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* Season’s Greetings Season’s Greetings VOLUME 24; NUMBER 34. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DEC. 15, 1960 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way * by *2). onJ Sander3 tt DOESN'T KNOW IT? civil right to do so. Perhaps some of the more ada- “The Government must begin ment “long-hairs to withdraw from social welfare programs,, education, public pow- wouldn’t admit it, but it is only natural that, as a rule, we enjoy hearing music that agriculture, public housing, ur- we know more than we enjoy un- 1 ban renewal, and all other activi- familiar tunes, whether they be tie ^ that can be better performed rock-and-roll masters. or works of the j by lower levels of government or by private institutions or individ* uals. “We have waged peace, while the Communists wage war. We have sought settlements, while the Communists seek victories. We have tried to pacify the world; the Communists mean to own it. That is why the contest has been an un equal one, and why we are losing it. “We cannot make the avoidance of a shooting war our chief objec tive. If we do that—if we tell our selves that it is more important to avoid shooting than to keep our freedom—we are committed to a course that has only one terminal point: surrender . . . We must— as the first step toward saving American freedom — affirm the contrary view and make it the cornerstone of our foreign pol icy: that we would rather die than lose our freedom. “Our objective would be to con front the Soviet Union with a su perior force in the immediate vi cinity of the uprising and to com pel a Soviet withdrawal. An ac tual clash between American and Soviet armies would be unlikely; the mere threat of American ac tion, coupled with the Kremlin’s knowledge that the fighting would occur amid a hostile population and could easily spread, would probably result in Soviet accept ance of the ultimatum. “This is hard counsel. But it is hard, I think, not foj; what it says, but for saying it openly. Such a policy involves the risk of war? Of course. Bui • any policy short of surrender does that. “It is hard counsel because it frankly acknowledges that war may be the price of freedom. Thus it intrudes on our national com placency. But is it really so hard to search for the most likely means of safeguarding both our lives and our freedom? Is it so hard when we think of the risks that w r ere taken to create our country? Will we do less to save our country?” The Living Christmas Tree” I am wondering if perhaps this fact had a bearing on what the editor of The Greenville News had to say about the performance of the great Artur Rubenstein in Greenville the other night. I note that the editor w^as stirred enough to earn “a reprimand from the chief of the household for ov er-enthusiasm” when Rubenstein played Chopin’s Polonaise in A- Flat Major, but, he says, the great pianist “didn’t get to us wdth his rendition of Beethoven.” Now, anyone who has listened to the radio in the past ten or so years knows the theme of the "Polonaise” if not the work in its entirety. Beethoven is more of a mystery to the majority of “non- long-hairs” as the editor describes himself. Personally, I know of nothing more stirring than a Rubenstein rendition of Beethoven’s famous "Emperor” concerto—but some less familiar Beethoven work pos sibly wouldn’t “get to me” either. I am glad the news eH^— ad mitted this was just a matter of personal opinion and in no way reflected on the pianist. You can get your teeth into, and make a grand and glorious sound with Chopin; Beethoven, perhaps, re quires more delicate interpreta tion, and I’m sure Rubenstein liv ed up to his reputation as c’le of— if not the—foremost of world pianists. Now, since I have perhaps shown my ignorance, we’ll let the matter drop. Council Passes Ordinance To Clean Up City’s Vacant Lots A move to further beautify the grass, or deleterious, unhealthful receipts of $787,673.67 during the city of Newberry was taken Tues- growths, or other noxious mattei fiscal year, which, added to a day night, when city council a- round growing, lying or located balance remaining last year of dopted an ordinance requiring j on proprrty or upon the sidewalk | $1,649.96, amounted to $789,323. that vacant lots be cleaned per- abutting the