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' m i • ■■ ?!&»*£■ i wsfyj® .••*»• if: t'U A man of thirty may know more than a man of fifty, but the former can’t prove it till he is fifty, thanks be. ? V* nneiq sV' i' '' .*'0011 'M ' You often think what you would like to say to a customer, but the competitive system will not permit it, fortunately. VOLUME 24; NUMBER 14. By The Way - by Jborij SanderJ NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1960 1 vo mo-;.cl jn r $2.00 PER YEAR -mma m nip OUR MISTAKE Last week we reported that the Prosperity Fire Department was on hand to put out the fire that resulted from the train-truck wreck at Pomaria. I have been informed that this is in error; that the Newberry Fire Depart ment was the first and had the ;fire under control before the Prosperity Department came to xender aid. My apologies to Chief Sam Beam and his fine depart ment. BOOST FOR CITY The Newberry Concert Band, under the direction of Boyd Rob- ortson, gets around and furnishes nice publicity for Newberry. We .are in receipt of a letter from the Pageland Watermelon Festival Steering Committee in which Bet ty M. Sowell, publicity chairman, .states: “Newberry’s Concert Band was just wonderful . . . we’re all ao pleased they could be with us.” We are pleased that the New berry Concert Band will take time to make these trips and help publicize our city. said, “Mommy, are you going to vote for Kennedy or Nixon?” I told her, “I’m not going to vote for Kenedy, and I don’t want to vote for Nixon, but there seems to be no other choice.” “I like Nixon better, too,” she said. Well, the point is, where do we go? It is still my feeling that the Republicans will be more likely to get us back on the road to a States Rights government, while the Democrats will surely forge ahead on the road to a wel fare state. What do yo uthink about it? SOMETHING NEW There’s something new in the way of scarecrows, according to a release from Clemson College Extension Service. The release is datelined Barnwell, and says in part: “When the scarecrow failed, farmers here turned to noisemak- •ers to scare crows from melon fields. “Hugh A. bowers, Clemson Ex tension Service truck crops spec ialist, says that crows do untold damage by pecking the melons before and during the harvest. “The heavy artillery in the battle of the melon patch is a gun that doesn’t shoot bullets—but one that emits an air-shattering blast, ^he noisemakers are called car bide or acetylene guns. They shoot automatically at intervals. “In an attempt to outwit the clever crow, farmers go out be fore daylight and move the guns to new locations. They are left in operation from early morning until after dark. “So far, the crow has been un able to figure out the puzzle of the unexpected blasts, and has kept his distance. Most growers said that they had not seen dam aged melons since starting the noisemakers.” Well, that’s fine, but I am won dering how the people who live near the watermelon patches stand the “air-shattering blasts” at short intervals all day long? SOUNDS PROMISING Although VP Nixon and his re cent bosom friend Mr. Rockefel ler will no doubt be successful in ramming through a civil rights plank which the majority of the members of the platform commit tee of the Republican National -Convention do not want, it is at least encouraging to see that there are enough members of the platform committee to want a moderate approach to the civil rights issue. Of course there was opposition to the majority report of the Democratic convention plank on civil rights, but all the oppo sition was from Southerners. The Republican platform committee consists of members from every state, and there certainly is not a majority of Southerners controll ing the committee, so this is evi- -dence that at least some middle- xvesterners and westerners are lighting for the rights of the white man and not giving in utterly and completely to legislate against so- called inequalities supposedly suf fered by minority groups. If Nixon had accepted the ori ginal civil rights plank as being the wishes of the majority, there is every reason to believe he and the Republican party could have carried every state in the South. Life-long Democrats who have never deserted the party are sick to death of being