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You can’t change the PAST, but you can ruin the PRESENT by wor rying too much about the Future. Nobody is essential, but that isn't any reason why you shouldn’t try to be as essential as you can. VOLUME 24—NUMBER 9 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1960 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way By Oorts A. Sandsrs (The writer of this column left the following to be used in the event a column didn’t ar rive from Athens in time for this week’s Issue. It didn’t.— Ed.) WANTS A CHANGE My severest critic sends me a message that he is tired of read ing about the schools, and wants me to get off on another subject. I’m sure he is referring to the'' articles about the NEA, and I can’t blame him, because I’m tir ed of the subject too. I wish the NEA and its influence would go ■away somewhere, but I’m afraid the' bureaucrats won’t allow that. However, to please my critic, I’ll let it rest for a while and try to •dwell on other things. Another reader wishes me to write about the dog situation. This is another subject I mention once in a while and which, I believe can bear repetition. I don’t know about your neigh borhood, but in ours, the dogs run in packs, day andnight. They get under houses to sleep, they break down shrubbery, they turn over garbage cans. This is bad enough, but even worse is the fear of what they might do to small children. . what they have done to small children in other places. If the city fathers would like to make many constituents happy,the best thing they could do would be io establish a city pound and hire a. dog catcher. This person could pick up all stray dogs and their owners, if they have any, could re trieve them by paying a fine for allowing the dogs to trespass and barm property of others. Whether it is aware of the nui- aance and danger or not, council has not seen fit to take steps to rid the city of this menace to life and property. I don’t know why it should be necessary, but maybe the city fathers are waiting for a ■“formal request”. If anyone could Hnd the time, I’m sure several hundred signatures could easily be secured on a petition to be pre sented to council, requesting ac tion. Perhaps the city and county could cooperate in this matter, at least until the thickly popluated fringe areas take it upon them selves to join the city. Observes Silver Anniversary Grand Jury Committee ipp ' • : Local Stores Last Tuesday Newberry Federal completed 25 years service to the savers and borrowers of Newberry county and surrounding area. The Association, formed June 14, 1935 was organized under the supervision of John F. Clarkson, as president. Other officers were C. D. Weeks, vice president, and J. W. Wil lingham, secretary-treasurer. They with M. 0. Summer, E. B. Purcell and C. C. Hutto, composed the board of directors. Total assets on January 1, '1936 were $36,718.38. To day the Association boasts assets of over $13,700,000.00, and has more than 6300 savings accounts and 3,200 loan accounts. Pictured above is the new modern facilities of the Association on College street. Last week a parking lot was constructed at the rear of the building for it’s customers conven ience. Special premiums to savers are . being offered during the Silver Anniversary cel- J*® in the store about 10 o’clock An attempt to saw hinges o?f to gain entrance to a safe at Lom- inick’s Drug store Monday night proved unsuccessful for the rob ber or robbers. ' It was believed by Chid? of Po- Dowd and S. C. Law Enforce ment Division oficers that one on was hiding out in the nrise Auto Supply store and Mote at Lominick’s during store hburs, and remained there until after, the stores were closed. At the Sunrise store only a hacksaw and blades were found missing. At Lominick’s about $15 was taken from a cash register. 