mail distribution facil ity at Columbia. At the same time it is believed that there will be a substantial reduction’ in the net operating costs to "the taxpayers. Although the new schedules be came effective on October 31, a brief shakedown period of the transportation pattern will be re quired before they will be operat ing at full efficiency. This was the seventh “Metropolitan area” pro gram to be started in the Atlanta Postal Region and the successes in the other areas makes success with the South Carolina plan prac tically assured. Postmaster Moose said that the principal mails are now received in Newberry at 4:40 and 6:20 a.m. and the principal dispatches now leave at 5:10 and 6:55 p.m. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS 1 Nov. 8: Mrs. Jack Chappell, Mrs. McHardy Mower, Tommy Chappells, Barbara Gilstrap, Carrie Norris, Mary Eva Doo little, Hugh Ballentine, Mrs. George W. Summer, Mrs. H. J. Touchberry, Berly A. Fretwell, Nancy Paysinger, Carol Setzler Harley. Nov. 9: Mrs. Henry Sowell, R. G. Ringer, Hal Kohn Jr., K. L. Martin, Bill Long, Peggy Komi, Mrs. Pauline Lathrop, Mrs. Bes sie Nichols Lake. Nov. 10: Mrs. Chris Kauf- mann, Mrs. C. A. Matthews, Luther Aull (Johnston), Luther Hamm, Mrs. W. B. Timmerman, Henry Nichols, Shelby Jean Neel, George R. Summer, G. M. Neel, Celia Dodgen, Ted Daven port, Judy Berry, Richard H. Briggs. Nov. 11: S. D. Paysinger, Mrs. C. S. Glymph, Betty Kyzer, Bil ly Dipner, Pamela Senn, Jim Waldrop, C. E. Long, Ruth H. Westwood, A. B. Stribble. Nov. 12: Linda Shipman, Joe Lovelace, Mrs. T. W. Henderson, Mrs. James N. Parr, Rusty Newton, Sudie Roton. Nov. 13: Dr. Robert Honseal, J. M. Wilson, Mrs. John Charlie Davis, Mrs. Paul H. Shull, Mrs. Mazie Neel Boozer, Sylvia Dowd, Brenda Bowers, Mrs. Lucy Metts Moore, Wayne Ris- ter, W. E. Turner III. Nov. 14: George Stephens, Brenda Salley Truett, Tommy Crooks Jr., Mrs. Harold Bowers, Mrs. Joe Dominick, F. C. Mer chant, Lynn Buford, Bonnette Atkinson, Mrs. D. J. Icard Sr., George P. Hawkins. Henderson Stroble, 28, of Taylors, driver of this tractor- trailer, should consider himself a lucky man to be alive to day. After colliding' with a ’59 Plymouth on the overhead bridge, Highway 76 about one mile north of Newberry last Thursday night, his rig careened out of control, through the guard posts and down a 50-foot embankment, almost straight down, without overturning. He sustained minor in juries when he jumped from the truck as it started its plunge. Highway patrolman D. A. Keighley investigated. (Phot© by Winston Jones.) f