The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, June 22, 1961, Image 4
PAGE EIGHT
THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1961
COLD REFRESHING MILK and a chance, to win a free dollar bill attracted scores of visitors to
the milk bar set up at Community Hall in Newberry Fridaiy afternoon.
Shown attending the opening of the bar were Mrs. J. F. Hawkins Rep. Steve C. Griffith, Mayor
Ernest Layton, C. T. Smith, president of the S. C. Dairy Association; Richard C. Neel III, director,
American Dairy Association of S. C., Inc., and County Agent A1 Busby, chairman of Newberry Coun
ty June Dairy Month Committee.
The milk bar was one of sveral activities held to promote the observance of June Dairy Month and
to salute the important dairy industry of Newberry County. (Sunphoto)
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A&P PRESIDENT AND BOARD CHAIRMAN—Ralph W. Burger,
president and chairman of the board of the Great Atlantic & Paci
fic Tea Company. The company’s chief executive officer started to
work for A&P in 1910 as a clerk in the Glens Falls, N. Y. store
and, after 40 years of service in many parts of the business, was
elevated to the presidency in 1950. He was elected chairman of the
board in 1958.
A&P STORE ON WHEELS—Before the days of good highways
and modern surface transportation, A&P “went where the customer
lived.” Pictured is a turn-of-the-century wagon store that delivered
tea, coffee, spices and a few basic commodities to the rural pat
rons w ho couldn’t get to town to do their grocery shopping.
EARLY A&P STORE—This version of an A&P service store, com
plete with gas lights, red and gold trimmings and a stock of only
about five or six basic food items, was operated by a manager and
one full-time helper.
OILMEN NAME
BUDDY MOREHEAD
An election of officers, a dis
cussion of issues of interest to the
industry and plans for the future
highlighted the annual meeting
Monday evening of the Newberry
County Oil Marketers’ Association
held at Newberry.
Buddy Morehead, distributor of
Gulf Oil, was elected chairman of
the association.
J. T. Melton, executive secretary
of the Palmetto State Oil Market
ers’ Association, reviewed avtivT-
ties among oil people in South
Carolina. He led a discussion of in
ternal interests to the oilmen.
A sighting into the future pub
lic relations program of the oil
industry in South Carolina was
given by L. Beverly Ballard, assist
ant executive secretary.
This was one of numerous sup
per meetings being held in coun
ties throughout the state. All oil
men are being invited to attend to
discuss common interests.
Melton told the association of
the progress in South Carolina
since the consolidation of the old
Oil Information Committee and
the Petroleum Industry CommiUee
three years ago. He also said that
the oilmen of the state cc .Id well
be proud of the advancement of
the industry as a whole during the
more than 100 years of its exist-
■ ence.
Ballard explained that a current
campaign to get free educational
materials concerning petroleum in
to the state’s 452 secondary schools
is nearing 100 per cent in partici
pation. He also reported that “Pal
metto Pathways”—a free travel
column about places of interest in
South Carolina and distributed
throughout the state—is being
used by 60 newspapers.
Toward the conclusion of the
program, the election of officers
i was held. In addition to Morehead
as chairman, the oilmen also elect
ed S. D. Paysinger, vice chairman,
legislative program, and Billy R.
' Nichols, vice chairman, school in-
, formation program.
RETURNS FROM
BUYING TRIP
Mrs. E. A. Carpenter and Mrs.
Tom Graham returned to New
berry Saturday after spending a
week in New York, where Mrs.
Carpenter bought fall merchand
ise for the store. They were ac
companied by Mrs. Carpenter’s
daughter, Mrs. A1 Fischer of Or
angeburg, and brother, Dr. J. L.
Cunningham of Greer and Allen
town, Pa.
HENTZ REUNION
BE JUNE 25TH
v The descendants of the late
William A. and Orlena Abrams
Hentz will hold their annual re
union on Sunday, June 25 at the
New Hope Zion school. All mem
bers of these families are urged to
come and bring picnic basaets and
tea.
BIRTH OF DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Edward Wal
ton of Rt. 1, Box 2, Silverstreet,
announce the birth of a six pound,
14 ounce daughter, Sara Lina, on
June 17 at Newberry Memorial
Hospital.
FAMILY PICNIC
FOR CUB SCOUTS
Cub Scout Pack 66, sponsored by
the Associate Reformed Presby
terian Church, will have a family
picnic Saturday, June 24 at Tan-
glew'ood on Lake Murray. The
j Cubs and their families will enjoy
| swimming, boating and tennis from
4 until 6 p.m., at which time the
picnic supper will be served.
