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Ez says when his son begins to sow his wild oats, it’s time to start the thrashing machine. Should you be concerned by where the younger generation is headed, it might be well to consider where it came from. VOLUME 24; NUMBER 38. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA*,' tURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1961 ^ $2.00 PER YEAR V -i* /y By The Way " By Doris A. Sanders MISCELLANY I intended to say a few words this week about the traffic situa tion at the intersection oi Glenn and Johnstone streets, but city council beat me to it and passed a motion Tuesday night to buy a traffic light for that corner if the highway department will al low them to put it there. Glenn Street is state highway maintain ed and controlled. The department is currently conducting a survey there and if the o.k. is given, the traffic light will go up. I notice that the petition to do away with the city manager (dis guised in the question, “should the city adopt the mayor-city council form of government,”) contained only 222 signatures when presented f o council. Even if these were all freeholders, it would certainly be a minority of freeholders in the city. Seems to me the people who did not sign were using good judgment. They recognize that the city manager system has been a good one for Newberry, and the argument that people should be given their choice in another election is not very valid. They had their choice once before; they made their de cision. Apparently there isn’t much support for a change, and it would be foolish to waste your money and mine to hold another election. I trust this is the end of the little scheme, by those who don’t like him, to get rid of Ed Blackwell. I was gratified to see that Dr. Neil Truesdell brought before the county delegation at a public meet ing last Saturday the question of a rest home for the aged of the county. It is Dr. Truesdell’s op inion, as well as mine, that we should take care of our own on the local level, rather than look ing to Washington for a handout at every occasion. I hope the dele gation will be able to arrive at some plan to make such'^a home possible. Worth Reading The letter sent by J. Edgar Hoo ver on January 1, 1961 to all law enforcement officials should be read by everyone, so I reprint it herewith: This is an era when teenage terrorism has become so common place that the American public has virtually built up a shock re sistance to vicious murders, rapes, assaults, robberies, and, in fact, the entire spectrum of atrocious crimes committed by young peo ple. I have long felt that the term "juvenile delinquency” is a mis nomer since the depradations of young criminals start at home and can more accurately be attributed to “adult delinquency.” At the same time, the brutality of the crimes comniitted by teenagers certainly pales the all-inclusive pampering, palliative phrase of "juvenile delinquency” which is used today. Daily I am appalled by news items and reports which come across my desk revealing the dis gusting and sordid picture of acts almost too obscene to be attribu table to those who are still in the second ten years of their lives. Last summer, for instance, I read news accounts of five youth ful ~ gangsters between the ages of 15 and 18 who committed some of the most barbaric acts imagin able. Like a snarling wolfpack, the gang attacked two families in a park in a midwestern city. Beat ing both husbands into insensibi lity, with baseball bats, stabbing them with switchknife blades and robbing them, these vicious thugs then turned upon the two mo thers, aged 23 and 27 and both pregnant, ripped their clothes from their bodies and savagely ravished them while the two chil dren of one mothei’—aged 3 and 1 1-2, watched, weeping and hor rified. This shocking tragedy was com pounded by + he fact that just 12 hours before, a judge had releas ed two of the attackers who had been arrested and charged with auto tampering. His action was taken despite the vigorous pro tests of the office of the State’s attorney. One of the ringleaders was on probation and another of the pack v/as a parolee from a State reformatory. Meting out justice firmly, a righteously indignant judge sen tenced four of these thugs to two concurrent 65-year sentences, and the fifth was given one 65 year term and one 50-year term. He recommended that they nevex be paroled. Surely such bestial actions by teenagers, demanding the harsh punishment which they received, could never fall into the category o fthe lame, almost flowery term of “juvenile delinquency.” Yet, there are still among us muddleheaded sentimentalists who would wrap teenage brigands in the protective cocoon of the term “juvenile delinquency” with emp hasis upon all of its connotations of youthful prankishness. * There must be a line drawn between the mischievous pranks of young people, which may in deed be called juvenile delinquency and the depraved deeds of teenage bandits which are nothing less than youthful criminality. ^ As a representative of law en forcement, I would like to see the term “juvenile delinquency” ban ished forever from our language as a description for vicious acts. Such teenage gangsterism,-should be labeled for exactly what it is— “youthful criminality.”