The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, January 05, 1961, Image 1
Another sign of middle age: The
phone rings on Saturday night and
you hope it's not for you.
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They say the best things
are free ... it’s the worse tl
cost so darn much.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1961
*iOU FER YEAR
By The Way
fly Doris A. Sandora
Congratulations!
A good way to begin the new
year is by congratulating some
Bice people. I would like to con
gratulate Dr. and Mrs. R. A.
Goodman on the attainment of
their Golden Wedding Anniver
sary. We regretted that we were
unable to attend the celebration
planned for them by their child
ren; had we been well and had
it not been press day, we would
have been there, because the
Goodmans are among the nicest
people we know. We always en
joy stopping by for a chat with
them when we are in that part
of the country, and they always
deem to enjoy seeing folks from
Newberry. So, to Dr. and Mrs.
Goodman, we wish many more
years of good health and happi
ness.
* I am not sure whether congrat
ulations are in order or not in the
■case of D. O. Carpenter, who re
tired as manager of the Oakland
plant of the Kendall Company on
December 31. While Oakland’s
new manager is considered among
the best, it will be hard to get ac
customed to Oakland without D.
O. Carpenter because he has been
there so many years, and has
■done such a wonderful job.
In addition to being an expert
cotton mill manager, he is a true
friend to those who know him,
from the president of the Kendall
Company right on down to his
little five-year-old neighbor, who
thinks “Granddaddy Carpenter” is
tops.
We, fortunately, will not lose
sight of Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter,
because we can yell to one anoth
er across our yards. We’ll miss
them when they go off on those
fishing trips, but we know they
Will be back soon. The greatest
loss will be to those at the Oak
land plant, employees he has be
friended for so many years.
It is with a bit of reluctance
that we congratulate Mr. Car
penter on his retirement—but in
a way we envy him and wish for
him and his wonderful wife many
years of happiness, and hope they
will catch a freezer full of fish
(which we’ll be glad to share) on
every trip.
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Jordan Assumes
Management of
Whitmire Knitting Mill cele
brated the beginning of the New
Year with a ground-breaking cer
emony for a 6000 square foot ad
dition to its plant.
The mill, which began opera
tion in July, 1958, has employed
30 persons. The plant addition
will provide jobs for 30 to 50 ad
ditional persons. The plant makes
seamless hosiery.
Participating in the ceremon
ies were Callie Anderson, presi
dent; G. W. Lehn, secretary; May
or Tom Suber of Whitmire, R. C.
Lake, town attorney; Thomas
Malone, vice-president of Whit
mire Development corporation;
Earl H. Gilliam, president of the
Newbery county Development
Board; Ben P. Robinson, director
of the developemnt board and W.
E. Baker.
Mr. Anderson said that he was
pleased with the cooperation of
town officials and others in the
community.
W. E. Baker Construction Co.,
of Whitmire will build the new ad
dition.
In the photo, Mayor Suber
breaks the ground for the addi
tion. Looking on, left to right, are
Messrs. Lehn, Anderson, Malone,
Lake, Gilliam, Baker and Robin
son. (Photo courtesy The Whit
mire News.)
Jim McAden To Speak For
Coffee Break On January 17th
Overtakes Nature
Science has overtaken nature
at Clemson College.
In July of 1940, the Dairy De
partment initiated a research pro
ject aimed at using historic
Stumphouse Mountain tunnel for
curing blue mold cheese. The tem
perature and humidity inside the
tunnel had been found to be ideal
for the curing process. However,
in 1956 the new Poole Agricul
tural Center was built on the
Clemson campus, making available
modern, air - conditioned cheese
rooms which duplicated the tun
nel's high humidity and even tem
perature. Use of the old tunnel
was then discontinued.
This makes me a little sad. It
seems to take away some of the
glamor attached to the Clemson
blue cheese to know that it was
cured in an air-conditioned room
instead of in the old tunnel. But,
as our friend Eleazer says,
"Change, change, the constancy
of change!”
Need A Place
The abolition of the county
home by the county delegation was
a good move, in my opinion. The
number of residents did not jus
tify the expense of retaining it.
And there was a rest home in
which the older, homeless folks
could be kept.
But that rest home—on Bound
ary Street—is no more. Its doors
closed Saturday, and there is no
place in Newberry County where
the aged and infirmed can be
placed for care.
Some months ago I talked with
Senator-Elect Jesse Frank Haw
kins. He expressed a desire to
see a home built in the county—
perhaps by the county—and leas
ed to some competent person for
operation. I understand this has
been done in other counties and
I believe that such a rest home,
with proper facilities, would have
a Biifficient number of patients
or residents to pay its way. There
are, or have been in the past, a
number of Newberrians in rest
homes in Columbia and Lexington.
