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; No one so thoroughly appre ciates the value of constructive criticism as the one giving it. VOLUME 24; NUMBER 40. HURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1961 By The Way ~~By DORIS A. SANDERS ATTENTION, PLEASE! I would pall your especial atten tion this week to several columns in this issue. One is Senator .Strom Thurmond’s column, along the same lines as an item in this -corner last week—^federal aid, fed eral control. Somewhere will be found a “Letter to the Editor” written by Rev. Paul D. Petty, pastor of O’Neal Street Methodist Church. This concerns the need for a nursing, or rest home, for I-,ew- berry County. More ministers of «our county would do well to voice their sentiments about this kind of “home mission.” The need for such a home is great, and should ,be provided. Straight Talk, by Tom Ander- aon, is a challenge to every pat riotic American. You can do your part to help the battle by writing to your Congressman and Sena tors, urging them to fight against .abolition of the House Ur-Ameri can Activities Committee; at the same time, you could tell them that you oppose federal aid to edu cation. The remainder of this column is borrowed from others. The first item was sent in the form of a let ter to the editor. The identity of the author is known, but for suf ficient reason, it is being with- lield. The second entitled “Not Edu cation But the Whip” by James H. dray in The Albany (Ga.) Herald, reprinted in the Tuesday issue of The Gr-.enville News. John Fitzgerald Kennedy became the 35th president of the nation on Friday, January 20th, at 12:51 p.m., EST. During the preceding £1 minutes, the nation liad no president at all, Mr. Eisenhower’s term having expired at noon. Since most of the press accounts have lauded the ceremony as one of great dignity, reflecting tradi tions as old as the nation itself, ft might be just as well to make some record of the ceremony as ‘ to the actual events, since the whole of it took place in the plain 'view of millions of people, many of whom are honest. In general ,the sorry perform ance had its moments, but there were few of them, and it generally 'varied between a farce and just plain bad taste. No explanation can be offered for tie long delay after 12 o’clock in getting the prin cipals to the rostrum, or why, af- ■ter they were finally seated, they merely sat there minute after min ute while nothing happened, or why it was necessary to begin with a MC, which gave the cere mony an initial appearance of a cheap, county political meeting. It was, of course, not difficult to understand that Marian Anderson is the only living American quali fied to render the National An them, since that sort of choice was made mandatory with the onset •of the New Frontiers ahd the for ward look. She obviously enjoyed the publicity and rendered the en tire composition in order to re main on the TV screens as long as possible, although good taste has long since decreed that only the one ver*"? is ever to be used. Her performance, with the utmost of charitable opinion, was extremely poor, rendered for personal gain and not from love of Country. Great and small jnen alike, be ing believers, approach their problems with an invocation to God, in prayer. As prayer is a solemn and humble petition, but a blatant, interminable political speech addressed to God is not a prayer when the intended hearers are equipped with human ears. It would be interesting to hear some •explanation of why it was neces sary to remind, the Creator four times in about as many minutes as to the exact day of the month and the year of this presumably heaven-shaking event. With Na tional destruction possible _.ie- my action in the space of an hour, spiritually-minded citizens of the nation had a right to hope for an honest, sincere appbal to God for Divine protection, for our need has never been greater. The purely comical element was provided by befuddled politicians who poked and prodded the k'tem as smoke from electrical equip ment began to engulf the front of the rostrum. Whatever may have [been the cause, the smoke finally ibsided, leaving only the ques tion of why such technical bung ling could not have been prevented or why it had to be demonstrated to the whole world. The completely pitiful element was supplied by Robert Frost, ap parently commissioned to memor ialize the Great Occasion in death less verse .which he was to have read before the applauding world. Frost, reportedly 86 years old, came to the lectern in a stumbling gait and with the appearance of having been almost frozen from exposure in 20-degree weather, compounded by a strong wind. Be ginning with some unintellible mutter while he wrestled with a bundle of papers disarranged by the force of the wind, he succeed ed after some moments in making a satisfactory airangement only to find that