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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1961 Tobacco Beds Mean Money To Newberrians This is a story of a product which is manufactured here in Newberry at the Kendall Com-! pany’s Moilohon plant. Because this product is not used in this viciniiy, very few people in and around Newberry realize the magnitude of this business or what it means to the city in the form of payroll dollars. In the eastern section of the United States, tobacco is grown in the northern part of Florida; the coastal sections of Georgia, South Carolina and North Caro-i lina; the eastern section of Tenn-j essee; and parts of Virginia, Ken tucky, Maryland and Ohio. Any one traveling through these sec tions in the months of January,' February or March will observe large pieces of cotton cloth which appear to be stretched out flat on the ground. This cloth is a protective covering over tobacco plant beds. Tobacco seeds are sown in beds during the winter months, i The exact time of sowing the beds varies from late December in the southern section of the belt to early March in the northern sec tion. From the time of sowing up until the weather begins to warm up, the beds are kept cov ered with a light grade of cotton cloth. As the weather warms up, these covers are removed from the beds during the daytime but are replaced a t night up until the plants are transplanted to the growing fields. The trans planting from the seedbeds to the fields is done after all danger of frost is passed. Regardless of where one sees these covers any place in the east ern belt, the chances are about SO SO that the cover was made at the Moilohon plant in Newberry. The Moilohon plant makes approxi mately one-half of all tobacco plant bed covers that are used in the eastern belt. The cloth is woven in several different weights with the heavier weight cloth going to the north ern section of the belt and the lighter weights being used in the southern sections. All of the cloth is woven in 36 inch width and is sewn together with high speed sewing machines into any width which the customer may specify. The most popular widths are 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 yards. Re gardless of the width, each indi vidual cover contains 100 square! yards. If the cover is 2 yards, wide, it is 50 yards long, If it is 3 yards wide, it is 33 1-3 yards long, etc. After the covers are sewn,, folded and labeled, they are packed into bales containing 30 covers or 3000 square yards and are sold to wholesale com panies that are located throughout the tobacco-growing belt. A large percentage of the cov ers are made with gromets which are spaced every 18 inches along the side and acros? the ends. These gromets may be either brass eylets with a 15-16 inch hole which are inserted in the selvages of the cloth or they may be the special cloth gromet which OPEN FORUM The City of Newberry Newberry, S. C. Dear Sirs: I am hereby tendering my resig- has been developed by the Kendall, nation as a member of the Tree company and is marketed under Commission to which I was ap- the trade name “Herculox.” The pointed a number of years ago. cloth gromets are made by glu-j i entered into that civic duty ing a 1 1-4 inch square patch made with high hopes of preserving the of tightly woven cloth onto the; beauty of Newberry and even add- selvage of the cloth and a 15-16”; i n g to it by further planning and hole is punched through both the; planting of suitable trees where patch and the cover. The purpose they were needed. But during all of the gromet is to make it more 1 the time I have been a member, no convenient for the farmer to re-; meeting of the Commission has move and replace the covers on ever been called, consequently no the beds. The gromets are hooked constructive program was ever over nails which are driven into formulated, no funds allocated, planks or logs which form the and the only thing ever asked of bolder of the beds. Gromet covers me as a member was to pass on are somewhat more expensive than requests of citizens who wanted the plain ungrometed covers, and trees removed in front of their some farmers prefer the less ex- property. This was usually asked i pensive type and simply drive J for only when a tree was in a dy- n^ils through the cloth. ing condition, in which case, after This is highly seasonal business, inspection, I always approved— Shipments to the wholesalers us- suggesting that one be replanted ually start about the 15th of Dec- to take its place. Occasionally one ember and continue through into could have been saved by proper March. Very little cloth is shipped after the 15th of March. The big pruning, with the cut places paint ed. As far as I know, no tree has rush comes during the last week ever been planted on the streets in December and