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utt VOLUME 24—NUMBER 46. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961 $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way - By DORIS A. SANDERS of as many of tl.^se jobs as pos sible. Also, it is hard to square the minimum wage proposal with the i President’s urge that labor accept wage stabilization in order to i THE DOGS A number of readers have ask- «d recently that I start writing again about the stray dog situa tion. The creatures seem to have subsided in our neighborhood to j^gjp prevent more inflation. An in- some extent during the winter, o: | crease j n the lowest wage means perhaps I just didn t notice them increases all along the line—the because the girls weren t playing } 1 igh er .p a i c i > skilled workers nat- outdoors so much. urally demand that their differen- In the past week or two, how- tial be maintained. Then the wage- ■ever, they have appeared on the price spiral is off to the races scene again and folks all about tovcn are complaining that the stray dogs are ruining their flow er beds and shrubbery. This is bad enough, but my fear is that some small child will be the victim of the dog packs. The matter has been brought before Council and has been shelv ed. Personally, I have given up hope that council will do anything until a child is torn to pieces by stray dogs. Then perhaps they will act—when it is too late. again. SIGNATURE, PLEASE I understand there were certain persons who took exception to what was said in this column last week. They seemed to be surpris ed to learn that we would print *‘their side” of the story. As I have stated many times, we will print any “side” provided the material is not libelous and provided the letter or statement is signed. The signature will be withheld from publication if re quested, but we will not publish anything 'com an anonymous source. A NICE CHANGE The temperature, as I w r rite this, is about 75, I would imagine. A year ago at this time, I was lying in a hospital bed watching the snow fall outside. Spring seems to have arrived early this year and the city is beginning to show its blossoming beauty. We’ll keep our fingers crossed that a cold snap won’t come along and nip the tender peony shoots or the azalea buds which will be burst ing into flower before much long er if this weather continues. To Broadcast Games From K.C. Radio Station W'KDK will broadcast from Kansas City all games in which the New berry College Basketball team plays during the regional playoffs next week, accord ing to station personnel. The tournament begins Monday, but games will not be schedul ed until all teams arrive in Kansas City. Time of the first game in which Newberry will participate will be an nounced by WKDK as soon as the information is received here. Table Tennis Tournament The Newberry Recreation De-1 partment will host the Western | District Tab’? Tennis Tournament [ to be held at the Newberry High School Gym this Saturday morning starting at 9:00 a.m. Teams sponsored by Recreation Departments, will be represented from Anderson, Aiken, Abbeville and Newberry. The district win ners will go to the state tourna ment at Columbia on March IS. Many Services Provided By * Easter Seals Greenville Firm Gets School Contract; To Begin Work Soon ~~ : Yeargin Construction company, of Greenville w r as awarded the contract for constructing the new Boundary and Speers Street ele mentary schools. The County Board of Education voted at a special meeting Monday night to award the contract to Yeargin, the low of 13 bidders on the two projects. Bids were opened last Thursday afternoon, but the spec ial meeting was set to review subcontracts before the final de cision was made to award the contract to Yeargin, according to Gerald C. Paysinger, chairman of ,the board. The low bid for the two build ings was $529,390. The contract allows 260 working days for the completion of the two buildings although an official of the con struction company said it expects to complete the buildings in less than the time allowed, provided weather conditions are favorable. Work is expected to begin on the new buildings within a week. The construction ‘ company said that Speers street building would be finished first ,because all grading has already been done. Some small amount of grading will be neces sary at Boundary, and the building at Boundary will contain two ad ditional rooms to house the spec ial education students now attend ing West End school. The Board hopes that students will be at tending the new schools at the be ginning of the next session, or shortly thereafter. The bids from the 13 compan- Rural Fire departments will be Federal funds totaling $41,326.