Each family is asked to bring
food, plates and cups, Drinks and
1 ice will be furnished.
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
Coats-DiUard
Miss Essie Ryland Dillard of
Richmond, Va. became the bride
of Jesse D. Coats, also of Rich
mond, Tuesday morning, June 20,
Church. The ceremony w’as per
formed by Rev. T. H. Vickery,
at 10 a.m. at Central Methodist
pastor of the church.
Mr. Coats is a native of New
berry but has lived in Richmond
for the past 30 years. Before
leaving Newberry, he was a mem
ber of Central Methodist Church.
Following the ceremony, the
couple returned to Richmond, and
will leave next week for a trip to
New York.
Among those attending the wed
ding was Mr. Coats’ sister, Mrs.
Nellie Coats Davis, of Richmond
and Newberry. Mrs. Davis is
spending a while at- her home in
Helena.
LOCALS
May Bond Sales
Over $21,000
Combined E and H Savings
Bonds sales for May in Newberry
County totaled $21,175.00 reports
Joe M. Roberts, County Savings
Bonds Chairman.
South Carolina E and H Bond
sales during May were $2,041,444,
a 2.7% increase over sales for the
same month last year, according
to Robert G. Clawson, Savings
Bonds Chairman.
CrOOO GftAW-THfS
KNIFE WOULDN'T CUT
Butter-m. have
to aia up a
HANDY KNIFE ^
SHARPENER IN
THE KITCHEN
Mr. and Mrs. Frasier Sanders,
Connie and Ruthie spent Monday
.wdth Mr. Sanders’ parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Elijah Sanders in Dal-
zell.
Doggett and Clara Whitaker
have returned home after spend
ing three weeks in Puerto Rico
w-ith their aunt, Mrs. William
Jordan. They made the trip by j
air.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hove spent
the past week with their son-in-
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
DeWitt Miller in High Point, N.C.
En route they visited another of
their daughters, Lennis, who lives
in Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Campbell,
and sons Billy, Joe and John, of
Seneca, spent several days last
w r eek in the home of Mr. Camp
bell’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
Campbell on Nance Street.
i Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith re
turned to Newberry Tuesday after
spending a w r eek at Ocala end
Daytona Beach, Fla. with friends.
I Mr. and Mi's. Aldon Bedenbaugh
and daughters, Amelia Ann of Co
lumbia are spending this week with
Mr. Bedenbaugh’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. E. Bedenbaugh on
Jones St. Sunday visitors in the
Bedenbaugh home w r ere another
son, Emory Bedenbaugh of Bish-
opville, and his son, Mike.
Smiley Porter of Florence spent
a few r days here the first of the
week at his home on Harrington
St.
Mi-, and Mrs. Fred Mitchell,
Misses Mildred and Rosalyn Werts
spent Sunday afternoon visiting at
Lowman Home, and in Lexington
where they visited Mrs. Frances
Reagin Addy and her two sisters,
Flema of Indiana, and Elizabeth
of Aiken.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Armfield and
family of Whitmire visited their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. O; F. Arm-
field, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Lon
nie Gilliam on Father’s Day.
THE HANDY FAMILY
ITS QUITE A nacic
TO KEEP IMS RECIPE JlKNOWA
BOOK OPEN AND /REMEDY R>?
WORK ON A RECIPE \THAT PROBLEM
AT THE SAME TIME
A&P OPENING . . .
(Continued from page 1)
Health and beauty aids, house-
wares and other non-food mer
chandise.
George D. Way will be manag
er of this new store. Mr. Way has
been with A&P for 27 years.
PAUL W. STOLL
Paul W. Stoll will supervise the
self-service meat department. He
has been with the company for 11
years. '•*’ ;
Selected to perform the duties
of Assistant Manager is James
L. Mack, who has been with A&P
for 10 years.
MRS. S. R. METTS
DIES THURSDAY;
RITES ON FRIDAY
Mrs. Cleora Kinard Metts, 84,
wife of Samuel Pude Metts, died
Thursday morning at her home
near Prosperity. She had been
in ill health for several years.
Mrs. Metts was born and reared
in the Bachman Chapel section
of Newberry County and was
the daughter of the late Samuel
Jefferson and Janie Wicker Kin
ard. She was one of the oldest
members of Bachman Chapel
Church, and was a life member
of the United Lutheran Church
Women. She was active in the
church and the community as
long as her health permitted.
Mrs. Metts is survived by her
husband, S. R. Metts, Prosperity;
three sons, Royal Jeff Metts;
Thomas W. Metts and Clarence
B. Metts, all of Prosperity; two
daughters, Mrs. Isabelle M. Kin
ard, Prosperity; and Mrs. W. D.