The patients who were at the
Boundary Street rest home are
now in a rest home in Edgefield.
While the county home.was not
the answer, a county-sponsored
rest home should be. I hope the
county delegation will think about
this as they begin the new year.
James T. McAden of Co mbia,
director of Public Relations for
the South Carolina Chamber of
Commerce, wiT present the pro
gram at the coffee-break meeting
on January 17.
McAoen is a native of Char
lotte, N. C., and a School of Jour
nalism graduate of the Univer
sity of North Carolina. The speak
er has a very extensive back
ground in the field of journalism
and public relations.
After his graduation from the
University of North Carolina, he
served as city editor of the Wash
ington (N. C.) Daily News and
as city editor of the Charlotte,
(N. C.) News. Later he entered
the magazine field and was edi
tor of The Textile Bulletin and
the Southern Knitter. As editor
of these two trade publications,
he was very active and well-
known in the Southern textile in
dustry.
McAden has received national
recognition for his work in the
textile industry and is one of the
co-founders of the Charlotte Tex
tile Club. He is an honorary mem
ber of the Phi Psi Textile Frat
ernity at North Carolina State
College and served for 15 years
as secretary-treasurer of the
Southern Textile Association.
The coffee-break program spon
sored by the Industrial Relations
Committee of the Newberry Coun
ty Development Board has been
announced for January 17 at 10
a.m. at the Community Hall.
Everyone in Newberry County is
invited to attend.
Dad Amis Heads
Heart Campaign
Mrs. Boozer Dies
At Hospital
Mrs. Frances Estelle Davis Boo
zer, 42, wife of Everette Wilson
(Jack) Boozer, of Rt. 2, Prosper
ity, died early Tuesday morning
at a Newberry hospital after six
months of illness.
A native of Newberry, she was
the daughter of the late Thomas
Chester and Mamie Griffin Davis
and was a member of St. Lukes
Lutheran Church. She was em
ployed for a number of years by
Prosperity Manufacturing Co. and
at the time of her death w T as em
ployed by O’Neal Manufacturing
Co.
Surviving, in addition to her
husband, are two sisters, Mrs.
George R. Hallman of Batesburg
and Mrs. James N. Griffith of
Rt. 5, Saluda; and a brother,
William C. Davis of Huntington
Station, N. Y.
Funeral services will be con
ducted today (Thursday) at St.
Lukes Lutheran Church by Rev.
Dr. Thomas F. Suber and Rev.
George Strait. Burial will be in
the church cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rector
have moved to 1927 Benedict St.
CHARLESTON—T. B. (Dad)
Amis, member of the Soil Con
servation Service, will be chair
man of the Newberry County
Heart Fund Drive, it was announc
ed today by Albert R. Simonds,
State Chairman, 1961 Heart Drive.
The annual state fund raising
campaign which supports the re
search, education and community
service programs of the South
Carolina Heart Association, be
gins with the opening of Heart
Month, February 1, continues
through February 28.
“Heart Fund contributions,”
Amis said, ’’make possible the
support of heart research in South
Carolina and aid scientists in cli
nics and university laboratories
throughout the nation. More than
369,000 Heart Fund dollars have
already been made available to
the Medical College of South Car
olina, Charleston.
“Research,” he said, “has top
priority in the Heart Associa
tion’s program and, in the past
12 years, has been responsible for
great progress in saving hearts
through new methods of diag
nosis, treatment and prevention.
Additionally, heart fund dollars
support broad programs of public
and professional education and
community service which bring
the benefits of research back to
all of us.”
Continuing, Amis said, “Al
though great scientific advances
have given Americans new hope
that further controls and possible
prevention of some heart and
blood vessel diseases will be ach
ieved within the next decade,
deaths from cardiovascular dis
orders each year still exceed the
total number of deaths from all
other causes combined.
“The heart and blood vessel di
seases are still South Carolina and
the nation’s Number 1 health en
emy," he said. ”1 believe that, if
we can firmly establish this fact
in the minds of the residents of
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Mrs. St. John
Mrs. Doris Wilson St. John, 34,
wife of Warren St. John, of Rt. 3,
Newberry, died early Tuesday
morning in a Columbia hospital
after one year of illness.
A lifelong resident of the Long
shore section of Newberry Coun
ty, she was the daughter of Mrs.
