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Many women are smart enough to ask a man for advice . . . but few of %.S. ' ' V them are dumb enough to take it. VOLUME 24; NUMBER 41. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA,}.; THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1961 A $2.00 PER YEAR The Evaluation The success of the evaluation of Newberry High School will de pend in large part on the capa bility of the committee members —their capability to graduate, from their own school systems, students who can take the hurdles at college without tripping. All of the committee members apparent ly are wed qualified. I atn famil iar, to some extent, with the type •of school operated by one of them, and if the others are as successful in their school administrations, the committee should be a good one. This type of evaluation comes at .a good time, on the heels of a statement by Congressman Robert Hemphill concerning the quality •of education being offered in this state. The Greenville News reports the ■Congressman as having said in a recent speech: “During the past four years, I have been appalled at the number of fine, outstanding, leading stu dents of South Carolina high schools . . . who having brilliant high school records, wishing to g6 to one of the military academies , . . fail to meet academic require ments. Too often an ‘A* student in high school makes a 53 or less on an academy entrance examina tion.” He said he had been told by Army, Navy, and Air Force rep- sentatives that South Carolina high school grades are weakest in English grammar and composi tion, and mathematics. The Congressman’s major con cern was over the state’s educa tional system “failure to develop the learning ability of the individ ual involved as revealed in serv ice i academy candidate’s poor showing, in aptitude tests.” This information from Con gressman Hemphill should not be too surprising. The ability to learn is not developed by “crip” courses which require no more than a glance at the next day’s assign ment. The ability to use correct grammar and to express ideas co herently is not developed through true-false and matching type tests and examinations. (I might state here that a teacher who is burd ened with a 175 to 200 student load cannot be too much blamed lor giving those types of tests.) Teachers who allow students to pass with just the slightest know ledge of easier phases of a course are cheating the children, just as much as if the student passed by copying from another’s work. The only thing a student learns from such a teacher is the ability to get by the easiest way possible, and sooner or later, eith er in school or in work, the lack of knowledge will catch up with i. bim. A good teacher is one who real izes that his job is to make a stu dent think. A good teacher will make an effort to do that, if not completely thwarted by pressure from school administrators and parents. Incidentally, if your child claims he has the meanest teach er in town, chances are he has the best one—one who, expects him to study and work for the grade on his report card. \ The matter of teacher pay is a ticklish one. I believe there are many good teachers who have left the profession because of the low salaries. I believe there are many —perhaps most of our teachers— who are drastically underpaid. There are also a number who are just as drastically overpaid. The knottiest problem of all is—who is to decide which teacher is a good one and which isn’t? Pertiaps an evaluation commit tee, such as the one now at the high school, could answer this question. Several impressive - sounding degrees do not necess arily prove that a teacher is a good teacher, because, until a few years ago, the Master’s degree in Education, required to hike a teacher’s pay in S. C. consisted, at least at Carolina, of some 30- odd hours of Education (method ology) courses only, with no ere-1 dit allowed for graduate courses taken in subject matter to be taught. I understand this has been changed to some extent now. ^ There are still a few subjects left in our high schools which re quire concentration from a stu dent. Under the present set-up, the best,way to insure a “think ing” course of study >!3for your youngsters is to see that they take these courses provided, of course, they are mentally capable to handle them. - By DORIS A. SANDERS Newberrians To Take Part In Symposium Garden club members from throughout the state will meet at the University of South Carolina Friday for a 2-day “Symposium on Conservation, Horticulture and the' Art of Good Living.” The symposium, an annual ev ent, is presented by the Garden Club of South Carolina in coop eration with the university. All sessions are open to the public. Meetings are scheduled • in Drayton Hall and Russell House on the USC campus. A coffee hour will begin the activities at 9 a.m. Friday. It will be held in the