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I short nap now and then is enjoy ed by the best of us, especially when we are supposed to be reading, or listening to high-class music. What must be done next week to meet a deadline might as well be done today, if you are well and able. VOLUME 25; NUMBER 18. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 24, 1961 JL. + $2.00 PER YEAR Layton, Armfield By The Way - By DORIS A. SANDERS Mrs. Summer Dies In Atlanta Word has been received in New A VICTORY There were several victories in Tuesday’s prir.ary, but the most important was the overwhelming vote in favor *of council-manager government. If.we g Q x bad ap ple on council once in ' hile, vej j )en .y G f t } ea th early Wednes- can throw him out alter two day morning of Mrs . Adrian M. years, but the city s business must g unimer j n an Atlanta, Ga. hospi- be on a more sta ile ^asis.. ta ] Further announcement will be There were seveial tilings made from the Whitaker Funeral wanted to say about several peo- ^ ome pie during the primary, but I was determined to keep personalities out of my comments except where the candidate invited comments to himself. I feel free to say, here and now, that the tremendous strides the city has made under council-man ager government are no accident. The FORM of government counts for much progress, o f course, but also contributing heavily to the success of the form has been the man himself, Ed. Blackwell. You few disgruntled individ uals who w r ere determined to Special Day For St. Pauls Over Governor To Be Speaker At Poultry Day By Mrs. A. H. Counts “The Declaration of Indepen- ac ^ dence, the true bill of our democ- | racy, iad not been born when St. Paul’s Lutheran church was es- 1 tablished,” Rev. Ernest K. Counts j told the congregation at the 200th anniversary services Sunday last.: Rev. Mr. Counts, of Saluda, ministerial son of the congrega- get Ed. Blackwell, and who ' v ' ele ition and former pastor of St. successful, should hang > o u i i p au p Sj was morning speaker heads in shame. Ma>be you w 7 ere| al p le t %vo eentury-old church, peeved because he cut down a ] ias b een called the “Mother | tree or didn t cut down a tiee, Church’’ of the Lutheran denom-j because he hauled diit ox didn t j nat j on j n sec tion of the 1 haul dirt; because he didn’t P ut . <tate a street light exactly where YOU thought it should be. Was that “NATURE’S UMBRELLA’’ seems an appropriate title for this picture. A large limb, which fell from a tree in the yard at the corner of Nance and Cornelia Streets about 7:55 Wednesday morning, almost completely covers an automobile which was parked on Cornelia Street. The tree was located on private prop erty. The car belongs to Jerry Chapman, who was doing some re pair work on the house nearby. A telephone line was broken, but electrical service was not interrupted. The City, by keeping trees on its right-of-way pruned, has thus far managed to avoid an accident of this type, which might have involved people instead of a car. (Sunphoto.) mmmM “The '< IM 200th anniversary is a ° ...nU great occasion for a church to any reason to sacrifice a man who a „ . . . , , , w. Coitnc.uu, of! observe, the minister declared. “The hearts of its members over- has, faithfully and efficiently, served your city for 12 years at what I consider to be a very mod- * <lA " 1 ^ Ju - X est salary for the job? This is by no means the be ginning of an effort to keep Mi*. Blackw*ell on the job—far from it. I have a little intelligence— enough to know that a few* of you He added that two centuries is a short time when we think of the age of the Christian church w*hich is almost 2000 years old. *Tt is well for us to recall, he said, that without previous work of the nai'row-minded, unscrupulous in- Christian church in Europe during dividuals would give neither Mr. Blackw’ell nor city council any peace as long as he remained on the job. It is going to be interesting to see how much council will have to up the ante to get a man any where near as experienced as Mr. Blackwell. I, for one, want to pei-sonally thank him for everything he has done for Newbei'ry, and to ex press my regret that he will not be with us much longer. AND THANK YOU! Thanks to the voters, for com ing out to express their opinion the 2000 years, thex*e would not have been a church here.’’ He challenged the congregation to “teach, preach and live the Word of God.” The afternoon sermon was de livered by Dr. Karl W. Kinax*d, president of the Synod of South Cax-olina. He spoke of the long history of' St. Paul’s church and the contribution it has made to the Synod and to the United Lu theran church and to the men it has sent into the ministry. Rev. H. W. Dowd is pastor of the church and was liturgist for the anniversary services. r ■ The Governor of South Caro lina, tw*o college presidents and more than a dozen poultry auth- % orities will join hand-s in launch ing the Midlands Poultry Prog ress Day in Newberry, Septem ber 5th. - The program, which is designed for poultry producers and home makers,, will be held at Newber- college from 3 to 8 p.m. The event is being sponsored by the Clemson College Extension Ser vice in cooperation with the New- bery County Development Board, Newberry Kiwanis club, poultry producers, servicemen, suppliers, and Newberry college. A. F^. Busby, Newberry county agent says the program will offi cially open at 3 p.m. with Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, president of Newber ry College, giving the welcome. Dr. R. C. Edwaxds, president of Clemson College, will outline the South Car*olina Poultry progx*am. Busby says there will be discus sion groups arranged which will include all phases of the poulti'y industx*y. These groups will discuss egg production, broiler growing, turkey * gx owing, and consumer in- fromation. Clemson Extension Director Geo. B. Nutt will preside over the evening program which includes a chicken bax-becue and an ad dress by the Honorable Ernest F. Hollings, governor of South Caro lina. County Agent Busby says pro- , are now available from his in Newberry. Three Alderman Office; Two Newcomers Mr. Layton Mr. Armfield mmm ■ m - - By MRS. A. H. COUNTS A 74-year-old Columbia man was killed and his wife was ser iously injured in a three-car crash here Sunday afternoon. A fourth car was indirectly involved. Coro ner George Summer said. Robert Franklin Nicholson was dead on arrival at New'bei'ry County Hospital. His wife, Mrs. Fannie Nicholson, 57, was serious A picnic lunch w r as served in ly hurt and was transferred to a council-manager government, I the felIowshi P area of the church - Columbia hospital after initial on and thanks also to those who helped in a campaign to let the public know what has been ac complished since Newberry has had a city manager. I w*ant t o thank especially: Mr. Clarence Wallace, Walter Summer and Ed. Blackw-ell, who helped compile in formation; Jimmy Coggins and WKDK for time given to special broadcasts; to past mayors of Newberry who publicly endorsed council-manager government; to organizations which discussed the matter at meetings and to those who endorsed the form of gov ernment; and last, but not least, to the effective speakers who pre sented the topic to these organi zations. All of you did a wonderful job, and your hard work is reflected in Tuesday’s vote of confidence. Mrs. John Ruff Rites Tuesday mer Sunday night at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Ruff w*as born and reared in Winnsboro and w*as the daugh ter of the late William S. and Ju lia Schumpert Stevenson. She had made her home in Newberry for a number of years and was a member of the Newberry A. R. P. Chui’ch and the Ladies’ Missionaxy Society. Mrs. Ruff was connected with Carpenter’s store before her retirement. Her husband, John H. Ruff, died about three weeks ago. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Julia Ruff SmUh of Newber ry; three sistei's, Mrs. A. K. Dill of Clinton, Mrs. Eloise Morris and Mrs. Rae S. Hall of Winnsboro; one brother, J. W. Stevenson of Georgetown, and a number of nieces ana nephews. Funeral services were conducted at 4 p.m. Tuesday from McSwain Funeral Home by Dr. P. L. Grier. Interment w r as in Rosemont Ce metery. Active pallbearers were George Ruff Jr., William Charles Ruff Jr., George Stevens, Johnny Stevens, George Lominick, Jimmy Steven son, Sam Rion and Julian Bolick. and an adopted eon, Boyd Frank-; Honorary escort was composed lin of Denver, Colo.; two brothers, j of Dx*. E. H. Moore, Di\ R. P. Ba- Zack E. Franklin of Newberry ker, R. E. Summer, E. S. Dickert, Mrs. P. B. Thrift Died Tuesday Mrs. Leone Franklin Thrift, 60, widow of Pet B. Thrift, died Tues day at the Newberiy County Me morial Hospital. Mrs. Thrift was born in New berry, daughter of the late L. J. and Bessie Boozer Franklin. Until her retirement she was employed by the Newberry Mills and was a member of O’Neal Street Metho dist Church. She is survived by one daughter, Miss Bessie Thrift of Newberry treatment at Newberry hospital. The Nicholsons were passengers in a 1961 Comet, owned and driv en by their son, Gene Nicholson, also of Columbia, when the acci dent occurred about 12:15 on by pass 19 near Porter’s Truck stop. Mrs. John H. Ruff, 67, the for- j , Coroner Summer said the Nich- Miss Janette Stevenson, died “'-son ear, travelmg toward Union, was struck successively by two other vehicles traveling toward Greenwood. The Coroner said a 1953 Buick, driven by Alton B. Clamp of New berry, was standing in the right- hand lane waiting to make a left turn and was approached from the rear by a 1948 Dodge, driven by Oscar Lee Meyer of Route 4, Newbei*ry. When Mr. Meyer applied his brakes his car skidded to the left and struck the approaching Nicholson car, spinning it around in the road. Another car, a 1961 Chevrolet, driven by Rutledge H. Hammond of Greenwood and tx aveling toward Green wood, struck the Nicholson car on its side. The Nicholson’s, who were en- route to Union when the accident occurred, had just left the young er Nicholson’s wife and chilaren in Newberry for a visit with rel atives. Coroner Summer empaneled a jury to view the body but did not immediately schedule an in quest. The fatal acident was investi gated by Cox-oner Summer, Sheriff Tom Fellers, Deputy L. L. Hen derson, Patrolman Mitchell and Patrol Cpl. W. J. Martin. Carpenters In Canal Zone Major Dalton O. Cax*penter Jr., a native of Newberry, who has served in the U. S. Army since June 1943, has arrived in the Ca nal Zones for duty with the unified Caribbean Command headquart ers at Quarry Heights. The major will sex*ve as Military Assistance Plans Officer of the tri-service Cax-ibbean Command which, under Lieutenant General Andrew P. 0’Meai*a, is responsible for the U. S. Military activities in South Amexdca and in Central America south of Mexico. Major Carpenter, a master para chutist, is a veteran of World War II service in the Philippine Islands and served in Korea as a member of the 187th Regimental Combat Team fx*om August 1953 until June 1955. He attended Clemson College from 1940 to 1943. In 1960 he re turned to Clemson for fui’ther study and received his bachelor of science degree in 1961. He is mar ried to the former Mary Ellen Rew of Forest Hills, Long Island, New York. They have four children,’ Thomas 13, Susanne 11, Gerald 9, and Donald 5, and now make their home at Fort Kobbe, Canal Zone. Mr. HeHer • . Mr. Shealy | Mayor Ernest Layton swept eas ily over two opponents to be re nominated in Tuesday’s city pri mary. From the time the first two small boxes reported, it wa^ apparent from the trend, that Mr. Layton would be