Louise Senn Wilson and the late
William Wilson. She was a mem
ber of Smyrna Presbyterian
Church.
Surviving, in adition to her
husband and her mother, are a
son, Tommy Wilson St. John of the
home, and a brother, William Wil
son of Newberry.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed today (Thursday) at Smyrna
Presbyterian Church by Rev. Otis
C. Brown and Rev. Samuel T. Lip-
sey. Burial will be in the church
cemetery.
L. Hart Jordan became manager
of th« Kendall Company Oakland
plant upon the retirement of D. O.
Carpenter on December 31, 1960.
xvir/Jordan joined the company
in 1926 and has held supervisory
responsibilities in the company’s
plants in Paw Creek, N. C., Tur
ner's Falls, Massachusetts, and
the Mollohon Plant in Newberry.
He was manager of the Addison
Plant; in Edgefield from 1948 un
til 1956 at which time he was
transferred to the Albertville
Plant?, in Albertville, Ala., as
manager.
E. T. McClure, former superin
tendent at Oakland, replaced Mr.
Jordan as manaeer at Albert
ville. Buceeding Mr. McClure in
iNewberry is J. L. Goldsmith from
the Albertville plant. He and Mrs.
Goldsmith and their three children
are Hiring in the superintendent’s
house adjacent to the plant.
Mr.. Jordan is married to the
formef Miss Mary Alice Mitchell
of Newberry. They and their two
daughters reside at Park View
Court.?
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Local Youth In
All-State Band
The South Carolina All-State
Bands will meet at Rock Hill’s
Winthrop College on January 27th
and 28th. Competitive auditions
were held on December 10 among
285 Senior High and 263 Junior
High School musicians from thru-
out the state. Mid-Carolina High
School placed Lydna Pugh, daugh
ter of Mrs. R. S. Pugh of Pros
perity among the 7 cornettists in
the 101-piece Senior All-State
Band. Dennis and Morgan Wil
liams, sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. S.
Williams of Prosperity entered
the Junior Division. Morgan plac
ed in the clarinet section of the
96-piece Junior All-State Band,
and is the youngest clarinettist to
win All-State honors this year.
Leading schools at the auditions
included Brookland-Cayce with 9
seniors and 2 juniors, Sumter with
7 seniors and 5 juniors, and Union
with 2 seniors and 6 juniors. Oth
er well-represented bands in these
All-State Bands include Charles
ton County with 4 seniors and 3
juniors, Charleston City and Cam
den with 1 senior and 6- juniors
each, Barnwell with 4 seniors and
2 juniors, Columbia’s Dreher with
3 each juniors and seniors, Mc-
Laurin Junior High School with 6
in its division, Newberry and
Spartanburg Senior Highs each
with 5 in their division, and Gran-
iteviile and North Charleston each
with 5 from their schools divided
between the two all-state groups.
Mrs. Sarah D. Wallace plans to
move back to - Newberry from
Clinton, where-she has been con
nected 'with a hotel. She will re
side at 1232 McMorris street in
one of the Heisey apartments.
Dr. Paul Heisey
Died Monday
At Hospital
Pau| Heisey, 74, retired pro
fessor \of Bible and religious edu
cation at Newberry College, died
suddenly Monday afternoon at the
Newberry County Memorial Hos
pital. Dr. Heisey had entered the
hospital about two months ago.
He was born at Lancaster, Pa.,
the son of the late Jacob Buser
and Kathryn Souder Heisey.
Dr. Heisey was a graduate of
Boys High in Lancaster; a grad
uate pf. Midland College, Atchen-
son, Kas., in 1907 and received
his D. D. degree in 1929. He re
ceived his B. D. from Western
Theological Seminary in 1910; his
A. M. from State University of
Iowa in 1911; and had done grad
uate study at Northwestern and
received his Ph. D. from North
western. He also did graduate
work at Harvard. He was an
ordained minister of the Luth
eran Church and had served as
a minister in North Liberty and
Des Moines, Iowa.
Dr. Heisey had taught for a
number of years as professor of
philosophy and psychology at
University of Dubuque; professor
of education, Carthage College;
professor of religious education
at Wittenburg College for 20
years.
During World War II he was
director of training and employee
relations counsel for Steele Prod
ucts and Engineering Co. He
came to Newberry College in 1946
and retired in 1957 as professor of
Bible and religious education. He
taught four summers at North
western University.