university president’s resi dence, and Mrs. Robert L. Sum- wait will be hostess. Following the coffee hour the symposium will open with Mrs. Richard L. Baker presiding. She is president of the Garden Club | of South Carolina. President Sumwalt will welcome partici pants. Dr. W. H. Camp of. the Univer sity of Connecticut will give the morning lecture, “The World in Your Garden,” and the luncheon speaker will be Dr. Wade T. Batson of the USC Department of Biology, “Wild Flowers in Your Garden.” William Pahlman, interior deco rator of New Yprk, will be the afternoon speaker. His subject is “Your Wofld.” Also in the afternoon, Mrs. Francis Hart will give flower demonstrations assisted by Mrs. Willis Fuller. Both are residents of Anderson. A coffee hour in the garden of South Caroliniana Library will conclude the Friday program. Saturday’s program will be de voted to Junior Garden Chib mem bers, and the theme will be “A Junior’s Point of View.” Juniors are invited to the coffee Saturday morning at the Sumwalt residence, and on Saturday afternoon, will be entertained in the Governor’s Garden. During the Saturday ses sion, Dr. Batson will speak to the juniors on the subject “Wild Flowers in Your Ga.den.” The response will be by Miss Susan Elizabeth Frazier, member of the Junior Palmetto Garden Club of Newberry. Plans Made For Queen Contest / Plans are about complete for the Valentine Queen Contest, sponsored by the Civic League, to be held Saturday night, February 14 at the high school auditorium 8 p.m. Qut-of-town judges have been to select Newberry’s of Hearts, according to v#vic League President, Mrs. T. P. Crooks. Fifty-six sponsors will sponsor 56 lovely young ladies who will participate in the con test. Entertainment will be furnish ed during eliminations. Names of contestants, sponsors, aiid other information will be pub lished next week. sw;.: .V,. IMP# m Heart Month Is Underway In County; Heart, Sunday Planned Police Chief Back On Duty Police Chief Colie Dowd has re turned to his duties i * the city police department aft.. having been confined to his hon. for month because of illness. February will be Heart Month in Newberry, as the result of a proclamation signed by Ernest H. Layton, mayor. Mayor Layton observed that only research can provide the new scientific knowledge through which the heart and blood vessel diseases eventually will be con trolled. He called upon the citi zens of Newberry “through their businesses, civic and service or ganizations and homes” to give their earnest cooperation of the 1961 Heart Fund campaign of the South Carolina Heart Association which supports research, education and community service programs. The Heart Fund drive began here Wednesday, February 1 and will continue throughout the month of February. It will reach a high point on Heart Sunday, February 26, when hundreds of volunteers will call, door-to-door in the residential areas of New berry for contributions from their neighbors. Mrs. Geneva '"Bicker- staff is serving as chairman of Heart Sunday. T. B. (Dad) Amis is chairman of the county Heart Fund cam paign. Serving as co-chairman is Mrs. T. P. Crooks. Others named by Mr. Amis to assist in the drive are George Rodelsperger, treasur er; Mrs. P. D. Dawkins, secre tary; George Way, Mrs. Mildred Holliday, Miss Doney Crain, Mrs. T. B. Amis, represhments; Ollie Moye, Mrs* Doris Sanders, Mrs. A. H. Counts and Jimmy Coggins, publicity. Mrs. Abrams Dies At Age Of 89 Mrs. Susan Garrett Abrams, 89, widow of H. H. Abrams, died late Thursday night at her home on Calhoun St. after a long illness. Born near Cross Hill, she was a daughter of the late William P. ] and Susan Tribble Garrett. She was a member of the First Bap tist Church, the Woman’s Mission ary Society and the Drayton Ruth erford Chapter of the UJD.C. Survivors include a daughter. Mrs. Floyd Bradley, o f Newber ry. Funeral services were conduct ed at Whitaker Funeral Home at 3 pun. Saturday by Rev. Ken neth Wilson, Rev. T. H. Vickery and Rev. J. R. McKittrick. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were James Abrams, George Abrams, Ollie Donkle, Hugh Barker, Harry Hedgepatlj, George Rodelsperger, Ray Abrams and Pinckney Ab- [ deception To onor Pastor And Family Members of Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church will entertain at a reception Saturday night from 7 until 9 in the Fellowship Room of the church, honoring the hew pastor. Dr. Clarence K. Derrick, I Sr., Mrs. Derrick and their daugh ter, Mildred. Dr. Derrick began j his duties as pastor of Mayer Me morial on February 1st. Members and friends of the I congregation are cordially invited] to attend. am Hi I ' m TrW Members of the committee to evaluate teac £hcilit es,‘ curriculum tion of Newberry High School arrived here Monday night to begin their work, shown here with J. y. Kneece, superintendent of the high schol. Seated, f™™ Miss Barbara Glascock from Dreher High School; P. L Dowling, s Greenwood schools, who is serving as chairman of the committee; Si Nichols, principal of Pelion High. Standing, from left, R. P. Wilder, principal < High; Rogert Kirk, principal of Columbia High; J. K. Derrick, principal of High; and Archie Whittinghill, principal of Dreher High. (Sunphoto.) 