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Study the platforms, Examine the candidates, then . . . VOTE YOUR CONVICTIONS! As a citizen of demoaacy it is your DUTY and PRIVILEGE To VOTE August 22 VOLUME 25; NUMBER 15. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1961 4 $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way - By DORIS A. SANDERS Know Your Candidates STILL SOME LEFT It is encouraging to hear that there is still patriotism, and an awareness of the horrors of Com munism, among our military men. . In a story concerning the 77th Troop Carrier Squadron of Green ville, a reserve unit which has been alerted for possible active duty, The Greenville News quotes one of the squadron members as follows: “I would rather go now than have to send my son later. I would rather my wife have a dead hus band so that she and the boy could grow up in a free country, than to have a live husband and all of us have to live under Com munism.” Many Americans are finally awakening from their apathy to realize that not only is our coun try being threatened by the many so-called “welfare programs” which gradually undermine indi vidual initiative and lead to so cialism; but also to the possibility that only by being willing to en gage in a hot war will we be able to retain any freedom at all. Many individuals and groups are coming forward to expose com munism for the menace they know it to be. They are doing this, know ing full well they probably will be subjected to vituperative attacks by communists, or communist-in spired fellow travelers. The Sun has, for some time, printed the “Looking Ahead” col umn by Dr. George Benson of the National Education Foundation— a foundation devoted to educating the public to the dangers of. com munism and welfare-statism. I hope you take time to read this column. It is worth the few min utes it takes. The Joanna Cotton Mills Com pany and Radio Station WKDK have been presenting, twice daily, a 15-minute program by Wayne Poucher; a program concerned with patriotism and danger to America from within. The pro gram is broadcast each day at 1:15 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. WKDK has, this week, started another program in the public int erest. “Know Your Enemy,” is produced by Hurst B. Amyx and clearly reveals the communist con spiracy. It is on the air three times daily, at 7:55 a.m., 11:55 a.m., and 6:25 p.m. Five minutes of your time listening to this pro gram will be well spent. MORE LIKE HIM What this country needs today is more men in the United States Senate like Strom Thurmond, who has a deep-seated patriotism and doesn’t mind letting anyone know it. His exposing last week the ef forts to muzzle the military should have opened some eyes to what is happening in this country. Part of his address on the Sen ate floor on July 26 follows: “The miltary officers of the United States Armed Forces are charged with defending our coun try from all enemies, foreign and domestic, and to this oath each man in uniform is sworn. To ac complish fealty to this oath, the military leader must know the enemy in order to defend our coun try against him. “Our enemy at this time is not exclusively military. He is far more —he is a political enemy, he is a psychological enemy, he is an economic enemy, he is a diplo matic enemy, he is a subversive enemy. No facet of our enemy’s many-sided potential for aggres sion against our country can be ig nored by a military leader sworn to defend the Constitution. “Since the threat ik not exclu sively military, a military defense alone is insufficient to meet the threat. Every American citizen must wage the war against com munism in order for us to win, and one cannot wage war against communism unless he understands the nature and tactics of com munism. The military leader, therefore, in order to perform the duties to which he is sworn, has the responsibility of informing, not only his troops, but the Am erican public concerning the total nature of the communist menace. “Indications are that our mili tary leaders are doing an increas ingly effective job in this regard. There is no question but that the communists are feeling the pinch from the efforts of military lead ers to inform their troops and the American public about commun ism. The best evidence takes the form of an organized campaign, originating initially with the communists, themselves, to dis credit and intimidate the military leaders of our country. “Possibly the beginnings of the attack, other than in Pravdra it self, was with a slander sheet called ‘The Overseas Weekly,’ w T hich apparently has as its pri mary purpose the general discred iting of United States servicemen and their leadership in Europe, and particularly those of the 24th In fantry Division. As a particular target, The Overseas Weekly un dertook a campaign against the anti - communist indoctrination course of the 24th Division and its commander at that time, Major General Edwin Walker. “It is significant that although The Overseas Weekly has been charged wdth being subversive by many persons that