Dr. Heisey was president of the
Lutheran Synod of Iowa; member,
committee on moral and social
welfare- of the Lutheran Church;
member of parish and church
school board; member of state
and national committee on week
day church schools; member of
Religious Education Association;
American Association of Univer
sity Professors; Phi Delta Kap
pa; Kappa Phi Kappa; Psi Chi;
Delta Sigma Phi; Pi Gamma Mu;
The Literary Club; Kiwanis Club;
and the Masons.
He was author of “Psychologi
cal Studies in Lutheranism,” “The
Lutheran Series;” three essays on
Lutherans; “Paul Revere’s Horse”
and other studies on social' pro
blems.
Dr. Heisey was a member of
the Lutheran Church of the Re
deemer and taught the Cromer
Bible Class for about 13 years.
Since his retirement from
teaching he had devoted his time
to writing, giving lectures, and
preaching.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Lillian Christensen Heisey of New
berry; one son, Harold C. Heisey
of Houston, Tex.; one daughter,
Mrs. Lillian Kathryn Guenther of
Newberry; one brother, Martin
Luther Heisey of Lancaster, Pa.;
and one granddaughter.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday at 3 p. m. at the
Lutheran Church of the Redeem
er by Rev. Henry A. McCullough
and Rev. J. B. Bedenbaugh. Bur
ial was in Newberry.
Richard R. Higgins, right, of Boston, Mass., president of The Kendall Com]
tends best wishes to D. O. Carpenter, who ret.red on December 31st as managi
dall’s Oakland plant. At left is L. Hart Jord in, Mr. Carpenter’s successor at
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Carpenter Retires After 36
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Ladies Asked
To Sponsor
Coffee Parties
A personal appeal is being
made by Mrs. Steve C. Griffith,
chairman of March of Dimes cof
fees, to women in the city and
county, to hare coffee parties
raise funds for the National Foun
dation during the month of Jan
uary.
“The parties need not be elabo
rate,” Mrs. Griffith said. “If one
person gives a small party, and
those attending each sponsor an
other party, inviting other per
sons, the chain could include al
most every woman in the county*’
she said. She urged that the polio
and birth defects program of the
National Foundation be discussed
and that all those givmg the cof
fees emphasize the importance
of having polio vaccine shots.
“Please do not wait to be asked
to have a party,” Mrs. Griffith
continued. She noted that it was
not necessary to contact anyone
before giving the party, but con
tributions received may be taken
to her at 1734 Johnstone St.
The Coffee Party chairman
stated that half of all funds re
ceived in all phases of the March
of Dimes w r ould remain in New
berry. “This is very important,”
she said. “Even though we have
not had ^ polio epidemic, there
is no as.-’ ranee that we won’t
have in the future, and we will
need the money in case of such
an emergency.”
The Newberry Junior Chamber
of Commerce is again sponsoring
the March of Dimes in Newberry.
Charles Gray is county chairman
for the campaign.
Mr. and Mrs. R. -B. Rollins are
residing at 1003 Nance street.
Public Meeting
Of Delegation
The Newberry County Legisla
tive Delegation is calling a coun
tywide meeting at the court house
in Newberry Saturday, January
7 at 11 a.m.
All citizens interested in good
government are requested to be
present.
“Your delegation will be happy
to entertain suggestions and id
eas you might, have .to. offer,”
said Jesse Frank Hawkins,, sena
tor-elect. “Wfe know we can’t do
what everybody wants, jbut^jve
would like- to hear what you . have
on your mind,’ he stated’.
December 31, 1960, marked the
end of * 36-year career with the
Kendall Company for D. O. Car
penter, who retired on that date
as manager of the Company’s
Oakland plant. He had held the
position as manager since Dec
ember 2, 1935. Prior to assuming
this responsibility, he was over*
seer of spinning for five and one-
half years at the company’s
Thrift Plant in Paw Creek, N. C.
He was overseer
and assistant mafia]
two and one-half years at. the
Oakland plant. Before coming
with the company in 1924, he held
various positions in the textile in
dustry in Bessemer City, N. CL
During his administration at Oak
land, the plant was enlarged and
looms increased from 660 to 1624.
The plant employees 600.
In recognition of his long and
efficient service, 25 Kendall offi
cials and their guests honored Mr.
Carpenter with a dinner last Fri
day night at the Wade Hampton
Hotel in Columbia.
L. A. Savage of Charlotte, a
Kendall vice president and mana
ger of the Textile Division, was
master of ceremonies for the oc
casion. A “This is Your Life” al
bum was played and later pre
sented to the retiring employee
by J. T. Baker, director of manu
facturing for the Textile Division.
The record contained anecdotes
and incidents which occurred dur
ing Mr. Carpenter’s tenure with
the company, told by various
friends and company officials.