1 Officers said there was no evi dence to show forced entry at either place. The bar across the back door at Sunrise had been lif ted from its position and placed on the floor, and the rear door at the drug store was open Tuesday morning. Chief Dowd said it was likely that the person at Sunrise hid out there to get the saw for the drug store safe, and another Person stayed in the drug store ih order to open the back door for his accomplice. Dr. Richard Lominick said he EMPLOYEES GET RAISE Newberry County employees will get a 10 per cent pay boost, beginning July 1,' under provis ions of the county supply bill ap proved by the legislative delega tion. For some county officials it will mean an increase- up to $500 a year. The supply bill for the next fis cal year provides for expenditures of $341,184.34. Delegation members «aid the pay raise • will be accomplished without an increase in taxes. The levy for the new fiscal year has not been set. ebration of the Association. Details may be found elsewhere in this issue. Monday evening but did not go to the back of the store. It was not known what time the attempted safe-cracking took place. No one has been apprehended as yet in connection with the inci- dftnts. TOU NEVER KNOW Last Tuesday’s Democratic pri mary certainly proved one thing— you never know what the voters are really thinking until all the ballots are counted. Although I was on hand as the votes were being tabulated, I really <lidn’t have a chance to study the results until the tabulation came out in The Sun last week. I found that in the Solicitor race, Beasley led in 41 precints, Jones in 8; there was one tie. In the Senate race, Hawkins led in 30 precints, Bergen in 20. In the House race, Griffith took the lead in 34 precints, Folk In 8, Hunter in 7, one tie. Super visor-elect Hendrix led in 36 pre cincts, Shealy in 12, two'ties. Even the sharpest of political observers could not have foreseen this term of events although, as usual, there are those who say, “I knew it would be that way.” •Strange they didn’t know it until after .the votes were counted. Clark Injured In Tractor Upset Niles Clark Jr., of Waterloo es caped possible serious injuries Monday afternoon when the trac tor he was riding and a combine the tractor was pulling, jacknifed overturned and pinned him be neath. The combine was harvesting STain on the farm of Clark’s fa ther-in-law, T. I' (Dad) Amis. Two young men vho were fish ing at a pond nearby assisted by the operator of the harvester re moved young Clark from beneath the tractor. Clark was taken to Newberry County Hospital for treatment and later dismissed. 228th Signal Rates Top After One Year Conversion ii Irs. Lizzie Beck Was Formerly AA Artillery FORT GORDON, Ga.—If the men of Newberry’s Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 228th Signal Group appear excep tionally proud of their “superior” summer camp rating, it’s because they comprise a unit of excep tional accomplishments during the past year. Only 14 months ago, they were known in South Carolina’s Army National Guard as the 228th Anti- Aircraft Artillery Group. But with recent modernization of the SC NG, they’ve converted their old AAA designation into a triple-A unit now capable of supervising and planning training and com munications installations for an Army. And Sunday, after two weeks of specialist schooling and on-the- job training, they’ll be bringing to Newebrry a unit efficiency rating of “superior”. Doubtless other SCNG units may earn an equally commenda- ^ble rating this summer, but few will have hurdled conversion ob stacles big as those facing the 228th in April, 1959. A complete change of unit op erations and equipment was re quired in last year’s reorganiza tion, and general revision of every man’s duties. There’s a colossal difference between knocking down enemy aircraft and setting up communications for several friend ly battalions. Today, the 228th acts as head quarters for the only fully equip ped National Guard Signal Group of its type in the United States. It is expected that by 1962, ev ery man in the 228th Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment would be qualified in his job spec ialty. However, over half of the personnel are already qualified in their specific duties and under its own, ambitious deadline, there is a possibility the entire unit may be fully qualified by summer of 1961. Commanding officer of the 228 Headquarters Detachment is Maj. Gerald C. O’Quinn of Newberry. Col. Barringer F. Wingard of Clinton is commanding officer of the 228th Combat Area Signal Group. Serving as group signal of ficer and full time staff assistant is Lt. Col. Julian L. Welling, Jr., of Newberry. Mrs. Lizzie Irene Nex Beck, 56, of Whitmire, widow of Harvey James Beck, died early Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Barbara Bostic, Whitmire, after an illness of several months. Mrs. Beck was bom in Rome, Ga/, a daughter of the late James