-h es were close, with $25 000 dif- MISS JL T ANITA HITT and Dr. Milton Moore are shown just after their election as president and vice-president, respectively, of the South Carolina Music Educators Association recently at a meeting in Columbia. Miss Hitt has been serving at president of the Choral Division of the Association, and Dr. Moore is president of the College Division. Miss Hitt is also editor of THE SOUTH CAROLINA MUSICIAN, official publication of the SCMEA. iilltp mm Next Coffee On Tuesday New Facilities At Local Armory DISTRICT 26 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS, National A^ociaO^^FSercolIegiate At&pHPfPM Newberry College Basketball team, are shown above. Kneeling^ left to right, are Bill Scarry, Mehri ' Bouknight and Steve Fuson; standing, left to right Tom Crump, Grady Jackson, Joel Derskotch, Short, Johnny Bouknight, David Hawk, Bob Sparks, Frank Purton, Jimmy Massengale and Phil «««-, grave. Their coach is Tom Quinn. The Champs leave Sunday via Delta Airlines for Kansas CttjP and regional playoffs. (Photo by Nichols.) Fans Give lal Aid For Team’s Trip To Kansa : .a. the topic of interest at the next 85 have been approved for ex coffee break sponsored by the In- pansion and construction of main- dustrial Relations Committee of tenance shop facilities at the lo- the County Development Board. cal National Guard Armory. The Robei’t E. Bryant, chairman of the work to be done will consist of a CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Coach Tom <3\iinn and the championship New- Jberry College Basketeers; also to Hadio Station WKDK and citizens of the community who have so generously donated funds to help defray expenses for the team to go to Kansas City to compete in reg ional play-offs next week. Kansas City is a little far for most In dian fans to travel to support the team, but the Coach and his boys may be sure that all Newberrians are rooting for them from back here. NEWS REVIEW The following two articles are reprinted from the Industrial New T s Review: Socialism and Cupidity According to figures just re leased by Tax Foundation, Inc., the per capita burden of federal, state and local taxes was $109 in 1940, $369 in 1960 and $715 in 1960. In virtually all state and local governments, no less than the federal government, proposals are advanced for more and more tax revenue. Unless the people re strain their demands on govern ment, and put their foot down on unnecessary government expendi tures that curry favor with pres sure groups, Karl Marx’s plan “to wrest all capital from the bourg eoisie” may become a reality in the United States. If Socialism engulfs our coun try, it will be due to the cupidity of people who think they can get something for nothing from gov- emment. Off to the Races An editorial in Life magazine has this to say about the proposal to increase the federal minimum wage and extend its coverage: '“This is certainly not going to help the unemployed any. Some jobs just aren’t worth more than an hour and to make them ille gal is to eliminate them.” The words are blunt, but justi fied. The extended coverage that is proposed, for example, would be primarily in the retail industry. "This industry provides marginal «mployment for beginners, teen agers, part-time housewives and York county Board of Fire Con trol, will be guest speaker at the coffee to be held Tuesday, March 14th at the community hall at 10 al m. The Industrial Relations Com mittee, headed by John Clarkson and Ernest Layton, is making this program available in order that everyone may be enlightened on this important subject. A ques tion and answer period will be held Now that nearly 5000 Newberry citizens have received their Eas ter Seal letters, Phillip Kelly, .... Chairman of the Easter Seal cam-, fol ' owln S M' - u Br > a "‘ s . talk ' .. , that! As ususa1 ’ th 0 public is cordial ly invited, and urged to attend. others whose productive worth is strictly limited. An out-of-line J Easter Seal twins, Paula paign, expresses the hope they will all read the letter and use the seals. “Use them on let ters, gifts, cards, bridge tallies— any w r ay you can think of. Every time another person sees an Eas ter Seal it reminds him of the happier future it is helping to provide for some crippled child or adult,” says Kelly. Mrs. Aubrey Harley, chairman