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Fred Fears says he’d rather play poker with a poor loser than any kind of winner. A smile is nothing more than a curve that sets a lot of things straight. VOLUME 23; NUMBER 32. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1959 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By OorU A. Sander* NOT BAD AT ALL “It was terrible, wasn’t it?” That was a frequently-heard com ment about the Newberry-P C.. game last Thursday. I don’t think it was a bad game at all. In fact, I thought it was a very good foot ball game, for those who wish to see good football. I was as disappointed as any one else that Newbery didn't win the game. It was simply a matter of meeting a stronger team. When a football team can win seven games and lose only three during the season, as Coach Harvey Kirkland’s boys did this year, they are to be congratulated, not crit icized just because they lost the “big one.” Of the three lost, one was to The Citadel, a much larg er and stronger school; one was to Lenior-Rhyne, the North State Champions for the past couple of years, including this year; and of course to P. C., bowl-bound and with only one defeat this season. The Indians may have made a couple of mistakes near the begin ning of the game, but that is un derstandable with the pressure on them that afternoon. I think there should be no complaints, only praise for a hard-working, tough playing team. Dave Caldwell and I do have a minor sort of complaint to make, come to think of it. We were very disturbed about the condition of the uniforms and especially that of Jimmy Lowder. We were afraid that what appeared to be a tear in his pants might give way to something worse. Dave sug gests that if the College athlonic association doesn’t have money to buy Lowder some pants before next season, that we begin a com- paign to raise funds for this pur pose. He says he will be the first contributor. m I -. '» * v '' ** 1 mm M •y'-XW :• §fH i ■mm m ™ 1E1 iimnfh - Reed Speaker For Prosperity Trade Group’s Annual Banquet NOW I KNOW You will recall I sit off a friend ly feud with my WKDK disc- jockey friends several weeks ago by saying that the records they were playing out there couldn’t justifiably be called music. Now I know the reason for those so- called “songs” composing the “top ten” or twenty or forty or whatever it is. The answer is the recently-publicized “payola.” Now before I get scalped, I had better make it clear that I do not refer to the local DJs in connection with the payola. In fact, I heard Bill Fields talking about it the other day and he said he felt slighted after reading about all the money being handed out to boost records. The situation as I see it is this: The big-name disc jockeys were paid to push these records; they played them over and over enough that they made the “top ten” list; they are published as such and un suspecting DJs around the country feel duty-bound to play the top ten. There may be an argument that these tunes are requested by the public. The public, I assume, is composed mosty of teen and sub teen-agers as far as this type is mncerned. They request them be- :ause they hear nothing else to re quest. If anything decent in the Bvay pf a song were to come along md given half the play given this >ther racket, I firmly believe the ‘public” would prefer the song to ;he racket.« All right, Bill Fields. I’ll re- jerve space for your reply next veek. A large group was on hand at Mid-Carolina High School for the annual banquet of the Prosperity Community Chamber of Commerce Monday night, November 30th. Rudolph C. Barnes, attorney-at- law of Columbia and president of the Bank of Commerce, called the meeting to order. The invocation was by Rev. Ben M. Clark, pas tor of Grace Lutheran Church, Prosperity. Following the dinner, guests were introduced by Jacob A. Bowers. The speaker, C. W. Reed, was introduced by J. Walter Hamm. Mr. Reed is vice-president and rate consultant of Duke Power Company, Charlotte, N. C. Officers of the organization are J. A. Williams,, president; Ralph P. Shealy, vice-president; Asbury Bedenbaugh, secretary and Ralph B. Black, treasurer. Directors are W. C. Barnes, Woodrow Beden baugh, Edward Counts, Olin Ept- ing, D. H. Hamm Jr., Harvey Lake, W. H. Leaphart Jr., Ralph