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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA 1218 Coliege Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class postage paid at Newberry, South Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance; six months, $1.25. Newberry Men In Service At Stations Around The World FRANKFURT, Germany (ART NC)—Andrew J. Pugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Pugh, Rt. 1 .Prosperity, recently was pro moted to specialist four in Ger many where he is a member of the 3d Armored Division Specialist Pugh, a wireman in Company A of the division’s 143d Signal Battalion in Frankfurt, entered the Army in September 1959, completing basic training at Fort Jackson, and arrived over seas last February. The 24-year-old soldier is a 1954 graduate of Prosperity High School and a 1959 graduate of Erskine College. BERLIN (AHTNC) — Army FFC Robert M. Summer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Summer, 902 Caldwell St., Newberry, par ticipated wivh other personnel from the U. S. Army’s Berlin Command in making Christmas happier for hundreds of orphaned youngsters in the West Berlin area this year. Each unit of the command is sponsoring at least one orphan age in the city. During the weeks proceeding the holiday, the sold iers were busy collecting and re pairing toys and preparing enter tainment for the Christmas par ties they are planning. The mission of the Berlin com mand, which occupies the 81-sq. mile American sector of the city, is to protect U. S. rights and property and to assist in maintain ing law and order in free Berlin. Summer entered the Army in January 1960, completed basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., and arrived overseas last June. He is assigned as a clerk in Headquart ers Company of the command’s 6th Infantry. The 20-year-old soldier is a 1959 graduate of Newberry High School and attended the Univer sity of South Carolina in Colum bia. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Davenport are residing at 1527 Caldwell. St. F. A. Dannie has moved to 1103 Purcell St. ' Baseball Star Died Last Week Funeral services for W. Frank Shealy, a former Newberry base ball s^ar, who died last week after a hearc attack, were held Friday in Raleigh, N. C., where he was a school official. Survivors include his wife, the former Miss Marguerite Jacobs of Newberry; a daughter, Mrs. Thurman Kenyan of Raleigh, N. C.; three grandchildren; five bro thers, Lonnie and Boyd Shealy of Chapin, Harry Shealy of Bain- bridge, Ga., Albert Shealy of Chester and Darr Shealy of Greensboro, N. C.; and three sis ters, Mrs. Frank Lowman and Mrs. Early Lindler, both of Cha pin, and Mrs. Forest Shealy of White Rock. Mr. Shealy was connected with the Raleigh schools for a number of years as a teacher and coach and also had taught at North Carolina State College. For the past several summers he was in charge of an FFA camp in Bar- nardsville, N. C. During Mi. Shealy’s youth, he and seven brothers with their father made up a baseball team in which hey played many games in -.nd around his old home in Chapin. rr heir record as a family brs? 1 di team was heralded all ever ae country. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS ficent, Local Women’s Brother Dies Ben Bouknight, son of the late R. B. and Ora Schumpert Bouk night, passed away at his home in Saluda Sunday night. Among his survivors are two aunts, Mrs. M. W. Clary and Mrs. D. J. Taylor of Newberry. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Emory Chapel Metho dist Church. NOTICE All Business Licenses FOR THE CITY OF NEWBERRY Are Due and Payable to the City Clerk and Treasurer On January 3, 1961 NOTICE A 2% PENALTY will be added to All Unpaid 1960 City Taxes On January 3, 1961 UNPAID CITY TAXES FOR 1959 WILL GO INTO EXECUTION ON JANUARY 3 1961 I’m about two- hundred miles or so across the border, over in Monterey, the second City of Mex ico. Coming into Laredo, Texas, from San Antonio we travelled miles and miles over the plains once noted for Indians and cow boys, as well as covered wagon settlers, wild gamblers, and dead- eye pistol shooters. , Today we came over a magni- broad highway, covering in five hours a distance once tra versed in a week by the riders of the plains. We scarcely had time for a breath in Laredo when the next bus rolled up and we went across the Rio Grande into Neuvo Lar edo, Mexico, where we had lunch. Mile after mile over flat land, then mile after mile climbing' the mountain, circling