* | J. Edgar i HoOver ^—L_ j.. SEES CELEBRATION AT CHARLESTON Mrs. R. D. Wright spent from Friday until Tuesday in Charles ton, where she witnessed the first activities of the War Between the States Centennial commemoration. Mi's. Wright was a guest at the Fort Sumter Hotel. She reported that she thoroughly enjoyed the re-enactment of the firing on the j Star of the West; the Confederate! Ball at the Citadel armory, a Citadel dress parade, a boat ride, and other activities ‘connected with the commemoration. zw jrr& THIS DESOLATE-LOOKING AREA is now being cleared for the construction of a modern supermarket building, to be the new home of A&P in Newberry. In the background- is the building formerly occupied by Lipscomb Motor Company on College Street. It will be torn down and space used for parking. The new A&P will be located far back on the.^pt, with the back almost to Lindsay Street. The location site was purchased, and the new building will be erected, by G. B. Nalley for lease to the A&P Tea Company. The building permit secured by Mr. Nalley indicates the building will be 120 feet wide, 80 feet long, of concrete block and brick, and will cost $60,000. (Sunphoto.) : r ~- Public Urged To Attend Next Coffee Break; McAden Speaker Society Plans For Easter Seal Campaign JASPER CHAPTER MEETS FRIDAY Jasper Chapter, DAR will hold its monthly meeting Friday, Jan uary 13 at 4 o’clock at the home of Mrs. P. K. Harmon. Associate hostesses will be Miss Hattie Bell Lester, Mrs. A. T. Neely and Miss Ma-rde Dominick. GORDON BROWN, right, head of the education division of the S. C. Wildlife Commission, was guest speaker when the Newberry Garden Club met Tuesday at the Wiseman Hotel. Mrs. R. L. Baker, seated, pours coffee for Mr. Brown. In the background are left to right, Mrs. J. E. WTseman Sr., host- es; Mrs. Louis C. Floyd, club president; Mrs. J. E. Wiseman Jr., hostess; Mrs. J. D. Rook, conservation chairman. (Sun- photo) The Newberry County Chapter of the Crippled Children’s Society held its January 4th meeting at the home of Mrs. T. N. Parks, with Mrs. L. G. McCullough and Mrs. F. S. Elliott as hostesses. Coffee was served to the members and visitors upon arrival. Mrs. Aubrey Harley, chairman, called the meeting to order with prayer by Mrs. Bill Tedford. Min utes were read by Mrs. J. E. Nich ols, secretary. Mrs. Harley welcomed leaders of civic clubs; Kiwanis, J. V. Kneece; Lions, Herschel Kemper; Health Department, Mrs. Chis olm; Welfare Department, Mrs. John Epps; and the Business and Professional Women’s Club, Mrs. Eddie Rodelsperger. Mrs. Harley explained the work of the CCS, asking for cooperation in finding worthy cases, to help those that need help from crip pling as there is no age limit. She gave report of the follow ing cases: Rework braces; one white child and one colored child given occu pational and physical therapy; teacher mileage to four white chil dren and one colored child; hear ing aid; hip brace, two leg braces bought. Equipment, on hand for use, one wheel chair, one walker, seat lift and one pair crutches; now in use throughout the county, 10 wheel chairs, two walkers, one lift and one hospital bed. All are to be returned when needed no longer. Mrs. Harley turned meeting over to Mrs. J. D. French who in troduced the guest speaker, Prof. Philip Kelly, Easter Seal chair man for 1961. All service clubs assured Mrs. Harley of their support to the drive and work of the Crippled Children’s Society. A short business session wr.s held before the meeting closed. John F. Clarkson and Ernest, H. Layton, co-chairmen of the Indus trial Relations Committee of the Newberry County Development Board, announced today that, the next coffee-break progra^a, spon sored by their committee will fee held at the Community Hall Janu ary 17. Following the patteflP of the last meeting,Jthe coffee-break program will begm at 10 a.m.