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mWm' A* ' ** jLK ps- A DREADFUL EXPERIENCE is to ssk SA innocent question si 8 p.m. following dinner, and get an answer that ties you to an uncomfortable chair till 11:02. 1 •; A 7 :'' f.PJ^ ' ‘ - 6 ■ ■ 't "■' """• SEVERAL BOOKS hare been , recently to prove that women are smarter 1 than men. Maybe so, bat three, men in four don*t wear shoes too Ught and then if complain of aching feet, corns and bun- •T^s.-’g mm 2?>• Vw . - • VOLUME 23: NUMBER 51 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 14. 1960 e $2.00 PER YEAR The Way By Doris A. Sanders THE OTHER VIEW Perhaps I have been a little un fair to the teachers of our county who are members of the National Education Association by making no effort to seek out and print their views on the subject of NEA membership. I have said many times that this column will print any comjnent, providing the source is known, but I cannot blame the teachers for not pub licly proclaiming their views. It is a shame, but teachers are in a precarious position. They must not get involved with contro versial issues. They must teach as they are told to t^ach, whether they agree with the method or not. They must please students, parents, administrators and woe be unto them if they step one Inch out of the line set up for them to follow. One of our more able teachers called me after reading this col umn last week. She was not criti- •cal—but she did try to explain why aome teachers felt it was neces sary to continue NEA member- whip. “I do not like many of the platforms of the NEA” she said, 4 *But by staying in, and having large delegations at the NEA conventions and ccmmittee meet ings, those of us from the South have been able thus far to prevent the NEA from working immed iately for all-out integration.” She felt—and she may be right —that the NEA has enough in fluence that it could affect the standing of schools in the South ern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. Whether it could is a question for debate, b it we know that even in parts of the South there are so-called “lib erals” and “do-gooders” in the field of education and perhaps all they would ne£d is a little en couragement from the NEA to withdraw accreditation from echools which it considers are not obeying whaE they term “the law of the land”—the infamous Black Monday decision. I would suspect the NEA is Just calling a temporary truce on the integration situation to mollify the Southern members until it can lobby through Congress a tre mendous federal aid to education pill. With this weapon in their bands, they will have control of the schools and can then do what ihey wish. I am glad to find that our local teachers who are NEA members are not blindly following the mob, but have sincerely grappled with their consciences over the matter and honestly believe that NEA membership is the best hope for upholding Southern tradition. May I repeat that I will gladly >rint any comment from any imcher, withholding the name, if ired. You havo the same right express your views in The Sun 4s I have to express mine. I might add that not all mem bers of the Newberry County Education Association feel the same way about the NEA. One that I have also talked to since the publication of the column last ytreek said “I think you deserve a pat on the back. The NEA is all wet.” This person did not get in formation from anything I had written, but from years and years of experience in the education field. NICE TO BE OUT It was certainly nice to be down town again this week and to be able to thank some of you, at least, in person for your kindness. Another of the clan, Connie, re turned to school Wednesday. Ruthie is covered with chicken pox and doesn’t feel very well, but in another week or so we should all be back fairly well to normal. I am just keeping my fin ders crossed that mumps, German measles and whatever other child hood diseases there are will be fc’lnd enough to pass us by this year. March Arrests Arrests made by Newberry Po- Department during March W. w A Intoxication, 18; trespassing, one; petty larceny, 3; failure to yield right of way, five; driving too fast for conditions, 7; assault and battery, 8; improper driving, 2; receiving stolen goods, one; ision of unlawful weapons, ie; doing business without a lie ons; creating disturbance, pqgeession of illegal