Kinard, Joanna; 20 grandchil
dren; 18 great-grandchildren. One
son, J. C. Metts, preceded her to
the grave 12 years ago. She was
the last surviving member of her
immediate family.
Funeral services were held at
4:30 Friday afternoon from Bach
man Chapel Lutheran Church with
Rev. Wyman Dowd conducting
the service. Interment followed in
the church cemetery.
George Cromer
Died Saturday
George Bachman Cromer, 64, i
died late Saturday night at the
Newberry County Memorial Hos
pital after an illness of two weeks.
Mr. Cromer was born and rear
ed in Newberry Cbunty and was
the son of the late Jacob G. and
SalHe Elizabeth Dickert Cromer.
He was a member of Mt. Pleasant
Methodist Church; a member of
American Legion Post 24; and a
veteran of World War I. Mr. Crq-
mer had been employed by Pal
metto Quandes, Inc. for a num
ber of years. His wife, Mrs. Eu
genia Gilliam Cromer, preceded
him to tho grave several years
ago.
Mr. Cromer is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Jack P. (Betty)
Coleman, Blairs; two brothers,
Roy Cromer, Lake City and Troy
Cromer, Newberry; four sisters,
Mrs. J. E. Ringer, Mrs. Wilbur
Ringer, Mrs. Clara Crooks, all of
Pomaria, and Mrs. Hattie Mor
ton, Columbia; and three grand
children.
Funeral services were held on
Monday afternoon from Mt. Pleas
ant Methodist Church with Rev.
John Griffith and Rev. R. R. Wal
lace conducting the service. In
terment was in the church ceme
tery.
Active pallbearers were Jim Da
vid Berley, William Henry Ring-|
er, D. P. Coleman, Jr., Everette
Graham, Tommy Rawls, and W.
H. Bolick.
Honorary pallbearers were M.
0. Mayer, Lomas Lindler, Ray
mond Ringer, D. P. Coleman, Sr.,
John Knox Ragsdale, Woodrow
Hentz, Lester Rawls, Gilbert Cro
mer, Sam Bolick l and Robert
Glymph.
Flower attendants were Mary
Lou Costley, Margaret Fuller,
Janie Nichols, Betty Hazelwinkel
and Mattie Pearl'Ringer. ;
JUST A THOUGHT:
If we would profit from the
mistakes we make in day-to-
day living, then we must learn
to do our best to correct these
mistakes and then turn our
thoughts to new things. It is
useless to waste time wishing
for a chance to “do it aU over
again.”
POLITICAL
Announcements
ALDERMAN WARD 1
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for re-election to the posi
tion of Alderman, Ward 1, and
pledge myself to abide the results
of the Democratic Primary.
O. F. ARMFIELD, JR.
Mrs. Golden, 77,
Service Friday
Mrs. Orrie Culclasure Golden,
77, passed away early Thursday
morning at* a Columbia hospital
after an illness of several yea^s.
Mrs. Golden was born and rear
ed in Orangeburg County and was
the daughter of the late Charles
Hook and Florence Culclasure. She
had made her home in Newberry
for a number of years and was
the wife of the late W. S. Golden,
who died two years ago. She was a
member of Epting Memorial Meth
odist Church.
Mrs. Golden is survived by four
sons, J. D. Golden, Charles Gold
en, both of Newberry, W. G. Gold
en, Monterey, Calif., and Harry S.
Golden, Anderson; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Alvin Fulmer, Newber
ry, Mrs. Bailey Humphries, Rock
Hill, and Mrs. Jack Finley, Rich
mond, Va.; six brothers, Charles
Chlclasure, Columbia, Frank Cul
clasure, Louie Culclasure, Leroy
Culclasure and Nathan Culclasure,
all of Newberry, and Willie Cul
clasure, Lyman; 12 grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Fri
day at 4p.m. from Epting Me
morial Methodist Church. Inter
ment followed, in R >sem&nt Ceme
tery.
Is Graduated
From Carthage
CARTHAGE, 111.—Dorothy Beck,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Walter
H. Beck, of- 1518 Boundary St.,
was among .the 102 graduating se
niors to participate in the 87th
annual commencement exercises at
Carthage College. The degree of
Bachelor of Science, with a major
in Elementary Education, was con
ferred to Miss Beck on MOpday,
June 5, in the Carthage College
ChapeL
Operations Of
Kendall Expand
BOSTON—The Kendall Com
pany has purchased the assets of
the J. W. Wood Elastic Web Co.
of Stoughton, Mass, in a cash
transaction, Kendall President Ri
chard R. Higgins announced this
week. Last month Kendall said
that negotiations, for the sale vrette
in progress. The sales agreement
was signed for the privately own
ed Wood Company by John W.
