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Even worse than getting your friends to arrive on time is getting tiiem to leave when they should. How to refuse gracefully an un wanted invitation is an art which few know. VOLUME 24; NUMBER 4. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1960 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way ~ by, ^borid Sander A A BOO-BOO I don’t know where the term “boo-boo’ (which means the same as the old army expression “sna fu”) comes from, but that’s what •we pulled this week—a “boo-boo.” We had all good intentions of showing you a picture today of the Newberry County Development Board’s new executive director, Ben Robinson, along with Walter TV Harper and other principals at the Board’s annual banquet Mon day night. The photographer was on hand, took a couple of shots and immediately after the pro gram took the film to be develop ed. Imagine our surprise to dis cover there was no film in the holder! This is the sort of black cat that gets after a photographer once in a while. It was a mistake which could (but shouldn’t) easily happen. So—we apologize to you, to Mr. Robinson and the others, and will keep our fingers crossed that next time will be better. I do wish, however, to welcome Mr. Robinson to our community. An industrial engineer is what the Board has needed—but for which it lacked funds—since its incep tion. Congratulations and grati tude should be extended to New berry Mills, Inc. and the Kendall Company for their generous sup port which enabled the Board to hire Mr. Robinson. I criticized our city a little last week, but I must say that we aeem to have taken a spurt toward progress this week. With the promise now of excellent schools throughout the city and county, and the hope for a better industrial future through a revitalized Coun ty Development Board, perhaps the 1970 census will show us some thing better than did the one of 1960. child. 11. When he gets into real trouble, apologise for yourself by saying, “I never could do anything with him.” 12. Prepare for a life of grief. You will be likely to have it. Officers Of Scout Council Are Installed At the Girl Scout Council meet ing May 16, officers for the year 1960-61 were installed. The out going president, Paul (Jabbo) Folk, served as the installation officer. The following will serve for the coming year: President, A1 Weigle; vice presi dent, Mrs. Charles W. Price; sec retary, Kibler Williamson; treas urer, Mrs. Clara Wertz; registrar, Mrs. A. J. Bowers, Jr.; publicity, Mrs. Ben P. Stewart; organization, Mrs. Dennis Newton; camping, Homer Schumpert; program, Mrs. E. W. Burnette, Mrs. O. F. Arm- field Jr., Mrs. Charles Ragland; cabin, Buck Connelly; training, Mrs. Mike Youmans. The Council states that the reg istration date for day camp has been extended to May 27. Lynch’s Woods will be the lo cation of this camp. Two weeks of adventure and fellowship are an ticipated for the Newberry Coun ty Girl Scouts (Brownies includ ed), from June 27 to July 8. Plans are being made to have the grounds cleaned prior to the camping dates. Voters Give O. K.; City BEAUTY SPOT The garden clubs of Newberry have done nice things to formerly un-beautified spots around our city. I have in mind particularly now the project of the Nosegay Garden Club because I passed by there the other day and couldn’t help but notice how neat and trim it looked, especially with the beau tiful red roses in the background. This triangle, on College Street extension, furnishes a nice view for travelers coming in to New berry from that direction, as well ns a nice shady spot for them to rest or have lunch. The Nosegay Garden Club is to be commended, ns are the other clubs which have projects just as beautiful, though perhaps not so public as this one. TWELVE RULES A friend of mine, who keeps an eye open for little things that might be of interest and hands them to me, contributed the fol lowing which is from an English newspaper under the title of “Im provement”: We hear many ideas on how to improve our children, but the Vi car of Ramsgate, the Rev. John F. C. White, puts a different slant on the problem. In the “Ramsgate Churchman” he gives 12 easy rules on how to make a child into a delinquent. The 12 rules are:— 1. Begin in infancy to give the child everything he wants. In this way he will grow up to believe the world owes him a living. 