liquor, one; permitting minor to drive, one. sing .V As ebate lasted an hour and a Lt. Col. J. L. Welling, left, stands with Pfc. William Caro- lan, center, and SP-4 Jackie D. Miller beside one of the radio relay station trucks from Fort Gordon, Ga. The relay station has been set up in Newberry as a training mission, both for the men from the 228th Signal Co. of Fort Gordon, and for mem bers of the 228th Combat Area Signal Group, S. C. National Guard of Newberry. Col. Well ing is Signal Officer for the group. Local Guardsmen will take part in this training during drill periods for the next three Thursday nights. About 100 men from Fo^t Gordon are taking part in this training mission, with relay sta tions stretched from Fort Jack- son to Greenville, then back to Fort Gordon. The three men in Newberry work 24 hour shifts, and the third member of the team, Pfc. Vandergrift, was asleep at the time the picture was made. This team will pull up stakes after a week here, and another trio from Fort Gordon will take over for a week, then the current team will return for another week. While here, the men will Have a diet of C- rations, will sleep in the arm ory, l?ut will have the luxury of a shower each day, courtesy Whit’s Motor Court. The public is invited to stop by and view the modern equip ment being used by the army for transmission of messages. (Sunphoto.) Mayor Proclaims Holy Week As Good Friday Services Planned alf following a petition to City ^Council Tuesday night “to under- e the fluoridation of the City ter supply, and, if in its discre- on it deems it advsable, to hold referendum for the purpose of irinining the public will in re- rcls thereto.” The petition was submitted by Mrs. Isabel Gist, chairman of the Mothers Clubs committee which is sponsoring the fluoridation pro gram. In presenting the petition, Mrs. Gist stated “We are not so much interested for our children, be cause most of them are getting fluoride. We are interested more for the hundreds of children not receiving it, particularly those in the low income groups. If we fluoridate now, there will be 65% less tooth decay in children born this year and in the years to come.” i • * .... s / She said that fluoridktion had i received more investigation and ^ study than any health measure in history: that research had ' been done on the subject for more than 20 years and that it was endorsed by every health organization in the United States; that it had also been endorsed by local doctors and dentists. j*• ' ■ # In order for fluoride to be toxic she said, a person would have to drink 50 bathtubs full at one sit ting. She reported that organiza- Mayor Ernest H. Layton has issued the following Holy Week proclamation: “WHEREAS, a great majority of our Christian Citizens are now preparing themselves, and plan to continue preparations, for the ob servance of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ, through prayer and reli gious services; and •“WHEREAS, it is felt that the power of the religious experience of each individual is increased and augmented by each and every citizen joining together in pray erful preparaton of mind and spirit; and “WHEREAS, it is felt that our City, as well as its individual citi zens and churches, will be greatly benefitted and blessed by such a community wide observance; “IT IS PROCLAIMED by the Mayor of the City of Newberry, that the week beginning April 10, 1960 is officially designated as “Holy Week” in our City, and on behalf of our churches, a warm invitation is extended to each and every one to come and join in the worship of our Lord and Redeem er.” There will be no city-wide sun rise service Easter morning; however, Good Friday observances will be held tomorrow at Central Methodist Church between the hours of 12 noon and 3 p.m. The services will consist of seven de votional periods of 20-minutes each, with five minute ini sions during which pers will enter and leave. Pastors of almost all churches will take part on the pro grams. city Reedy River Group To Meet The sixteen churches of the Reedy River Baptist Association will hold a Spring Mission Rally at the First Baptist Church, Whitmire, on Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m., according to the mod erator, Rev. Fay L. Lanford. Mr. Lanford urges that each church in the association send as many messengers as possible to the Rally. Among those