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i ,V** . ■ •'■J 3E't.'«i They asked May Green, when she applied at the school board, how long she intended to teach. “From here to maternity/' she replied. u # ?***’?.. r [V. -r i VOLUME 24; NUMBER 43. / NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROUNArTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1961 ■ * .A ■ — ■vw*; Ez Tike says he believes in reincar nation ... we do tool after seeing u - .•C*V : *• . f.i!/ *• / ;_f f him come back to. life at quitting time. • % A* \ > # Jf t T^: ij- ;-JJ! V <t ' Tvt r jMik- : ' :: ’ S‘ V.- ’ 'V ■' ’/1 v A- T AW r' 1: if. ,>a. . * ;r?ar /. ■ . , •4-f v $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way, By Doris A. Sanders , I 'WHO’S STALLING? As a court reporter (one who takes in shorthand and ^anscribes -verbatim testimony) I have had occasion to report many cases in volving labor board disputes. “Whenever a company would ask for a delay in a case, the union involved would always accuse the company of just delaying action on the case. Seems now the shoe is on the other foot. The union, always so insistent on early disposition of cases in which it thinks it has the upper hand, employs the delaying tactic when matters take a re verse trend. The labor board hearing, orig inally scheduled for Tuesday at the court house in Newberry, has heen delayed until February 24 and will be held in Columbia. I un derstand this came about because of a request by Local Union 120. If Local 120 would consent to hav ing an election, there would be no necessity for the hearing, and an election to determine whether or not Local 120 will remain or will go from Newberry Mills, Inc., could be quickly determined. Who’s stalling now? mm mmm; *w#vv WM t, mi mm k.ji? yMSfigsK-' rWw. : mmm : vi v- • ■ >v mm wm ’Wm mm ' ’ T ? mmmm r- TN SYMPATHY Many families have been be reaved during these winter months because of the passing of a loved one. Those who have gone to their reward include citizens of all ages, from all walks of life. Death has taken its toll particularly, it seems, from our respected senior citizens. To all of these families -we express our sympathy, but Jthree recent deaths affected me a little ‘ more, perhaps, because of past associations. Week before last, “Aunt Sue” Abrams died after a long illness. X<ast week, Mrs. J. W. White and R. Derrill Smith were more sud denly taken. “Aunt Sue” was a most re markable person; a gentlewoman who loved her fellowman, by whom she was also loved. Until her last illness, which lingered many months, she always baked her own birthday cake and, with evident delight, served it to her friends who came by to extend greetings. Her loss will be deeply felt by her daughter, Mrs. Floyd Bradley, and her many friends. Mrs. White was an interesting —and interested—lady. She never let herself become stagnant by just sitting around, but even in her advanced years, with poor eye sight, she continued operating her little shop. She became a charter member of the VFW auxiliary when it was organized in the late 1940s, and for a long while at tended every meeting and served as Chaplain. She always attended the various services of her church, . and the “Golden Age Fellowship” was perhaps her favorite organi zation. She served as its president, and attended several state conven tions of the group. Even with her failing eyesight, she refused to be dependent on others, until a fall last year, resulting in a broken bone, kept her in bed for a while. She recovered and returned to her little shop and operated it until her last illness last week. She never let a friend’s birth day or anniversary pass without sending a cheerful greeting. The world could do with more citizens who display the thoughtfulness, independence and fortitude of Mrs. White. There are two people who stand out as the first I remembered when we moved to Newberry. One is Miss Gertrude Reeder, my be loved first grade teacher who now lives in Cayce; the other is Mr.. R. Derrill Smith, who was superin tendent of the Sunday school I at tended. Only a few weeks ago, Mr. Der- rill was showing our two little girls his prize birds—pheasants, fancy