^aild will not last longer than forty-five minutes. ' James T. McAden, director of Public Relations for the ‘South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, will present the program. Mr. Mc Aden will discuss the Survey of Business Climate recently made by the State Chamber. After McAd- en’s presentation of the results. of the survey, the meeting will be open for questions. In making the announcement of this meeting, Messrs. Clarkson and Layton stated that this meeting should be attended by everjr busi ness man and woman in Newberry County and will be of interest oto the general public. They added that they are hopeful of a fine turn-out for this program. The first coffee-break program was held by the Industrial' Rela tions Committee on November 22, and the program was presented by Dr. A. G. D. Wiles on Newber ry College. Members of tha; In dustrial Relations Committed, in addition to Clarkson and Layton, are L. E. Gatlin Jr., W. Hi |Ted- ford, Hart Jordan, D. O. Cai • penter, James Abrams, A.i E. Morehead, J. W. Earhardt, DrJ Joe Hunter, Gerald Paysinger, P, D Johnson and H. B. Kirkegard. fCdtrim unity attitude reflects ' things—their standard of jlttes, ideals and purposes, their icept of individual responsibili- wid their real understanding tit it means to be a ‘part of larger’ than seif-inter- aelf-centered concern, ’ ac- ^ to Rev. Kenneth B. Wil- n, chairman of the Kiwanis ub’8 Bloodmobile Committee. He itinued, “With the coming of i Red Cross Bloodmobile on ip&ry 17, our community will in have the opportunity to iiitdf their spirit and attitude, i ife regrettable to note that al- * 4x y ear we are pints iind the quota for our county. H deficit plus the needed 100 which is the quota for this it, places our goal for next esday at 183 pints. This is the 1st that we can do in view of obvious needs!” mgh the Kiwanis Club, ev- potential donor in Newberry will be contacted and chal- to respond to this urgent F. ‘Leon Nichols and George ay hre preparing ‘On-the-Street’ option; Bobby Underwood— Nptiohal Guard; A1 Busby—Per- sc^tcs-Person; Cliff Graham and Jjfcn # Abrams—Newberry College, apd Mrs. Hannah Poole—Yolun- teyer assistants. LittledSuppOrt Given “ Petition To Abolish City Manager Job .'C . ;Y‘ ie Key Club, under the lead ership of Bill Moore, president, wilY visit each indstry and busi ness in Newberry with posting no tices to be distributed and appeals to the management to promote this worthy cause. The Bloodmobile will come to Newberry next Tuesday, January 17 at 2 p.m. and will remain through 7 p.m. on the first floor of the First Baptist Church Edu cational Building. •-vl Goldsmith Is Superintendent James L. Goldsmith began! his duties as superintendent of! the Oakland Plant of the Kendall Company on January 1st, succeed ing E. T. McClure who became manager of the Albertville, Ala., plant. Mr. Goldsmith w r as ovenseer of weaving at Albertville pridr to being promoted and moving to Newberry on December 7th. , ?Jr. Goldsmith is a native- of Greenville, but sper.t most of his younger days at Felzer and jwas graduuteJ from Newberry .Col lege. After his graduation in* 1951, he became a management tMinee with the Kendall Company^ and received training at the Pelzer plant, Wateree plant in Camden and the Mollohon Plant in New berry. He has held supervisory positions at the Thrift Plant, Paw Creek, N. C., and at Albertville. Mrs. Goldsmith is also from Pelzer. They have three children, Skip, age 7, w T ho will enter Speers Street School; Robin, age ,6, -who attends Aveleigh Kindergarten, and Lisa, age 3. They are mem bers of the Presbyterian Church. The Goldsmiths live in the sup erintendent’s home adjacent to the Oakland plant. Delegation Is (FOf Need For Rest Home By MRS. A. H. COUNTS Approximately 10 citizens spoke their minds before the county leg islative delegation at an open meeting here Saturday. Tfce three aaembers of the Gen eral Assembly got suggestions in the fields of education, finance and*-social welfare. School and town officials, min- istea:^, and private citizens appear ed.-#^ the delegation’s request. Calling attention to the length ening life span, Dr. Neil E. Trues- delk pastor of Aveleigh Presby terian Church, spoke of the need for a home for the aged. . He said the time is fast ap- p 1*0aching when the county must do something in this field. Sev eral others also spoke up for such a home. Mayor Tom Suber of Whitmire said he would like for the delega tion fo work out a plan to allo cate the county’s share of the state gas tax money so each mu nicipality would know the amount to aljow for road and street bud- get&jy IVUss Julia Kibler, speaking for a group of retired teachers pres ent, ur^jed the delegation to sup port higher pensions for retired teachers. She said a request would come up in the asembly, asking the in crease in retirement pay