who will take part on the program are Rev. Ralph Rhyne, West End Baptist Church; Rev. Charles Hood, Whitmire First Baptist; Rev. Kenneth B. Wilson, Newberry First Baptist; and Rev. J. H. Darr, pastor of Clinton First Baptist. Revival services will continue at Glenn Street Baptist Church through Sunday with Rev. Ralph Rhyne, pastor of West End Bap tist Church, as visiting preach er. The services will be each evening at 7:30, with song services under the direction of Claude Hamby, church choir di rector. Rev. Fay L. Lanford, pastor of the church, extends an invi tation to the public to attend the services. County Attorney Is R. C. Lake The Newberry County Delega tion has named R. C. (Bob) Lake Jr., of Whitmire as county attor ney succeeding the late B. V. Chapman. Mr. Lake is a law graduate of the University of South Carolina, and is the son of R. f C. Lake Sr. and the late Mrs. Lake of Whit mire. The new county attorney is mar ried to the former Carolyn Young Gray of Whitmire. They have one daughter and riVo sons. Civil Court Jurors Listed Given Chance To Register jr- JTh# Court of Common Ptaas will Convene on April 25 with Judge John Grimball of Columbia presid ing. Serving on the Civil Court jury will be: Schedule Of Rabies Clinic The rabies clinic scheduled for next week is as follows: Monday, April 18: Peak—Chap man’s Store, 2-2:45 p.m.; L, M. Shealy’s Home, Little Mountain, 3-4 p.m.; Shealy Service Station, Little Mountain, 4:15-5:16 p.m.; Horace Richardsonson’s Esso Sta tion, Chappells, 2-2:45 p.m.; Mur ray Sheppard’s Store, Silverstreet, 3-4 p.m.; M. S. Lester’s Eeso Sta tion, Silverstreet Highway, 4:15- 4:45 p.m. Thursday, April 21: Neel Bros. Store, Belfast Road, 2-3 p.iQ.; King’s Store, Bush River Section, 3:15-4:15 p.m. . Friday, April 22: City Hall, Whitmire, 12:80-4:80 p.m. The Supervisors of Registra tion of Newberry County will hold meetings at the places and dates specified below for the purpose of registering qualified electors of Newberry County who may pre sent themselves. The office at the Court House will also be opened for two weeks, May 2nd through May 14th, except Sundays. Hours during which registration certifi cates may be obtained at the court house are from 9 a.m. un til 5 p.m. except Wednesday and Saturday, when the hours will be 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. The county itinerary is as fol lows: Whitmire Mill office on Wed nesday, April 20, 9 until 5. Whitmire City Hall on Friday, April 22, 9 until 5. Prosperity at Magistrate W. B. Wicker’s office on Saturday, Ap ril 23 9 until 1. Silverstreet at office in new,ele mentary school on Tuesday, April 26, 2 until 5. r ,.. Little Mountain on Wednesday, April 27, 9 until 1. Peak on Friday, April 29, 9 un til 12. , Pomaria at Magistrate Tallic Hugh Shealy’s store on Friday April 29, 1 until 5. Every voter expecting to vot in the primary elections will b required to have a registratior certificate for those elections. Voters who. already have yellow registration certificates datec September 3, 1957 or after are not required to get new certificates A duplicate certificate may b< obtained if the original has beei lost, mislaid or destroyed. If a voter has moved from hif former voting precinct, he or sh< should apply to the Board for j, transfer to the new voting pre cinct. A voter of any county in South Carolina, other than Newberry registered in another county should register in this county tc be entitled to vote. Newberry and routes: Jeff C. Waldrop, William A. Smith, W. M. Miller, John H. Shealy, James C. Roton, Alton Wicker, Harold O. Cook, H. L. Summer, Jr., John S. Nichols, Malcolm E. Shealy, E. M. Atchison, Carroll L. Bouk- night, James A. Caldwell, William H. Hawkins, George K. Dominick, A. M. Summer Jr., Marion E. Wicker, I. Schissell, Beale H. Cro mer, J. W. Dickort Jr., Eugene M. Cook. Prosperity and routes: E. W. Eargle, Walter Waddy Nichols, Sam Pat Taylor. Pomaria and routes: O. Z. Kin- ard, Jacob R. Leitzsey, Roy P. Shealy. Little Mountain: Horace Duane Dominick, Gordon Boland. Whitmire: Thomas W. Abrams, John S. Crocker, John R. Ren- wick, George S- Donnan. Chapin, Route 2: Charles Monts. Kinards: J. D. Epting. W. tions representing “more than 1,- 000 citizens” had passed resolu tions endorsing fluoridation of the city water supply. Groups named on the petition were New berry Lions Club, Newberry BAP W