2. When he picks up bad words laugh at him; this will make him think he’s cute. 3. Never give him any spiritual training. Wait until he is 21 and then let him “decide for himself.” 4. Avoid the use of the word ‘‘wrong.” It may develop a guilt complex. This will condition him to believe later, when he is ar rested for stealing a car, that so ciety is against him and he is be ing persecuted. 5. Pick up everything he leaves lying around, books, shoes, clothes. Do everything for him so that he will be experienced in throwing all responsibility on others. 6. Let him read any printed mat ter he can lay his hands on. Be careful that the silverware and drinking glasses are sterilised, but let his mind feast on garbage. 7. Quarrel frequently in the presence of your children. In this way, they will not be too shock ed when the home is broken up later.* 8. Give a child all the spending money he wants. Never let him earn his own. Why should he have things as tough as you had them? 9. Satisfy his every craving for drink and comfort. See that CoUege Will Confer Degrees The Board of Trustees of New berry College will confer the Hon orary Degree of Doctor of Divin ity (D.D.) upon the Rev. Daniel Murray Shull, Sr., pastor of May er Memorial Evangelical Luther an Church, Newberry, and the Rev. Robert Edward Tee, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Re deemer, Atlanta, Georgia. The Honorary Degree of Doctor of Commercial Science (D.C.S.) will be conferred upon John Milford Caughman, Superintendent of the Spartan Mills Spartanburg, at the Commencement exercises on May 29. Among the approximately 3350 voters in the bond issue referendum Tuesday .were Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Atchison, shown here with the managers of Ward 2 box. Left to right in the Sunphoto are Mr. Atchison, Miss Claire Sligh, Coke Dickert, Mrs. Seth Meek, Mrs. Butler Holmes and Mrs. Atchison. County Plant Gets First BDC Loan; Board Names Director The introduction of an executive relations activities in its Southern Miss Ruth Cannon has moved to 1405 Friend St. to make her home. director, and the announcement that a county firm had received the first loan from the South Carolina Business Development Corporation, highlighted the an nual meeting and banquet of the Newberry County Development Board Monday night at which Walter W. Harper, executive di rector of the State Development Board, was speaker. Benjamin P. (Ben) Robinson was introduced as the executive director of the local board. He as sumed his duties here Monday, coming from Ware Shoals, where he has been serving with Riegel Textile Corporation os Director of Industrial Relations heading up the company’s industrial and public manufacturing operations. Earl Gilliam, president of the Board said, “This is a newly cre ated position which we think is a step in the direction toward prog ress for Newberry County. We have long felt the need for having someone devoting full time to the interest, welfare and development of the wonderful "opportunities Newberry and Newberry County have to offer. We are happy to se cure the services of Ben Robinson for this position. Mr. Robinson brings with him many years ex perience in the field of industrial and public relations with industry, and this, coipbined with his know ledge of the natural advantages which our section has to offer, can be of much help to us in our work.” Mr. Robinson is a native of Eastern North Carolina and was educated at Presbyterian College, Clinton. He married the former Dorothy Gandy of Florence and they have two children: Ann, who is a sophomore at the University of South Carolina, and Ben Jr., a senior at Ware Shoals High school. The Robinsons are mem bers of the Presbyterian Church. Prior to his employment with Riegel, Mr. Robinson was with United States Rubber Company and Textron