pigeons and chickens, and tiny baby rabbits. Last year he sent them some “ready-made Eas ter eggs,” colored eggs from his South American chickens. He was oxtremely. proud of his own grand children, and very fond of other children. His main interest, other than his home and family, was his church. He attended all services, as some other members do, but he was one of the few willing to do something extra. For a number of years, Mr. Derrill, along with the late Rev. C.' A. Calcote and a handful of other volunteers, spent every Sunday afternoon organiz ing and conducting Sunday school and church services at Aveleigh Presbyterian’s “out st” missions, Little River, Helena, McCullough Miss Rosemary Sease was chosen as Newberry’s Queen of Hearts at the annual Valentine Queen contest held Saturday night, sponsored by the Civic League. She is the daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Bur ton Sease of Route 3, Newberry. She was crowned by the retiring queen. Miss Joyce Swygert. First runner-up was Miss Sandra Shealy and second runner-up. Miss Sylvia Bedenbaugh. In the photo from left, are Misses Bedenbaugh, Sease, Swygert and Shealy. (Photo by Richard Briggs.) Mail Service By Bus To Take Place Of Train Dispatches Discontinuance of two daily trips of Southern trains through Newberry will not mean a slow down of mail service for local residents, according to Postmaster Harry E. Moose. “In some in stances, it will be iven better,” he continued, “and in most cases the schedule will still meet qual ifications for mail within the state being delivered the next morning.” This service will be possible be cause, begimung Sunday night, the local post office is establish ing a pouch of- mail to go over Greyhound bus. The pouch will be sent every night of the year, ex cept legal holidays, and will be closed-at 9 p.m. This pouch, to be dispatched to Columbia, will con tain preferential mail — first class, special delivery, etc.—and such mail placed in the post of fice by ten minutes before nine will be processed and included in the pouch. The preferential mail pouch will contain mail for all points, and will arrive in Columbia to be worked in time for the mail truck which leaves Columbia at 3:10 a.m. to bring mail back in this direction and on to Greenville. The postmaster explained that a letter mailed to Greenville before nine o'clock will go to Columbia by bus, and will be sent back to Greenville by the mail truck in time for morning delivery in Greenville. The last mail to be dispatched over the Southern train’ will be Sunday morning, when the train heads back to Columbia on its final run. Students Hurt In Car Wreck Two Newberry College students, Dixon Hayes and Mason McCon nell, were injured in an automo bile accident Tuesday night about seven miles north of Newberry on the Whitmire Highway. Hayes, driver of the car. was more seriously injured and was transferred to the Columbia Hos pital. He is reported to have suf fered a broken hip and spine in juries. McConnell received lacera tions of the arms and back and an eye injury. He was admitted to Newberry County Memorial Hos pital for treatment. Cause of the accident is not known. The car, a 1955 Mercury, overturned on a curve and struck a tree. It was completely demol ished. and Queens. He also acted as sup erintendent of these little classes until they were on their own. A heart attack four years ago forced his retirement from his wholesale grocery business, but he remained active in his hobbies and what business he felt like trans acting up unoil the day of his swift and fatal attack. His family, his church, his friends and the community mourn and will miss Derrill Smith. Last Rites For Derrill Smith Were Saturday R. Derrill Smith, 72, passed away suddenly at ''45 last Thurs day morning at his residence on Main Street. Mr. Smith was bom in New berry, the son of Robert D. Smith and Lucy Boozer Smith. He at tended Newberry City schools and was graduated from New berry College in 1908. He entered the wholesale grocery business in 1909 with his father, and in 1935 entered business for himself. He retired in 1957. Subsequent tohis retirement, he engaged in farm ing