of the Newberry County Chapter of the Crippled Children Society, reminds the public that 62.5 per cent of all funds collected during the drive will be used in Newberry county, and that a certified public accountant audits the chapter’s books once ayear, to see that all funds are properly spent for the purpose for which they are inten ded. Commenting on the activities of the Newberry chapter during the past year, Mrs. Harley told of some of the children and adults who have ben helped. The chapter is currently paying $48 per month to the Crippled Children clinic on Laurel street in Columbia for physical and occupational therapy for two New r berry county children. One heart-warming case is a child for whom short leg braces were provided. There w r as im provement within a month. With out the braces, the muscles in the legs and feet w'ould have atroph ied, producing life-long crippling. As a result of Easter Seal help, this child will be fully cured. Another family in which tw r o children were crippled, has been helped by having a hip brace pro vided for one, and the whole fam ily sent to the summer camp for crippled children. There occupa tional and physical therapy is pro vided for the children, and ideas and instructions on helping their children given the parents as well as a happy vacation for the family group. A hearing aid has been given to one child, so that now he can keep up vnth his classes, and a padded comfortable chair provid ed for an adult crippled by arthri tis. One five-year old twin, bom with cerebral palsy, is being giv en therapy twice a month at the clinic in Columbia. This case is similar to that of the National and The meeting will not last more than 45 minutes. Refreshments will be served by the Home Demonstration Clubs of the county. Dedicates Song To Girls Choir Walter Ehret, noted American composer, has dedicated one of his newest compositions to the New berry Elementary Girls Choir. The song, “Christmas Co m e s Again,” is w r ritten for two-part elementary choruses and is pub lished by Belwin, Inc. The inscrip tion reads: “Inscribed to the Newberry Elementary girls choir, Juanita Hitt, Dir.” Mr. Ehret of New York is di garage building, wash rack, gas storage facilities, fencing and hard topping an area behind the present armory. Grading has be gun but has not been completed due to inclement w'eather. Work will continue as soon as the weather allows. The local maintenance shop ser vices over 400 pieces of equip ment belonging to the S. C. Nat ional Guard. This includes eight M42 tanks, 108 wheel vehicles, 61 radio sets, 91 telephone sets and 153 items of miscellaneous equip ment. Four men are employed full time at the shop in Newberry. They are Warrant Officer James L .Miller, Shop Chief; SFC Cur tis O. Chapman, SFC Roy Smith and Sgt. Thomas L. Richai’dson, all mechanics. ^wage would force the elimination! (Continued on page 4) Moon Celebrates 80th Birthday Want to live a long time? Then take care of yourself practice deep breathing and take it easy. That’s the advice of James P. Moon, Newberry business man who will be 80 Wednesday. Mr. Moon, wTio is in splendid health, has never taken medicine or been treated by a medical doc tor. He was in a hospital but once. That was back in 1905 when he checked into a hospital for a check-up. On the take-it-easy question Mr. Moon says: “If a young person will walk his horses at 21, he can trot them at 70 and 80.” A native of Atlanta, Mr. Moon came to Newberry in 1918, and was a sugar broker for several years. He was elected secretary of the Newberry Chamber of Com merce in 1923 and held that post until 939.Shortly after becoming ference between the high and low bids. In addition to Yeargin, oth ers bidding on the project includ ed two county firms, W. E. Baker and Son of Whitmire and Cannon Construction and Supply of this city; also George A. Creed and Son, Crosland-Roof Construction Company., O. O. Harper Construc tion company, Harper Builders Supply,- W. C. King and Sons, W. H. Sellers & Son, C. Y. Thomass- on company, Triangle Construc tion company, Young Construc tion company, and Charles Craig Construction company. Mr. Paysinger stated that the Board will begin discusion next month of allocating the remain- ings funds from the bond issue for other school projects in the coun ty. Another special meeting of the Board will be held Monday night to complete work on the school budget for the ensuing year, and to el^ct superintendents. Teachers will be elected at the regular meeting on