around to reach its summit of about three miles, coming to Monterey, a city of 700,000 people. I’ve had dinner here in ' Mex ico’s second city, now the indus trial center of Mexico. Some day when water is avail able thousands of square miles of Mexico will be transformed like the Imperial Valley of Cal ifornia. Today these thousands of square miles are covered by \ uc- ca and Mesquite. This hotel is a modern hostelry and comparable to the best Amer ican hotels outside the purely splendiferous, luxury centers. I am enjoying the opportunity to talk in Spanish and find the Mexicans the same friendly peo- I knew of old. Fm now al most equal to John Katsos at his best when he rolls out a mis cellaneous verbiage knowing I am not within hearing. Some day John will have to learn Greek from “Popper Jack,” my old friend. This is Tuesday. Hour after hour, mile after mile through a desert on paved roads but with mountains on both sides. After all those miles through desert of Yucca and Mesquite we came to a building which was like a brilliant light coming out of darkness. At Monterrey and Las Palmas the hotels are modern and very comfortable. Tonight is Tuesday—I am in another Oasis, like a diadem— beautiful place. SUPERVISOR’S REPORT First Quarter —1960-61 SALARIES $27,825.62 COUNTY HOME: Salaries - $ U065.00 Food 286.30 Clothing 15.40 Medical Care 10.96 Lights 168 ’ 09 Supplies 16 t‘ 6 l Fuel — Stove Repairs Lakeside Rest Home CHAINGANG: Salaries $ 5,190.06 15.42 9.00 42.50 Food 647.60 Late today I visited churches of notable splendor and then the Mescado (market). Two signs along the road have amused me very much. One as I approached “Yankee Spoken;” the other in Mexico: Webster Eng lish spoken.” Webster English would be bookish language. Don’t try this trip in year own car. You might not meet a mech anic or another car for hundreds of miles. . . . . Stripes — Clothing 1,365.79 Medical 248.91 Supplies 718.78 Repairs 19.21 Tobacco 162.17 Gas — Cook Stove 184.48 1 ROAD MAINTENANCE: Salaries $ 2,302.00 Wages 11,104.65 Topsoil 10.20 Lumber 1,316.10 Repairs — Truck Parts, Welding 1,451 53 Gas, Oils, Greases — 4,172.47 Tires and Tubes ^ 233.60 Supplies 998.24 Auto Licenses 44.00 Grader Blades and Parts Machinery 2,325.44 Electricity 81.41 Travel — Expense Supervisor 12.80 Liability Ins. — Fire & Theft 65.03 Ice 11.33 Concrete Pipe .— 1,075.83 MISCELLANEOUS CONTINGENT: National Guard — Newberry $ 300.00 National Guard — Whitmire 1 600.00 Deputy Sheriff’s Off. Exp. 255.00 Ret. Contributions Pd. by Co. on Co. Employees 1,222.86 Hospitalization Ins. — Co. Employees r _ 430.89 Dem. Agent — Salary —i 181.50 Co. Agent — Salary Clerk 90.00 Col. Demon. Agt. — Salary and Rent 265.95 Co. Health Det. — Salary and Supplies 2,850.19 Radio Main. 92.70 Col’d Co. Agent Office — Salary 300.00 Fuel, Whitmire Library 130.83 Col. 4-H Club — Boys & Girls 102.42 Hospitalization — Welfare Dept. 4,458.80 Soc. Sec. — Co. Portion 1,433.25 Child Welfare , 72.80 Handling Document Stamps 300.00 S. C. Ind. Comm. Ins. 1,285.95 Uniforms 600.00 Bond Prem. 427.50 4-H Club — Boys & Girls 77.20 Artifi. Breeding A-ss’n. ■: 250.00 Travel Exp. — Auditor, Coroner & Service Officer 485.14 MISCELLANEOUS CONTINGENT, 2F: Clerical Help $ 25.00 Sheriff Ofc. — Exp. 247.05 Misc. Exp. 165.83 Magistrate Telephone & Office Rent 60.00 Two-Way Radio 2,494.21 S. C. Development Board 1,544.43 Repair Whitmire Library - 495.00 Photo Copy Mchn. 368.68 Sales & Use Tax r j. ^ 70.73 Safe Protection 30.00 SHERIFF’S DIETING: Dieting Prisoners _l $ 1,688.95 POST MORTEM, LUNACY: Lunacy Exams $ 155.00 Post Mort. Exams 215.00 Coroner’s Inquest 81.00 COURT EXPENSES: Juror Pay Bills $ 532.20 Coroner’s Jury Pay Bills 42.00 Magistrate’s Trial 40.00 Library Books 17.50 Witness Fees 75.80 Sheriff’s Travel Misc. Exp. 196.81 REP. PUB. BLDG.: Water & Lights $ 903.08 Telephone 1,040.32 Repair & Supplies — Court House & Jail 780.81 Fuel — Negro Agt. & Gas Stove, Jail 37.78 Janitor Supplies 592.86 Insurance 1,989.27 Whitmire Library 26.25 BOOKS, STA., PSTG., PRTG.: Stamps 720.00 Printing & Adv. T 306.84 Office Supplies 165.48 Record Books & Fillers 866.25 Maintenance Service 264.70 Rebinding Books 320.00 I’m in Mexico City, in the Pla za Hotel. Although I have spent many days in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Fran cisco, Brussels, Antwerp and oth er great cities, not forgetting Lima, Peru, I knew nothing about this enchanting capital of Mex ico, our very dear neighbor. I have been to Canada also, enjoying days in Toronto, Mon treal, and