the first week in by the city. The unsightly stumps January. At times during these that have been left in many places weeks, the plant has shipped out are breeding places for termites as much as three-quarters of a and other tree-destroying pests, million yards in a single day. T he recent statement in The To sew, gromet, fold, label and Sun that there was no objection pack seedbed covers requires a from the Tree Commission to the great deal of specially trained present tree cutting program is help and expensive equipment, only because no meeting of the During the off-season from March commission was called. I, for one, until September, the plant usually keeps a small crew of about 22 employees who work three days per week fabricating standard size covers for inventory. As spec- knew nothing of it until it was under way. Other towns manage to have water lines and electricity without sacrificing all their trees. It seems that we could, too, with ifications start coming in from a little judicious planning., the wholesalers around the middle j If the present trend continues, of September, this crew is grad- our once beautiful, tree-lined ually increased until during the j streets will be bare of anything height of the season the plant will but decaying stumps, electric poles have as many as 60 employees] and wires. Is this what we want? working two and sometimes three I hope not and sincerely trust shifts in the fabricating depart-j that in the future, the trend will ment. The annual payroll in the be reversed. To promote this, I fabricating department runs well would suggest a new, large tree over $100,000 per year. Over half commission, its members chosen of this goes to the seasonal em , from the various civic groups by ployees who work from September; the groups themselves. Working until March. The majority of in co-operation with the city, the these employees are married wo- county agent, Clemson College, men who welcome the opportunity the Forestry Department and the of working part-time in order to local nurserymen, they could! Crain-Donkle Vows Are Said GREER.—Miss Doney Lamar Crain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Francis Roy Crain of Route 2 was married to James Oliver Donkle, son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Donkle of Pauline, Saturday at 4 p.m. at Mountain View Methodist church. The bride is former assistant home demonstration agent of Newberry county, where the groom is assistant county agent. They will make their home at 1233 Calhoun street in Newberry. Rev. Thurmond H. Vickery and Rev. Gene Fuller officiated at the service, for which Mrs. John M. Liston presented music. Ushers included Lewis L. Harrison Jr., of Roebuck and Walter S. Walker of Newberry, and Benjamin W. Layton of Roebuck as best man. Mrs. James G. Clamp of New berry attended the bride. She wore a pastel blue dress with matching accessories and was carrying a nosegay of pink carna tions. The bride entered with her fa ther. She wore a day-time length white wool dress made with em pire waistline and full skirt. Satin trimmed and scooped neckline and sleeves. Her accessories were a crown of orange blossoms with a white tulle veil and a prayer- book covered with an orchid. Mrs. Donkle attended Mountain View high school and Winthrop college. Her husband is an alum nus of Roebuck high school and of Clemson college. supplement the family income. The seedbed business, like any other seasonal business, ties un a great deal of capital. All of the covers which are fabricated dur ing the off-season go directly into the warehouses and the company realizes no return on them until surely work out a plan to take care of the trees we now have and to plant the many areas where there are no wires over head nor water lines beneath. Hoping that an all-out replant ing program can get under way at the proper planting time next fall, Car Seat Belts ♦ Are Available Motorists can now buy airline type seatbelts for their cars on a non-profit basis from Smith Mo tor Company, 1309 College St. Smith Motor Company put into effect Chrysler Corporations re cently-announced national pro gram to encourage and make it as easy as possible financially for the average motorist to install seat belts in a car for greater driver and passenger protection. The non profit price of each seatbelt is $6.35, plus a nominal installation charge. The front or rear seats, or both, may be equipped with belts. The Chrysler Corporation seat- belt packages installed by Smith meet specifications established by the Civil Aeronautics Administra tion and the Society of Autpmotive Engineers. Mrs. Hawkins Died Sunday Mrs. Margaret Summer Haw kins, 46, died Sunday afternoon at the county hospicai after an illness of several months. She was a life-long resident of this county, a daughter of Mrs. Ella