and Ellejji Dove Nix. She had spent her entire life in Some until mov ing to Whitmire four years ago. Her husband died in 1953. Surviving are two sons, Hugh Monroe Beck of Whitmire, and Ralph Edward Beck of Rome; four daughters, Mrs. Hazel Cor der, Miss Doris Lee Beck, and The library is taking on new life. Now that vacation time is here, the young people are turn ing to more reading and the num ber of books being checked out is very gratifying. With the work of classifying and arranging books completed, a new coat of paint is being given some of the furniture, and a committee is arranging for the completion of new curtains and upholstering in the library. Ne\y magazines are on hand, and one can come and read or take some home; and very peon there will be a weekly story hour for the children* Mias Ri** ifi*vi*ea everyone to come often to the lib rary and take advantage of all that it offers. On Tuesday night, June 7, the Community Club members and guests enjoyed a delicious dish supper at the club house. After supper the program was held in the dining room. The devotions were given by Mrs. Louise McAdams. She chose one of the chapters from Dr. Wal lace Friday’s book, “A Lamp Unto My Feet”. For her comments she used as a theme “Our Lives Are Like Mirrors.” The June meeting had been scheduled as a business one, so Mrs. Barbara Bostic, all of Whit- ,, mire, and Mrs. Dorothy Darien ’ Presid€nt R alph Johnson presided of Rome, Ga.; a sister, Mrs. Rubv over the meeting, at which time Corder of Whitmire; two broth- some P lans weli e tor the re- ers, James Nix of Rome and A!- maining part of the year. x ton Nix of Bankhead, Ga.; and 12 0ne of the number of Following are the “Findings and Recommendations” of the School Committee of the Grand Jujry of Newberry county at the latest term of court: Whitmire High School. Squeaky floors in hall. Steps to public music room need replacing. Need new rest rooms, boys and girls. , Roof needs repairs. , , Lunch room in good condition. Gym floor in bad condition, s Band house in need of paint, in side and outside. Fire system, needs repairing. Building needs painting. Whitmire Park Street School. Needs Venetian blinds. Glare very bad. Rouf heeds repairing. Need new rest rooms for boys and girls. Need hand nails on inside of fire escape. Lunch room in good condition. Whitmire Carver Elementary School (Colored.) Lunch room needs dish washer. Health reasons. ? Yard needs topsoil and more playground space. Prosperity Schorl. Roof in bad condition. Windows in. very bad condition^ Lunch room very good. Rikard Elementary School, Prosperity (Colored.) 7 Small minor repairs will put this school |u good condition, needs topsoil. room *■ mm Door stops need fixing. One room empty except for 40- 50 broken desks.Something should be done to make full use of these/ sfifra School in good condition. Sever al windows need repairing. Garmany Elementary School (Colored.) General painting. Water system needs a water grandchildren. The body was taken to Rome, Council Takes Action To Improve Record Keeping Of Pol ice Department, Recorder patients attended the Clinic on Thursday, June 2 Hentz Reunion The descendants of the late Wil liam A. and Lena Abrams Hentz will hold their annual family reun ion Sunday, June 26 at the old homestead near Pomaria, now the home of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Hentz. All are urged to come and bring picnic baskets. • Mrs. R. L. Sterling, who under went major surgery in the New berry Memorial hospital Monday, is reported to have stood the op eration well and is now getting along nicely. The regular meeting of city council, postponed from last Tues day night on account of the coun ty elections, was held in council chambers ^Monday night. All members were present ex cept Councilman Clarence Dehart. The treasurers report for the first eight months operation was reviewed. It was noted that $25,- 000 had been borrowed to meet expenditures for the remaining four month 3. The borrowing was necessary due to expenses incur red in the annexation of Suburbia and Hartford Heights. A letter from County Auditor Ralph B. Black stated that the assessed value of property in the city for 1960 for tax purposes was $3,482,700. This is slightly higher than that of the past year. A report from the Newberry Park Commission was read. By motion of C. A. Dufford, T. E. Davis and H. W. Schumpert were