for teachers who left their careers in the * beginning of the program. The9£, she said, do not receive bertefits in keeping with those who retired later. County Supt. of Education point ed out that if the $20 per pupil allowance were raised to $25, it would take care of new buildings and reduce the teacher load. He felt it would be worth investigat- Retired mill worker Bryan Stribble expressed his opinion that if -Newberry citizens want better education, then they should be willing to pay for it with a tax increase. The commanding officer of a National Guard unit urged the delegation to provide maintenance funds for the $150,000 armory re cently built at Whitmire. Rep. Steve Griffith told the as sembly the delegation is interest ed in hearing from various county agencies and citizens on financial matters. The delegation, he said, want to know where the money is coming from and where it should g°.' Sen. Jesse Frank Hawkins pre sided at the session, also attend ed by Rep. Paul Folk. Counsem&r Be Ai Oakland Dr. George Heaton, nationally known in the field of industrial re lations counselling, will begin a training prOgwun ^ifehuman rela tions at tHe Oakland Plant begin ning next weak, according to Hart Jordan, Oakland manager. Dr. Heaton will be In Newberry at least twice a month, for an in definite peripd of time, to work with group#,.and individuals at the Oakland tifipt. The purpose of the program llSjjfo provide better un- derstandinffxand relationship be tween management, employees, and the commuh iA * A> “The KeftdajiP Jordan stated, “h keenly in$£BgjftfiC better caih$aunity relationships wherever it* plants are located. In relation to his -wesk >at }Oakland, Dr. Heaton - wilt ai«o have a keen interest in alP blvic ’affairs and in the community 0 ^? a whol^.” Dr. Heaton, who f^si became widely known throughmrtelevision program over WBTV,* Charlotte, is beginning a new seizes of pro grams, “A Man and His Job.” The first in the new series will be on Sunday, Januaryj 3-^. Jle may be y,” Mr. ys been sponsoring seen on WBTV, Sunday at 12:46* Dr. Hea ersburg, W reared in uate of Granville, O tist Theolp 3, each Park- 8. He was id a grad- Dr. Heaton, while pastor of First Baptist Church in Paducah, began to, turn from the church ministry to the unique pursuit he now.-ft^ows. A.- strike had broken out In a hosiery mill there. Dr. Heaton was able to bring together top exe cutives of management and labor, who settled the strike and put the mill back to Work; Industrial firms, began to. call on Dr. Heat on a^ter that, to act as mediator and to give them advice on hand-* dug problems with people. Soon Dr. Heaton found he was spending wor&JtMqp in inference rooms of industrial plants than he was in the pulpit. 4 Dr. Heaton’s basic job is to offer qourses for supervisors, courses that are designed primarily to cjreate in industry “an atmc sphere of good will And understanding, father thah antagonism and con flict.” City Council Tuesday night re ceived as information a petition requesting an election to. amend the charter of the City of New berry as follows: “Shall the City of Newberry adopt the Mayor- Council Form of Government? Only 222 signatures from through out the city were, affixed on the petition to do away with the city manager form of government. J.- Martin presented the petition to council for consideration. About eight other persons accompanied Mr. Martin to council chambers. Council discussed a zoning ord inance, but decided to give it fur ther consideration beiore taking action. Council was notified that plans are being prepared for water and sewer extensions, and that bids on the $300,000 in revenue bonds authorised by council ih its regtWJY || lar meeting Dec. 13 will be opened Jan 18. A survey will be made approval of council, for street lighting system on street from Harrington to limits and oh Main St fro) man to the city limits. •*' ” Council gave authority to chase an d install a traffic sJgfflil at the intersection of Johnstobe streets if pa granted by the State Highway De- partment. Council ~w»» notified that Christmas Drop-Ins were well ail- tended and enjoyed. A report from the Recreation Director was read, giving Activi ties engaged jh from July 1, I960 to December $)., 1960. >? ... * St. lab’s Has r mvelrsity of Southern Bap- Seminary of Louisville, Ky., and did graduate study at The College of the Bible in Lexington, Ky. In addition to the degree of A.. B. and Th. M., he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from George town College, in May, 1960, Salem College, Salem, W. Va., honored Dr. Heaton with a Doctor of Hu manities degree. At Denison Uni versity