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After a certain age you awake, look into the mirror, and say No, No, No! Politicians have tried to control so many things that we expect they will try to control the weather. VOLUME 24; NUMBER 50. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1961 V iv By The Way - By DORIS A. SANDERS £ A Change This week, for a change, I’m not going to fuss at anybody—at I'm not going to fuss at city council about the dogs this week, although Henry Fellers wants to know every time I see him if I’ve gotten rid of the dogs yet. I least not much—although some of haven’t, and I will call to coun my readers insist that I should be mad at somebody every week. I’ve done my share of “free- loading” this week, and wish to express my appreciation to the Whitmire Development Corpora tion for the fine luncheon Mon day, and to the Lions Club for the excellent dinner and fellow ship Tuesday night. cil’s attention that a young man was attacked by a bulldog in Co lumbia last week, and in a near by state two men were attacked by dogs who were later found to be rabid. The flowers continue to be love- | ly around Newberry and I hope j you will all take a trip around town- to see them. I asked someone at Whitmire “Just what is the purpose of this meeting?” The answer I received was “Publicity, just publicity.” Well, I like people who are publi- citv minded when < they have * . . something to publicize, and those people in Whitmire really know; how to go about getting it. There were, I would guess, about 24 peo ple at the luncheon. Four of them were newspaper representatives. And what newspaper reporter could resist giving a decent write up, after being fed such a sump tuous luncheon? The Lions, I think, while per haps not so intent on publicity, just sort of consider us of the press as “unofficial” members and want to show us what a good time they have when they entertain their ladies. Seriously, in must instances, we would be happy to give the publicity, with or without the free food. It makes us feel good to know, however, that people in charge of affairs such as these realize that we must make spe cial ararngements to “cover” such affairs; that it involves time and expense and in most cases, they feel that re muneration in the way of a lunch or dinner is not too costly a way of saying “thank you” to the press. At the luncheon in Whitmire I had a short conversation with Con gressman Bryan Dorn, in which I urged that he continue his fight against federal aid to education. He promised to do so because he feels, as I do, that federal aid is not the ansvver, but the beginning - of the end of local and state-con- trolled schools. It was interesting to watch hos iery being made at Whitmire Hos iery Co.—the only trouble was that they don’t finish the hose there, so I wasn’t able to pick up any samples. Also of interest concern ing the expansion of that plant is that while the original plant was financed altogether by people of Whitmire, the bulk of the ex pansion cost was financed by busi ness firms here in Newberry. Watkins Named New County School Head Ralph E. Watkins, Jr., who now holds an administrative position with Abbeville County schools, has been named by the Newberry County Board of Education to succeed P. K. Harmon as County Director of Schools. Mr. Harmon will retire at the end of June, and Mr. Watkins will assume his new duties on July 1. With a B.S. degree from Clem- son college, and Master of Edu cation degree from the Universi ty of Georgia, Prof. Watkins be gan his school experience as a teacher of high school subjects at Calhoun Falls high school on Abbeville county. He has served as principal of elementary a n d high schools in Calhoun Falls, as an area superintendent of Abbe ville county District 60 schools. Mr. Watkins is active in com munity as well as education cir cles, being a member of Lions In ternational, of Calhoun Fails Ma sonic Lodge, and a member of the Methodist church. He belongs to local, state and national educa tion associations and to the Am erican Association of School Ad ministrators. Mr. Watkins served four years military service during World War II and is a member of the Army Reserve with rank of Lt. Colonel. He has attended several Reserve officer training schools. Industry To Be Featured On Annual Tour JlMi m - April 1st began a new year for the Newberry County Develop ment Board, and plans are being made for a membership drive. Jim Leland, right, chairman