the only inves tigation has been directed at Gen eral Walker and not the vicious slander sheet which dances to the tune of left-wing causes and gives its most prominent display to ‘Girlie cheesecake’ picture and sen sational GI crimes in its publica tion area, so near the Iron Cur tain. “Mr. President, it is impossible to determine by what standards the Department of Defense now judges the anti-communist indoc trination material, the use of w r hich is to be permitted military leaders. It is obvious that the cam paign to discredit the military per sonnel has had and is having an impact on the information pro grams participated in by our mili tary personnel. At least one con crete example is available which proves that the anti-communist informational program for the armed services is seriously weak ened. Some time ago the Defense Department made a decision that the film entitled ‘Operation Abo lition,’ should no longer be used for showing to military personnel. This film is a documentary of the communist - inspired demonstra tions agains the House Un-Ameri can Activities Committee in San Francisco in 1960 which, incident ally, I witnessed in person. This film is an excellent object lesson in one of the many facets of com munist tactics and is signally ef fective in demonstrating the men ace of communism and the ruses by which the communists seek to accomplish their goals. “The film ‘Operation Aboli tion’ according to the Defense De partment, is ‘controversial.’ It is ‘controversial’ only because the communists and those naive en ough to swallow the communist propaganda have raised a hue and cry about this film. The commun ist-led attack on the film is con vincing testimony to its effective ness in exposing communist tac tics. Fortunately, millions of Am ericans in the armed forces and in civilian life have seen this film. I sincerely hope that all other Am ericans will make it their business to view it at their first opportun- ( ity. By this means the American people can decide for themselves whether ‘Operation Abolition’ is ‘too controversial’ for showing to our men in uniform, as is claimed by the Department of Defense. It is significant that the Department of Defense has not once elaborat ed on the reason for not using the film and has not itemized or spe cified a single inaccuracy or mis statement of fact in the film. “Mr. President, when queried about their reasons for not using ‘Operation Abolition’ ... in their education programs on commun ism for members of the armed forces, the Department of De fense, after stating that the afore mentioned w r ere ‘controversial’ hastens to add that they have pre pared a film to be used in their in formational courses to the troops. The name of this film is ‘Chall- lenge of Ideas.’ I viewed this film yesterday. Mr. President, I can assure you that there is nothing controversial about the film, ‘Challenge of Ideas.’ The most descriptive words which I can think of to describe this film is ‘namby-pamby.’ The narration by Mr. Edward R. Murrow, now Di rector of the United States In formation Agency, will certainly offend no one—except those of us who know and recognize the ‘gut less’ nature of the presentation in this noncontroversial film. It is a superficial treatment of a ser ious issue and will contribute little to remedying the deficiency of knowledge concerning the total na ture and threat of communism. “Mr. President, the time has come for all Americans, in uni form and out, to understand that we are in a life and death strug gle with communism. Our system and communism are completely in compatible, and ultimately one or the other must go; for they can not co-exist on this planet indef initely.” The Sun this week continues the series “Know Your Candi dates,” with Frank Armfield, Ward 1, C. A. Dufford Sr. and Now serving as alderman Ward George W. Heller, Ward 2. The other two candidates in Ward 1 were asked over a week ago to furnish information for this se ries, but have failed to do so.) 1, and seeking re-election is Otto Franklin Armfield Jr., who was born in Charlotte, N. C., subse quently lived in Saluda and John ston before moving to Newberry 33 years ago. He is 41 years of age, is married to the former Miss Agnes Templeton of Laurens and is the father of two daughters and two sons. Since graduation from Newber ry High School, he has followed the newspaper publishing and job printing trade. He currently is owner and publisher of The New berry Sun. He is a member of Ave- leigh Presbyterian Church, of the S. C. Municipal Association and of the Newberry Exchange Club. He served with the Army Corps of Engineers in the European, and Far Eastern theaters of operations during World War II. He is also a member of the Clinton-Newber- ry Natural Gas Authority. Citizen*Soldiers To Leave * For Fort Stewart Sunday Cornelius A. Dufford Sr., a na tive of Lone Star in Calhoun County ,seeks re-election as Al derman of Ward 2. He is 64 years of age and is the father of four children. He has been a resi dent of Newberry for the past 40 years. Mr. Dufford is Parts Foreman for