P. Shealy, Charles Simmons, Dr. John E. Wessinger, Dr. C. K. Wheeler Jr. and J. A. Williams. In the photo above, are, left to right, Messrs. Barnes, Hamm, Bowers, Williams and Reed. Express Thanks For Donations The elevator committee of the Community Hall wants to express their deep appreciation to the County Delegation, the City offi cials, the Civic League, the Com munity Hall, the Lions Club, the Rotary Club, the Kiwanis Club, and all the individuals for their donations that made this project possible. David L. Hayes, Chairman Mrs. Clem Youmans A. W. Murray J. D. French O. M. Cobb Basketball At The flowing is the 1959-60 isketball schedule dor Newberry igh School? a s announced by arry Hedgepath, athletic direc- r: Home games: Dec. 8, Granite- lie; Dec. 15^ Whitmire; Jan. 8, aurens; Jan. 22, Lancaster; Jan. Thornweli Orphanage; Jan. i, Clinton; Feb. 9, Qinton; Feb. i. Union. AU home games at 7 m. Games away from home: Dec. , Tl&orowell Orphanage; Dec. I.Graniteville; Jan. 5, Whitmire; in. 15, Clinton; Feb. 2, Union; »b. 5, Laurens; Feb. 12, Lan- ister; Feb. 16, Chester. Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Haile of eaufort, Mrs. Walter Barrett id Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Saunders id children, Susan and Lewis of prfolk, Va., spent the Thanks- Lving holidays in the home of (r. and Mrs. Ernest Ringer near »e city. County Lawyers Commend Clerk And Deputies Clerk of Court Burke M. Wise and his office staff were recently commended by the Newberry County Bar Association, in the following Resolution: WHEREAS, the Honorable Burke M. Wise as Clerk of Court and Register of Mesne Convey ance for Newberry County has made many improvements in the keeping of the public records of this County since his initial ap pointment as Clerk of Court; and WHEREAS, he ‘and his Deputy Clerks, Mrs. Mildred R. Harmon and Mrs. Ellouise S. Setzler, have, without additional expense to Newberry County, prepared a family index of all direct convey ances since 1842; and WHEREAS, such direct index will be of tremendous value to the practicing attorneys of this Coun ty, the lending institutions, gen ealogists and others who use the public records from time to time; and WHEREAS, in many other counties of the State, similar in dexes have been prepared at great expense to such counties by com panies specializing in such work. Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the New berry County Bar Association that it does, on this 30th day of November 1959, go on record as expressing its sincere thanks to the Honorable Burke M. Wise, as Clerk of Court, and to his Deputy Clerks, Mrs. Mildred R. Harmon and Mrs. Ellouise S. Setzler, for their splendid work in indexing the direct conveyances of real estate for the past century and more and for establishing a family name in dex and for their efficient opera tion of the records office of this County. Newberry County Bar Association Robert D. Schumpert, Pres. Steve C. Griffith, Jr., Sec. BROAD RIVER BRIDGE CONTRACT ANNOUNCED A contract for the construction of a bridge over the Broad River and Southern Railway on Second ary Roads S-307 and S-229 in Fairfield and Newberry Counties has been awarded by the State Highway Department to Inland Bridge Company, Inc., of Chester. The contract was anounced No vember 25 in a letter of award from Chief Highway Commission er Claude R. McMillan. It was based on a low bid of $414,080 submittted by the Chester firm when bids for the work were pub licly opened in Columbia Novem ber 17. Included in the project are the construction of a 608-foot portion of the prestressed concrete bridge over the Broad River and a 912- foot section of the bridge over Broad River and the Southern Railway on Roads S-307 and S-229 at Peak. Construction of the river crossing will greatly facilitate travel between the Po- maria and Winnsboro sides of the river, since there is no exist ing highway crossing between Columbia and a point neer Blair. O’Dell Traded To Giants The Baltimore Orioles traded pitchers Billy O’Dell and Billy Loes to the San Francisco Giants Monday. O’Dell, a native of New berry, is a former Clemson College star who has made good in the big leagues. The addition of O’Dell, a 26- year-old left-hander who won 10 and lost 12 last season, and Loes, 30, who had a 4-7 record, bolster ed the Giants where they were weakest. It was the lack of anoth er starting pitcher and bullpen help that led to their collapse in the final week of the National League Pennant race. O’Dell states that he is excited about the trade, and is looking forward to playing , for the Giants. He is married to the for mer Miss Joan Dennis of Newber ry. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Santa Claus is coming to town Friday in a Christmas parade \^hich will begin at 3:30 p.m. The weatherman promises fair, though perhaps cold, weather for the big event. The Christmas season opened, however, with the Annual Decora tions Tea sponsored by the Civic League on Wednesday afternoon at the beautifully decorated Com munity Hall, in which an elevator has been installed. Miss Hattie Belle Lester is chairman of this year’s Tea, which will continue through today (Thursday). City crews have been busy making Newberry look Christ mas-’ with the sparkling silver decorations across the city’s streets. Merchants are decorating stores in holiday motif. Parents are busy making gift lists, and children are happily composing letters to Santa. Clubs and organizations, chil dren and grown-up, are planning Christmas parties. Record play ers and radios are ringing out old, I ‘familiar carols. It can mean only one thing. Santa Claus is coming to town, and December 25th won’t be far behind. t Kiwanis Club Oakland Shop, Yard Attain Envious Williams He ld In Gun Slaying Coroner George R. Summer has stated that an inquest will be scheduled soon in the death of Julis Gallman, 25, Negro, who was fatally shot Saturday night at Williams Cafe on the Hartford Road. Jimmy Williams, also colored, is being held in connection with the slaying. Coroner Summer said that Williams turned himself in at the jail Saturday night and stated that he had shot Gallman. Of ficers said that Gallman was shot through the heart with a .32 caliber pistol about 8:30 p.m. He was dead on arival at Mills Clinic in Prosperity. According to officers, Williams has pperated the small cafe for the past 17 years. Investigating with the Coroner were Sheriff Tom M. Fellers and his deputies. CAKE SALE ON DECEMBER 11 The Circle members of the Wo man’s Society of Christian Service of Central Methodist Church will hold a cake sale Friday, December 11 in the Social Hall at 11 a.m. Orders will be taken in advance by Mrs. Clem Youmans, chair man, telephone 302. Mrs. Enlow, 88, Rites Saturday Mrs. Mary Catherine Rister Enlow, 88, of Newberry, died Thursday night at the hbme of her daughter, Mrs. Viola M. Fi ner. She had been ill for the past two years. Mrs. Enlow was born and rear ed in Wateree section of' Lex ington County, a daughter of the late Adam and Amanda Ear- gle Rister. She had made her home in the Piney Woods sect ion of Lexington County for more than 40 years, where shfe was a member of St. Peter’s .(Piney Woods) Lutheran Church. For the past 13 years she had made her home in Newberry and was a member of Lewis Metho dist Church. Her husband. Law- son Enlow, died in 1928. Survivors include two daugh ters, Mrs. Finer and Mrs. Lillie Belle Hamby of Charlotte, N. C.; two sons, Arthur Enlow of Co lumbia and Clifton Enlow of Camden; one sister, Mrs. Nancy Metts of White Rock; one bro ther, J. W. Rister of Decatur, Ga.; 11 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p. m. Saturday from Lewis Methodist Church. Burial was in St. Peters Cemetery in Lexing ton County. No Trial'Cases At Civil Court The Court of Common Pleas will convene in Newberry Monday morning, November 7th with Judge Gaorge T. Gregory of Chester presiding. Jurors previously drawn to serve at this court will not be re quired to appear, inasmuch as there will be no jury trials, ac cording to Burke M. Wise, Clerk of Court. Mrs. George L. Epps Sr. re turned to her apartment on Cal houn St. Sunday after an extend ed visit with her son. Dr. George L. Epps and Mrs. Epps in Colum bus, Ga. Features Quiz The Newberry Kiwanis Club annual Ladies’ Night was held November 24 at 8 p.m. in the Stu dent Union Dining Hali of New berry College. A “TV” Q^uiz program followed the banquet, with T. B. “Dad” Amis as announcer. Introduction of guests and rec ognition of new members and of ficers was by David ' Morison. This was followed