trod upon, being laughed at, being ignored. Of one thing I am thankful: the Republi can convention has at least afford ed and opportunity for Senator | Barry Goldwater to give nation wide expression of the views of conservatives, which in most part coincide with the views of those of us in the South who wish a re turn to private enterprise and a cessation of the welfare state. Perhaps some Americans will wake up as a result of this publicity, before it is too late. Little Connie is disturbed be cause “these old conventions” are keeping her from seeing some of her favorite programs on TV. I tried to explain for her the reas on for, and meaning of the con tentions. When I finished, she Cub Scouts Have Camping Trip George R. Summer, assistant den chief, was in charge of an overnight camping trip for Cub Scouts of Dens 1 and 2, Pack 260, last Friday night. The 12 Cubs spent the night at lynch’s Woods at the_£irl_,Scout camp site. They cooked supper and breakfast outdoors ,and spent Saturday morning hiking around the entire Lynch’s Woods Area. All Cubs reported an enjoyable trip, and are looking forward to another in the near future. Assisting Mr. Summer • was Gene Mathis and Boy Scouts George Park and Harry Moose. The two den mothers, Mrs. Ches ter Hawkins and Mrs. Dick Rod- elsperger, joined the Cubs for supper Friday night. Those enjoying the camp-out were: Den 1: Ricky Mathis, Buddy Summer, Marcus Lester, Danny Cook, Miles Hawkins and Steve Armfield. Den 2: Tommy Moose, Kenny Pruitt, Jeff Catlin, Cliff Hickson, Eddie Rodelsperger, and Keith Nichols. ^ 4/V ^ 11*: ■>" .i Adopts Budget For Schools POLICE CHIEF COLIE DOWD might not have much free time ,but such as he has has been spent recently cultivating his tomato plants, and^With enviable results. From the eight plants in the background, Chief has gathered 192 pounds of tomatoes. From his Big Boy and Ponderosa plants, he has picked a number-of tomatoes weighing be tween one and tw T o pounds. The largest, thus far, weighed two pounds, two ounces. His plants now contain hundreds of tomatoes. The two little girls in the photo look in amazement at the height of the plants. (Sunphoto) Hulsebus Takes Chester Job R. L. Hulsebus, principal of Sa luda High School for the past two years, and principal of Bush River Elementary school prior to that time, has accepted the posi tion of principal of the Chester High School. He succeeds M. G. Pratt who became superintendent of the Chester City Schools re cently. Mr. Hulsebus will assume his new duties in about two weeks. He is a native of Iowa and was educated at Luther College, De corah, Iowa, where he received the A.B. degree. He earned his master of arts degree at the Uni versity of North Carolina and has had further graduate study at the University of South Carolina. He is married to the former Miss Allie Lou Clary of Newberry and has three children. Bethany Parish House Dedicated A parish building was dedicated at Bethany Lutheran Church Sun day afternoon with an address by Dr. Karl W. Kinard of Columbia, president of the Lutheran Synod of South Carolina. The Rev. John A. Sanders is pastor. The building, erected at a cost of about $36,000, contains eight classrooms, assembly area a kitch en, office, rest rooms and robe rooms. Harold W. Koon of Lexington designed the building and E. O. Cannon of Newberry was the building contractor. The building committee was composed of Colie Lever, chairman, Willie Dominick, James Miller and Eugene Stock- man. This was the second Lutheran parish dedication in which Dr. Kinard has participated in New berry within the past two weeks. Tax Dollars Pay Researchers To Observe Cocktail Sippers (The following article was i lion among the American people originally printed in Human that will make the little fracas of tPOlQcUlS lYIOVc Events, reprinted in the Rich- 1776 look like a tea, or a cocktail mond News Leader, and subse- [ party. When the average faceless Inquest Friday At Court House An inquest will be held Fri day night, July 30, at 8 p. m. at the court house in Newberry, ac cording to Coroner George R. Summer. The purpose of the in quisition is to investigate the cause of death of Bob Morton, young truck driver from North Carolina who was instantly kill ed when the asphalt-laden dump truck he was driving rammed in to a locomotive of the Southern Railway two weeks ago near Po maria. quently in The Joanna Way, is sue of July 1960.