Wood who founded the organiza
tion n 1905.
Mr. Higgins said that the W T ood
Company products are in the
same family with Kendall’s elas
tic health supports that are manu
factured at Kendall’s Seneca plant
the largest factory of its kind m
the world. Kendall also produces
surgical dressings, woven and non-
woven fabrics and pressure-sensi
tive tapes.
The Wood company employs 350
in the manufacture of wide and
narrow elastic web products used
in clothing and foundation gar
ments.
“The Kendall Company is pleas
ed," Riggins said, “that Mr. Wood
has consented to remain on the
job as a consultant. His vast ex
perience in the web elastic field
will be very valuable for us. The
J. W. Wood Company’s business
has grown because of its excel
lent products and fine customer
service, and as a Kendall pub- ~
sidiary,” he continued, “we intend
that its busines^ and reputation
shall continue to grow. The com
pany will be operated with its*
present personnel at its present
locations, and with no change in
current methods of distribution
and customer service."
On Honor List
ROCK HILL—Catherine Sease
of Newberry has been named to
the Winthrop College Distinguish
ed List for academic excellence
during the second semester.
To be named to the Distinguish
ed List, a student must have an
average of “B" plus on courses
taken during the semester.
The list of 96 students includes
20 freshmen, 23 sophomores, 15
juniors, 37 seniors and one spec
ial student.
A home economics major. Miss
Sease is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert T. Sease. .. yj
ALDERMAN WARD 3
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for re-election to the posi
tion of Alderman, W ard ,3,_ and
pledge myself to abide the results
of the Democratic Primary.
CLARENCE A. SHEALY, JR.
ALDERMAN WARD 4
I hereby announce myself a can- i
diate for election to the position |
of Alderman, Ward 4, ancf pledge;
myself to abide the results of the i
Democratic primary.
JIMMIE B. DAVENPORT
Notice To
Candidates
Prospective candidates for may
or and alderman in the six city
Wards in the city of Newberry
may fife for the positions with
the Undersigned Secretary by
noon, July 15, 1961..
FeerV-^With opposition, Mayor,
$100, $50 without oppo
sition tteyfee doubles.
Pete Parrott, Secretary
City Democratic Executive Com.
315 Caldwell Street
Jne, 29jUy6,13.
”TV
A&P’s produce department, a
highlight of the business, will be
headed by David C. Amick, who
has over three years with the
chain. R. S. James, a resident of
Greenville, will be supervisor of
this new type store, as well as
others in this area.
ANNOUNCING a new load of
drop-leaf tables, odd chairs, Vic
torian Sofas, Beds, Round Glass
China Cabinets, Brie - a - Brae,
etc., at “NOAH’S ARK," Abbe
ville, S. C. 9-3tc
HELP WANTED—Are yau affect
ed by strikes—lay offs or short
hours? If so sell Rawleigh Prod
ucts in Newberry County. Write
Rawleigh, Dept. SCF-36U842,
Richmond, Va.
JOB security can be yours by pre
paring now for coming Civil
Service Exams. For information
write: National Training Serv
ice, P. O. Box 429, Newberry,
S. C. 41-tfc
SATURDAY
Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas,
Dorothy Malone, Joseph Gotten,
Carol Lynley
The Last Sunset
Children 25c; Adults 60c
MONDAY & TUESDAY
Audie Murphy, Gary Crosby,
Dolores Michaels
Battle At Bloody
Beach
—Extra Added Attraction—
Speedway
Sensational wreck scenes showing
Lee Petty, Johnny Beauchamp,
Banjo Matthews, Richard Petty
and others in the Daytona Speed
way 500 mile race last year.
CLOVER LEAF
DRIVE-IN
Theatre
THURSDAY
From The
Terrace
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward
Added Color Cartoon—Muky Down
Under ;
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
The Wild One
Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy,
Robert Keith
Added Color Cartoon—Mouse
Placed Kitten
SUNDAY & MONDAY
Storm Country
Diane Baker, Lee Phillips,
Added Color Cartoon—Really
Scent
We will be closed during the period
July 3rd through July 8th, in order
that our employees may. enjoy a
needed vacation. We will opn again
.. ''k
on Monday, July 10th, ^ ; .
ase anticipate^iltHH? heeds and
■ggi serve you prior to July 3rd.
hope that you, too, will have
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'aTjiSpppy and safe holiday. -
Odorless Dry Cleaners
, Royal Dry Cleaners
Newberry Steam Laundry and
Dry Cleaning Company
Shealy s Laundry