Quebec, but only at this late day am I making the mistake common to most of my countrymen — not knowing Mex ico well. Years ago I spent a day in Monterrey and crossed the Texas border at El Paso and Laredo as well as crossing from New Mex ico and Arizona, but those little visits were somewhat casual af fairs. So far, on this tnp, I have spent nights at Monterrey and some features of the country ap peal to me specially. Splendid paved highways from Laredo, Te xas to the great City of five mil lion people, as someone told me. All along the hundreds and hundreds of miles of intervening area is largely desert, with a few communities blessed with wa ter. I would not recommend that you come in your car because mechanics are scarce as hen's teeth. Ride the bus and see the country and spend some nights in very attractive, modern and commodious hotels in which the service is excellent. When water comes to that vast area between here .and Laredo, Mexico will have hundreds of thousands of rich acres for cul tivation. I am enjoying the trip im mensely and avail myself of a dozen opportunities each day to talk to the men and children in Spanish. Although I do not claim marked proficiency in Spanish, I have been happy to renew my use of it. .Mexico is a modern cjfy along, k with much of the past, tt has numerous magnificent buildings, boulevards, business buildings and many sumptuous homes and ho tels. i muSti tell you that we have splendid highways from New Or leans to J^aredo, coming, as I djd, by and San Antonio. Last Sunday I attended church in the First Baptist Church at San Antonio, a church of nine thousand members. It was a stimulating service: A direct, plain, stimulating old-fashioned sermon, a superb organ, superbly played by a lady who looked like an angel pouring out celestial music. The church is a vast edi fice and has enough deacons to form a small church. And all goes forward with the precisiqn of Citadel Cadets on dress parade. A little courtesy goes a long way. I’ve talked to many people in the courteous phrases of my Peru vian friends and all have res ponded in words and manner gra ciously. I talked to many boys and girls, some little fellows and they are bright and eager and responsive I spent some time today in a small enterprise, cutting and pol ishing semi-preciuos stones. I’ve never met more exquisite cour tesy anywhere. As we were entering Mexico City the guide said “Yonder is the power company, now run by the Government but we don’t get any power cheaper because of that.” F think he is lucky if the cost shouldn't be higher when the pol 1m part of Mexico is that part near-- ^ est to the United States. Certain ly the beauty, splendor* culture and prosperity so notable in this area are not found next to Texas-- I think we have much more to gain by cultivating Mexico than in try ing tb lift the’economic lei ' Pakistan: Our natural^ “ comrades are on iArfe Atlantic. Europe has ite- own' b^ems;’ which we shsiodd Whereas all this tain community of interest with us even though of Spanish and : v. Portuguiese culture. I almost have a pocketfull of money, but it doesn’t “add up/ r A Peso equals just under nins cents. A peso is worth 100 centa vos. Well, now, so you see. R*- minds me of France and f francs and centimes. An air stamp sells for 50 centavos or than five cents, as against seven cents at home. My mind played on this: our foolish Government— Congress and President are away money to countries not ed as much as we are. It is enigma; I have to pinch myt— to find out if I am living or dreaming. Billions of dollars all over the world and the rest of the w< living sumptuously in riotous ing or riotously in sumptuous ing at our expense. How did leaders ever become so ol Perhaps I shall wake up. At i rate our people should wake ' The time is not far distant American labor will come to ico because Mexico is ed and planning economic i dustrial independence, industries are coming and ing local loyalties and ap] The nincompoop policy of years will cause America up at thd source. We are the most foolish pie in the world. Wake up ica and. encourage and your economic life. Mon., Jan. 2nd,1961 In Observance Of > . . : ••; :“V. ->>■ New Years Day The following Business Firms will not be open for business. The public is urged to take notice of this and arrange all business ac cordingly. Newberry County Bank NEWBERRY The South Carolina National The State Building and Loan Association The Bank of Commerce PROSPERITY, S. C. State Bank and Trust Co. WHITMIRE, S. C.