same. After being j 63. Disbursements amounted to iodically. The ordinance has i een under discussion for a number of months. At its last meeting, coun cil notified the public that action notified, if the owner fails to take $789,086.40. action to clear the lots, the city, Included in receipts is a note manager is authorized to have it I payable item of $25,000. This a- done and bill the owner for the! mount was borrowed to help pay would be taken at the December work. Ample provision is made f or permanent improvements and meeting, and requested that any one who wished to discuss the matter be present to do so. No one appeared. The ordinance requires that va cant lots be cleaned of weeds, Dr. Derrick Accepts Call Of Mayer Memorial Congregation “THE LIVING CHRISTMAS TREE’ is traditionally presented by the Newberry High School Girls Choir during its Christmas concert annually. Shown above is last year’s "Tree” of beautiful girls. Photo by Nichols with credit to S. C. Musician, December issue.) Newberry High School Girls Choir Gives Annual Concert THEY’LL CONTROL IT Advocates of federal aid to edu cation insist there will be no fed eral control to go along with it. May I call to your attention the recent hearing of four South Caro lina National Guard employees be fore the Civil Service Commis sion? The men were accused of engaging in improper political ac tivities during the 1958 state pri mary. Their lawyers argued the point that Decause it was a state pri mary, not a general election, the Hatch Act did not apply. The general counsel of the Civil Service Commission, however, emphasized that the Federal Cor rupt Practices Act—the Hatch Act—applies to the four because they are state employees paid with federal funds and that the Constitution gives Congress the power to protect federal funds. Don’t think for a minute that, should all-out federal aid to edu cation come, the bureaucrats wall allow congress to forget that it is to "protect” federal funds. It would be so simple. Once the states began to rely on federal funds (and that wouldn’t take long), the Washington bureaucrats would merely say “now do as w r e tell you, or there will be no more money coming to your state.” Miss Hi Miss The Birthday of a King, Jean Jones, soprano; Sweet Little Jesus Boy, Elizabeth Setzler, soprano; What Child is This?, Sue Layton, soprano; Gesu Bambino, Marcia Todd, contralto. The program will conclude with “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” with Swiss Bell accompani ment; Go Tell it on the Mountain, James Sanders, bass; The Little Drummer Boy; and Let It Snow! Accompanists for the program will be Bill Moore, Eva Jane Price and Charles Ruffstetler, piano; Leonide Reagia, orchestra bells; and Ann Beck, autoharp. The Rev. Clarence K. Derrick, D.D., of Atlanta, Ga., has accept ed the call of Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church and will begin his duties here on February 1, 1961. A native of Irmo, Pastor Der rick is married to the former Miss Myrtle Davis of Columbia. Their son, Rev. Clarence Derrick Jr., is pastor of Our Saviour Lutheran Church in Albany, Ga. Their daughter, Mildred, is a member of the freshman class at Newberry Prosperity Has Parade Friday Prosperity’s annual Christmas . A I parade, sponsored by the Civitan Christmas holiday schedules fbr i will be held Friday begin- three textile plants and three gar-1 ning at 4p.m. ments plants in Newberry County! The 60 parade units will include Plants To Close For Holidays in the ordinance to assure pay- new equipment, amounting to aP ment of the bill to the city. most $90,000, paid from the gen- Council members were presen- e ral fund, ted copies of the city audit for The largest items in both re- the period which ended Septem- ceipts and disbursements were in ber 30, 1960. The audit shows the electric department, where* sales amounted to $325,276.99 and disbursements totaled $193,991.