—Eld.) After four exhausting years of research, under a grant provided by the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (agents for U. S. taxpayers), three eminent sociologists have just completed study of profound im plications. Their study is a part of “a systematic study of socia bility.” More definitive, it is a study of the cocktail party. More definitively still, this first in stallment appears to be a study of the role of the host at the cock tail party. To prepare this scholarly work, the three sociologists, helped by six assistants, went to 80 cocktail parties between Jan uary, 1955 ,and December, 1959. After each party the investiga tor returned to his quarters and spent “perhaps twenty hours of work simply writing down ev erything he could remember about the party.” The findings were at last correlated; conclu sions were drawn; footnotes were added, and the work was produced in an 11-page article, “The Vanishing Host”, publish ed in the spring issue of “Hu man Organization,” official jour nal of the Society for Applied Anthopology. Here we learn that the typical host “feels bound to continue as long as strength endures, sending out for more liquor if necessary.” Some hosts insist upon planned parties, at which the guests are coerced into charades, card games, and amateur painting. The auth ors find it disappointing that oc casionally a host’s sociable ener gies are so devoted to “filling the guest 5 ! metabolisms” that the party • dampened. The biologists describe one Midwest*, n party at some length. At the outset, guests conversed quietly “in small groups of the same sex.” In time, however, un married guests began to scan their opposite numbers, and “cross-sex conversations developed,” Around the bar, things got noisier, and be fore the party broke up at 5 a.m., the living room was jammed with dyads of friends (“dyads,” we are advised, is how a sociologist says “couple”). We would inquire of our more sober readers, seriously how in the world any responsible ad ministrator in charge of public funds could have approved a tax grant for any such study as this. We would wonder aloud if some committee of Congress ought not to go into a slow burn and ask some hot questions. From NEWSWEEK magazine, we learn that this particular re search report is merely the first of four studies to be made by these sociologists of “Func tions of Piny in Developing Adult Beh*?iur.” Total cost to the United States taxpayers: $89,811. One of these days, let it be add ed grimly, there will be a rebel- citizen wakes up to discover what is being done with his money, the faceless citizen is likely to demand that someone throw the rascals out. When we started to write this little piece, the topic seemed fwi- ny. But the memory of ApriL &S, and of a Federal income tax re turn, and of the check that went with it is still painfully vivid, and we read of this idiotic waste of public money not with amusement, but with an icy outrage. This is one drunken party to break up right now. Homecoming Set At Fairview The Board of Trustees of Fair- view Center, Ridgeway, have set Sunday, August 7th as the ninth annual homecoming day. Registration will begin at 10 a. m., followed by morning worship in the chapel, with the Executive Director Rev. Maxie C. Collins preaching at 11 a.m. The traditional free dinner will be served to all visitors and spec ial guests. The staff is preparing for 500 expected guests on this day. Dinner will be served from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The Friends of Fairview busi ness session will begin at 2 p.m., and will be followed by a special message by a guest speaker. The recently opened Women’s Division will be opened for in spection, and the Hospital Divis ion, now under construction, will also be open for inspection. Fairview was established in De cember 1950, and opened the Re habilitation Center at Ridgeway August 1, 1961. During the nipe years more than 3,000 resident and clinic patients have been treated at Fairview. The present capacity is 44 patients, which will be increased to 56 when the 12 bed hospital is opened. To Newberry Mr. and Mrs. L. Hart Jordan and children, Mary