P. D. Johnson & Co. He is a member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, where he serves on the church council; a member of American Legion, 40&8, and Roiary Club. During World War I, he served 18 months overseas, participated in seven major bat tles, and served in the army of oc cupation in Germany. He is a member of the Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority. Dawkins Hears 134 July Cases Magistrate Ben F. Dawkins heard 134 cases during the month of July 1961, and collected $1748- .86 in fines, according to a re port made this week. The charge of driving too fast for conditions accounted for 77 of the cases. Others were as fol lows: Disorderly conduct, 2; fail ure to yield right of way, 4; im proper parking, 3; failure to transfer ownership, 3; failure to stop for stop sign, 1; failure to display fuel tax marker, 16; ex cessive noise, 7; defective brakes, 3; no S. C. Vehicle license plates, 2; driving under suspension, 1; drunk and disorderly, 4; no driv er’s license, 3; following too clos ely, 2; permitting unauthorized minor to drive, 2; carrying con cealed weapon, 1; operating with out lights, 1; public drunk on high way in car, 2. George William Heller, 55 years of age, seeks the position of Al derman Ward 2. He was born in Newberry and operates a grocery store and service station in the city. He and Mrs. Heller, the for mer Miss Juanita Berry, have one son. Mr. Heller is a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church; a Mason, Past Master York Rite Bodies, Past Master Amity Lodge, Shrin- er, and member of York Cross of Honor. Mr. Heller owns his busi ness, which he has operated for 20 years on Main Street Exten sion. Mr. Heller states: “I intend to work for a more progressive city, and will serve if elected to my best ability to get the most for the tax dollar, and will give each complaint my personal attention.” Newberry’s largest contingent of National Guardsmen will leave Sunday morning at 6:30 a.m. for 15 days active duty field training at Fort Stewart, Ga. Guardsmen to participate include all those in the 1st AW Battalion, and the 246th Army Band. Members of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 228th Signal Group, un derwent their training in June at Fort Gordon, Ga. Over 300 citizen-soldiers will be included in the convoy and in the advance detail, which left this (Thursday) morning to prepare for the other troops’ arrival. The local units, part of the 1st AW Battalion, and their comman ders, are: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Capt. William H. Leap- hart, Jr. Captain Leaphart will be in charge of the convoy. Battery A, Captain Robert C. Underwood; Battery C, Captain William M. Minick. The 24€th Army Band is commanded by CW O Charles Pruitt. All units of the 51st Division will engage in field training at the same time and Adjutant General Frank D. Pinckney comments .that in view of the world crisis, the guardsmen will take their training this summer more seriously than ever before. General Ansel Godfrey, com mander of the 51st Division, who is slated for retirement later in the year, will be honored at a pa rade to be given on Saturday dur ing the encampment. A number of business and government lead ers have been invited to take a tour of the camp and witness the parade with General Pinckney. General Pinckney has warned South Carolina Guardsmen that they will be carefully evaluated this year by regular army inspec tion teams, and urged his guards men to strive for top efficiency and preparedness ratings. Wilson Speech Be Broadcast Rev. Kenneth Wilson, pastor of First Baptist Church, will be guest speaker at the meeting of the Newberry Rotary Club Fri day, August 4. His topic will be “Council- Manager Government in Newberry” and the speech will be broadcast over Radio Station WKDK beginning at approximately 1:30 p.m. This timely topic will be of interest to all voting citizens of Newberry, who are urged to lis ten to the broadcast. Mrs. Dave Hayes , Mother Passes Mrs. Mahala Gallman Smith died early Monday morning at a Columbia nursing home after an illness of several years. She was a native of Union and was a daughter of the late Wil liam and Martha Turner Gall- man. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Union. Her husband, T. J. H. Smith, died a number of years ago. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Dave Hayes of Newberry; a son, W. R. Smith of Toronto, Canada; two sisters, Mrs. Charles L. Ray of Union and Mrs. John K. Win- dell of Rock Hftl; - two grand children; and three great-grand children. t , Funeral services were conduct ed at Me Swain Funeral Home Wednesday at 3 p.m. by Rev. T. H. Vickery. Burial was in Up per Fairforest Cemetery in Un ion County at 4:30 p.m. County Road Contract Let Twenty miles of secondary sys tem highways in Newberry County are to be improved and paved under a contract awarded by the State Highway Department to Dowd Construction Co., Inc., Johnston. Chief Highway Commissioner S. N. Pearman notified the firm with a letter of award, advising that the low bid of $235,470 sub mitted June 13 had been accepted. A portion of the secondary highways includes streets adja cent to the city of Newberry. Seven contractors bid on the project. Included for improvements are portions of Roads 366, 368, 376, 350, 351, 353, 299, 96, 359, 371, 104 and 91. John H. Ruff Rites Thursday John H. Ruff, 72, died early Wednesday morning at the New berry County Memorial Hospital after several days’ illness. He had been in declining health for sever al years. Mr. Ruff was born and reared in Newberry County, and was the son of the late John S. and Kitty Sligh Ruff. He had made his home in Newberry for a number of years and was connected with Efirds Department Store as clerk- salesman prior to his retirement. Mr. Ruff was a member of the Newberry A. R. P. Church but was a former member of Unity A. R.P. Church and had served as deacon of the church for a num ber of years. Mr. Ruff is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jannette. Stevenson Ruff, Newberry; one daughter, Mrs. Julia Ruff Smith, Newberry; two brothers, Walter L. Ruff, Co lumbia, and Charles Ruff, New berry; one sister, Mrs. S. W. (Sal- lie) Brown, Sr., Newberry. A number of nieces and nephews al so survive. Funeral services were held Thursday at 4 p.m. from the Mc- Swain Funeral Home with Dr. P. L. Grier conducting the service. Burial followed in Rosemont Ce metery. Active pallbearers were William C. Ruff Jr., George S. Ruff Jr., S. W. Brown, George Lominick, Richard Lominick, George Steph ens, Johnny Stephens and Al- phaeus Ruff. Honorary escort was composed of Horace Cromer, Robert Price, Dr E. H. Moore, Dr. R. P. Baker, Earl Summer, Earnest Dickert, William i lilam, L. L. Brice, Wil son Brown Heyward Sease, Tom my Folk, Buddy Schumpert, Abe Warren, Jim Hickson, Chalmers Brown.' Harmons Have Beach Weekend Five of South Carolina’s coun ty Mental Health Bell-Ringer Chairmen, and their husbands, are enjoying a wekend this summer at the luxurious Ocean Forest Ho tel at Myrtle Beach, as guests of the owner-manager, Milton Bauch- ner. They are: Mr. and Mrs. Dan Beasley, Lamar; Mr. and Mrs. John Edwards, Johnston; Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Gary Dorn, Mc Cormick; Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Harmon, Newberry; and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Gelsen of Walterboro. According to Richard P. Moses, of Sumter, State Chairman cf the 1961 Bell-Ringer Campaign, it all came about because of Bauchner’s interest in Mental Health, anci his offer to “do something for the cause” in South Carolina. Before his coming to the state, he was as sociated with the New Jersey As sociation for Mental Health as a volunteer fund-raiser. The Fund Drive Committee of the South Carolina Mental Health Association named a panel of judges to select the five chairmen who had done the most outstand ing job in the 1961 campaign, and asked that the decision be made on the basis of gross receipts, per centage of increase over last year, county population, and past per formance. s i * The City Recreation • Depart ment will start the last swimming classes of the summer on August 7, and those who wish to take lessons in any division are asked to register at the pool. Classes in diving instruction will be held, beginning on the same date, if enough persons are interested. This will be the first time such a class has been held. Anyone interested is asked to re gister at the pool. The class will include all persons, male and fe male, 10 years and over. A “NEW LOOK”, which will Aean greatly improved service, may be seen these days in the Hartford Heights area, as a new water tank goes up to serve the residents of Hartford Heights, Mollohon, and adjacent areas. The tank, to provide adequate pressure for citi zens in the community, is part of the large program of water and sewer extension and improvement voted recently by City CounciL (Sunphoto.) At Civic League Kendall Says Earnings Down BOSTON, July 24. — Although the Kendall Company has estab lished record sales in 1961, earn ings have not kept pace because of increased selling expenses, President Richard R. Higgins said today. Earnings of $913,000 or 43 cents per common share for the second twelve weeks of the year compared with earnings of $1,- 230,000 or 59 cents per share earn ed for the same period of 1960. Sales of $26,770,000 for the sec ond twelve weeks of this year con tinued to show improvement over 1960, Higgins said, when sales were $26,218,000 in the same per iod. For the first twenty-four weeks, sales were $52,740,000 — a new record high for the com pany. Greg Pryor, son of Tech-Sgt. and Mrs. Robert L. (Patricia She- aly) Pryor of Greenville, is spend ing this week with his grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. Hayne Shealy, while his parents are at Warner Robins Air Force Base, Macon, Ga., where Sgt. Pryor is attend ing school. The 1961 City-Wide Recrea tion Day will be held on August 12, according to P. K. Fuller, Rec reation Director, who announces that a new program, a city-wide swim-meet, will be