the 4th Tuesday in the month. Mrs. Ruff, 73, Services Today Mrs. Nenie Caldwell Ruff, 73, widow of the late George S. Ruff, died late Tuesday night at the ’ Newberry County Memorial hos pital. She had been seriously ill for the past week. Mrs. Ruff was born and reared in Fairfield county, the daughter of the late James Neely and Frances Elizabeth Mills Caldwell. She had made her home in New berry for a number of years and was a devoted member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. She was a graduate of the Due West Women’s college in 1910 and had taugh school in the county. Surviving are two sons, George S. Ruff, Jr., of Union and James C. Ruff of Cranston, R. I.; one daughter, Mrs. Frances Ruff Two Guardsmen Get Commissions Billye L. West and James A. Longshore, both former members of Headquarters and Headquar ters Detachment, 228th Signal Group, local National Guard unit, have completed an officer train ing course at Palmetto Military Academy, Columbia, and have been commissioned as second lieu tenants in the National Guard. Both received their commissions on February 16. Lt. West, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.West of Co’lege street Extension, has been transferred to Battery A, Ist Battalion, in Newberry. Lt. Longshore, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Longshore of Route 3, has been transferred to Battery B, 1st Battalion, Clinton. Promoted to fill vacancies left by these two men in the 228th Group were Harmon E. Brehmer, son of Mrs. Ruby F. Brehmer, and Tommy M. Folk, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy M. Folk. Both vYere promoted to Specialists 4th Class on February 16. i Newberrians responded to an J apiieal yesterday to give the j Champion Newberry college bas- j ketball team a flying start to the , regional tournament beginning on Monday next in Kansas City, Mo. A radio marathon, conducted by personnel of Radio Station WKDK with the help of students from the college and members and coaches of the basketball team, brought in over $1250 to help de secretary, Mr. Moon, with the Counts of Prosperity; two nieces support of the county farm agent I whom she reared, Mrs. Ralph B. staged the first Newberry Coun ty Fair in more than 30 years. During the years the fair con tinued to grow. In 1940 it was staged in a new building near the Baker of Newberry and Mrs. Dayton Hardwick of Rome, Ga.; 12 grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews. She was the last surviving nv m- ber of her immediate family. Funeral services will be held city limits. This was made possi- rector of choral activities in the ble through the support of the Scarsdale Public Schools and di-'city and county with Federal help j today (Thursday) at 3 p.m. from rector of the University of New ; through Alan Johnstone, Sr. | the Associate Reformed Presby- Hampshire’s Summer Youth Mus-j A Federal grant of more than j terian church with Dr. P. L. Grier ic School. He has the enviable $50,000 was made available for conducting. Burial will follow in reputation as composer and ar- the Fair buildings. ranger of choral music. He has published more than 300 works, including some 20 books, and has served as conductor of clinics and festivals in 16 states. Mr. Ehret was recently invited to conduct the New York All- State High School Chorus. He has served as college lecturer and consultant and is an officer of several musical associations in New York. During Mr. Moon’s term as sec retary he was president of the South Carolina Association of Fairs for 13 years. He took an active part in the movement which helped to erect the County Memorial hospital. He is a char ter member of the Newbeny Ro tary club and was its president in 1932. Mr. Moon has been a member of the First Baptist church since Rosemont cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Shealy arc! now residing at 508 Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Willingham are living at 2620 Alex Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Boozer have moved to 130 Caldwell St. 1918. Mrs. Moon had charge of the music of the church for years and at the same time was pianist for Rotary meetings and banquets. Petit And Grand Jurors Named The first term of criminal court for 1961 will convene here on March 20th with Judge Hu^h Mc- Fadden of Manning presiding. Grand jurors will report on March 20, petit jurors on March 21. Holdovers from the 1960 Grand Jury are Thomas M. Abrams, F. M. Mathis, Joe K. Fulmer, J. Howard Cook, Jr., Joe H. Simp son