he couldn’t read what ever it was that he had written. There was some complaint about the bad light in words that could be understood, and that was fol lowed by some sort of recitation in rather confused words, to be ended abruptly when he backed away in confusion, which notice ably relieved everyone. The oath of office was admin istered by Chief Justice Earl Wa‘r- ren. Justice Warren looks very much like a moose. His hobby is the undermining of the Constitu tion which Kennedy swore to up A hold. The Justice strives very suc-^ cessfully to uphold the rights of Communists and the other felons, and to destroy the rights of the States to manage their affairs. His current interest is to nail ^he South’s hide to the nearest barn door, in which undertaking tbe new president heartily concurs. President Kennedy delivered an inaugural address of sorts, and he probably did a better job than could have been expected of a man who had witnessed the unfortun ate events of the preceeding 51 minutes. However, a few minutes of the speech were quite suffi cient, and whoever had the pat ience to sit out the remainder, and the end of the ceremony, is wel come to his own opinion. President Kennedy was not re sponsible for the performance of the individuals invited to take part in the inaugural ceremony. He had a right to expect a cere mony which would have been, by its sincerity and dignity, a source of pride in government to every American, and an example to the world. If the persons concerned preferred to create a public spec tacle. the responsibility is theirs. A raan*s good judgment comes from experience . . . his exper ience comes from poor judg ment. + $2.00 PER YEAR Members of the Newberry coun ty chapter of the Crippled Child ren’s Society met Tuesday after- to map out plans for the Easter Seal Sale campaign to be held from March 2nd thru April 2nd this year. The meeting was in the office of Phillip T. Kelly, Eas ier Seal campaign chairman.Meet ing with the group was Mrs. W. O. Galletly of Columbia, field rep resentative of the State Chapter of the Society. Among those present were Mrs. Aubrey Harley, chairman of the County chapter; Mrs. Bill Tedford, vice chairman; Mr, and Mrs. J. D. French and Mrs. C. M. Smith, members of the mailing committ ee; Mrs. Pope Buford, co-chair- ter Lily Parade; Mrs. Robert Pugh, teacher of the Special Ed ucation Class, Cannister Chair man; Acting Police Chief Ray Schumpert, co-chairman with Sheriff Tom Fellers of Coffee Day; Mrs. Price J. Padgett, pub licity chairman. Unable to be present were Sheriff Fellers and Richard L. 'Baker, chairman of Service Club Relations Commiti- ee. Mrs. Galletly praised the work of the Newberry chapter, describ ing it as one of the most out standing in the State. She invited members of the local chapter to visit the Treatment Center at the State Headquarters in Columbia. reihainder of the meeting was dented to a discussion of ways in ’ which to conduct the Easter Campaign.' She mentioned a rally to begin the campaign wide would begin with a at the Governor’s mansion on February 24, followed by* a Dutch lunch at the Wade Hamp ton hotel. The speaker will be a past president of the National Federation of Women's clubs. Pausing during the meeting for the photographer were, seated left ,to right, Mrs. Harley, Mrs. Gall etly, Mr. Kelly; standing, from left, Mrs. Padgett, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Buford, Acting Chief Ray Schumpert, Mr. French, Mrs. Pugh and Mrs. French. (Sun- photo.) Education Load Begin Check of High A State Aid (By James H. Gray) We must confess that we are ut terly weary of the sanctimonious words that are pouring from the so-called “liberal” politicians and news media of the land concern ing the “integration” events at the University of Georgia. Be cause White Georgians held their tempers and two Negro students entered the institution without mishap, their entrance being so ordered by a Federal court decree, the most extravagant adjectives of praise have been showered upon Georgians, even to implanting the notion that somehow our mental processes and emotions have been suddenly rescued by an act of Providence. Frankly, we are appalled by this hypocritical piety. What is taking place at the University of Georgia is an ugly display of Fed eral power, which is being applied to obtain a conformity of view point on social problems. It is the substitution of a program of compulsion and coercion for faith in the voluntary processes of rea son. Education is only incidental to the problem. Further, the auth ority of the Governor and the Leg islature of this State has been pushed aside as though their of fices had no place in the Govern mental order of this nation. The Federal courts, including the Supreme Court, are saying on ly one thing: That “voluntary seg- regation” is out the window. “En forced integration” is now the scheme of the