- 05. City Attorney R. A. Harley outlined a method for financing water and aewer facilities for Hartford Heights area. ex- College. Four grandchildren com- plained that the best method was plate the family. have been announced. Two of the textile plants Oak land and Mollohon of The Ken dall Co. r will close at 6 a.m. Sat- bands from Mid-Carolina High School, Whitmire High School, Newberry High School, Irmo High Pastor Derrick is a graduate of Newberry College and of the urday, Dec. 24, and resume work 1 Gallman High School School, Chapin High School, and Lutheran Southern Seminary in THANKS, DOC For a long while I have been intending to read Barry Goldwat- er’s book, “The Conscience of a Conservative.” I wish to thank Dr. E. G. Able for calling my atten tion to a condensed version, which will suffice until I can find time to read the complete book. I w r ould like to quote several paragraphs from this condensed version. It will give you an idea of the nature of the book, and perhaps the desire to read it in its entirety: “Nothing could so far advance the cause of freedom as for state officials throughout the land to assert their rightful claims to lost state power; and for the Federal Government to withdraw prompt ly and totally from every jurisdic tion that the Constitution reserv ed to the states. The term ‘civil rights’ ... is one of the most badly misunderstood modern political concepts. A civil right is one that is asserted and therefore protected by some valid law, be it common, local, or Fed eral,* or Constitutional. The Fif teenth amendment, the right to vote, is a civil right. But the Fourteenth Amendment which gives the Negro equal protection under the law, does not require the states to maintain racially mixed schools. Thus, though it may be just or wise for Negro children to attend the same schools as white children, they have no ROCK HILL—Miss Brenda Gra ham of Mid-Carolina High School has been selected as the 1961 Miss Hi Miss by the faculty and senior class. The daughter of Mr. andMrs. Everett Graham of Pomaria, she will be honored in the special Miss Hi Miss edition of The Johnsonian, Winthrop College stu dent newspaper, which will be published Feb. 24. The honor senior girls from South Carolina and North Caro lina high schools will be the guests of Winthrop for a weekend March 17-19. Miss Graham is a member of the Beta Club, President of F.T.A., secretary of the senior class, and photographic editor of the school annual. She is Miss Senior, A Ju nior Marshal, and a Girls’ Stater. Miss Graham plans a career in teaching. The Miss Hi Misses are selected from each high school on the bas is of scholarship, character, lead ership, and personal attractive ness. SEASES TAKE HAWAIIAN TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Ellerbe Sease left last Thursday for Atlanta, Ga., to board a plane for Hawaii on a trip sponsored by the Case Farm Ma chinery Company. They will re turn to Newberry Saturday. Mr. Sease is the Case Farm Machinery dealer in Newberry. Miss Donna Rook, “Christmas Queen,” and her attendants will be honored when the Newberry j High School Girls Choir under the i direction of Miss Juanita Hitt I presents its Christmas Concert to night (Thursday) at 7:30 in the High School Auditorium. Following the invocation by Rev. Paul Petty, the Queen will be honored with a baton dance by Bertha Phillips; a solo, “The Christmas Song” by Douglas Ar thur, baritone, and “Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly” by Olde English Carol Singers. Tab leaux characters will include Miss Lunette Goethe, Mr. Donnie Lay- tor, Charles Harley, Debbie Pet ty, Charles Setzler, Carl Setzler, Beth Dixon, Jo Tindall, Doyle Shealy, Harriet Hedgepath, Mary Baker, Beth -Baker; Ballet, from “The Nutcracker Suite” will be performed by Pat Shealy, Paula Cuthbertson and Mildred Suber. A piano solo, Prelude and Fugue in B-flat (Bach) will be rendered by Bill Moore. The next section will be the traditional “Living Christmas Tree,” featuring Marcia Mills, so prano. “Christmas in Latin-America will feature the carol, “We Come with Singing and Dancing. Char acters in the tableaux include singers Ann Beck, Sandra Petty, Marcia Todd, Sue Ellen Hipp, Pat Underwood, Gail Phillips, Linda Haile, Maxine Brigman, Pam Phil lips, Janice Halfacre, Rosemary Sease, Linda Chandler, Nancy Lou Long, Donna Garnett, Linda Ruff, Judy Willingham, Patsy Pitts. Others taking part include Mrs. Carl Amick, Randy Bostic, Errol Staub, Bill Suber, Sammy Phil lips, Susan Hamm, Patricia Shea ly, Marsha Schumpert, Betty Mae Eargle, Claire W'hitaker, Walter Shealy, Lennie Mack, Carol Arm- field, Bertha Phillips, Martha Jo Rinehart and Pat Shealy. Gioup III will feature Brahms “Lullaby” with Swiss Bell accom paniment; O