of the membership committee for the New berry tax district, goes over a list of prospects with Ben Robinson, executive director of the Board. “We need the membership of all business firms and many individuals,” said Mr. Leland, “not only to give additional funds to carry on the work of the Board, but es pecially to show that the business people of the County are united in spirit and the desire for industrial development.” Membership committee members in each tax district will be call ing on firms and individuals to join the Board in the near future. (Sunphoto) Friday Meeting Will Begin y 61 County Cancer Crusade Mrs. Iris Rodelsperger, health chairman of the Business and Pro fessional Women’s Club, has been named chairman of the 1961 Can cer Crusade in the City of New berry, and Mrs. Satira Lake, presi dent of the Newberry Home Dem onstration Council, chairman in the county, according to an an nouncement made today at local headquarters of the American Cancer Society. The educational and fund-raising Crusade began April 1st. As leader of the ACS campaign here, they both appealed for a rec ord turnout of volunteers to help REVIVAL AT POM ARIA CHURCH Revival services at Victory Bap tist Church, tw T o miles north of the many jobs that need to^be Pomaria on Highway 176, will be gin April 17 and last through Ap ril 23 at 7:15 p.m. each evening. Evangelist Bob Persson (former star football player) from Green ville will be the speaker. There will also be special music. Rev. Thomas Caldwell extends a cordial invitation tc the public to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Kyzer are new residing at 1616 Calhoun St. done in the community during Ap ril, Cancer Control month. Volun teers are needed and will be as signed to one of several commit- lees: Publicity, Individual Canvass, Special Gifts, Trades and Industry, Organized Grouns. Friday, April 7, leaders in the Crusade along with lieutenants from each area will meet in the Fellowship Room of Central Meth odist Church for an educational meeting at which time Crusade V materials will be distributed. State Crusade Chairman, Charles Cul bertson, will be guest speaker. Educational films are available to schools, churches, civic and serv ice organizations upon request. Memorial gifts will be accepted during the Crusade. The Crusade Chairmen pointed out that some 85,000 men, women and children die needlessly of can cer every year simply because they do not see their doctors in time. “Our volunteers will urge every adult in every household to get a health checkup regularly,” they said, “and they will also ask for a check to help the American Can cer Society fight cancer through research, education and service. The Newberry County Chapter is confident that Newberrians from all over the county will answer its call for volunteers. “By Congressional resolution, April has been designated as Can cer Control month. Let us all join together to surpass our ef forts of last year by giving more and working harder in the 1961 Cancer Crusade. One million Am ericans now living have been cur ed of cancer. Our objective is to Piahs wei'e announced this week lor the 1961 Agri-Business Tour, sponsored by the Newberry iviwanis club and Agricultural agencies of the county, by A1 Bus by, chairman of tne program coiiimiccee. Last year's tour which xeatured outstanding farms in cne county, will De reversed this year, with farmers and all who may wish to attend this year get ting a chance to look over some of Newberry's industries. The tour, which will begin at Setzler Field, Newberry college, at 2 p.m., will include stops at the ivioiiohon and Oakland plants of the Kendall company, the Shawnee ^ manufacturing company and New berry college. At Mollohon, the anticipated 200 tourists will observe carding,spin- ii§|§|| ning and weaving operations of making cotton products. The Oak land visit will feature the opera tions of cotton opening, cotton receiving and the- purchasing de- partments, as well as the cotton research laboratory facilities. Newberry’s garment industry will be observed at Shawnee Man ufacturing company, where cut ting, sewing and packaging of cloth into finished products will be shown. The buildings and facilities of Newberry college will complete the tour, after which a barbecue will be served. The price of the tour, including the supper, will be $1.25 per person. Ladies are cordially invited to attend, but children under the age of 14 cannot be al