day. And, as we have said, this dic tatorial attitude goes further than just the schools. Suggestions are daily being made to Congress that laws be enacted giving the Fed eral government the right to po lice Federal elections, determine who shall or shall not vote and de cide also whether citizens are be ing subjected to unwarranted eco nomic pressures by reason of their color, race, religion or rational origin. The Newberry County Board of Education Tuesday night adopt ed a resolution recommending to the County Delegation that the teacher load in elementary schools be decreased from 36 to 32 pupils in order to qualify for state aid\ It is hoped by the County Board that the delegation will introduce this measure at current term of the General Assembly. Under present pupil-load requirements, an elementary school must have 248 students to qualify for state- aid to eight teachers. The proposal would reduce the number of stu dents to 224. There are presently four elementary schools in the county with enrollment under 248. Extra teachers for these schools must be paid entirely by the coun ty. The Budget committee, compos ed of Dave Waldrop, chairman, W. H. Caldwell and J. Alvin Kinard, was asked to have the budget ready to present at the February Board meeting. Acting on a request that the area lines be changed in the vi cinity of Jalapa to include certain portions of the county in the Newberry School area, the board decided that such a change would not be advisable at this time. The Board authorized purchase of science and mathematics ma terials under the National Defense Education Act up to a sum amounting to $1.00 per pupil in county schools, approximately $7,- 000. Under this Act, 50% of the money so spent will be reimburs ed by the federal government. The Board was notified that the Evaluation Committee would be gin its work at Newberry High School with a supper meeting Monday night. Members of the Board were invited to attend. The Board was also informed that the property back of the pres ent Boundary Street school was being prepared for the new build ing, and fences were being taken down to make room when con struction begins. If Congress has the right under the Constitution to pass such laws, then the Federal Government can in time make a complete mockery of State law and State authority. It can mark the beginning of the end of State Government in Am erica and the building of a strong centralized Government with su preme control over all matters hitherto believed to be solely in the domain of the State, City and County Governments. (Continued on page 3) . Queen Contest Date Is Set The Newberry Civic League wall hold a business meeting on Wed nesday, February 1 at 3:30 p.m. at the Community Hall, according to Mrs. T. P. Crooks, president. Mrs. Crooks also announced that the League-sponsored Valentine Queen contest will be held this year on Saturday night, February 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Dr. Duckett, 79, Dies Monday In Spartanburg Dr. Robert Maxwell Duckett, 79, of Whitmire, died at a Spar tanburg hospital late Monday night after a short illness. A native of Whitmire, he was the son of the late William L. and Ann Ray Duckett. He was a druggist in Whitmire for more than 50 years and worked until the time of his last illness. He was a former member of the Whitmire town council and served as mayor pro tern for sev eral years. He was also a Mason, a member of the Woodmen of the World, an elder in the Whitmire Presbyterian Church and a form er president of the South Caro lina Pharmaceutical Association. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary Wright Duckett; three daughters, Miss Ann Duckett and Mrs. A1 McCourry, both of Whit-, mire, and Mrs. Mary Duckett Hunter of Clemson; a son, R. M. Duckett, Jr., of Whitmire; five sisters, Mrs. J. G. Setzler, Miss Willie Duckett of Whitmire, Mrs. J. N. Bishop of Tallahassee, Fla., Mrs. H. C. Whit of Abbeville, and Mrs. Fuller Reese Sr. of Abbe ville ; a brother, Luther A. Duck ett of Taveres, Fla.; four grand children and a great-grandchild. Funeral services were conduct ed at the Whitmire Presbyterian Church Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. by the Rev. David F. Bridgman. Bur ial was in the Whitmire Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dr. J. F. Roche, J. T. Malone, Joe H. Simpson Jr., R. C. Lake Jr. and David Miller. Honorary escort was composed of Dr. R. B. Suber, Dr. K. D. Lake and the elders and deacons of the Whitmire Presbyterian Church. Retired Teacher Meeting Is Set The retired teachers of Newber ry County who have taught in the schools of South Carolina and those who will retire in June 1961 are urged to attend a very im portant meeting in the Junior High School auditorium on Thurs- supervise primary schools irf con- Missionaries To Visit Churches In County The Presbytery of South Caro lina, which