and real estate, but spent most of his time in buying and selling unusual types of birds, rabbits and chickens, a business that be gan as a hobby about 50 years ag':. He corresponded with per sons throughout the nation who had the same interests. He was a faithful and x devoted member of Aveleigh Presbyterian Church, where he was senior Eld er at the time of his death. He began serving as superintendent, secretary and treasurer of Ave leigh Sunday School before he was 20 years of age, and served con tinuously until 1945, at which time the Sunday School presented him an engraved gold loving cup as a tribute to his long and faith ful service. He attended Sunday school, church services and pray er meetings as long as his health permitted, and continued his church attendance, until about three weeks before his death. During the 1930s, he was active in the establishment of outpost Sunday schools at Little River, Helena, McCullough and Queens. Three of these later became or ganized churches. He is survived by his wife, Julia M. Smith and four children: one son, R. Clayton Smith of New berry; three daughters, Lucy S. Lambeth of Mobile, Ala.; Julia S. Randall of Beaufort, and Derrill S. Beat of Toledo, Ohio; and nine grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed at 10 a.m. Saturday at his residence by Dr. Neil E. Trues- dell, his pastor; assisted by Rev. Milton Wilmesheer, pasior of the First Presbyterian Church of Beaufort. Burial was in Spring- dale cemetery. Active pallbearers were Leon Nichols, Carter Abrams, Warren Abrams, Jack Chappell, Bill Tur ner Sr., and James Hutchinson. The honorary escort was com posed of officers of the church. Post Office Be Closed The Newberry post office will be closed Wednesday, February 22 in observance of George Washington’s birth day, a legal holiday. There will be no city or rural deliv eries, Mail will be placed in , post office boxes, and outgo ing mail dispatched as usual, according to the postmaster. Hearing Date, Place Changed The hearing before the Na tional Labor Relations Board, scheduled for February 14 in Newberry, has been postponed un til February 24 and will be held in | Columbia, according to informa tion received here. It was report ed that the change in time and pMce were made because of a re quest by Local Union 120. The hearing was called after the Labor Board received a petition signed by a large number of em ployees of Newberry Mills, Inc., requesting that an election be held to determine whether Local Union 120 still represents a ma jority of employees at the Ipcal plant. Testimony will be taken by a hearing officer and a decision will then be made by the Board as to whether an election will be held. The hearing will^ begin at 10:30 a.m. at Richland County Court House. ' > : Wm i P? Sgggglprff > * * C U * \v ipsis 1 if ■ m-i * ■ W' i , I-" m I im ;*svr On March 25 Members of the Spelling Con test Committee met Saturday to make plans for the county con test to be held Saturday, March 25 at Newberry High School be ginning at 9:30 a.m. The Contest is open to students under 16 years of age in the 5th through 8th grades. The student winning first place in the county will be awarded a prize of $5 and will participate in the State Spelling Contest to be held at Anderson College on April 29. Second place county winner will receive $3, third place, $2. Members of the contest commit tee are James D. Brown, Super intendent of Education; Mrs. Car olyn Cope, Mrs. Evelyn Langford and Mrs. Jennie Walker. CRITICALLY ILL Friends of Dr. M. L. Kester will be sorry to learn that he is crit ically ill at a rest home in Edge- field. Dr. Kester, the father of Mrs. Ruth Davis of Newberry, was a resident of Boundary Street Rest Home until it was closed a few weeks ago. City-Wide Day Of Prayer Service Set World Day of Prayer will be ob served in Aveleigh Presbyterian Church Friday, February 17 at 4 p.m. The theme is “Forward Through the Ages.” Each of the following churches participating will have members to lead in this service: Central Methodist, First Baptist, St. Luke’s Episcopal, Redeemer Luth eran, Associate Reformed Pres byterian and Aveleigh Presby terian. Christians