0 Table Tennis MMiS To New Highway Commissioner About $1,200 Start Soon rams. UDC CHAPTER MEETS TUESDAY Drayton Rutherford Chapter, United Daughters of the Confed eracy, will meet Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 4 p.m. at the home of Mrs. M. L. Youmans, with Mrs. J. VI Kneece and Mrs. T. H. Pope, as sociate hostesses. Miss Rosabel Thompson will have charge of the historical program. The deadline for entering the city-wide table tennis tournament, sponsored by the Newberry Rec reation Department, is February It), 1961. The tournament will be hfeld on February 13 ,according to P. K. Fuller, recreation director. Registration will be at the Youth Center any Monday, Wed nesday or Friday until Feb. 10 be tween the hours of 3 and 5:30 p. m. The age groups (all ages as of Jan. 1) boys and girls participat ing separately, are as follows: Mite, 12 years and under; Mid get, 13 and 14 years; Junior, 15, 16 and 17 years; Senior, 18 years and older. The classes will be singles and doubles, boys and girls, in all age groups. Official rules as stipu lated in the latest National Table Tennis guide will be observed. Winners in each group will take part in a Western District Tour nament to be held in Newberry on March 11, 1961. Paddles and balls will be furninshed, but players may use their own paddles if they desire, according to Fuller. Joanna Buys American Made Spinning Frames A. |!400,000 contract for the mod ernization of 215 spinning frames has been placed by the Joanna Cotton Mills Co. ;; ' Walter Regnery, vice president of Joanna, said the contract was placed with Roberts Co.,. of San- Jdkird, N. C., textile machinery man ufacturer. <'’-Joanna completed one of the most extensive tests ever conduct- $*ed in, the textile industry in eval- uatirig most of the available mod- }.ernizations. Five companies, in cluding a Japanese firm, modern ized 11 spinning frames each dur- |/ih£ a year period. Two other frames were modernized with oth er systems- Joanna will spin carded and cbmbed cotton yarns in counts from ,15s to 100s with the new , modernization. The 215 frames include 50,000 spindles. About $1200 was collected dur ing' the Mother’s March for the National Foundation Tuesday ev ening, bringing the total for all Pre-School Mother’s Club No. 1 will present a fashion show entit led “A Passport to Spring” Wed nesday, February 8 at the Com munity Hall. The event will be gin at 3:15, at which time re freshments will be served. Tickets priced a at $1 for adults and 50 cents for students are now on sale. They may be ob tained from any member of the club or can be purchased at Ber- gens. Modeling the fashions will be the Misses Faye McCullough, Eva Jane Price, Claudia Setzler and Glenda Wise. Also showing the clothes will be Mrs. Thomas Pope, Mrs. Herschel Kemper, Mrs. Vir gil Rinehart, Jr., Mrs. Alfred Spotts, Mrs. Robert Schumpert, Mrs. James Wiseman, Jr., Mi*s! Robert Hawkins, Mrs. Keitt Pur cell, *Mrs. Stuart Merrick, Mrs. Harry' Cromer, Mrs. Frank Lom- inack, Jr., Mrs. Cyril Hutchin son and Mrs. Gus Ellis. A num ber of children’s fashions will be also shown. A number of prizes will be giv en to the audience. All • proceeds from this venture will be used on the club’s projects, all of which benefit the pre-school age child ren of Newberry. Among the fashions to be shown are those in the photo graph above, shown by Mrs. Stuart Merrick on the left, Mrs. Alfred Spotts, center, and Mrs. Robert Hawkins. (Sunphoto.) Coates To Speak To Teachers J. P. Coates, president of the South. Carolina Retired Teachers Association, will be guest speak er when the retired teachers of Newberry County meet this (Thursday) afternoon at 3:15 p. m. in the auditorium of Junior High School. All retired teachers of the county who have taught in schools of South Carolina, and those who will retire in June 1961 are urged to attend this very im portant meeting. William L. Patterson,. promin ent Laurens County businessman, was unanimously elected on Jan uary II as District Highway Commissioner to represent Dist rict 8. He succeeds King Dixon Sr., of Laurens, who resigned a^ter being elected tp the state sedate. His term will expire April 15, 1963, the time at whiqh Mr. Dixon’s would have ended. A commissioner cannot suceed himself except up on the unanimous vote of the leg islative delegations of his dist rict, as the office rotates among the respective counties in the dist rict. No. 8 is composed of Lau rens, Newberry, Greenwood and Abbeville Counties. The new commissioner took the oath of office, administered by Secretary of State