lowed on the tour because of the State law which prohibits child ren under that age from entering textile plants. County Agent Busby, in an nouncing plans for the tour, point ed out that agriculture is not on the decline in Newberry; that ag ricultural income is still the highest ever, about six and one- half million dollars annually. Tickets for the tour are now on sale and may be obtained from T. B. Amis, chairman of the ticket committee, or from Mrs. Mildred Holliday, Walter Walker, Wilbur Reams ^or R. G. Rhodes, committee members. Sales will close on Fri day, April 14. Serving with Mr. Busby on the program committee are Elmer Epting, Ben Robinson and John Graham. Members of the supper committee are W. H. Carter, chairman; Earl Boazman and Ray Williams. Ser ving on the transportation com mittee are Ollie Donkle, Ashby Long and J. B. Kennedy. r \j m ■-* -M Whitmire welcomed an expan-, Clinton, the plant began op^ra- cede4 a our ? t , w sion to one of its industries Mon-| ions two years ago with 15 em- Congressman Wr J. Bryan Dorff day with the completion of a 7,- ployees. The new addition will pro- spoke briefly during the luncheon. 000 square foot addition tp the| vide space for the employment of Whitmire Hosiery Mills, Inc., 50 more persons operating on three plant. Brief ceremonies included the presentation of a check for $40,- 000 to E. R. Baker, contractor, covering the cost of the plant ex pansion, exclusive of machinery. The presentation was made > by Mayor Tom Suber, who is also chairman of the Whitmire Devel- ihifts. The plant’s 61 machines will be increased to 224 as quickly as they can be bought and install ed. The plant manufactuies seam less hosiery. Mr. Anderson, who also operates a hosiery mill in Clinton, said he Other guests of the Whitmire D? ve-opment Corporation at the luncheon included the Newberry county delegation, Senator Jes e Frank Hawkins, Representatives D. P. Folk and Steve Griffith; Mr. Anderson, Mr. Bak r, Ben Robin> son, executive director of the Newberry County Development L i-l well pleased with Whitmire and Board, who also spoke brifely; of- the backing he has received from opment Board. The expansion was the Newberry County Davelop- financed through Newberry coun-1 ment Board. ty business firms. j Robert Lake, county attorney, Owned by Collie Anderson of! presided at a luncheon which pre- ficials of the J. P. Stevens Co., and newspaper representatives. Shown in the Sunphoto, from left, are Messrs. Folk, Hawkins, Anderson, Griffith and Dorn. Newberry Mills Asks Court Ruling In Law Suit Action 1 James E. Long Rites Wednesday James E. Long, 67, of Prosper- help save more lives and to sup- ity> died Monday night at the Vet- port the research that will one eran ' s Hospital in Augusta, Ga., day find a solution to the cancer a fter a long illness. moblem,” said Mrs. Mrs. Rodelsperger. Lake and Speers PTA To Meet Tuesday Members of First Baptist Church gathered Easter Sunday afternoon for a brief dedication service to announce the starting of a mission Sunday school and preaching serv ice at the Spring Hill Apartments on Vincent Street. The project has been in preparation for approxi mately a year as details, plans, and physical arrangements were being worked out. The present plans call for starting next Sunday with Sun day school at 9:45 a.m. and morn ing preaching service at 11 a.m. Workers for the mission will come from the membership of the spon soring church and the Baptist Stu dent Union of Newberry College. Among those at the dedication service were Dr. C. C. Warren, di rector of the Southern Baptist 30,000 Movement to begin mission Mr. Long was born and reared I churches and Sunday schools; Cliff in the Mt. Pilgrim section of New-, Pack, chairman of the Missions berry County, a son of the late Committee, Rev. Tracy Barnett, Lawton S. and Lilia Werts Long. I chairman of the Reedy River As- Hc had spent most of his life near] sociation Missions Committee; Prosperity where he was a mem- Mrs. J. C. Abrams, president of ber of Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran 1 the Woman’s Missionary Union; Church. He was a veteran of Pi'of. T. E. Epting, Chairman of World War I. Deacons; and Rev. Kenneth B. Speers Street P.T.A. will meet Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Tuesday, April 11 at 8 p.m. for: Annette L. Brooks of Prosperity, its last meeting of the year. To 1 Mrs. Sarah L. Youmans of Holly- help explain reading problems to wood and Mrs. Mae