Little Town of Beth lehem, Emily Blair, soprano; In the Stillness of the Night, Sandra Petty, mezzo-soprano; O Holy Night, Donna Rook, mezzo-sopra no; Silent Night, with trio Donna Garnett, Eva Jane Price and Mar cia Kirkland; No Candle Was There and No Fire, Barbara You- mans, soprano. Group IV will include Away in a Manger, Marcia Kirkland, alto;, Kinard, Cromer Are Honored By College The Newberry College Board of Trustees, at its meeting on December 8, voted: (1) That the new dormitory for men be named Cromer Hall for Dr. George B. Cromer, Presi dent of Newberry College from 1895-1904 and Chairman of the Board of Trustees for a number of years thereafter; (2) That the new dormitory for women be named Kinard Hall for Dr. James C. Kinard, President of Newberry College from 1930 to 1954. George B. Cromer, A.M., L.L.D., a graduate of Newberry College and a prominent attorney in the city had previously been connect ed with the college as an instruc tor, and for 12 years as a mem ber of the Board of Trustees. President Cromer’s administra tion saw books added to the li brary, the purchase of a tele scope, and an organ placed in the chapel. Another addition was the presence of women students on the campus. It was during his term as president, and largely through his efforts, that Holland Hall was erected on the campus. It was also during his adminis tration that the college colors, scarlet and gray, were chosen and the Association of Colleges of South Carolina was formed. James C. Kinard, L.L.D., Litt. D., L.H.D., a graduate of New berry College, served as a mem ber of the faculty a number of years prior to his election as president. One of the first aca demic advances of his administra tion was the organization of the Department of Business Admin istration. It was during his ad ministration that Newberry Col-i lege was admitted to the Asso- ; ciation of American Colleges, the B. S. degree w*hich had been dis continued was reintroduced, the College was admitted to full mem bership in the Southern Associa tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Wessels Library w*as er- Tuesday, Dec. 27, at 6 a.m. Em ployes will be paid for one holi day. New-berry Mills, Inc., will close Saturday morning, Dec. 24, and resume operations at 6 a.m. Tues day, Jan. 3. Employes of that plant also will be paid for one holiday. Old School Manufacturing Co. at Prosperity will close at noon Friday, Dee. 23, and reopen at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27. Employes will receive pay for two holidays. Shawnee Manufacturing Co. of Newberry will close Thursday, Dec. 22, at the end of the work period and resume work Tuesday morning, Jan. 3, with employes receiving pay for Christmas and New Year’s day. Prosperity Manufacturing Co. will close Thursday, Dec. 22, and reopen Wednesday morning, Dec. 28. Beauty queens to appear in the parade will include Miss Sandra Browning, Miss Joyce Swygert, Miss Wilma Boozer, Miss Brenda Graham, Miss Elizabeth Norris, Miss Faye McCullough and Miss Ella Sites. The parade will form near the school athletic field and proceed down Main Street. Children will have an opportunity to talk with Santa Claus in the public square after the parade. Named Secretary Prof. A. P. Mature, Assistant Professor of Spanish at New berry College, was elected Secre tary-Treasurer of the American Association of Teachers of Span ish (South Carolina Chapter) at a meeting held December 10. The office is to be held for a 3-year term. Columbia. For the past 15 years, he has served as pastor of St. John’s Lutheran Church in At lanta. Prior to that time, he held pastorates in Kings Mountain, N. C., and Charleston. Because of the outstanding work he has done during his min istry, Newberry College bestowed upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity several years ago. Dr. Derrick is at present' a representative of the Georgia-Ala- bama Synod on the board of trus tees of the Lowman Home. He had been a member of the mission committee of that Synod and also active in the Atlanta Ministerial Association. Mrs. Derrick is alsq an out standing worker in the church. In addition to her local activities, she has served on the Synodical Par ish Education Board. The Derricks plan to move to Newberry the latter part of Jan uary. WMMi to issue revenue bonds. Council voted to