Hart and Frances, are moving this week from Albertville, Ala. to New berry and will reside at Park View Court. Jordan, who was manager of the Kendall Company’s plant at Albertville, will be associated with D. O. Carpenter, manager of Kendall’s Oakland plant, until the first of the year. He will as sume management of the Oak land plant when Mr. Carpenter retires. E. T. McClure, who has ben superintendent of the Oakland plant, will replace Mr. Jordan as manager of the Albertville plaut. The McClures plan to move ti Alabama about the middle of August. Attend Easter Seal Camp Approximately 150 people par ticipated in some way in the third annual Easter Seal Family Camp sponsored by the Crjppled Children Society of South Caro lina. The camp was held at So- careda, Cedhr Mountain, tfnd closed Sunday. The campers in cluded mentally alert severely handicapped boys and girls and their families. Statp headquarters has annoui*- ced to Mrs. JEjnmett Nichols, Chairman of the Newberry Coun ty Chapter, that the following persons from Newberry County participated in the program: Boy Scouts: Kinney Caldwell, Prosperity, of the Blue Ridge Council. Families: Henry Humphries, Two Injured On Saturday An automobile wreck and an ac cidental shooting marred an oth erwise quiet weekend in Newberry County. Both occurred last Satur day. On Saturday evening, Mrs. Elise Long, wife of Elbert Long of Rt. 3, was accidentally shot while re moving a .22 calibre revolver from the glove compartment of her car to her pocketbook. The revolver discharged, striking Mrs. Long in her chest. Her condition was reported as being serious at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. The time of the shoot ing was estimated by Sheriff Tom Fellers, who investigated, at around 6:15 p.m. Saturday. On Saturday night, Harold Crouch suffered a back injury when his automobile left the road and went down an embankment in a wooded area near Clarkson Ave nue and Glenn Street. Wiring in the car caught' fire, but was ex tinguished by the city fire de partment. Mr. Crouch was released from the local hospital Monday morn ing. Investigating officers were City Policemen Sgt. John H. Wood and O. H. Willingham. Walker Promoted W. S. Walker, assistant county agent, of Newtterry County for the past two years, has recently been promoted to associate county agent, according tq an announce ment made by County Agent A. F. Busby. Walkers’ p^qi^ption was based in a record of*, satisfactory service plus bis fulfillment of edu cational requirements as outlined by Clemson College Extension Service. A graduate of Clemson College, Walker has also served as Assist ant County Agent in Spartanburg County and ha^-fe^tykl his Mas ter’s degree in Edpcatjon from the University . „ of , ,vSaji*tfa KS Carolina. Prior to becoming, employed by Clemson College Extension Serv ice, Walker served, with-the U. S. Army during' tl^&pp’jean, conflict and at present holds a commis sion in the S./.^. ^tional Guard. He is married {.Oj Jh^^mer Mary Sue Talbertt-of . Denmark. The Walkers have Jhrftf children and reside at 202J “We are happy7 to; have a per son of Walker’jv. s«^iee and abil ity with us in, serving the inter ests of the farnk-.fKrople of New berry County,” conoluded Busby. 4-H ClubbtrsT ■4 U Nine 4-H' Clfrb membOrs from Taking plirt in a playlet, Newberry Gdhhty—Attended the? 1 «siko(S?E r 0i£it : 'at Tatar Hollow,” PiPrlmnnt ' A IT**;*!* XTIstlisvla The County Board of Education at its regular meeting Tuesday night adopted a budget for the 1960-61 fiscal year, and talked about new elementary school build ings for the city of Newberry. The budget for the year for op erational expense of county The students of the summer ex- schools amounts to $1,333,617, an pression class of Mrs. Ruby K. increase of $128,476 over the pre- Abrams will be presented in re- vious budget. Most of the increase, cital on Monday, August * 1 at however, is in the form of in- ^ ** unlor Bigh School\creasea state aid; for teachers, auditorium* The program will last with the only other major juk above last year's budget be’ - for a new gym floor and a new boiler at Whitmire. 66 minutes, and relatives and friends of the stu dents are cordially invited to at- tend.