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NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROUNArTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1961
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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.
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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. '
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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
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the time the money was borrowed to build the church. From left, they are A. S. Bebb, L. B. Davis, Er-
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nest Ward, J. D. McMeekin. Marion
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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.
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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,
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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.
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“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
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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.