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AT A RIPE AGE all any parent wants from his children is some small credit for having tried to do his best. VOLUME 24; NUMBER 33. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, < THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1960 *.■ Ignoring the cool breezes of last A color guard of National Nicholas. Newberry High; Miss Wilma Pre-School Mothers Float No. 2 PTA, third to Gallman High. Gallman High bands. and Friday nights until 9 Friday afternoon .thousands of Guardsmen signaled the approach The judges finally made a deci- Boozer, Newberry County Farm vfas first among commercial and Bands participating were all That the Christmas season was through Dec. 23. suit. Santa warmed the hearts, if sters watched with interest until Mid-Carolina High, as “Miss Mer- the only county school entering a The judges awarded first place guard; Newberry High, Intermed- city streets since last FridayrMer- center » Speera Street JfcTAf. not the feet of those who came to the approach of the one person ry Christmas.” Runners up in float. It was awarded the first to Boundary Street PTA for city iate and Junior High Bands; Whit- chants will remain open Wednes- Hs^t, Merchant's Association, watch him. they came to see—Jolly Old Saint order were Miss Elizabeth Norris, place prize of $50 in that division, schools, second to Speers Street mire High, Mid-Carolina and day afternoons until Christmas, (Sunphoto.) ; ^ W. By The Way - ^ Sandi onA €>anderA Clean 'Em Up The regular meeting of city coun ci 1 will be next Tuesday night. You may recall that at the last meeting, council announced that in December, it would take action —one way or the other—on the proposed ordinance to clean up vacant lots in the city. Council asked that those who have any thing to say about the ordinance, pro or con, be present at the De cember meeting to express their views. to control this situation. 4-H Clubbers Are Honored At Banquet To refresh your recollection, the ordinance, in brief, says that vacant lots shall be cleaned off, and, after due notice, “upon the failure, neglect, or refusal of any owner or agent so notified, to cut, destroy and/or remove weeds, gras or deleterious, unhealthful growths, or other noxious matter, growing, lying, or located upon such owner’s property, or upon the sidewalk abutting same, v/ith- in 15 days after receipt of the written notice . . . the city mana ger is hereby authorized and em powered to pay for the cutting, destroying and/or removal of such weeds, grass, or deleterious, un healthful growths or other nox ious matter or to order the remov al by the City of Newberrv.” The City manager would be fur ther empowered to bill the owner for the cost of such action and, should the bill not be paid, the amount would be charged to the property owner’s tax bill. The ordinance would provide further measures for the collection of this amount, should the owner not pay it along with his regular tax bill. Some such ordinance certainly should be enacted. In many neighborhoods, nine out of ten property owners keep their homes, lawns and lots in spic-and- span condition, but one lot—just one—cluttered with jynk, or even just grown up in w r eeds some three or four feet high, spoils the looks of the entire block. We have that situation in our block. Every home owner keeps his yard neat and clean at all times, but a lot loaded at one end with junk, and another across the street on which the weeds grow as high as five or six feet, de tract from the attractiveness of the other homes and lots. It is hard to prove these things are a menace to health so that the County Health department would take action. We might suc ceed in having the weedy lot cut down, but after two weeks of warm weather and rain, it would be the same thing to do over Cutting Off Nose I don’t know who’s behind it (although I have a pretty good idea) but there is a petition going the rounds asking for a referen dum to be held as to whether Newberry should continue with the city manager form of govern ment. I think there is no question but that the affairs of the city have run much more smoothly since the advent of the city manager sys tem. Those who oppose it, I be lieve, do not really oppose the sys tem itself, but oppose the present city manager. Rather than being brave enough to say so, they fi gure they will go in a round about way to get rid of him. There are people in town who are disgruntled because they haven’t been able to brow-beat Ed Blackwell into doing what they want him to do. There are those who