issue $300,000 combined revenue bonds to finance the pro posed facilities in the Hartford Heights area and in other future expansions. Council discussed, but deferred action, on a zoning ordinance re-> commended by the City Planning Commission. Council considered an ordinance to regulate business licenses in the city for 1961, and decided to adopt the same ordinance as for 1960, except to change the de signation of R. A. Harley as the city attorney to Harley and Parr. Streets in the process of being turned o/er to the S. C. State Highway Department for im provement and maintenance in clude: Bowman from Johnstone to El eanor; Bachman from Luther to Forrest; Clary Drive from Har rington to McHsfrdy; McHardy from Clary Drive to Mower; Tay lor from Vincent to Drayton; Copeland from DeLoache Ave. to Johnstone; DeLoache Ave. from Copeland easterly; Matthews.* from Copeland easterly; Luther- from Evans to Wheeler; Emory from Adelaide to Wise; Harris from Boyd Alley to Cline. Council was notified the propos ed construction on the Newberry Airport has been postponed until land title is transferred, and that the bid bond check has been re turned to J. R. Suber and Son, the low bidder. The city is planning a Christ mas drop-in for city employees and their families at the Speers St. Recreation Center and the Vincent St. Recreation Center on Dec. 24 beginning at 10 a.m. The members of council and their families were invited to attend. Council was advised that Mayor Layton met with the committee interested in additional recreat ion facilities near Gallman Higl% School and Drayton St. School. Mayor Layton read a letter making a request for certain changes at West End park. Coun cil decided that any such re quests should be made to the Park Committee. For its December meeting, the; club had determined in advance Burton and Mrs. James F. Cog- Newberry Garden Club members the gifts the children wanted, and gins were hostesses for the meet- entertained their Junior Garden bought the presents accordingly, ing. Club with a Christmas party and, Mrs. Don Rook told the club Members of the class are shown ected; also an increased endow- a tree-planting in observance of members the meaning of Arbor ment, and an enlarged faculty, i Arbor Day. Day and how observance of the a departmentalized curriculum, the complete liquidation of indebt edness, the renovation of build ings, and improvements in the physical plant. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Dennis are residing at 948 Cornelia St. The Junior Club, members of day began. The progr-am was cli- the Special Education Class which maxed by the planting of a flower- Mrs. Ruth Pugh teaches, enjoyed ing crab apple tree, donated by “The Night Before Christmas,” i school grounds. Mrs. Rook also read by Mrs. James F. Coggins, the Newberry Garden Club, on the Refreshments of ice cream and Christmas cookies were enjoyed before gifts were distributed. The read the Joyce Kilmer “Trees.” Mrs. Von Long, Mrs. above enjoying their refresh ments. At left in the back of the room is a Christmas tree made by the children, beneath which are presents given by the club. In the background are, left, Mrs. Louis C. Floyd, president of the New- poem berry Garden Club, and Mrs. Pugh who teaches the class. (Sunpho- James j to.) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Dec. 18: Miss Lucy Epps, Corrie Crumpton, Joan Louise Dominick, Walter James Joye, Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, Marion Eargle, Lorena Lancaster, Geo. Hiller Jr., J. N. Nicosia, Wil iam Heller, Ada Cromer, Gene Sowell, Lamar Sanders. Dec. 19: Betty Jo Livingston, Mrs. R. C. Neel Sr., Mrs. A. N. Crosson Jr., Judith Mills, Mrs. Cleave Stoudemire, A. D. Mar tin, Mike Hite, S. R. Amick. Dec. 20: Mrs. John Glymph, Mrs. Effie Wightman, Mrs. Paul H. Long, Wallace Ruff, Sandy Fretwell. Dec. 21: Mrs. E. B. Purcell, Thomas James Crooks, Derrill Darby, W. E. Spearman, R. E. Hanna. Dec. 22: Herbert GrifUn, Jas. R. Leavell, Prof. Ralph U Setz ler, Janet Murphy, Mrs. O. C. Phillips, Mary Baker. Dec. 23: Mrs. Pinckney Ab rams, Claude Buzhardt, Frank Lominack Jr., James Henderson, Martha Jean Longshore, Mrs. Clay Ballentine, Jackie Snealy, Angela Dominick, Bill Workman, Mrs. A. T. Dennis. Dec. 24: Mrs. Mary C. Long, Eld Senn, Mrs. Ellen Abrams, Chriss Franklin, Pat Under wood.