Jr. and Louis C. Floyd. New Grand Jurors are Harold F. Long, A. M. Johnson, William T. Baker, S. F. Freeman, Willie L. Bedenbaugh, Woodrow B. Hentz, Joe E. Bickley, J. Alvin Kinard, F. R. Campbell, Virgil L. Boland, Randolph L. Wilson and Berlie Edwin Wicker. Alternates are Herman E. Hawkins, E. W. Eargle, and James W. Henderson. Serving on the petit jury will be: Jack Ammons, P. N. Boozer, Lin Slaton, Charles B. Baber, Jr., H. B. Wilson, A. Hayne Kinard, Homer F. Long, Malcolm Chap man, James L. Blair, Manuel Har rison, Edgar Riddlehoover, G. L. Summer Jr., Brodus F. Stewart, O. II. Boozer, S. Frazier Taylor, Franklin L. McCall, C. H. Min- ick, Virgil S. Counts. Also, Gary W. Rister, J. L. iViills, Claude Werts, J. W. Bo land, Thomas L. Millstead Jr., Sam Pat Boland, Thomas V. Haw kins, Bobby Epting, W. C. Hughes, A. P. Parrott Jr., William W. Lindler, John W. Leavell, James Francis Coggins, J. B. Berley, Je ter W. Young, Alton E. Lake, Frank Forrest Senn, A. Fritz Shealy. Police Arrests h February Arrests by the City Police de partment during the month of February were as follows: Driving intoxicated, 4; driving under suspension, 2; intoxicated, 21; failing to yield right of way, 4; improper license, 2; following too close, 1; parking in street, 1; improper turn, 1; creating dis turbance, 4; disorderly conduct, 1; driving too fast for conditions, 1; possession of unlawful weapon, 3; assault and battery, 2; no drivers license, 4; reckness driving, 3; il legal liquor, 1; failing to stop for officer, 1. fray expenses of the trip aod buy new uniforms for me of the team. The fund appeal be gan over WKDK at- 2 p.m. Toee- day and continued until after mid night. Radio personnel said Wed nesday morning that contribu tions were still coming in. ’. The Indian cagers won t h e right to take part in the regional playoffs by defeating Rhyne college 70-6& last night; taking the District RPUPK ional Athletic Intercollegiate As sociation championship. Oh Friday night, they had defeated Eapt Carolina by a 65-64 score in New berry. r The Fighting Indians had leak twice during regular season to the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears, once la overtime by 50-47. The team will leave for Kansas City Sunday morning from Col umbia by Delta Airline. Thirty- two teams will take part in the regional playoffs. V;< Newberry will be sending Ho „ first team into the NAIA play offs. The record is the finest esiar for the Tribe team, 22 victories against seven losses. Bill Martin, a member of the sophomore class at Clemson col lege, who was recently elected treasurer of the South Carolina Council at Clemson, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Martin on Mower St. Eagle Scout m At a meeting of the Newberry Lions club on March 7 the Eagle badge was presented to Scout Parker Martin of Troop 66 by John F. Clarkson, Chairman of the Troop Committee. The new Eagle Scout then presented miniature Eagle pins to his parents, Lion and Mrs. George W. Martin. Sjout Martin joined Troop 66 on March 14, 1955. He has served as Patrol Leader of the Flying Eagle Patrol and is a member of the Order of the Arrow, National Camping Fraternity. Troop 66 is sponsored by the Newbeiry Lions Club. The following Day students hmre been elected as members of Hm Student Council at Newberry col lege for the 1961-62 session: Jos eph W. Dominick, Silverstreet; J. Robert Davenport, Patsy R. Flick and Gloria E. Abrsms of Newber ry. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS March 12: CoL Harry Bsz- hardt, J. M. Hove, Mrs. Clyde Tindall, Ruth Heyward Mrs. Ralph E. Epting, Stewart, Donnie VanderfotdU Mrs. J. E. Ringer, Catherine Lominick, Edwin O. Lake, Dr- Louis Brossy, Steve Reeves Jr* Mrs. J. A. Epting, Mrs. E. H. Young. March 13: Marsha Lominaek, Lena Senn Webb, Mrs. J. O. Jenkins, Bob Underwood, J. HL Wallenzine, Robbie Sue Koon. March 14: T. M. Padgett, Par ker Martin, Virgil Gilliam, Mary Lee Franklin, Jimmy Weir. March 15: Patricia Jones, Mrs. George W. Heller Jr., Wof ford Cooper, Howard K. Beden baugh, F. C. Wicker, Steve Reeves Sr., Rebecca Williams, Jimmy Park, H. G. Sowell. March 16: Mrs. Barbara Ab rams Counts, Donna Pugh Con nelly, Karen Stone, Mrs. Bock Wicker, P. N. Boozer, Kay Stockman, Mrs. P. C. Workman, Cindy Lominick, Julia Senn. March 17: Mrs. Sallie Pope Williams, H. J. Touchberry. March 18: Mrs. Pauline Sum mer Sprouse, Mrs. Emerson Jones, Elgin Gene Sheppm* Judy King, Betty Maude Mon roe, Clifford Shealy, Tam Beckwith, Mary Bryan Pony Mrs. Elsie Heller.