Southern in the same field of work. Tom Pope, Newberry area mem- Voters of the county did an about-face Tuesday and authoriz ed the County Board of Education to issue $848,000 in bonds for school construction. Only a few years ago, the Board sought $775,- 000 and a majority t>f the voters said “no.” Gerald Paysinger, chairman of the Board, saM Wednesday “We are very happy with the results of the referendum. We appreciate the efforts of all who worked for the success of the bond issue and we hope, in the future, to show progress not only in the building program, but in every phase of our educational system.” Tuesday’s unofficial vote of 2063 in favor, 1268 opposed to the issue reveals in main the desire of Newberry city parents for bet ter elementary schools for their offspring. It also shows a dra- tically changed attitude of voters in parts of the county; notably the larger precincts in Prosperity and Whitmire. These four precincts, which played a large part in de feating the previous bond issue, all favored the program Tuesday, even though by only one vote in one of the boxes. In addition to an overwhelming “yes” vote in all city boxes, other precinct?- which cast a majority vote in favor of the school build ing program were Helena, Gar- many, Airport (a new precinct, voting for the first time), Hart ford, Oakland, Prosperity 1 & 2, Whitmire 1 & 2, Silverstreet, Cen tral, Little Mountain i\nd Long Lane. Tying votes were cast in St. Paul,, Mulberry, Trinity and Wal ton. Three precincts, Union Kin- ards and Dominick, voted unani mously against the isOue. Of the 1433 votes cast in the eight city precincts, 1203 votes were “yes”, 230 “no”. The funds derived from the bond issue, which will be paid by a seven mill tax increase, will be used primarily for the construc tion of new elementary school buildings at the Boundary and Speers Street sites; for renova tion and additions at Junior High and the high school; for extensive renovation at Drayton Street school and on a smaller scale, for additions and renovations at all schools in the county. The vote by precincts, with the exception of Fairview and .May- day, so that more people might {avail themselves of the op TAf- : tt „ -■* * • a k_ • _ " • It’s “Open House at the New berry Armory” on Sunday, May 22nd. The public is invited to visit the Armory during the hours of 2 to 4' p.m. The 1st Automatic Weapons Battalion and 228th Combat Area Signal Group will have demonstrations and displays of equipment. The 246th Army Band will conduct a concert at Community Hall from 4 until 5 p.m. All of this is a part of the Arm ed Forces Day (Observance by local national guard units, and is being held on Sunday, although official ly Armed Forces Day is Satur- ity to enjoy the various p: Formation of jet planes ar^ pec ted to fly over Newbe: Saturday,' weather permit Merchants are asked to the National Flag on Satu In the Sunphoto above, Ernest Layton hands an “ Forces Day” proclamation jor Gerald C. O’Quinn, gratulates the Guard units for part they are playing in foe attention on Armed Forces Major O’Quinn is Project for the Day’s observance by local guard units. Officer ber of the Board, revealed that the first loan made by the S. C.; binton, which had not made re Business Development Corpora- j ports to the Commissioners of Election at presstime, was as fol- Boy Scout Troop 66, Newberry, held its annual inspection recent ly, having just completed one of its best years, in its history. The troop now has 40 Scouts, two of which are Eagles. Last year 34 Scouts iiP*d 55 advancements. The attendance for the year was 87.18 percent and 631 hours of commun ity service were done for many organizations. There were passed 148 Second Class tests, 260 First Classtests and 171 merit badges. Since it? beginning 52 Scouts have reached Eagle rank while members of the troop and seven have completed Eagle after mov ing away from Newberry. This is eensual desire is gratified, several times higher than the na- Deni&l may lead to harmful frus tration. 