L. Adciy of parents, the teachers have request ed the showing of the film, “Why Johnny Can’t Read,” supplied by Batesburg; and three brothers, Dr. E. W. Long of Columbia, L. S. Long of Hampton and Dr. V. the University of South Carolina 'A. Long of Newberry. Extension Service. Mrs. Irvin, Funeral services were conduct- Satterwhite is program chairiman. cd at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Mt. Also during the meeting, the Youth i Pilgrim Lutheran Church near Code will be distributed and dis- Prosperity by Rev. J. S. Wessinger cussed by a member of the Code a nd Rev. H. A. McCullough. Bur- Given credit for the success of the Lions Club Ladies night banquet Tuesday are the banquet com mittee members shown above, with their ladies: Seated, from left, John Lindsay and Mrs. Lindsay; Dr. Louis Brossy and Mrs. Brossy; A. E. Morehead and Mrs. Morehead. Standing, from left, Louis C. Floyd and Mrs. Floyd; George K. Dominick and Mrs. Dominick; Mrs. Russell Addy and Mr. Addy, and William L. Sheppard. (Sunphoto) Members of the Newberry Lions -Club entertained their ladies and guests at their Annual Ladies Night banquet Tuesday night in the Community Hall. A delicious baked ham dinner was served. Lion President Herschel Kemp er presided, and Rev. Thurman H. Vickery gave the invocation. Following the dinner, Mr. Kem per welcomed the Ladies. Mrs. Marvin Summer, wife of a char ter member, responded. Lion 1st Vice President Bobby Schumpert introduced guests of the club, and Lion 2nd Vice Presi-j dent Thad McCrackin introduced guests of club members. D. O. Carpenter led in group singing afer which John F. Clark son presented service Chevrons to a number of members with service ranging from five to 30 years. Lion George K. Dominick intro duced entertainers, Mrs. Heyward Moore, Eddie Williams, vocalists, and Ralph Rozier, accompanist, from Columbia. The trio delighted the audience with a number of mu sical selections. Favors to the ladies, beautiful linen handkerchiefs, were distri buted by Lions Dominick, Schum pert, Louis C. Floyd, John Lind- say r and Louis E. Brossy. The pleasant evening was con cluded with the group singing “Good Night, Ladies.” Officers of the club, in addition to Messrs. Kemper, Schumpert and McCrackin, are George W. Rodelsperger, treasurer; Price K. Harmon, secretary 7 ; A. E. More head, tail twister, and Russell Ad dy, Lion Tamer. of Behavior Committee. Nfrw officers to be installed are T. A. Hargrove, president; Mrs. Henry L. Parr, vice-president; Mrs. Harry Avedisian, treasurer and Mrs. James C. Atkison, sec retary 7 . The Executive Committee will meet at 7:15, prior to the regular meeting. ial was in the church cemetery. GARDEN CLUBS MEET THURSDAY The annual joint meeting of all Garden clubs of Newberry is being held this (Thursday) morn ing at 10 o’clock in the confer ence room of Wessels Library at Newberry college. All club mem bers are urged to attend. The yearbook awards will I)e announc ed at this time. Dr. and Mrs. Velio Norman of Chapel Hill spent Easter holidays with Mrs. Norman’s mother, Mrs. i F. B. Dawkins on Martin street Clinic Dates Are Given Wilson, pastor of the sponsoring church. Other members of the Missions Committee are: Melton Wall, Mrs. Richard Perkins, George Way, and Clarence Wal lace. In addition to the Sunday serv ices, a program of mid-week rec reational and youth activities will be conducted. Students of the Bap tist Student Union of Newberry College will play a vital part in the directing of this phase of the program which will include ath letic, crafts, and chai-acter build ing activities. It is hoped that this undertaking will offer a much needed ministry to this area of our city, as well as to the occupanto of the apartments, Rev. Wilson said. The County 7 Health Department has announced the 1961 Pre- Schuol Clinics will be held as fol lows: April 10: Silverstreet, 9:30 a. m.; Reuben, 11 a.m. April 11: Rikard, 10 a.m. April 13: Little Mountain, 10 a. m,; Boundary St., 2 p.m. April 14: Pomaria, 3 p.m. April 17: Oakland 10 a.m.; Speers St., 2 p.m. April 18: Garmany 10 a.m. April 19: Mollohon 10 a.m. April 20: Drayton St. 3 p.m. April 21: Prosperity 3 p.m. April 24: Carver 10 a.m.; Park St., 2 p.m. SPECIAL MEETING AT MAYER CHURCH Parents and teachers of Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church will hold a special meeting Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. All parents are urged to be present in order to learn more of the training their children are receiving in the edu cational programs of the church. Regular services Sunday include Sunday school at 10 a.m.; morning worship at 11 a.m. with the ser mon, “Transformed Men” by Dr. C. K. Derrick, pastor; Luther League at 6:30 p.m. The public is extended a cordial invitation to attend any of the services. 