think their petty gripes should be disposed of to their sat isfaction, rather than in accord ance with the statutes and poli cies of the city. There are those with minds so narrow that once they have a grudge, they don’t know what it is to forget it; they must have revenge. Ed Blackwell is no more perfect than any of the rest of us, but I think he has done a fine job as city manager of Newberry. Per haps he hasn’t always pleased me, perhaps he hasn’t always pleased you; but I believe what he has done has been what he felt was best for the city, and in accordance with what he has been ordered to do by council. If those of you who are circu lating the petition don’t like Ed Blackwell, why don’t you say so ? Why not be honest in your peti tion? You know that if he had given in to your every whim, you’d think the city manager system was the greatest innova tion yet discovered. Ed Blackwell has been “cussed out” plenty while he has been in Newberry. I’m sure that he would be able to take it calmly if his enemies had nerve to tell him “I don’t like you.” I most certainly would refuse to sign the petition if I were asked, and I would vote against aban donment of the city management By MRS. A. H. COUNTS Henry M. Simons Jr., assist ant vice president and manager of the agricultural department of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. of Charlotte, N. C., was guest speaker at the Newberry County 4-H Calf Club member-parent banquet Thursday evening. About 125 attended the banquet which was held in the Newberry High School cafetem. Bobby Lominick, 4-H Club Calf president, presided. Mr. Simons, in congratulating the boys and girls in their 4-H Club work, told them, “From your experience in 4-H Club work you are better equipped for life and for meeting the demands in the future of this great country of ours.” Associate County Agent Walter I S. Walker, with Ollie Donkel, as sistant county agent, presented green jackets with the 4-H club emblem to the following: Andy Lominick, best showman Guernsey breed, and Olin Dorroh, best showman for Jersey breed. Wingard Price, best fitted ani mal in Jersey breed, and Steve Lovelace, best fitted animal in the Guernsey. Judith Half acre, award for best girl achievement in dairy calf club work, and Perry Hamm, best all around 4-H member of the show circuit. Other 4-H Club members who exhibited animals at the fairs, state and county, were presented sweat shirts with 4-H Club em- These winners are: Alice Beden- baugh, Ralph Bedenbaugh, Roger Longshore, Barbara Anderson, Leonard Halfacre, Mary Bryan Parr, Joe Mazurek, Bobby Lomi nick, Betty Stewart, Jimmy Folk, Patsy Ruth Senn, Ann Duckett, Mike Epps, Robert Dehart, James DeHart, Donny Williams, Wil liam Satterwhite, Wayne Satter- white, Bennet Hamm, Billy Hamm, Susan Hamm, Marlene Henderson, and Jerel Harmon. Jury Awards Kohn $4’200; Shealy, $600 Two jury cases were heard in the civil court term which conven ed here Monday with Judge Wood- row Lewis presiding. In the case of James L. Shealy, plaintiff, versus United Insurance Co., defendant, a jury awarded the plaintiff $600. In the case of Hal Kohn, plain tiff, versus S. C. State Highway Department, defendant, the jury found for the plaintiff in the amount of $4200. This action in volved property taken for widen ing and straightening the Pomaria road from 76 cutoff to Interstate Highway 1-26. This will be the main artery from Newberry to the new super highway. A third case was being heard at presstime Wednesday. background, there is a center ar rangement of white grapes (which she made) and white poin- settias complete the mantle deco ration. In the hall, green and red streamers of net adorn the stair bannisters; there are three-tiered Christmas rose trees, and a small green net and Christmas ball tree centers an entrance table. The plan if an election were held. For dining room is lovely with the the good of your city, I would ad-; table covered with red satin, over vise you to do the same. ( laid with red net and caught at the edge at intervals with silver Holiday Home flowers. There are many other attrac again. This sort of situation: ^ “Holiday House” is usually tive decorations—too numerous to should not be allowed to prevail. | considered a public function, so I i mention, but Mrs. Smith has in- Is Injured In Accident ORANGEBURG.