10. Take his part against neigh bors, teachers and policemen. They all prejudiced against your tional average. Members of the troop have attended many na tional and international jambo rees and Henry Brooks and Char lie Epps will attend the National Jamboree in Colorado this sum mer. The troop was originally known as Troop 2 and was organized in July 1922 by John F. Clarkson and Carl Julien, with Post 24 of the American Legion as sponsor. Since 1938 it has been sponsored by the Newberry Lions Club. In the above picture, with the Scouts, are Vice-president Her- schel Kemper and Troop Commit tee members George W. Martin, H. T. Fellers and P. K. Harmon; also Scoutmaster Wright Cannon, and Assistant Scoutmasters S. D. Paysinger and Deonne Shealy. Ab sent were J. Ray Dawkins, presi dent of the Lions Club; Troop Committeemen John F. Clarkson, Chairman; J. W. Earhardt and George Rodelsperger, and Assist ant Scoutmaster James G. Clamp. In the picture, left to right, front row: Herschel Kemper, Geo. W. Martin, Gene Brossy, Hkrry Moose, Marion Franklin, Ronnie Cromer, Sammy "Phillips,* Jimmy Hickson, Clifton Floyd, — Ronnie Kyzer," James Williams, Alan Ives- ter, Ben Stewart, Deonne Shealy, Wright Cannon. Second row: John ny Grigsby, Henry Brooks, Robin Foy, Louis Brossy, Jimmy Park, Parker Martin, Leon Graves, Charles Huffsetetler, George Park, Henry Summer, Jimmy Shealy, Alan Paysinger, Paul Fesperman, Tip Hargrove, S. D. Paysinger. Back row: Henry Fellers, P. K. Harmon, Asa Hatfield, Leonard Half acre, Jimmy Longshore, Jim my Clamp, Phil Trefsgar, George Moore, Jeffrey Cavanaugh, Char lie Epps, Walter Summer, Stroth er Paysinger, Sidney Kibler, Ray mond Ruff and Harry Ragland. tion was to the Old School Manu facturing Company and the result would be a doubling of the plant and a 50 per cent increase in the number of employees. He praised John F. Clarkson who led the drive which took Newberry County over its quota of subscriptions in the Corporation; also for his help in securing support from Kendall and Newberry Mills to help un derwrite activities of the local Board for the next three years. Mr. Pope introduced members of the Board, also another guest, Col. Price Coppock of the Busi ness Development Corporation. Mr. Harper, who was also in troduced by Mr. Pope, gave four reasons for concern about indus trial development. He stated that about 10,000 additional people en ter the labor market each year in this state; that too many college and high school graduates are go ing to other parts of the country to secure better jobs; that there is a demand for better educational facilities, and the money will have to come from either more taxpay ers or from higher taxes; that more people are being released from farms whose talents could be used in industry. Mr. Harper quoted one word as the secret of success in industrial development: “Teamwork.” From eacl\ 100 prospects, he said, only one industry is located. He empha sized that it took cooperation from everyone in the community to se cure “leads” and follow them up. He concluded his talk by saying “The future of South Carolina looks extremely bright for indus trial development.” In brief remarks following Mr. Harper’s talk, Mr. Pope said “We’ve got a proud history here in Newberry. There was a time when farsighted men saw to it that we had locally financed in dustry.” He urged this as a meth od of increasing the industrial prospects of Newberry and chal lenged the present members of the Board “It is up to us to keep our membership and to get other members.” lows: Precinct Helena New Hope Zion Ward 3, No. 2 — Ward 2 Garmany Ward 3, No. 1 Ward 5 Union Peak Airport Ward 1 Mt. Bethel Stoney Hill Ward 6 Chappells St. Paul Oakland Saluda No. 7 ,— Prosperity No. 2 Prosperity No. 1 — Whitmire No. 1 Whitmire No. 2 O’Neal No. 1 ______ Wheeland Bush River —1 Kinards Longshore St. Phillips Silverstreet Central Dominick Little Mountain Long Lane Midway 17 Mt. Pleasant O’Neal No. 2 Pomaria Vaughnville Walton Yes No 21 12 12 32 48 12 114 23 15 35 105 59 280 37 60 19 99 7 76 40 0 18 4 34 36 9 187 24 9 13 4 60 294 28 < 5 32 41 28 10 48 11 11 100 82 10 10 8 12 60 40 59 31 56 41 33 32 4 9 3 36 1 10 0 8 23 39 12 ,13 21 