by a solo by Miss Carolyn Feis. The first “quiz” show was “I’ve Got A Secret,” Kenneth B. Wil son serving as panel moderator. Members of the panel were Mrs. H. A. McCullough, Mrs. W. E. Monts, Hubert Setzler, Thurmond Vickery. Mystery guests were Mrs. A. F. Ellis, Mrs. Cannon Mc Creary, Mrs. Allen Murray, Mrs. Hubert Setzler, Mrs. Clarence Wallace. “To Tell the Truth” had J. W. Henderson as host, and Mrs. M. C. Hawkins, Leon Nichols, S. C. Paysinger and Mrs. Bobby Un derwood panel members. Quiz guests were Mrs. J. V. Kneece, Mrs. Rembert Parler, Mrs. Larry Seaman, Mrs. Gordon Clarkson, Mrs. G. L. Summer, Jr., Mrs. Howard Turner, Mrs. S. C. Alt man, Mrs. David Morison, Mrs. Leon Nichols. Special, music was furnished by Mrs. Kenneth B. Wilson, soloist; and two quartets, the first com posed of Mrs. .Tracy Barnett, Mrs. A. F. Busby, Miss Carolyn Feis, Mrs. Kenneth Wilson; the second, Tracy Barnett, J. N. Beard, Conrad Park and J. H. Westmoreland. The program comittee consisted of T. B. Amis, chairman; Tracy Barnett, Elmer Shealy, Darr Wise. The favors and decorations were handled by Ernest JBrooks, chair man; J. N. Beard and W. E. Monts. Officers for 1959 are David W. Morison, president; Wayne Mar tin, vice-president; Conrad B. Park, secretary-treasurer. Offi- cers-elect are Ernest A. Brooks, president; Conrad B. Park, vice- president and S. C. Altman, secre tary-treasurer. Fatally Hurt When Cut By Saw Blade By Mrs. A. H. Counts A 55-year-old Negro man, Jimmy StephensV *as * fatally in jured here Tuesday when a cir cular saw disintegrated and a section of it slashed iiita his, body around 2:30 p. m. The victim, who operates a woodyaerd and bicycle shop at his home, 707 Morgan , St., was operating the saw, u&en-ft bush ing ' broke, causing the saw to strike the metal frame, accord ing to Coroner George R. Sum mer. The blade broke into several pieces and the major section struck Stephens, it was report ed. He suffered a wound from his left shoulder to hw right leg, according to the coroner. Stephen’s wife, who was hang ing up clothes, heard a noise, turned and saw the saw go in onedirection and her husband in another, she told the coroner. He was rushed to Newberry County Memorial Hospital where he died about five hours later. The coroner said that no in quest is planned. Nephew Of Local Resident Dies Dr. W. Carter Jeter, 48, nephew of Mrs. Cora Burns of Newberry, died unexpectedly Sunday. A resident of Anderson, he had practiced dentistry since 1934. He was a former resident of Ninety Six and attended the Ninety Six schools and Emory Dental College. He was a mem ber of the First Baptist Church of Anderson. Funeral services were conduc ted Tuesday at 4 p. m. with bur ial in Silver Brook Cemetery. Union Members To Get Gift Certificates TWUA Local Union 324 at Mol- lohon Mill will meet Sunday af ternoon, Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. in the school building to elect all offi cers and committees nominated at the two previous meetings. At this time, Christmas gift certifi cates, good at local grocery stores will be presented to all ,active un ion members present and, to all members who have retired during the past year. Members who are unable to at tend due tq sjekness may obtain theirs later. i &i^&<kiition$ ten cash prizes of $5 each will be presented to the ten tuejiw fneiqbers whose names are drawn from the box. . A Certificqtq of Merit/has been presented to the shop and outside employees of the Oakland Plant of the Kendall Company for hav ing attained a safety record of 1,- 500,000 man house without a lost time accident. The record b^gmxt oa November 11, 1944 and is continuing. This record is most outstanding due to the hazardous Afetpe involved. Ip the yearn 194^9 and 1950, the plant was rehabilitated and doubled in size. All equipment was relocated or replaced with the shop and yard crew handling all of the machinery. Also, during the 15 years which they worked in ac complishing this record, the yard: ‘ W has hafcdled f&Mii than 260,. bales of ehtton: ^ ^ Ws A 4 D. O. Carpenter, manager of the Oakland plant* stated “we are ex tremely pleased that the shop and yard crews have been able to work this length pf time without a lost-time accident. The main reason they have been able to at tain this fine record is because they