Club, UTWA Local 120* Bound ary Street PTA, Literary Study Club, Mollohon Local 34, CIO, UTWA local Union 2QU, Speers Street PTA, Junior High PTA, Newberry Jaycees, Newberry Civi- tan Club, and Pre-School Mothers Clubs 1 and 2. With Mrs. Gist at the meeting were others- members of the com mittee, Mrs. Miriam Leslie, Mrs. Peggy Schumpert, and. Mrs. Caro : lyn Hawkins; also present and listed as favoring fluoridation were local d'm .ists F. A. Truett, E. M. Anderson and J. E. Wiiseman,Jr. OPPONENTS PRESENT Also on hand, however, were op ponents of the program. Among those who spoke were I. Schissell, Tabor L. Hill, Miss Julia Kibler, and Mrs. E. D. Kert. Others with the opposition group included Mrs. A. C. Garlington, Mrs. R. D. Wright Sr., Mrs. Jack Chappell, and Mrs. E. L. Hart. ' Questioned by a councilman as to whether all local doctors had signed a resolution favoring fluoridation, Mrs. Gist replied the resolution was passed at a meeting of the Newberry Coun ty Medical Association and was * recorded in the minutes, but that she did not have the signa tures. At the request of the councilman, she agreed to obtain the signatures and furnish them to council. When asked about the estimat ed cost of the program, Mrs. Gist stated that she did not know, iat understood the cost of* material to be about 10 or 15 cents per person per year for the material. It was estimated by the mayor that cost of equipment and instaUation would be between $5000 and $6000. Mr. Hill, estimating the cost of a year’s supply of sodium fluor ide to cost $2000, stated that only about one percent of the water consumption would be for drink ing purposes, and that children who would benefit would make up only 3-10 of the one percent. He estimated that £2000 would there fore be spent yearly for $6 worth of benefit A discussion arose as to just how unanimous the fluoridation endorsements were. Mrs. Gist stated it was her understanding that the endorsements represented the number of members attending the meetings at which the reso lutions were passed, not the en tire membership of the organiza tion except as the action was tak en by the group present on behalf of the entire organization. Dr. Truett commented “I thought this meeting was to present a petition to Council,” and Mr. Schissell promptly re torted “this is a free country— this is not Russia. Let’s discuss this matter.” OTHER METHODS When c. ked whether fluoride could be administered any other way, Mrs. Gist replied that it could be done by topics! applica tion by a dentist and that it could also be obtained in pill form but “each is expensive enough that hundreds of children will be de nied it because their parents can’t or won’t buy it.” Mr. Schissell made the point that calcium is an antidote for fluoride and that if the underpriv ileged, for whom the program was said to be primarily needed, could not afford milk, there was a chance that fluoride would build up in. the soft tissues of the body. DISAPPROVAL NOTED Miss Kibler pointed out that while the organizations approving fluoridation sounded impressive, there were also a number of out standing groups which disapprov ed, among them being the Associa tion of Americdh Physicians and Surgeons, the Congressional Com mittee to investigate use of chem icals in beverages and cosmetics, the Cambridge Medical Center, Texas Medical Association, Royal Medical Board of Sweden, Pasteur Institute of France and French Dental Society, as well as a num ber of cities. , i Mi! “The thing is controversial throughout the world. 'Some of us feel this is a drug,” Miss Kibler continued. “We don’t be- liece in socialized medicine or mass medication. The American way is important. The Ameri can way is the only *fay—that is for a person to get ,his indi vidual treatment and not thru Mrs. Giit replied “We do not consider this is medication. Medi cation means treatment^ We feel this helps prevent disease.” Mr. Schissell displayed a con tainer of sodium fluoride on which appeared “skull and bones” and the word “poison.” He stated he was appearing on behalf of “the majority of\ citizens who voted against fluoridation of the water supply in 1954.” He termed the fluoridation proposal h “vicious proposal” and said “dental hygiene is and should he one’s personal matter.” He charged that the endorsement of fluoridation was “railroaded thru the American Medicatl Association.” Mr. Hill talked at length against the program, citing various sour ces which claimed bad effects of long range fluoridation. - ; &•',****>.