he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Before resigning pastoral deties in August 1957 to devote full f ime to his work in human relations in industry, Dr. Heaton served as pastor of Southside Baptist Mis sion, Louisville, Ky.; Felix Me morial Baptist Church, Lexington, Ky.; First Baptist Church, Padu- ca'j, Ky.; First Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Va., and Myers Park Baptist Cfy^rch, Charlotte. Dr. Heaton is widely sought as a speaker before religious, indus trial and community groups. He has conducted training programs throughout the country. In addition to the Kendall Company, Dr. Heaton is present ly working with the following companies in the field of human relations; - -• o >■ West Point Manufacturing Co., and Dundee Mills of Georgia; Spartan Mills, Oak River Mills, Dixiana Mills of Sputh Carolina; Carolina Power and. Light Com pany, Dover Textile Q^opp, Hick ory-Fry Furniture Cooo Thomas- ville Chair Company. '-Duff-Nor- ton Co., of North Carolina; Un ion Bob-Camp Paper Corp., Vir ginia; Koos Bros., New Jersey; The Ex-Cell-0 Corp. of Ohio, In diana and N. C.; ahd Southern Bell, Athens, Ga. _ . S 1 CO ft'ft Si) ciftT Sgec^al .preaching services are being. heWi in St- Luke’s Episcopal Church this -week. They began last night (Wwinesday) and will continue tonight and Friday at 7:30 each evening. The preacher for these services is the Rev. Mil- ton Criam, Jr.‘, Episcopal Chaplain atJ ClemSon College. !S!(r. Cl^fi is. a native of Orange- bprg end married to the former Jeepoe,,Sc^rpede? of Lincoln, Ne braska., He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and of The SohoeX; Theology of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn. Mr.;' Crum served as Rector of the-Church of the Holy Com- mtmion, Allendale, from 1951 un til last spring when he became the chaplain to Episcopal students at Clenison. During 1957, Mr. Crum studied for #i year at Canterbury, England, m St. Augustine’s Col lege. >' , .; : The Rqv. Cannon McCreary, vi car of St. Luke’s Church said “We are, fortunate in having Mr. Crum ■with usvfor these three services. Wahextdnd a most cordial invita tion to i the people of Newberry Y* attefcd "these services. They are part 'df^a Week of special preach ing seryic,es being held during this tinie tfrrqujjhout the Episcopal Dipce^pi.ljpper South Carolina.” . Mi;, JftqP'reary also stated that the nursety^wdlj be open in the Parish Hoppe next to the church to take eane.. ofr the smaller children during, theriiervices. - m si*?: Civic-minded women Mirough< the state are giving coffee to aid in raising funds for March Steve C. party chairman. “Excellent response has be$n shown by the women of Newber ry,” she continued, “with four parties already planned for this week, and more in the making. “With such a great deal of in terest being shown, we feel that there are many more women who would enjoy sponsoring a coffee party. We believe it is a good way to have fun with, your friends, and at the same time help push polios bit further into the background as a threat to the American people. “We are encouraging all inter ested women to sponsor a party if possible during the month-long project, and thus become a link.hi this great chain,” Mrs. ? Griffith concluded. Funds raised by coffee parties may be turned in to Mrs. Griffith at 1734 Johnstone St. - GUARDSMEN PROMOTED William M. Minick, Captain, commanding officer of Battery C, 1st AW Battalion, S. C. National Guard, announces the following promotions: To be Private First Class, Grade E-3: George R. Long, Ronald A. OswaM and William D. Waldrop. To Be Private Grade E-2: Tony D. Fulmer. Jan. 15: Mrs. Edna H. Feagle, Edna Hite P. Ringer, Ann Work man, T. D. Pitts Jr., Kirksey Koop, Mrs. O. A. Felker. Jan. 16: Beverly Clarkson, James Montgomery Smith III, W. M. Buford Jr„ Wynona L. Terrell, Clifton Floyd, Ellen Alt man. Jan. 17: Mrs. E. L. Hart, Wil bur Long, Mrs. Alfred Ringer, Mrs. J, F. Lominick, Susan Crooks, Albert Long, Martha McCullough, Mrs. W. M. Buford Sr., Bobby Icard, Mrs. R. H. Ruff, Mrs. Dick Shea f, Tony Franklin, Gloria Park . Jan. 18: Mrs. Steve C. Grif fith, Mrs. L. G. McCullough, William Henry Shannon Jr., Alice Bedenbaugh, Becky Dick- ert, Irvine Lee Leslie, Mrs. Gor don R. Thurow. Jan. 19: Lonnie Clifton Gra ham, Mrs. H. H. Abrams, Ma jor Gerald O’Quinn, Gayneile Harmon Stewart, Diane Boland, Buford Connelly, B. H. Hamm, Cheryl Reeves, Linda Smith. Jan. 20: Charlie Boi Donald Rook, Donna Betts ols, Mrs. O. H. Lane, R. Boylston, J. T. Batson, A. Baggett Sr„ Ervin Merchant. Jan. 21: Warren Abrams, Mrs. Eva James D. Wherry, Lamar Neville, Mrs. Annie Lee Whita ker, Miss Anns Long, Joan Har mon, C. Olin Inabinet.