around the world will participate in local observ ances of the 75th World Day of Prayer in search of the higher harmony for mankind in a world distraught and divided. The offering taken will be allo cated for interdenominational work with American Indians, low income -farming communities and agricultural immigrants in the United States and overseas, for developing Christian leadership, for literature abroad and for work with foreign students in this country. World Day of Prayer will be observed in 145 countries around the world. It is hoped that as many as pos sible will make a special effort to attend this interdenominational service. $. White, 87, Died Friday At Hospital Btrs. Julia Elizabeth Smith Wfcite, 87, died late Friday night! at the dewberry County Memor ial Hospital after a brief illness. I Shf was the widow of John Wil liam White, a local businessman who died in 1939. Mrs. White was born in Prin cess Ann, Md., daughter of the late Levin Hallard and Julia Le<yntes Smith. She had been in business for herself in Newberry sin^e 1912 and was a member of Central Methodist Church, where she attended services regularly ur*»I a few weeks before her death. She was a prominent church worker, being an active member of the Woman’s Chris tian Temperance Union; the Woman’s Missionary Society and Central Calendar Society; also, the American Legion Auxiliary and the V. F. W. Auxiliary.' She organized and served as the first president of the Golden Age fellowship; was president of her Sunday School class and Central W. M. S. (W.S.C.S.), also, served as secretary of the Green wood District W.M.S. for many years. Survivors include two sons, JuL ian W. White of Greenwood and Donald W. White of Newberry; two daughters, Miss Elizabeth White of Charlotte, N. C., and Mrs. T. C. Johnson of Clinton; one brother, Sherwood Smith of River- dale, Md.; two sisters, Mrs. Hen ry H. Kinard of Newberry and Mrs. W. E. Plitt of Baltimore, Md.; and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3 p.m. Sunday from Cen tral Methodist Chpurch by the Rev. T. H. Vickery. Interment was in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Wil liam Johnson, Thad Johnson Jr., Thad Johnson III, J. W. White, Bob White, and Jake Inman. West End Baptist Church burned the mortgage on its new building during morning worship service Sunday. Rev. Ralph Rhyne, shown in the center of the front row above, and Jack Senn,' left, chair man of the board, performed the ceremony. At ri|M, front row;, is Rev. J. Ed Taylor, pastor of West End Baptist when the new building was constructed, now a missionary in Pharr, Texas. Rev. Taylor brought the morning message. On the back row are signet^ of the mortgage, who were deacons at Map,, the time the money was borrowed to build the church. From left, they are A. S. Bebb, L. B. Davis, Er- w - franklin, Otto Warren; ttrfcfte I & nest Ward, J. D. McMeekin. Marion Dodgen and Harold Leopard. f fSuhohoto) Council System on Main A new whiteway lighting sys tem for Main and College streets was approved by city council Tuesday night. The jHi jiew lights will cost fXSSS each, and labor for clearing and installation will be $2500, making a total of: $£125. The $2500 will include ‘removal at a few large oak trees on Main St. between the sidewalk ind curb, the removal being necessary both to install the lights aim to install a new 10-inch water main plan; ned for proposed water extensions. County Native Dies In Atlanta Mrs. Sara Suber Way, 47, died early Wednesday morning at an Atlanta Hospital after a linger ing illness. Mrs. Way was a native of New berry, a daughter of Mrs. J. S. J. Suber and the late Mr. Suber of Pomaria. She was married to George D. Way, son of Mrs. P. E. Way and the late Dr. Way of Newberry. In addition to her husband and mother, she is survived by three sisters and two brothers. Funeral services were incomplete at press time, but will be announc ed from Me Swain Funeral Home to which' the body was brought Wednesday afternoon. The lights will begin in the vi- approval was given to free park- 4 * cinity of McMdrris and Main and will extend to. Kinard St. On College St., the new lights will begin at s * Harrington