—A head-on col lision about three miles east of Bowman on U. S. Highway 178 shortly after dawn Tuesday took the life of a Charleston man and seriously injured two others. The dead man was identified as Robert C. Neal of 911 DuPont Rd., Charleston. Seriously injured were William C. Furlough of Newberry and El mer Lee Truesdale III of Ridge way. Both are in the Orangeburg Regional Hospital where Furlough is being treated for multiple frac tures and internal injuries and Truesdale for a fractured arm and leg and severe lacerations. A Newberry County resident yesterday pleaded nolo conten dere to an involuntary manslaugh ter charge in connection with a traffic mishap that claimed the life of a good friend who was a passenger in his car. Hoyt A. Boland, 48, of Rt. 3, Prosperity, entered the plea in General Sessions Court and was sentenced to serve a year and to the balance to be sus pended upon payment of $500, with two years’ probation ordered. Boland was indicted for reck less homicide and involuntary manslaughter. Presiding Judge Thomas P. Bussey said that only rarely did he fail to require the service of time in a homicide case. Fatally injured in the wreck was Jesse William Lewis, 50, of Rt. 2, Newberry, who was sup erintendent of water and lights at Prosperity. The wreck occurred on By-Pass Highway 291 west of the Shriners’ Hospital for Crippled Children on Oct. 2, 1958. The vehicles involved were a 1952 Dodge driven by Mr. Boland and a 1947 Ford oil tank truck driven by Harold Whiten. State Sen. P. Bradley Morrah Jr. .attorney for Boland, said the latter suffered severe injuries in the wreck and spent 23 days in a hospital. The defendant has been unable to recall details of the ac cident, the lawyer said. Sen. Morrah said that he had advised a pleas of nolo condendere since Mr. ‘Boland would be unable to give his side of the accident. Several persons spoke in be half of the defendant. !S For Mrs. Harmon Mrs. Marjorie Hawkins Har mon, 58, wife of E. Marvin Har mon, of 118 Glenn St. died late Monday afternoon at a Newberry hospital after several months ill ness. Mrs. Harmon was a native of Newberry County, a daughter of Mrs. Sula Taylor Hawkins and the late T. Gary Hawkins. She was employed by the Mollohon Branch of Kendall Mills. She was an ac tive member of Summer Memorial Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday school for more than 2$ years, was a life member of the United Lutheran Church Women. Surviving are her husband, Enoch Marvin Harmon; 1 son, Gary Lee Harmon of Newberry; 4 daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Davis, Mrs. Emmie Beard and Mrs. Patsy Miller, all of Newberry, and Mrs. Peggy Brannon of Chappells; her mother, 2 sisters, Mrs. Ben Chap man and Mrs. Gladys Hipp, both of Newberry, and Mrs. Hoyt Mor ris of Prosperity; 4 brothers, Fur- tnan Hawkins of Ware Shoals, Fred Hawkins of Kingsport, Tenn., Chester Hawkins and Hazel Hawk ins, both of Newberry; and 12 grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sum mer Memorial Lutheran Church by Rev. Kenneth Hewitt and Rev. George B. Shealy. Burial was in Newberry Memorial Gar dens. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Walker have moved to their new home, 2022 Evans Circle. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Smith are now making their home at 1124 Hunt St. Nor should a property owner this paragraph Holiday have the right, just because he J ^ ome because I wanted to tell vited friends and members of gar den clubs to come bv and view her owns a lot, to fill it with junk ^ y° u about the beautiful decora- “Holiday Home.” She asks that (bathroom fixtures, for instance) —junk he never has to look at, because he doesn’t live in the neighborhood; but junk all the conscientious property-owners in the block have for a view from their front, back or side windows. tions Mrs. R. Derrill Smith has dreamed up for her home this year. Last year, her home was lovely, and we ran pictures of some of the arrangements in the they come between 11 a.m. and 12 noon, or between 4 and 5 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9, and next week, Tuesday through Friday, at the same hours. The visit will be well worth- Mrs. emm Mrs. Mamie Hunt Campbell, 56, -wife of Wallace Lee Campbell, died Monday night in a local hos pital after a long illneee. Mrs. Campbell was born , in Greenville County, a daughter of the late Matthew Hunt and Mrs. Daisy Burdette Hunt. Shfjtt&s a member of Edgefield^ Methodist Church. The family had .ttffed in Edgefield before moving to New berry several months ago. She was a member of Old Ninety Six Chapter PAR. „ v . Surviving, in addition to her. husband, are four sons, Wallace Lee Campbell Jr. of Greenville, David H. Campbell of Lexington, N. C., Ralph H. Campbell of Waycross, Ga., and Dr. George W. Campbell