'Newberry Mills, Inc. has filed a Motion for Summary Judgment with the United Stator District Court, 'asking that a lawsuit which j ha? been pending since last Octo ber, be decided by a judge without jury, in order to expedite action and bring the case to a close. The court action began when Local Union 120, AFL-CIO filed civil action against Newberry Mills for alleged failure to observe grievance and arbitration proce dures contained in the Union’s contract with the company. The Union sought to arbitrate cases of 18 employees who were discharged after engaging in an illegal walk out at the plant last June. In filing its denial of the Un ion's accusation, Newberry Mills claimed this walkout was in viola tion of the contract’s no-strike clause and therefore was not a Day Camp For Boys To Begin At College The first annual Newberry Col lege “Indian” Day Camp for boys, ages 8 through 12, will begin Mon day morning, June 5, and will ter minate Friday, June 30th. Indian Day Camp, under the able and experienced direction of Tom Quinn, will start promptly at 9 o’clock each morning and end at 12 noon, each weekday during the four-week period. The entire pro gram, except for swimming, will be conducted on the Newberry College Campus. “A Summer with a Purpose” will be each camper’s objective. Camp- ars will be tested and grouped ac cording to age, size, and athletic ability. Individual instructions will be given each camper and periodic progress reports will be kept to measure improvement. Fundamentals in individual and team sports will be taught, and there will be plenty of competition and recreation for just plain fun. The fee for the four week ses sion is $40.00 per camper. Regis tration will begin April 8th. Ap plications will be accepted in the order they are received. Further information and camp Registration Blanks may be acquired at the De partment of Athletics Office, Newberry College. LEGION AUXILIARY MEETING TODAY The American Legion Auxil iary will meet this (Thursday) af ternoon at 4 p.m. at the home of Mrs. R. E. Hanna. Associate hos tess will be Mrs. T. Roy Summer, Sr., Mrs. Ed Moore and Mrs. Hal Kohn, Sr. protected legal activity. The de- mai was accompanied by a coun tersuit agamat Local 120 for ac tual losees suffered during the walkout, in the amount of $55,- 601. In filing the motion for Sum mary Judgment, attorneys for Newberry Mills claim that Local 120’s lawsuit should not be consid ered because all persons involved violated the no-strike clause of the contract instead of arbitrating the grievances which gave rise to the strike, and that these persons have “unclean hands” as a result of their strike. Radford Cope, International Representative of United Textile Workers of America AFL-CIO, in sworn, written answers to ques tions asked by Newberry Mills’ at torney, admitted that the persons named in the law suit were on strike; that he was positive three of them did not serve on the pick et line; that 11 did serve as pick ets; that three others did not "to my knowledge.” Cope stated that he did not know who placed advertisements in a newspaper and on the radio calling a meeting of employees on July 10 to decide whether to return to work, but that the ads were not paid for, directly or indirectly, with union funds. The Company’s motion for Sum mary Judgment was based in part on admission by Cope that the em ployees involved were on illegal strike. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS ■'M mm LL-a a April 9: Olin Berry. April 10: Mrs. Meredith Har mon, J. Brooks Workman, Mar garet Paysinger, Calvin T. Mil- stead. April 11: O. F. Armfield Sr^ Donald Shealy, Mary Catherine Stewart. April 12: Ralph Haile, Fred David Riley, Mrs. S. L. Shealy, Jr., Richard L. Baker, Emerson E. Westwood Jr., Gerald Daven port, Ellis Davenport, Mrs. J. Olin Price, Marsha Lynn Tem pleton. April 13: Miss Evelyn Burns, George Hiller, Ed Young, Mrs. Ethel Tompkins, A1 Weigle, Miss Leona Cannon, Bennie Bartley. April 14: Keitt Purcell, Billy Lominack, Mary Ann Addy, Da vid Dickert, James McCants Berley, Robert L. Forbis, Rob ert Michael Underwood. April 15: Mrs. BUI Hawkins.