added to the days events this year. Ribbons will be given to the first and second place winners in each event and each division. The age divisions, and events, are as follows: Mite boys and girls, 10 years and under. Midget boys and girls, 13 years and under. Junior boys and girls, 16 years and under. - Senior men and women, 17 years and over. Mite Division 30 yards, breast stroke; 30 yds., back stroke; 30 yds. free style; 120 yd. freestyle relay. Midget Division 60 yards, breast stroke; 60 yds., back stroke; 60 yds., butterfly; 60 yds., freestyle; 240 yds., freestyle relay. Junior Division 90 yards, breast stroke; 90 yds., back stroke; 90 yds., butterfly; 90 yds., freestyle; 240 yds., medley relay; diving, 1 meter board. Senior Division 120 yds., freestyle; 120 yds., breast stroke; 120 yds., back stroke; 120 yds., butterfly; 240 yds., medley relay; diving, 1 me ter board. All persons who plan to enter this meet are asked to register at the pool. Individuals may enter no more than two events and one relay. The Civic League is making plans for a Forum type meeting, with candidates for mayor and council invited to express them selves, as to their views and on matters of general public interest. This proposed meeting will be held Friday night, August 11 in the Community Hall, with seats to be provided for at least 150 per sons. Should the repair work go ing on inside the Hall not be com pleted. the gathering will be held at another location, to be announc- ! ed. Dr. James C. Kinard has agreed to act as moderator for this Forum meeting. The League feels very fortunate in securing Dr. Kinard for this assignment. His selection guarantees to every candidate a fair allotment of time as well as considerate treatment. Any voter who has questions they would like to ask is invited to mail them in, in a letter or post- Mr. and Mrs. Hal Kohn Jr. and family spent Saturday with the Kohns on Johnstone St., en route to their home in Columbia after a week’s vacation at Luther Ridge N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wells were also Saturday dinner guest of the Kohns. Mrs. Wells was a former classmate of Mrs. Kohn TTH-roKotV. Tnllpcrp ir. Charlotte. Beer Tax Money South Carolina counties have received their share of a $152,- 945.83 distribution by the State Tax Commission for the state-col lected revenue on beer and wine for the April-June quarter. In addition, the various cities and towns have received an addi tional $174,795.23 for their portion of the tax, most of which is pro duced by beer. Newberry County received $2,- 251.27. The state retained in the general fund $1,856,532 for support of va rious state agencies. The state also retained the revenue from an ad ditional one-cent-per-can tax which is not subject to distribution to the counties and cities. card. These will be handed to the program committee. Writers are asked to give their address, sign the communication, and not ask any questions the writer would not be willing to stand up in the Com munity Hall and ask in person. Address questions to Civic League, Route 2, Box 148A. If the meeting is held in the Community Hall, it will be broad cast over Radio Station WKDK. If held elsewhere, an effort will be made to get a line put in, makii£ possible the broadcast from an other location. ‘ BIRTHDAY Mrs. J. W. Hicks and four sons, Neil, John, David and Louis of Fiskdale, Mass, are visiting Mrs. Hick’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Kohn Sr. on Johnstone St. They expect to be held for about ten days while Mr. Hicks is on a busi ness trip to San Francisco, Calif., for his firm, the Mosaic Fabrica tion Co. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Epting and sons, Kerry and Scott of Prosper ity left today for several days visit with Mrs. Epting’s brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. James Ray Dawkins, Cleveland, Tenn. Aug.- 6: Mrs. Wyche Dickert, Mrs. Hugh Senu, Mrs. Harry W. Shealy, Mrs. D, F. Senn, Mrs. Roy Singley, Mrs. Mack Am- kk. Aug. 7: J. W. Swindler, Mrs. H. W. Swindler, Jim Wheeler, Mrs. Ben Stewart, Chris Car lisle, Bobby Smith, Gilbert Bouknight, Mary Helen C'O- mer, Douglas Forbis, Frances B. Stutts. Aug. 8: Mrs. Olin Lominick, Mrs. Oswald Copeland, James P. Fulp, Mrs. Leland Boozer, Bill Hughes, Mrs. Eula Hendrix, Wil liam Pitts. Aug. 9: Mrs. James S. Price, Mrs. O. D. £}eftn. Regie Brooks, Karen Boozer, Alice Julia You- mans, Mrs. Gettis L. Coats, Anne Graham, Doris Ann Parks, Beth Harmon. Aug. 10: Katherine Rebecca Truesdell, Tommy Chappells, Joe Roberts Sr., Mrs. Dove P. Connelly, Sue ' Harmon, Mrs. Doris Brooks, N. C. Shaver, Jessie Dandy, Linda Cook, Mrs. Virginia Berley, Rodney Cook Outz, Larry Creekmore, Mrs. Frank Reddick. Aug. 11; Leonide Reagin, Mrs. Jeff Suber, Ned Danielsen, Ja- nelle Livingston, Peggy Bowers, Nina Ann Sheppard, Luellen Neel, Miriam K. Leslie Mrs. J. A. Ch as teen, Keith Wic :er, Jer ry and Terry Koon. Aug. 12: Mrs. Sallie T. West, J. J .Boazman, Clarence Kinard, Mrs. Gordon Leslie, J. Dave Caldwell, Pat Rayfield, Clyde Livingston, Bill Stuck, W. Ern- nest Merchant.