re-elected to the commission as members from the city. The park is owned jointly by the city and county, and includes Lynch’s Woods, the fairground property _nd the roadside park on the cut off road. » Walter H. Ross, tax specialist of Greenville, submitted by a let ter a proposal for collection of business licenses. Council declined to accept the proposal. A resolution accepting a grant from the Federal Aviation Agen cy in an amount not to exceed $17,- 500 for expanding the Municipal Airport, was approved. Mayor Layton was authorized to execute the grant. It is understood that this amount will be matched by he state. The money will be used to acquire land, extend runways and other improvements needed at the local airport. After considering the account ant’s report for the first six months of the city’s operation, Councilman Dufford offered a mo- any cash bonds be noted on the receipt or summons. Welling Infant Died Suddenly Julian Leland Welling IV, nine- day old son of Cpl. and Mrs. J. L. Welling III, died Monday night tion that the city manager request e nroute to Turner Field Hospital C. Walter Summer, C.P.A., pre pare the necessary books to com ply with his recommendations out lined in the audit. The recommen dations have to do with record keeping in the police department, as follows: 1. That the Chief of Police, or someone responsible person, see that all cases for which summons have been issued are recorded on the Police Docket prior to the session of the court, and that no case be heard for which a sum mons has not been issued. 2. That as each case is heard, its disposition and date be recorded on the Police Docket and signed by the City Recorder. 3. That unless a case is contin ued for some valid reason (which should be noted on the docket) dis position be made of all cases dock eted. 4. That the Chief of Police, or some responsible person, maintain a Jail Book showing the date, time, and name of anyone who is detained in their custody and the date and time of their release. in Albany, Ga. Cpl. Welling, a member of the U. S. Marine Corps, is a native of Newberry. Mrs. Welling is the former Gayle Henderson of Whit mire. Surviving in addition to the pa rents are a sister, Betsy Welling, of the home; grandparents, Lt. and Mrs. Leland Welling Jr. of Whitmire and Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Henderson of Whitmire; great- gqandparents, Mrs. C. D. Hardin of Newberry, Mrs. J. L. Welling Sr. of Whitmire, Mrs. Carrie Ad ams of Columbia and Mrs. R. L. Henderson, of Kinards. Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the graveside in Rosemont Cemetery in Newberry by the Rev. N. D. Yount. Mr. Louis Morris, was admitt ed to the Newberry county Mem orial hospital last Wednesday suf fering with a heart condition. He was reported Wednesday morning to be doing well and expects to re turn to his home on Main street 5. That the date of payment of in a few days. Houseal Norris To Be Ordained The Rt. Rev. /C. Alfred Cole, Bishop of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina, has assigned Ro bert Houseal Norris to St. Mark’s Episcopal* Church, Chester. Mr. Norris will be ordained as a deacon by ’Bishop Cole at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in New berry next Wednesday, June 29 at 10:30 a.m. A native of Newberry, Mr. Nor ris was graduated with honors from Newberry College, ani re ceived the Ll.B. degree from the law school of the University of South Carolina. He completed his theological study at the School of Theology of the University of |he South, Sewanee, Tenn., June first. Mr. and Mrs. Norris, the former Ethel Eugenia Callison of Char leston, have moved into the rec tory, 118 Henry St.. Chester. Sununer Takes Advanced Course FORT RILEY, Kans. (AHTNC) —Army Pvt. Robert M. Summer, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Tom Summer, 902 Caldwell St., New berry, recently completed eight weeks of advanced individual heavy weapons training with the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Ri ley, Kan. Summer entered the Army last January and completed basic com bat training at Fort Banning, Ga. A 1959 graduate of Newberry High School, he attended the Uni versity of South Carolina. / Lunch room needs dish washer. Pomaria School. All rest rooms need repairing. Doors need replacing and weath er stripping. Seats, in auditorium need re placing and floor needs elevated. Fire