includes Presbyterian churches in Greenwood, Abbeville, McCormick, Laurens and Newber ry, will be visited during World Mission Season by two mission aries, Miss Mary Garland Taylor and the Rev. A. Hoyt Miller. They will be in Newberry County on Saturday, February 4 at 6:30 p.m. at Little River-Dominick Presby terian Chyrch; on Sunday, Febru ary 5 at 11 a.m. at Smyrna Pres byterian Church, qnd on Wednes day, February 8 at 7:30 p.m. for prayer meeting at Aveleigh Pres byterian Church in Newberry. By foot, horseback, jeep or boat, Miss Mary Garland Taylor has covered the terrain of a country larger than the United States, a missionary for the Presbyterian Church, U. S. She has spent the years since 1951 in Brazil. As one of the 133 Presbyterian U. S. missionaries in Brazil, Miss Taylor serves in many roles. She acts as teacher, Christian Educa tion leader, supervisor of primary schools, youth counselor, and in April of last year—1960—she was one of the missionaries who went to aid the people living along the flooded ^guaribe River. During this great flood thous ands of homes and acres of topsoil were swept away. The half-cover- ed dams being built by the Feder al Government were partially des troyed and families of the region found themselves without homes, food, or clothing. At the time of the flood Miss Taylor helped in getting food and first aid to the victims, and in a letter she stated how grateful the people were to President Eisenhower for sending ships and helicopters filled with supplies. The American Missionary’s daily work never falls into a routine pattern. Officially serving as di rector of Christian Education in the Crato evangelistic field of North Brazil, she travels into the interior to train leadership for ru ral churches and to establish and Heart Fund Workers To T. B. (Dad) Amis, chairman pf the Newberry County 1961 Hear; Fund Drive, has named Mrs. Sa die Crooks as co-chairman in the county. * The Drive, conducted here by the South Carolina Heart Associa tion, will begin on February 1 and continue through February \ 28. The drive will reach its high point on Heart Sunday, February 26. The Heart Fund Drive sup ports the South Carolina Heart Association’s research, education and community service programs. Fund workers will hold a meet ing at the Agricultural Building on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 29 at 3:30 p.m., Mr. Amis said. He urg ed all volunteer workers to be present. In addition to discussing the campaign and giving out ma terials, the meeting will feature a talk by Dr. B. M. Montgomery. heavals and internal disorders the Congolese have faced since inde pendence day, June 30, 1960, there are hopeful signs that Afri ca—and the Congo—will move forward. Lives were not spent in vain here, he has written, as some writers would have one to believe. Born the year two pioneer mis sionaries, Lapsley and Sheppard, pitched their tent on the bank of the Lulua River to begin the Am erican Presbyterian Mission in Congo, Dr. Miller was dedicated from birth to missionary service in Africa by his devoted mother. When he arrived in the Congo in 1919, he'was assigned to the 'Mor- A school evaluation committee appointed by Southern Associa tion of Colleges and Secondary Schools will arrive in Newberry Monday night, and will spend most of the week evaluating Newberry! High School, according to an an nouncement by J. V. Kneece, high school superintendent. * Members of the Committee P. I. Dowling, chairman, superin tendent of Greenwood Schools; Miss Nancy Jane Day, supervisor of School Library Services, State ^ Department of Education, Colum bia; J. K. Derrick, principal of Laurens High School; Rojer Kirk, principal of Columbia ’ligh; Ar chie Whittinghill, p T .ncipal of Dreher High; Roy Nichols, prin cipal of Pelion High, and R. P. WOder, principal of Clinton High. ' The committee members visit every classroom and rate ev ery teacher in the high school as to teaching, ability; they will , check the buildings and grounds; the courses of study offered; the manner in which records are pupil activity programs; a< stration of the high school Ubrary and guidance services. Mr. Kneece stated that member of the faculty h working for the past four half months on a self-4 program, using criteria aiiable by the Southern tion. He stated that the of the evaluation was to find out the weak points of the school, in \ order that these may be improv ed. .. '• Newberry High School has been a member of the Association since 1925 ^ the past five or six years has all requirements without qu ' from the association. “We s^id Mr. Kneece, “that there is always room for improvement^, and that capable school admini strators from other parts of the state can more readily weak spots.” The evaluation will begin with day, February 2 } 1961 at 3:15 p.m. Every retired teacher in the coun ty is urged to be present. Bond