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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
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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.)
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Parkwood Six 4-Dr. 6-Pass. Station Wagon
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SUPERVISORS SUBMIT ... '
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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
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