alarm system needs a cen tral location. Lunch room needs dish washer. Floors need replacing. Buildings need painting. Yard to school needs to be lar ger. Equipment for playground should be purchased. This school qeeds attention at once from a safety factor. Bush River School Fire escape needs painting. Boiler room untidy. Home economic equipment should be sold or sent to other schools for use. • New shades needed. Installation of partition in girls rest room needed. Reuben Elementary School. Crack in floor in 3rd grade A Gets School Aid Sylvia A. Wood, a student at Newberry College, has been granted a $300 senior college scholarship by Lutheran Brother hood, fraternal life insurance so ciety, with home offices in Min neapolis, Minn. Miss Wood is a resident of Thunderbolt, Ga. / The award is one of 53 grants of $300 each being presented by Lutheran Brotherhood to Luther an senior college students this year. Housekeeping is not too good. Building in good Condition. Silverstreet School Bad need of good paint job^ good condition. Gallman High Sc! Gym ceiliiig in bad Broken windows. Fire extinguishers x need charging, ."fev • • && Grounds and drives need tention. . . Drayton Street School. Grounds washing away. Broken windows. Rest rooms dirty., ^ Overcrowded conditions. Class rooms need painting. Junior High School. T Overcrowded conditions. Entire building old, ini Newberry High School. Old building needs painting side and out. ■ .. Building in general in good con dition. Lunch room in good condition. Boundary Street School old and inadequate- replacing. it building in good order, room in good condition, id School. in good condition, is very goqd. iH MB JH West ft g in good condition is very good. School in good condition afehert in *«od tion for age. ^ // The Grand Jury recommend* that dishwashers be installed in all lunch rooms not now using to insure the Use of dishes. Also recommended is use by all schools of a plan of reg ular treatment .of facilities to prevent the presence of roaches and rats. The Grand Jury recommend*’’ that particular attention be given to the items covered in this re port when administering fund* raised by the bo» d issue recently approved by the citizens. It quested that the Newberry c Superintendent of Education fOe a written report, concerning ac tion taken, with the Grand Jury at their November 28, 1960 meet ing. m mi, m Building Permits June 14: Mrs. Gerald Paysinger, one filling station on corner Cald well and Boundary Sts., $24,400. June 16: H. B. Cleland, general repairs to dwelling, 930 Gilder St., $75. V BEARS WELCOME SMOKY MOUNTAIN VISITORS—Th» Smoky Mountain Bei\r is shown searching for his lunch near the Cherokee Indian Reservation, Cherokee, N. C., while visitors watch and take his photograph. Bears are favorite animals of tourists in the Great Smoky mountains, and can usually be found at roadside trash cans during the summer months. Natural actors, they always put on * show for any size audience. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS June 26: A. E. Hazel,Robert Luther Shealy, Mrs. Frank Ste vens, Jr., Mrs. Ralph P. Baker, Brace Lipscomb, Mrs. Olin Ina* binet. June 27: Elsie Long, Mrs. Euston Richardson, June Walton Judith A. Jonee, Johnny Shealy* June 28: Mrs. Douglas Horns by, Jr., Olin Layton, Mrs. T. Roy Summer, Sr., Lonnie Gilliam, Mrs. R. M. Lominsck, Mrs. C. C. Hutto, Kenneth Ross Harmon, Frances Derrick, Tommy Ann Werts, Mrs. H. D. Hollingsworth, Harriett Ann Senn, Eddie Black- well Paula Fuller, H. B. Ray- field, Joe F. Bedenbaugh, Jack Hawkins, Doris Dufford Eargle, Katherine D. Senn, Sam Bums, Mrs. H. L. Parr, Ralph Parr Baker, Jr. June 29: Miss Annie Abrams, Pauline Wicker, Mrs. Gertrude Gibson Duckett, J. E. Kinard, George Lipscomb, Rev. Chari** B. Dawkins, Butch Price. June 30: Mrs. Kirby Lominack, John L. Epps, Jr„ Mrs. Ethel Swfgert, Mary S. Watkins, Mike Wiggers, Edwin Nkhola, D. R. Son, Howard B. Kirkegard, Jr., Tommy Ballew, Edna Kirkegard, H««ry Chappell Linda Ruth Wicker. July 1: Mias Ruby Dennis, Sims Tompkins, Mrs. Milton Moore, Bobby Harmon, Jj Nance Parr, Emily Moore, Mrs. Ervin D. Richardson, Mrs. W. B. Boinest, Jr, Mrs. Clifford Smith, Patsy Ruth Senn, Lucille Long, Grace O. Hazel Mrs. Clayton Smith, Lt. Jtobert SprauL Jr, Rev. Clarence B. Word. July 2: Thomas Morris, Sam P. Shannon, Mrs. Walter Davis, Allan Dominick, Wilbur J. Rin ger, Marie K. Farr.