O. Frank Thornton, on January 18, and attended his first meeting of the Commission January 19. George Wicker Rites Wednesday George Calvin Wicker, 81, died Tuesday morning at his home on Rt. 2, Newberry, after two years of declining health and an illness of two weeks. Mr. Wicker was bom and reared in the St. Phillips sec tion of Newberry County .and was a son of the late Walter D. and Mary Cromer Wicker. He was a member of St. Phillips Lutheran Church and was a farmer. Survh s are his wife, Mrs. Florence Metts Wicker; 3 sons, Walker Jake, Clarence and George Willie Wicker, all of Newberry; 3 daughters, Mrfe. Mary Smith, and Mrs. Irene Smith, both of Newberry, and Mrs. Frances Wicker of Pomaria; a sister, Mrs. Alice Rikard of Newberry; 2 brothers, Manuel and Adam Wicker, both of New berry, and 28 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3 p.m. Wednesday at St. Phillips Lutheran Church by Rev. Clarence L. Richardson. Burial was in the church cemetery. > Mrs., Minnie C. Spearman, form erly pf Newberry, died in a Dur ham, TL C., Boepltal Tuft day. She Was bom and reared in Newberry County and for the past several years had made her home in DurhJ&n.' She was the widow of Walters. Spearman. Surviving are a eon, Walter S. Spearman Jr. of Durham and two grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Wednesday at the graveside at Mt. Zion Baptist Church near Sil- vprstreet by Rev. Kenneth B. Wil son. Former Resident Died Wednesday Irving Charles Kurtz, 61, of 2614 Country Club Lane, Char lotte, N. C., passed away Wed nesday, Jan. 25, 1961, in a Char lotte hospital. Mr. Kurtz was the owner of the Smart Shop at Con cord. He was a member of the Tem ple Israel, where he was a form er member of the board of di rectors, The B’Nai Brith, the Masonic Order and the Shrine. Mr. Kurtz is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fannye Weitzman Kurtz; two sons, Jack M. Kurtz of Charleston, Robert L. Kurtz of Charlotte; two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Betz of Columbia, Mrs. Morris Siegel of Rock Hill; and two brothers, Ben and Albert Kurtz, of Rock Hill. x Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon from the Hovis Memorial Chapel by Rabbi Marc Samuels and Ka zan Robert Shapiro. Interment was in the Hebrew Cemetery. mei£ ten jtf In accordance with General Od der Number 5, State of South Carolina Military Department, De partment, Office of the Adjutant General, dated 6 January 1961, and in recognition of length of service in the South Carolina Na tional Guard, the Active State Service Medal for ten (10) years service was presented by Captain William M. Minick, the Battery Commander of Battery “C” 1st AW Bn (SP) 2634 Arty, New berry, during a drill on Sunday, 22 January 1961 to SFC E-6 John nie J. Stribble and SGT E-5 Jacob H. Bowles, Jr. Poth are members of Captain Minick’s unit. March of Dimes pro; reported to about $400 ing to Charles Graj§| Dimes chairman for '>,s Chamber of Commerce, sponsored the drive. This ; expected to. be 'higher.; reports are complete. A radio broadcast fron beginning at 10:15 p.m. ing at 2 a.m. brought j according to radio pe The results of the < phase of the March of been very gratifying, C. Griffith, coffi man, said today incomplete, con the coffees have and are sure to exceed reported. She expressed preciation to the clubs viduals throughout the coun have cooperated to make the ject a success, and reques those who have had parties have not reported them to please do so as soon as possible. Haring coffees since publica tion of the Bst list were Tranwood, Beth-Eden and Bethel Garmany Home strati on Clubs; Floral Club, Mrs. Russell Addy and ^ David Ringer/ Mt. •V.’v (tew u: ' 'T’t-;,. Feb. 5: Howard Bickley, Enlow, Mrs. Harold Aull, A/ Livingston, Tommy Longshore, W. B. Timmerman, Loretta Werts, Mrs. Frank "SGrahart, Jacqueline Counts, Hawkins, Mrs. Duffle F Mrs. W. A. Webb, Jeff Wa Mrs. Fred Hayes, Mrs. R. Shealy, Waties Pope, Tom H, Westwood, Tommy Mims. Feb. 6: Gene Hendrix, Sirs. C. W. Bowers, Bessie Bradley, Pat Thompson. Feb. 7: Henry Baker Sum mer, Edward Kent Duckworth* Mrs. A. B. Nugent, Sarah Alice Long, Mrs. Ernest Long, Wil li un Thomas Werts, Mrs. A. A. Cleland, Mrs. J. Harold Hendrix, Lola Davenport, Dale Cannon. Feb. 8: Mrs. Dorothy F. We«- singer, Mrs. G. S. Dominick, Cynthia' Lake, Joe E. Yarbor ough, J. A. Bundrick, Miss Lillie Mae Workman, Larne Jones, Tommie P. Setzler, Wayne Wick er, Frances Smith, Frank Yo- chem. Feb. 9: Tim Tedford, Mia. Frank Satterwhite, Mrs. Bertha Farr Lake, Mrs. Henry Dennis, Mrs. M. W. Felker, Mrs. Ada Kinard. Feb. 10: Mrs. J. W. Smithy Billy O’Dell, Frances McEntire Bartley, Mrs. A. B. Lake, Jackie S. Merchant, Mrs. Frances Dan ielson, J. E. Ringer, Julia Ann Perkins, Fred Myers, Larry Franklin, Bobby Shealy, James C. Abrams. Feb. 11: Vernon Boozer, Mrs. Ruth K. Coleman, Wade Nichols, Jndy Half acre, Irvine B. Leslie* ■■