*'' 'v'-Ji&p Better Than TV Dr. R. E. Livingston was pres ent, h| stated, “because I felt this would be better than- any show on television tonight, and it is.”, stated that he had ap proved fluoridation because it had been endorsed by the American Medical and Dental Associations and the U. S. Public Health Ser vice. He stated that he had done no research and **£ do not defini RETURNS HOME FROM HOSPITAL His many friends will be glac to learn that G. V. Clamp has re turned to his home on Boundary St after undergoing treatment at Newberry Memorial Hospital and General Hospital fn Gfeenvflle for the past three weeks. tely know what fluoride will do.” He told council “With so much op position, I am very proud not to be sitting in one of your seats to night,” . When the debate was over, council decided it needed time think over the various aspects the program. It received the titlon as information, -prom: to act on it as quickly as Other Business The fluoridation issue was only the beginning of the council meeting, which ran until after 11 p.m. Briefly, other matters acted on were: 1. Voted to refund sewer charges collected from round- the- clock Laundromat and to discon tinue the charges. 2. Heard a report from Chair man Dufford of the committee to study employes pay plan. The port recommended no changes the next six months. 3. Requested an ame to Ordinance No. 209, City be written and brought back to council for action. 4. Accepted a proposal from Kahn and Jackson to construct^ the connection of a six inch water , main pt Mollohoh Mill to the city water system according to plans *nd specifications at a cost of $1224.00. The Kendall company- offered to turn over to the cil approximately 2500 feet of inch water lines with six hydrants. > 5. Authorized Mayor to appoint a shinning com: consisting of R. B. Baker, T. H. Pope, John Clarkson, P. D. John son, D. O. Carpenter, these to ap point another member and a chairman. The -appointmen for a two year period ved pu*£ seats alf'a for the Speers street ball provided enough interest is shVvn. 7. Approved purchase of radio equipment to comply the Federal Communications ulations, participating with Nfcw- berry county and the city of Whitmire at an estimated cost of $600 to the city. 8. Considered sidewalks streets for paving by the S. State highway department. 9. Requested area hi each of tho wards be ascertained by AppI 2 4th. 10. Postponed until next meet ing consideration of an amench ment requested by ins agents doing business in Newber ry to the out-of-city fire protec tion policy. Council asked that the amendment be clarified. 11. Approved Mayor LaytciA* appri itment of J. D. French as a member of the tree commission. 12. Notified that Clary’s was low bidder for firemen’s and po licemen’s summer unifonqs. 13. Instructed the city mana ger to paint white-way light poles. 14. Notified that Kahn and Jackson are making favorable progress on the sanitary sewer lines on Suburbia, the contract being about 80 per cent complet ed. m BIRTHDAY GREETINGS About 150 students from Newberry High School -> had the pleasure of seeing a large textile plant in operation when they paid a visit to the Oik land plant of the Kendall company Thursday morning. The students were divided into small greats and guided through the plant Guide for the group shown above was Roy Cook, pla nt engineer. (Sunphoto.) v April it: James A. Brown, Nancy Floyd, Tommy M. Folk, Jr., Mrs. Huston Long. April 18: Mrs. Cannon Blease, Gordon H. Stockman, Dorothy Weir Ruff, Mrs. Fur man Rea gin, Mrs. W. F. Smith, Mrs. George E. Stone, Mrs. W. C. Huffman, Dorothy Shealy, Elizabeth McCamie Wilson. April 19: Mrs. P. M. Nichols, Martha Sue Cromer, Mrs. Claude Summer, Frank M. Senn, ~Jr^ John C. Davenport, Ellis Dav enport, Jr., Karen Hite. April 20: Elizabeth Hargrove, Arthur George Dwyer, Linda Driggers, Jack Timmerman, George Spelts, Anne Oannon, Mrs. Tracy Barnett April 21: Perry O. Wicker, Betty Bowers, Mickey Cl lap- man, Fred James Harmon, Betty Folk, Barbara Davie, Ferd Sommer. April 22: Henry T. Fellers, Mrs. George Stephens, Mrs. George S. Minkk, Mrs. Frank Mills, A. O. Livingston, Henry L. Parr III, Paul Duncan, Mrs. W. Ernest Merchant April 22: Kenny Cook, Betty Leave!! Gibson.