^,;.:.. , The program will consist of eoags and devotions by Martha Moore Summer, Mary Ann Long, Becky McSwain, Susan Long, Deo- bie Pertain, and Cecil Ringer. The second portion of the program will be “Forbidden Fruit," featuring Lynn. Ringer,.. Sally Ruff, Beth Priced r Debbie Partain, Becky W e s't m o f e.La n d, Susan Jones, Chris tie Weigle, Janet Reames, 3eeky7 McSwain, and Martha Summer., ./The Rhythm orchestra will be madt up 4 of : these two groups, and Howard v.Kirkegard, Linda Ben nett, Clifford Hickson, Gordon Johnson, Terry Newton, George Ruff. Readings will be by Cecil Rin ger, Laura Weigle, Susan Jones, George Ruff, Pope Johnson, Su san LeValley and Gretchen An derson. Vocal selections will be by Wilma BoOzer accompanied by Elizabeth Adn Ruff. IN HOSPITAL FOB TREATMENT Mrs. Susan (Aunt Sue) Abrams was admitted to Newberry Coun ty Memorial Hospital Tuesday af ter having suffered several light heart attacks recently* She was reported to be some better Wed nesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Turner and son, Hugh, Miss Phyllis Booz er, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George P. Boozer, and Pope Bu ford III spent several days vaca tion last week at Myrtle Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Furman Sanders of Dunn, N. C. spent Friday night with Mr. Sanders' brother, Frasier Sanders and family on Jessica Ave. Piedmont District Achievement Round-up held July 20-21 at Camp Long. At this meeting the best rec ords on fti<|iVidhaF projects or demonstrations fk>hi' ’ the various counties are judged . lot ..competi tion with in v the District. After the reCbFds^f&Ve been re-i viewed, with 4-H Club member, by the Extension; 'Specialist" and a committee of * EkftJeiisiim Agents the records are placed in one of three groups,” Blue;- ;*ed or white. Those club members whose rec ord is placed in the Blue award group are given' the Opportunity to do more work on them and re submit them to be judged for the State winners. J The following 4-H Club mem bers attended from Newberry and received the following awards: Johnny Matt DeHart, poultry, blue award; Bobby Dennis, tractor operator, red award. Royce Counts, field crops, white award; Sarah Brown, leadership, blue award; Anita Kill’an, achievement, blue award; * v' Linda Satterwhfte, clothing achievement, blue award and fruit pie, blue award;;*' Sallie Abrams, individual bread demonstration, blue award; Lucille Long, dress revue, red award; Virginia Glymph, individual dairy foods demonstration, red award; //vv - Judy Half acre and Barbara Ann Minick, yeast team demon stration, red iW&d. Also attending., from Newberry County were' Miss Doney Crain, assistant county home agent, and J. O. Donklfir.j^esjst^nt county agent Wilrbe Judy Bain, Keith Nichols, Robbie Creekmore, Harriett Schumpert, Pope Johnson, Clifford Hickaod, Linda Reames, Susan Gretchen Anderson, Ka- reh' KirkCgard, Debbie Weetmore- rmon, ****>« «*«*, 'igfe, Gordon Johnson klMAar^ennett. ’ TV “s* will be Dean Rodel- sperger, jhna Boozer, Alyce Counts, Beth Anderson and Elea- noV Kirkegard. The program will close with the students,' singing “May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You.” Cisson Dies In Sumter Andrew Eugene Cissom, in fant son of S*$gi|^£^aes and Sadie Parker Cis; died Sun day afternoon at Shaw Air Force Base Hospital near Sumter. Surviving besides “the parents are the paternal grandparents, Tom Cissom of Laurens and Mrs. Sam Wilson of) Hi&berry; and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Parke* pf Laurens. Graveside serviSSe#? were con ducted at Laurens City Cemetery Tuesday by the Rev. Roy P.Tay- lor. Mrs. Charles W. Gibson, Jr. of Quantico, Va. arrived in the city Saturday night for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Leavell on Martin St. The Leav- ells’ other daughter, Mrs. Bill Da vis, and Mr. Davis have returned to their home in Chattanooga, Tenn. after a week’s visit here with the Leavells. Is Newberrian Charles Fulmer of Little Moun tain grew up in a family in which girls outnumbered boys 7 to 4—a circumstance that is now standing him in good stead. Soft-spoken, 36-year-old F ul- mer is tito only male memhfBr of a nursing class of €6 at at. Jos eph’s Infirmary, Atlanta.