Sligh Summer and the late J. Tom Summer, and had lived in the St. Lulce’s section for a num ber of years. She was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran church. Surviving are her husband, Dudley H. Hawkins, of Prosper ity; two sons, Vernon H. Haw kins of Newberry and George D. Hawkins of Fort Jackson; one daughter, Janet Faye of Pros perity; her mother, Mrs. Ella Siigh Summer of Newberry; three brothers, Claude S. Summer, T. Everette Summer and R. Lary Summer, all of Newberry; four sisters, Mrs. Horace R. Cromer, Mrs. John William Hamm, both of Newberry; Mrs. Sam Pat Tay lor of Prosperity and Mrs. Fran ces C. Koon of Chapin. A number of nieces and nephews also sur vive^ Funeral services were held on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. from Saint Luke’s church with Dr. Thomas F. Suber, Rev. David Templeton, and Rev. Garth L. Hill, conducting the services. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers were Wayne Minick, Clyde Minick, Richard Hendrix, Jerry Koon, Lewis Cromer and Tommy Cromer. Honorary escort was composed of members of the church council, Dr. B. M. Montgomery, Dr. R. P. Baker, Dr. W. L. Mills, Moris Kurlat, Pete Schumpert, O. D. Eargle, S. W. Shealy, Jr., Ren- wick Lominick and David Keller, Junior. the cloth starts moving out in and with best wishes for the fu- December. By the time the cloth ture of our city, I am starts moving in December, the Very truly yours, company will have many thous ands of dollars tied up in inven tory. During the coming summer, many thousands of acres of tobac-] winter months by covers manu cc will be grown from plants factured at the Moilohon Plant which were protected during the here in Newberry, South Carolina, j Caroline W. Padgett (Mrs. Price J.) NAMED TREASURER COLLEGE GROUP Bill Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Martin of Mower Street, has recently been elected treasurer of the South Carolina Student Legislature at Clemson College, where he is a member of the sophomore class. Modvl for model... there are IS Cherrolets lower priced than anti other full-sized car! Leave it to these Jet-smooth Chevies to go easy on your family budget! All told there are 18 Chevrolets—V8’s and 6’s-priced lower than com parable competitive models*. Sumptuous Impalas, sprightly Bel Airs, bottom-priced Biscaynes and a whole stable of wonderful new wagons. And every one of them has a road-gentling Jet-smooth ride. Body by Fisher refinements and dozens of engi neering details you’d expect only in the most ex- pensive makes. Look them over at your Chevrolet dealer's one-stop shopping center and see how J CHEVROLET t easy it is to drive out in just the one you want! * Based on comparison of manufacturers’ suggested retail prices (including Federal tax) Services Sunday H. Langdon Dominick, 76, of near Chappells, died Friday morning at a Greenwood hospital after an illness of several months. He was a native of. the Bethel section of the county and was a son of the late James Simpson and Fannie Moore Dominick. He had lived near Chappells for more than 60 years and was a farmer and a member of Cross Roads Baptist church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Norvice Lominack Cook Domi nick; five step-sons, William and Thomas Cook, both of Trenton, N. J., Robert and Jack Cook, both of Sumter and Charles Cook, of Shaw Air Force Base; two sisters, Mrs. Marie Barrineau, of Man ning and Mrs. Bessie Jackson of Irwington, Ga.; a brother, Wal lace Dominick of Ninety-Six; and eight step-grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed Sunday at Cross Roads church by Rev. M. B. Morrow and Rev. R. Reynolds. Burial was in the Bethabara Baptist church ceme tery near Chappells. He was twice married, first to Mrs. Nena Atchinson Dominick, who died a number of years ago. Active pallbearers were Ger ald Hasten, Elliot Williams, Brun ner Summer, Miller Summer, Juie Smith, Francis Scurry and Earl Watkins. Honorary escort was composed of L. E. Werts, J. L. Holloway, Ir k vin Watkins, Robert Watkins, Tom Summer and members of the Cross Roads church board of deacons. Army Pvt. Leo S. Jennings, Jr., 18, whose parents live on Rt. 2, Newberry, recently com pleted the communications cen ter operation course at The Southeastern Signal School, Ft. Gordon, Ga. During the eight- week course Jennings was train ed to receive, process and relay messages by various mes* s of communication. He entered the Army in October 1960 and re ceived basic training at Fort Jackson. Jennings is a 1960 graduate of Newberry High School. (U. S. Army Photo.) RITZ Theatre THURS., FRI. & SAT. Jeffrey Hunter, David Janssen Vic Damone, Patricia Owens Hell To Eternity MONDAY & TUESDAY Alan Ladd, Sidney Poitier, James Darren, Ingemar Johansson, Anna St. Clair All The Young Men CL0VER1EAF DRIVE-IN Theatre FRIDAY & SATURDAY Hell Bent For Leather Audie Murphy, Felicia Farr, Stephen McNally Added Color Cartoon—Tweet Dreams SUNDAY Oceans 11 Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson, Joey Bishop Added Color Cartoon—Touche Pussy Cat Impala V8 2-Door Sedan Parkwood Six 4-Dr. 6-Pass. Station Wagon BISCAYNES Biscayne V8 4-Door Sedan Parkwood Six 4-Dr. 9-Pass. Station Wagon Biscayne V8 2-Door Sedan Parkwood V8 4-Dr. 9-Pass. Station Wagon Parkwooci V8 4-Dr. 6-Pass. Station Wagon Brookwood Six 4-Dr. 6-Pass. Station Wagon Brookwood V8 4-Dr. 6-Pass. Station Wagon Se# the mem: therrmiet ear*, t her y Corralr* amd I he mete Cornet te at tfomr toeat authorized t —- KEMPER CHEVROLET COMPANY 1515-1517 MAIN ST. NEWBERRY, S. C. PHONE 982 OUR INSURANCE CLAIM SERVICE Always ^Measures Up”! Compare our claim service with that of any available to you. Ours always meas ures up to your needs! Ser vice as near as your phone! Give us a call! Purcells "Your Private Bankers" 1418 Main St. Newberry SUPERVISORS SUBMIT ... ' (Continued from Page 1) iod at Newberry High School. Johnathan Floyd received the se cond prize award of $15 at the Silverstreet school and Harriett Chapman the third prize of $10 at Newberry Junior High school. Personnel of the Soil Conserva tion Service, our technical agency, gave talks to civic and garden clubs and assisted the land judg ing teams of the Future Farmers of America and the 4-H clubs of the District. This agency also as sisted the farmers in preparing their farm plans, becoming coop erators with the District, and in establishing th e co nservation practices on the land. The Board of Supervisors were very active during the year. Meetings of the Board were held regularly. At one of the meetings, representatives of each of the ag ricultural agencies were present to discuss ways that each could help the other get the job done. A Memorandum of Understand ing was entered into with the S. C. Commission of Forestry. The Soil Survey for Newberry Soil Conservation District (coun ty) was completed and published. The Supervisors expressed their appreciation to D. A. Bedenbaugh for his long years of faithful service as a Supervisor. He was awarded a certificate of meritor ious service. /The Board expresses its appre ciation to the^ agricultural agen cies which cooperated in a very fine manner. It also wishes to ex press appreciation to the following affiliate members who contributed financially to the district: New berry Mills, Inc.; Newberry Fed eral Savings and Loan Associa tion; S. C. Paysinger; Hon. J. F. Hawkins; S. C. National -Bank; Newberry County Bank; John R. Frasier; Farmers Ice and Fuel Co.; Champion Paper and Fibre Co.; Bank of Commerce; Beden baugh Seed Co.; Old School Man ufacturing Co.; Belk-Beard Co.; Newberry Tractor Co.; and J. P. Stevens Manufacturing Co. With their help, much was ac complished and definite progress was made in the conservation of our natural resources. Respectfully submitted, George E. Young, Chm. C. L. Lester, Sec. C. T. Smith J. T. McCrackin, Jr. Earle J. Bedenbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Pitts are now residing at 1912 Harrington St. Society Names New Officers Chi Beta Phi, National Honor ary Science Society, of Newberry College recently elected the fol lowing officers for the 1961-62 session: President, J. Robert Dav enport, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Davenport of Newberry; Vice- < President, H. Edward McCullough son of the Rev. and Mr|k P. G. McCullough of Uexington; Secre tary, Brenta Koch, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. John H. Koch of Walhalla; Treasurer, J. William Pugh, son of Mrs. R. W. Pugh of Prosperity; Historian, Nancy De Hart, daughter of Mr., and Mrs. W. C. DeHart of Newberry; and Reporter, Edward R. Schaack, son of Mrs. B. W. Owens of Charles, ton Heights. NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons having claims against the estate of A. B. Miller, deceas ed, are hereby notified to file the same, duly verified with the un dersigned, and those indebted to said estate will please make pay~ ment likewise. Sula Sanford Miller, Executor March 14, 1961 483tp - FOR SALE—Lake Murray water V front lots. In Shady Acres. See W. H. Caldwell, Little Moun tain, S. C. Phone 846-2870. . " 47-3tc >;£ WHAT ARE your plans for this new year in Newberry Co.? How would you like to double your present income? Let us show you how to get started in your own business as a Rawleigh Dealer. Opening nearby. Write Rawleigh’s Dept. SCC-361-847, Richmond, Va. Or see: I. R. Jeff coat, 512 8th St., W. Co lumbia, S. C. 45-5tp JOB security can be yours by pre paring now for coming Civil Service Exams. For information write: National Training Sgrrv. ice, P. O. Box 429, Newberry. S. C. 41-tfe V/; 3 M W. E. 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