are safety conscious.” Discussing the work done by these crews ^dpHng the plant ex pansion in 1900, Mr. Carpenter said “Every piece of machinery in that plant was moved and all of the work was dona by these men. I would npt hade believed that any crew eojuld have done such hazardous work without hav ing one or more accidents, but these men worked carefully, under careful supervision, apd, as I said, they are safety conscious. I think Frank Martin, student at the South Carolina Medical College in Charleston, spent the Thanks giving holidays here at his home on Martin St. IS Be Next Week The >City Schools music festi- vahl wifi be held four night next week, according to Miss Juanita Hitt^. city ,schools music director. wm End students, includ ing the Special Education Class, will present their Christmas pro gram Tuesday night, December 8 at 8 p.m. at West End school. Students of Speers Street school will be presented Wednesday night at 8 p.m.; Boundary Street on Thursday night at 8 p.m.; Junior High and high school on Friday night at 8 ,p.m. The latter three programs will be at New berry High School auditorium. The public js cordially invited to attend each of these programs. they are to be ePHSratuIfktiidir ?<■ The Kendall Company felt thep should be rewarded too, so a bar becue dinner was given for the yard crew last week, and early this week the shop crew was treat ed to a luncheon by the company. Roy L. Cook* Maatgr Mpchgffic, is in charge of the shop and the yard crew. He replaced the lahp R. H. Elam. Assistant master me chanics are Ball Brooks, J; I. R*. ger, J. T. Kinard. Yard crews as sistant overseer is W. D. Horns- by. Mr. Carpenter stated that the plant as a whole also has an ex cellent safety record. SevepU years • ago, it reached 3 million naan hours without a lost-time accident* This record was lost lit about three and a quarter milliox* but still stands as a record for the Kendall Company. “We have built back up to al most thsee-quarters of a milium manhours without lost time acci dents,” the Oakland manager st|3- ed, “And we expect to reach th|e million mark again in the near future.” Shown in the Sunphoto here is Perry Threatt, chairman of the Safety Committee at Oakland, presenting the Certificate of Mer it to R. L. Cook. Employees of the shop are, left to right, front row, G. R. Lindler, J. T. Kinard, G. H. Black, B. C. Smith; 2nd row, W. R. Brooks, C. H. Vaughn, W. H. Nichols, W. F. Cain, P. L. Hawk ins, F. L* Fulmer; 3rd row, R. C. Wilson, Maxie Spicer, W. E. Hol- sonback, F. N. Cousins, H. .Ew Hawkins, Jess , Willard. Absent whenthe picture was made w^re J. I. Ringer and I. E. Chapmnn. Photo of the yard crew elsewhgte in this issue. ‘ v 4; -Lk- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kennedy have moved to 2423 Highland Dr. to make their home. Mr. and Mrs*. R. L. Simons, newcomers to Newberry, are re siding at 1110 Speers St. The Newberry College Marching Band forms an “N” as it pre pares to play the Alma> Mater daring the Newberry-P. C. game on Thanksgiving Day. In the background may be seen a portion of the 5200 fans who watched the Indians and Bine Hose battle for the Bronze Derby*'oiindt 'idMl -football afternoon. (Smtphoto.) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Dec. 6: Earl Bigby, Mrs. Charles Ragland, Rickie O. Chapman, Miss Emily Newber ry, Prof. Scott Elliott, Mrs. Charles Cromer, BUI Scurry, Bftty May Eargle, Mrs. R. T. Feagle, Mary W. Pope, Mr*. Charles E. Dukes, Robert Shea ly, Jr., R. Brice Waters. Dec. 7: Loxie Lee Bowers, Leon Taylor Jr., Mrs. Nellie Browning, Geneva Halfacre, Mrs. Jessie B. Boozer, Angus Seim, Mrs. Wm. E. Seim, Mrs. Ervin Merchant, George Luther Long. Dec. 8: June Hawkins, Mrs. H. JL. Pitts, Laval H. Johnson, Gordon Leslie, Carolyn Hawk ins. Dec. 9: L. E. Wood Jr., Dor othy Livingston, Sylvia Smith, C. H. Eargle, P. H. Moore, Bar ry Stutts, Anne C. Hunter, Mrs. Lucille B. Livingston. Dec. 10: J. C. Neel, Mrs. B. O. Long, Mrs. Pope Wicker Sr., Adrian M. Summer, Mrs. J. A. Bundrick, .Virginia H. Ander son, Mrs. John Lindsay, Jack Goree. Dec. 11: Caroline Cook, Joe Summer, Valeria Stuck, Billy Altman, Mrs. Mary Eula Hol loway. Dec. 12: Forrest Lominack, Mrs. Nelson Connelly, Mrs. Fred T. Moon, John Koon, Mrs. Mary Jane Hanna Sproul, Mrs. Sana Beam, Janet E. Crim.»