26 16 35 11 11 46 18 19' 12 0 16 54 51 21 18 17 32 8 14 16 24 25 28 2 22 Wilson Dies In Charlotte John McCamie Wilson Jr., 40, president of Swinson Food Prod ucts, Inc., of Charlotte, N. C., died suddenly Tuesday in a Charlotte hospital. He was a brother of the Rev. Kenneth B. Wilson of New berry. Mr. Wilson was a son of Mrs. Bleeker Henderson Wilson and the late John McCamie Wilson Sr. H * was born in Spartanburg but was reared in Charlotte, where he was an elder of Plaza Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wilson sorted in World War II, and was a member of the Charlotte Optimist Club< In addition to his brother in Newberry, Mr. Wilson is survived by his wife, two daughters, one son, his mother, another brother, and one sister. Funeral services were conducted at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Plaza Presbyterian Church. Interment was in Sharon Memorial Park. TOTAL 48 BOXES 2063 1258 Mrs. James N. Burgess is at home at 1737 Johnstone Street after a month’s visit in Sumter with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Dunn. Newberrian Is Dedicated To Prof. Eptmg The ’60 Newberrian was dedicat ed to Prof. Thomas Edward Ept- ing, Professor of French at New* berry College. Miss Effie Pelkon- en, co-editor, read the following which appears in the annual: “Professor Epting, in thanks for your effort, constant help, and untiring interest in developing the best that is in us, for your day- by-day devotion, in performing the millions of duties that so often go unnoticed and unappreciated; in deep appreciation and sincere gratitude for this and much more, we, "the seniors dedicate the 1960 Newberrian to you. Aj full-page portrait and an in formal photograph of Prof. Ept ing accompanied the two-page de dication of the senior class in the ’60N ewberrian. Prof. Epting is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Kappa Delta, Blue Key, the American Association of Teachers of French, and the South Atlantic Modern Language Asso ciation. He is secretary of the fac ulty, chairman of the Extra-Cur ricular activities committee and of Freshman Orientation. He is advisor to the Baptist s Student Union. Prof. Epting has been the advisor of the Newberry College chapter of Blue Key, national hon orary leadership fraternity, since its organization in March, 1951. He received his A.B. degree from Newberry College in 1924 and his M.A. degree from the Uni versity of South Carolina. He has done further graduate work at the Universities of Paris and of Poit- ers, where he received diplomas. Mr. and Mrs. John Marlow have moved to 1247'Hunt St. Reverend Mr. Lee The Rev. Royall A. Yount, DJD^ President of the Florida Synod, will preach the Baccalaureate ser mon, and the Rev. Robert Edward Lee, Pastor of the Lutheran Church of Redeemer, Atlanta, Ga., will be the speaker at Newberry College Commencement. The Baccalaureate service will be held in the Lutheran Church of Redeemer on Sunday, May 29 at 11 a.m. The Commencement exer cises will' be ^ held in Mac Lean Gymnasium the same day at 3:9'*. BIRTHDAY ” GREETINGS May 22: Mrs. R. W. Culbert son, Mrs. C. B. Bedenbaugh, Bfrs. W. H. Shannon Sr., Marie Hughes, Mrs. Betty Sharp, Da vid Young, Randy Robert Kooo. May 23: James Smith Jr., Mrs. Johnson Hagood Clary. Gerry Dominick, Bobby Hanna III, Mrs. J. T. Amick. May 24: Mrs. James Leavell, Mrs. Floyd Bradley, LeRoy Wil son, Mrs. Claude Buzhardt, J. P. Boozer, Mrs. C. L. Perkins, Cy ril Hutchinson, Ronnie Curtis Wicker May 25: David Williams, Ruth Amis Clark, John F. Clark son, J. P. Fellers Jr., Mrs. Nora Davis, Frank Kolb, William Wil son, Mrs. J. T. McCrackin, Mac Ashbaugh, Benji Kirkland. May 26: Mrs. Della Koon, Billy Tedford, Carolyn E. Duck ett, Mrs. P. D. Holloway. May 27: Harry H. Hedgepath, R. W. Culbertson, Lillian Rodel sperger, Cecil Fulmer, Frank L. King, Christy Armfield, Pick Riser. May 28: Buzz Purcell, Mrs. T. H. Longshore, Carol John, Mrs. Mary Birge Kohn Hicks, Martin Mills, Homer Crooks, Jo Ann Kunkle, Carl Charles Setzler, William Frank lin, Doris B. Westwood, Henry A. Kesler, Dmnis Franklin, Rev. Kenneth B. Wilson.