and extend to Rosemont Cemetery. According to information from with Hal Kohn for the purpose ing in meter spaces cii February 17 and 18, to be known as “Ap preciation Days.” The City Manager and City At torney were authorized to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Brown have moved to 1728 Harris St. mey, the $800,000 preparing an agreement If*. * Council to consider water, sewer and ele< development Mr. Kohn is ning adjacent to Johnstone St. and By-Pass 76. The development, when finished, will have 27 lota with street width of 40 feet. The agreement will be submitted to council for final approval. , Council approved a resolution the BondYAttor combined utilities revenue bonds are,, Sefcisduled for.. sale MhjiPf, 1961. Pian^ and specifications for water and sewer extensions are being prepared and bids on the construction will be advertised for in April. Most of this work will be in the Hartford Heights area, but other areas will benefit by installation of water mains to provide increased measure. W, . , ! /, :• ; r ., 4 jy-L ' i ; X . ^,j Council decided to grant the re quest of the Speers Street Parent- Teacher Association to make Pope Terrace a one-way street between Speers and Chapman Sts. with all vehicular traffic going in a north erly direction, and Kibler street one-way between Speers and Chapman with all vehicular traffic going in a southerly direction. It is hoped by the PTA that this will help solve the traffic tie-ups at the school during opening and closing hours. Council approved a recommen dation to remove all parking from the west side of Caldwell street between Main and Friend. Park ing has been removed from this street on a trial basis for the past several weeks. •tn response to a request by the Newberry Merchants Association, ■ <! •4 providing for the State Highway- Department to proceed with plans for the “construction, reconstruc tion, alteration or improvement” of the following streets: Luther from Evans to Wheeler; . Bachman from Luther to Forrest; Deloach from Copeland easterly to present pavement; . Bowman from Johnstone to Eleunor; Clary Drive from Harrington to Mc- Hardy; McHardy from McHardy to Mower; Taylor from Vincent to Drayton; Matthews from Cope land easterly; Wise from Emory to Johnstone; Emory from Ade laide to Wise; Harris from Vin cent to Cline; and Copeland from Johnstone to present pavement. *4 “Famous Americans” was the title of the historic! skit presented by Cub Scout Pack 66 when its members met in the Educational Building of the A.R.P. church Friday for the 51st anniversary Blue and Gold Banquet. Those taking part in the skit were, front row, from left, Sandy Fretweil (Theodore Roosevelt), William Renwick (Cub Scout), Hugh Lister (Abraham Lincoln), Jimmy Coggins (Thomas Edison), Eric Miller (Benjamin Franklin), Craig Morehead (George Washington), Bryson Senn (Her ald); second row, Ralph Baker Summer (Robert E. Lee), Floyd Mills III (Daniel Boone), Walter Summer (den chief), Michael Henderson (cub scout boy), Henry Parr (Thomas Jefferson), and Stan ley Renwick, who conducted the flag ceremony. GREETINGS Feb. 19: Jim Feagle, W. R. Feagle, Mrs. Emma Longshore^ Mrs. L. W. Wilson, Charles Ki nard, Mrs. Eva McKissick, Mrs. S. E. Longshore, James D. Crooks, Marcia Monroe, Ken neth Tompkins, Mrs. Harry Dukes. Feb. 20: T. Clyde Tindall, Mrs. C. F. Thompson, Henry E. Mills, Joan Davenport, Larry Summer. Feb. 21: Mrs. Ruth Davis, Wilson Leitzsey, Ralph Summer, Jesee Outz. Feb. 22: Mary Rath Walton, Mrs. J. V. Lomax, Cathy Ben nett. f ■- '• Feb. 23: Mrs. Ralph W. Con nelly, Lawrence E. Connelly, Mrs. Luther Hamm, Sanford V. Epps, Ann Wheeler, Mrs. Harry Kyzer, John Miller, Martha Ky- zer. Feb. 24: R. A. Feagle, Doro thy Koon, Mrs. W JL. Shipman, Rey Lominack, Essie Cook, Mrs. Tompsie Summers, Mrs. Kirk- sey Koon, W. R. Lominick, Wil liam Grady Bedenbaugh, Larry Swygert, Natalie Setzler, A. L% Goff, Julia Mae Komi, Margaret t H. Lovell, Jimmy Underwood. Feb, 25: John C. Adams, Robn . ert Davenport, .Ira. Ruth Wood, Willie Ann Berley, Carol E. Epting, Peggy Berley, Marion Long, Elizabeth Hayes Wald- hotjr, S. L. Waldhour, J. J. Hughes, • Willie Lee Ringer, Sandra Petty.