Sales Joe M. Roberts, County Sav ings Bonds chairman, today re ports that Newberry County’s De cember E and H Bond sales were $16,800, bringing the total for 1960 up to $193,168. South Carolina’s E and H Bond sales for 1960 amounted to $25,- 042,967, according to Robert G. Clawson, 'State chairman. nection with these churches. She has taught in the Agnes Erskin and the Fifteenth of November Schools of our Mission and values her friendship with Brazillian young people. Born in Staunton, Virginia, she is a graduate of Mary Ba’dwin College and of the Biblical 'Sem inary in New York. Miss Taylor has also worked as Bible Teacher director of Christian Education and editor of Sunday School lit erature in Philadelphia, Oklahoma and Virginia. ^ The Rev. A. Hoyt Miller, a mis sionary to the Congo for 41 years feels that despite the political up risen Bible School, then located at -.- T _ Mutoto. Here he served as teach- a supper meeting Monday night, * at which the committee will meet v fth the high school faculty to familiarize them with procedures which will be used during the evaluation. er and acting principal until he was requested to begin evangelis tic work in the Bibanga area. Soon after World War II he was asked to move the Morrison Bible School to a new location, and chose the site of Kankinda in the Kasai Province. He and his wife remained at this station as teach er, associate Principal and Prin cipal of the Institute Morrison. In 1957 the Morrison Bible School (then called the Ecole de Predica- teurs) was moved to Luebo, and the Mission asked the Millers to move with the School. After a furlough in 1958, they returned to Luebo and served as Principal of the Ecole de Predicateurs for two years, until 1960. They retir ed as active missionaries January 1, 1961. A, native of Camesville, Geor gia, he was for two years a stu dent in Columbia Theological. Sem inary, and was graduated from Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, in 1919. MEETS TONIGHT The Newberry County Girl Scout Council will meet tonight —^Thursday— at 7:30. Miss Bar bara Moore from Scout headquar ters in Atlanta will meet with the Council. All leaders are urged to attend. ' BIRTHDAY i >$§5*1| % ■ •> • *,x> ••«>. :: : i I a Methodist Zone Meeting Here Zone 3, Greenwood District of W.S.C.S. will meet at Trinity Methodist Church in Newberry County at 2:15 on February 5, ac cording to Mrs. W. H. Davis, zone leader. The guest speaker will be Miss Louise Best, retired missionary. Represented in Zone 3 are the following churches: Central, Ept- ing Memorial, Lewis, Lebanon, Ebenezer, Trinity and New Cha pel and O’Neal street. All churches are urged to have representatives at this meeting. w Hi mm - w wm m V ' Illit v-v..; Mfmm .Mi OLD SCHOOL MANUFACTURING CO. of Prosperity, recently nearly doubled In size to 30,060 square feet, is now operating in the new portion of the building. There are now 140 persons employed at the plant, and another 40 are expected to be added to the payroll in the near future. The plant manufactures men’s work clothes and shirts, and ladies blouses. Making a recent tour of the plant were, left to right, David Keller, plant manager; D. A. Beden- baugh; J. A. Williams, mayor of Prosperity; Asbury Bedenbaugh, secretary of the‘Prosperity Com munity Chamber of Commerce; Jacob A. Bowers, Director of the Newberry County Development Board; J. P. Fellers, Morris Kurlat, manager of Prosperity Manufacturing Col, Ben Robinson, executive di rector of Newberry County Development Board, and Mrs. Sylvia White, machine Jan. 29: Mrs. B. R. Mrs. R. C. Williams, Mrs. J. T- Bou knight, Don Chappells, Charlie Wallace Epps, Mrs. John W. Waldrop, Mrs. R41e Bauknight, Linda Smith, Wil liam G. Coates* George Earl C ro mer, S. L. “Sid” Waldheur Claude Counts, Mrs, James C. Abrams, Mrs. W. F. MulUoax, Doyle Long, Walter Leroy Bo* night. Jan. 30: Mrs. B. E. Stockm Mary Frances Bedenbaugh, ian Lynn Wise, Mrs. Duncan Johnson, Jr., Mrs. J. C. Abrams, R. B. Shealy, Mrs. C. H. Eargle, Randolph Crowder. Jan. 31: John T. Norris, Houseal Norris, Robert Ezell Dawkins, John Jordan McCul lough, .Kenneth Shealy, Mrs. A. C. Ward, Jesse Lewis, Mary Lane Williams, Kaye Rinehart, Mrs. B. V. Chapman, Mrs. BL X, Looney, R. B. Kennerley, Mrs. J. M. Pool, Miss Jimmie Nell Kyzer, Phillip M. Forbis, Mar- zie Ward. Feb. 1: Mrs. Hugh K. Boyd, Eugene Griffith, Mary Sidelle Crooks, Diane Wright, Peggy Pitts Marlowe, Ralph Beden baugh, Mary Ann Moore, Mar garet S. Koon, Mrs. Lucille Yochem. . Feb. 2: Peggy Sue Price, Seth Meek, R. C. Neel Jr., Carolyn Eleazer Clamp, Larry A. Mil- stead. Feb. 3: Bernard Hawkins, Mrs. Frank Sligh, Mary Etta Coppock, Clem I. You mans, Mrs. Claudia Suber, Arthur Pitta, Mrs. Mildred Shortt Hi Feb. 4: A. fi. Counts, Mrs. Henry T. Fellers, Miss Abbs Hiller, Sheriil Jean Humphries, Mrs. Horace T. Boozer, Join L. Lindler Jr, Kay Nichols, Diane lealy. * mm