nominated over his two opponents on the first ballo£. He easily achieved tirat goal by winning over his two op-r ponents, . both of whom some be lieved to be strong contenders,. ' With 449 votes to spare. Although t>y not as large margin, Franklin Armfield, Jr., was re-nominated a«L alderman from Ward 1 over hia two opponents. Only in Ward 3, Box there is a heavy union, Mr. Layton fail to lead 6. C. Altman was top man in that box. Mr. Armfield also trailed in Ward 3, Box 2, and in Ward 5, the community in which one of opponents works. The total vote for'Mayor was Layton 1399; Altman 506; Cook 443. The vote in Ward 1 was Arm- field 1238; Laird 676; Miller 407. George W? Heller defeated C. A. Dufford, Sr., incumbent,, for the Alderman Ward 2 job. Mr.. Heller received 330 votes in Ward 3, No. 2 against 116 in that box for Mr. Dufford. There were only 38 votes difference in the total: IWter, 1187r Dufford, 1149. In Ward 3, incumbent C. A*. Shealy Jr. with 425 votes from the 8, No. 2 box, defeated Bozo PPB# to iosi. Jimmie B. Davenport, newcom- to politics, unseated Clarence Dehart as alderman from Ward 4, itlx a 189 yotd majority. Mr. Davenport led the ticket in five of eight boxes. Mr. Dehart carried Ward 3, Nq. 2; Ward 4, No. 2, and Wrod 5. The vote w&s 1262 to 1091 . > Cecil Merchant, incuAbent, and I Cecil Kinard split the vote in their home box, Ward 6. Mr. Ki nard led the ticket in Ward 3, No. 2, but Merchant went ahead in all other boxes to win, 1295 to ^047. A run-off primary will be held Tuesday, September 5, to deter- I mine whether incumbent D. W. Jones or E. " F. {Shotshie) A Mc- rCutcheon will be alderman from | Ward 6. Jones received' 891 votes, McCutcheon, 883. Jim Todd, the third candidate, wae eliminated ;witb 491 votes. - WM Am' Mr. Davenport Mr. Merchant and Herman Franklin of Miami, Fla. and two grandchildren. Funeral plans are incomplete. The body is at the Whitaker Fun eral Home and will be taken to the residence, 1405 Drayton St., at five o’clock Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Lane are now residing at 1110 Speer St. Cotney L. Gregory is now mak ing his home at 2003 Lee street. Phil Bowler, W. M. Milam, Ira Clamp, Chalmers Brown, Wilson Brown, S. W. Brown Jr., George j Rion, Alpheus Ruff, Fitz Dove, Richard Lominick, Jim Hickson, Clarence Lominick, Horace Cro mer, Robert Price, Doyle Long. Flower attendants included Mrs. Earl Summer, Mrs. Ernest Dickert, Mrs. Phil Bowler, Mrs. Jim Hickson, Miss Mary Wheeler and Mrs. Brice Waters. A Miami resident, his home-town service station owner, as well as an automotive parts salesman, each have won a 1961 Rambler It all came about this way. Samuel L. Weir, Jr., of Miami was visiting Newberry, where he was born, and drove into City Fill ing Station. Preston McAlhany, owner of the station, checked the spark plugs in Weid’s car. This made Weir eligible to enter Cham pion Spark Plug Company’s “Trip of a Lifetime” contest. He also had to fill in an entry blank and write a brief statement. When Weir’s statement won fifth prize, it automatically made McAl hany a fifth prize winner, too. Richard H. Harmon, a salesman for Newberry Auto Supply Co., supplied City Filling Station with spark plugs, so he also won a Rambler. Stephen Bastean, right, territorial manager for Champion Spark Plugs, presents Rambler keys to Richard Harmon, second from left, and Preston McAlhany. At left is Horace L. Boozer, Jr., man ager of Newberry Auto Supply. (Sunphoto.) Summer Finals At College Newberry College summer school commencement will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, August 25 in the auditorium of Holland Hall. The Rev. H. A. McCullough Jr., pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Newberry, will address the graduates. Thirty candidates plan to com plete requirements for degrees during the two-term session. Newberry College will open the 1961-62 