of St. Louis,. Mo.; a daughter, Miss Janice Campbell, a student at Florida State univer sity; a sister, Mrs. F. B. Brown of Lyman, and one grandchild. Funeral services were conduct ed at 11 a.m. Wednesday at O’Neal Street Methodist Church by Rev. Paul Petty and Rev. E. X. Garrison of Edgefield. Burial was at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Wood- lawn Memorial Gardens. Ferd J. Summer was eh worshipful Muster, of Lodge No. 87 AFM for 1961 at the regular December communi-' cation of the lodge h jld Monday evening, Dec. 5. Other officers e acted. William E. LeValley, senior war- deni Jeter W. Young* junior war den; Joseph M. Hove, treafmWTi** and Prof. F. Scott Elliott, secre tary... .. The following officers were alaa appointed ;to serve during 19tfU? v G. William Heller Jr., , senior deacon; James D. Perry, junior deacon; the Rev. James R. Mc- Kittrick, Chaplain; R. Melvin At- taway, steward; Clarence Ju** Shealy Jr., steward; and James E. Nichols, tiler. v After their election, these offi cers were installed, and they will take over the duties of their new positions Dec. 27. The First Baptist Church Choir of Aiken will present its Christ mas cantata, “This is Noel,” by Katherine Davis, Sunday, Decem ber 11 at 8:00. The cantata will be in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church. The choir of 30 voices is under the direction of William T. Slaughter. Soprano soloist for the cantata will be Mrs. James C. Fraser. Mrs. fraser is the former Joyce Pruitt, daughter of Mrs. Jimmie S. Pruitt of Newberry and a 1958 graduate of Newberry College. HAS SURGERY IN COLUMBIA Mrs. Fil Bowler entered the Co lumbia Hospital Tuesday noon, and vr.derwent surgery her foot Wednesday morning. H«r- sister, Mrs Joe Mighton of WO-. mington, N. C., accompanied her- to the hospital and will rtHMWB with her while she is a patient. Christmas issue This year, she has almost everything entirely | while, and you’ll pick up many I might not be able to get to new, and lovely. attractive suggestions of ways to the council meeting in person, but i On the living room mantle, with decorate your home for Christ- this is my vote for an ordinance t a large, gold-framed mirror for a i mas. The Newberry College Singers, under the direction of Dr. Milton Moore, Head of the Music Depart ment of Newberry College, will present the annual Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 11, at 3:30 p.m. in the MacLean Gym nasium. Featured on the program this year will be Ringwald’s “Christ mas Crib,” a song cycle depicting the Nativity Scene, combining vis ual and vocal presentation with narration. Scenes of the stable, star, animals, angels, shepherds, wise men, St. Joseph, Blessed Mother, and the Infant Jesus will be shown in this pi-esentation. Soloists on the program will be Ann Williams, Gale Rhodes, and Charlene Golden, sopranos; Dana Sawyer, baritone; Claudia Setz- ler, mezzo soprano; Teddy Jean Day, contralto. Darr Wise, Assist ant Professor of Music at New berry College, will provide the or gan accompaniment. The Singers’ itinerary for the pre-holiday tour is as follows: December 13—Waynesboro High School, Waynesboro, Ga.; Redeem er Lutheran Church, Macon, Ga.; December 14—Statesboro High School, Statesboro, Ga.; St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Savannah, Ga.; December 15 — Baxley High School, Baxley, Ga.; Mt. Zion-St. Luke Lutheran Church, Ogle thorpe, Ga. Dec. 11: Carolina Cook, Joe Summer, Valeria Stuck, BiHy" Altman, Mrs. Mary Eula Hollo way. Dec. 12: Forreet Lominack, Mrs. Nelson Connelly, Mrs- Fred T. Moon, John Koon, Mrs. Mary Jane Sproul, Mrs. Sam Beam, Janet E. Crim, Gene Counts. Dec. 13: R. E. Green, M. O. Summer, Alice Jean Riley, Jasu E. Wiseman Jr., Susan Ward, Mrs. Eva S. Cromer, Harold Epps, Claude E. Dominick, Roy Creekmore. Dec. 14: Mrs. J. R. Wood, C. J. Alexander, Raymond Salter, W. S. Hentz, C. B. Matthews. Dec. 15: R. Derrill Smith, Thomas E. Wicker, Mrs. G. W- Shealy, Bobby Wicker, Jodn Dominick Bartlett, Mrs. C. J. Alexander, Mrs. J. E. Sean, Mrs. R. E. Johnson, Katherine Sease, Frances Bedenbaugh, Amelia Ann Martin, Janie Bnz- hardt, Leslie Brooks. Dec. 16: Mrs. R. Aubrey Har ley, Mrs. D.- L. Nance, Mrs. Al bert Ringer, Mrs. L. E. Wood, Marion Wiggins, Rosemary Dowd, Moriet Nichols, Clyde Richardson, Jenny Ryan Gra ham, Bobby Green, Mrs. F. R. Higgins, Davey Icard Jr., Kate H. Forbis. Dec. 17: Col. Jack Workman, Billy Clary, Betty Clarkson, Mrs. Maggie Hartley, Betty Page, Pete Parrott, A. F. Bosh, Richard Cooper, Mrs. D. B. Sease, Judy Lynn MacBeth, Rev, Tracy Barnett.