* On Ju ly 28, he will become the find! graduate of his sex at the hospi tal’s nursing school and ihe first male to earn a three-year nurs ing diploma in Georgia. His work and conduct have so {exemplary that the school accepted three men into its pre sent freshman class and will ad mit two more ip August. Fulmer said everything has been pleasant at the nursipg school—no ribbing and no fool ishness from his classmates. “I’m used to beipg around the opposite sex,” he Said. “I grew up in a family of seven girls and four boys. The girls haven’t kid ded me or made life unpleasant in any way.” Fulmer, was a medical secre tary at the Veterans Administra tion Hejy&pj j&oippbia before school. He nbw phteys advanced stpdy in psy chiatry nursing at Wittenburg Mercy Hospital ip Springfield, Ohio. In explaining the additional ope and one-half mills added to the school miUage by the emitter, gation this year, James D. Brov county svperintendent of tion, stated that the miliage is cover the increase in county sii w plement for teachers which was initiated last year. At that-jMMpy a $15,000 surplus in copnty fupiptT wa; given to the County Board <g|T Education for the express Pt&jgfMV of increasing teacher supplement. This/year, rather than transfer ring the funds from the county’s . general fund, the delegation tr$£||| ferred the miliage which will bring an approximate additional amount of $16,000 to continue the supplement increase for teachet^. : : It was stated that Irvine Leslie architect for new elemental - school buildings at the Boundary and Speers Street sites, would probably have a draft of ^h*/; buildings ready for approval by tbf Newberry Area Advisory Board next week. Following ap proval by that Board, Mr. Leslie will complete tye blueprints, plaaj| : and specifications in readiness for letting bids. It is still planned to have these Imildings coauMeAwi tmw for the adtool Everything is ready fqrJhm?# ® iim tart the acbool ink that the two schools for New berry are most urgently needed, plans are being concentrated on thi# effort before other projects planned under the bond issue are begun. Mr. Brown stated that the County Board would meet Monday night, August 8th with members of all advisory boards in the county to urge their cooperation in seeing that the schools run smoothly and to help in the ef fort to keep schools operating within the fixed budget. The next regular meeting of the County Board is scheduled for the fourth Tuesday in August. • : ' rv WILSON REUNION Hugh Carter Wilson-Susan Ox- ner Wilson Reunion will be held at the Mt. Bethel Germany school house the 2nd Sunday, August 14. All descendants fire invited to come and bring a picnic basket and iced tea. Dinner will be serv ed atpoptl • ANNUAL PICNIC AT HARTFORD The annual picnic at Hartford Community Center will be held Wednesday, August 3rd at 7 p.m. Those who will attend are asked to bring picnic baskets and tea. Cups and plates will be furnished. Mr. and Mrs. McBeth Sprouse and two sons, Kerry and Randy of Knoxville, Tenn., are visiting Mrs. Sprouses’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. M .0. Summer on Harper St. The Sprouses and Summers spent last week at Pawley’s Is land. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Robinson have moved to Leita St. in the house they recently purchased. July 31: Mrs. Danny Paysiw- ger, Mrs. Robert Lee Ruff, Mrs. fL B. Carlisle, C. E. Bag knight, Annie L. Sutherland, Roy Bed- pgtopgfe Pavjd Folk, Aug. 1: Tommie Len Hender son, F. A. Longshore, Ann Stew art, Mary D. Boozer. Mrs. C. E. Long, Nathan Culclasure, Gordon N. Clarkson. Aug. 2: Mrs. it. W. Clary, Rev. Louis Patrick, Debra Jane Bower#, Mildred Chapman, Ann Bowers, W. P. Lathrop, B. B. Leitzsey Jr,, Willie Graham, Nancy Bouknight, Mary Ellen Gist. Aug. 3: Mrs. W. C. Schenck, Pugh Turner, Mrs. A. D. Hal- tiwarger, Mrs. T. H. Neel, Furmun Wright, Mrs* W. L. Hitchcock. Aug. 4: James S. Price, Susan Sepn, Mrs. John F. Clarkson, ftadie Aa* Graham, Gary Lee Ringer, Frances B. Boozer, Bud- by Parnell, Thomas Cromer, Mrs, Bennie Burn, Mrs. B. G. Langford and Larry Longshore, sandra Smith, Jimmy Koon, Harry Longshore. Aug. 5: Mrs. C. T. Summer, Mrs. Pearl Smallwood, Jerry Graham, Leon Clark, Mildred P. Setzler, Mrs. J. W, Davenport. Aug. 6: Mrs. Wyche Dicker!, Mrs. Hugh Serna, Mrs. Harry W. Shealy, Mrs. D. P. Senn, Mrs. Roy Singley, Mrs. Malcolm Amick, Sr. r 33BQ m •i •. 7*