For each voice on the record that
he could identify, Mr. Carpenter’s
wife was given a silver dollar. She
received 15 silver dollars.
The group also presented the
honor guest a transistor radio,
the presentation being made by
Jack Harris, assistant director of
manufacturing for the Textile Di
vision.
H. K. Hallett, retired Kendall
official and now a member of the
board of directors, presented Mr.
Carpenter, on behalf of the group,
a silver tray on which was en
graved the names of those spon
soring the dinner.
Mr. Hallett also cited Mr. Car
penter’s record with the com
pany, and his great contribution
In Newberry, prior to ;
tiremenf, Mr. Carpenter wi
ored with a party by the
overseers, who presented
rod and reel.
In community life, the
Oakland manager has been
as a member of the Lions
of which he is a director
past president. He is a
member of the Newberry
Club, the Baptist Church
Scout work. He is
of the Newberr
Commission and a meml
Industrial Relations Co]
the Newberry County Dev«
ment Board.
Mr. Carpenter is the father
three children, Major D. O. Car
penter Jr. of Governor’s Ii
N. Y.; Mrs. Harold (Dorol
Hendrix of Spartanburg and
Luke (Mary Helen) Brannon
Columbia, and nine grande!
Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter,
live at 533 Boundary Street,
to do some traveling and to
up on their fishing.
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BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
Jan. 8: Emory- H. Bowman,
D. L. Andrews, D. E. Sch
Mrs. D. E. Half acre, P. D.
way, John Davis, Glenn L.
Nellie Wicker, Mrs. Audrey
Mrs. D. F. Senn, William
sey, Mrs; J. W. Fuller, Miss
ise D. Suber, Claude Counts, Vkki
Koon, Pat Shealy, J. Robert
Wilson, Mrs. H. M. Harman,
Jan. 9: Edward Oswald, ]
red Boinest, Mrs. B. H.
Virginia Rose Franklin,
Worthy, J. D. Berley, Susan
sins, Harold Stockmfth-
Jan.. Id:. Mra.. Lucy. M
Mrs. H. R. Brooks, Clara
Stokes. Michael Guy Dwyer,
liam W. Watkins, Sonjia
well, • • Martin -Antony
O. H. Shealy, Ellen Will
Jan. 11: Mrs. Van Price,
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Sadie Ringer, Mrs. Tom
Witiiahi; fc* Brooks, Mart]
to the company during his many' Smithy Evelyn Wright,
years of service. “Even in retire*
ment,” Mr. Hallett said, “he will
still remain a part of the Kendall
Company.” - -
BROWN SPEAKER
AT GARDEN CLUB
„ The Newberry Garden Club will
meet Tuesday, Jan. 10-at 10:30 a.
m. at the Wiseman Hotel with
Mrs. J. E. Wiseman Sr. and Mrs.
J. E. Wiseman Jr. as hostesses.
Gordon Brown of Columbia, of
ficial of the Wildlife Association,
will give the program on conser
vation.
Commemoratioii
Begins Sunday
lidni H. {linger, Joe E.
Virjffl iT. Adams, Margaret
Hamm/ * *
Jmt' , 12: .Edgar L. Hiller,
Mary “Parks, Sr., Mrs. J. •
Stofcesr Linda Hawkins,
Doolittle, .Jerry Satterwhite,
vid Covington, Mrs. M. P.
rick, Marsha Minick, D.
Folk III, Edward Ruff.
Jan. 13: Steve North, Mrs.
drena Oswald, Henry Lii
D. L. Half acre, Mrs. J. G.
ms*
Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Fowler,
moved Tuesday from Union and
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Mrs. Ralph B. Baker, president
of Drayton Rutherford Chapter,
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy, announced today that_wqrd_ T ; D. Pitts, Jack Hughes,
has just been received that on W. Shealy, Mrs. Thomas
January 8, 1961, at il a.m., the Jirs.
United States will officially be
gin commemoration of the 100th
Anniversary of the War Between
the -States.
TTifc Daughters of the Confeder
acy are asking all ministers in
Newberry to devote a few minutes
on‘that date to remember this in; Richard Henry Ruff,
a prayer as a memorial to the ‘Hibson, Harvey M. J
men who wore the blue and gray. Lipscomb, Jr., Alice R.
Gerald Richardson,
Crooks, Brenda Bess Graham,
vid Floyd.
Jan. 14: Paul B. Ezell,
Hiller Slaton, Mrs. Jai
Richard I. McWhirter,
aid White, Frances E.
seph W. Hipp, Nathline