session with a formal ex ercise on Thursday, September 14 at 10:00 a.m. Registration of stu dents will begin on Tuesday morn ing, September 12. Vote Of Confidence Is Given Council-Manager Government Newberry residents gave an ov-lthat time. Five of the six men erwhelmlng vote of confidence tol who were named to the new coun- the council-manager form of gov ernment in a special election held cil expressed themselves prior to the election as being wholehearted- Tuesday. Of the 2345 votes cast, iy in favor of council-manager 1735 favored continuing the coun cil-manager government,. with only 610 votes cast against it. Of the* 610, almost 400 of the “no” votes came from, boxes in which government. The vote in the special election by precincts was as follows: among the voters. A petition to test the form of government was filed early this year with city council. Some signers of the petition later admitted it was merely a ruse to “get rid of Ed Blackwell.” When no action was taken on the peti tion by council, two signers of the petition, Edward Rollins and Joe Norman Beck, both residents of the Mollohon section, had a Rule to Show Cause issued and attor neys for the petitioners and for the city agreed that it would be satisfactory to postpone the elec- KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION Registration day at Aveleign | ti 0 n until after the City Demo Kindergarten will be held Aug- vatic primary. ust 29th from 9 until 11 a.m. ( .Shortly following this action, however, E. L. Blackwell resigned and Mrs. Jac Ullman and as c j t y man ager, and Mayor Er- Mr. family returned to their home in Wilmington, Delaware last Friday after a visit with Mrs. Ullman’s mother, Mrs. Vanessa Holt, and her grandmother, Mrs. Leila Wil liams. nest Layton issued a proclamation calling for an election on the same date as the Democratic pri mary, August 22nd, believing that the question should be settled at Precinct Yes No Ward 1 259 55 Ward 2 _ 355 55 Ward 3, No. 1 125 14 Ward 3, No. 2 192 258 Ward 4, No. 1 65 10 Ward 4, No. 2 191 34 Ward 5 188 134 Ward 6 360 50 TOTALS _ _ 1735 610 TEACHER TAKES TWO SAILFISH Miss Betty Jo Counts has re turned from a sightseeing trip with friends to Mexico, Mexico City and to the Pacific Coast. Al though she is a school teacher in Savannah, on the Atlantic Ocean, she made her first debut fishing at Puerto Valleta on the Pacific where she successfully landed two sail fish.. One measured nine feet, three ‘ inches and weighed 143 pounds; the other measured eight feet. Miss Counts said it took over an hour to land the larger one. BIRTHDAY Aug. 26: T. D. (Dad) Anris. Aug. 27: Jeanette Bergen, M. L. Youmans, Sue Word, Mrs. J. Frank Lominack, Mrs. W. H. Ashbaugh, Mrs. Horace Crom er, Audrey? David Eargle. Aug.. 28: Lewis Ammons, Louise Wicktir, Mildred. Long Unger, Jane Fellers, Sandra Ki nard, Julia Hazel,./ Lawrence Graham, Afro. Margaret Long, Mrs. Jenny Bmington, Mrs. Allie Moates, D. P. Folk II, Mary DeHart, Sue Halfacre. August 29: Mrs. George Way, W. C. McGahee, Carrie W. Whitener, Mrs. Bill Long, Mrs. L. B. Davis, Joan Fuller, Mar shall Lipscomb, Sandra Kay Stewart. - Aug.. 30: Maude Spotts, W. L. Chapman, Mrs. L. C. Graham, David Dominick, Nancy Senn, Harold Bennett, Rosalyn Fret- well, Laura Lee Weigle. Aug. 31: B. F. Dawkins, Thomas Edward Epting, Col lier Neel, John Wainwright Chappell, Mrs. Johr C. Wilson, Sammie Cook Graham, Mrs. Da vid Ringer, Mrs. J. R. McKit- trick, Frasier Sanders, Harry Stone Jr., Mrs. Robert Daniels, Linda Swygert, Bud Bowers. Sept. 1: Powell Way, O. M. Cobb, Ann Wilson Whitener, Mrs. Marilyn W. Pate, Carl B. Wis*», Jr., Donald Livingston, James Maxie Hawkins, Mrs. W. P. Lathrop, W. C. Koon, Prof. J. V. Kneece, Jim Purcell, Mrs. Frank Sutton, Susan Jones, Jan Page. Sept. 2: Betty Ann Ringer, Geneva Graham, Mrs. E. K. Counts, R. C. Hunter, David H. Long Sr., Mrs. Hugh Foster, Linda Rister.