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VOLUME 25; NUMBER 23.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 28, 1961
+ $2.00 PER YEAR
By Th© Way - e y doms a. sanders Testing Program Will Show
Effectiveness Of Teachers
I
PROPAGANDA sities; protest showing of ‘Opera- 1
I have come across a most tion Abolition’ because it shows!
amazing propaganda, publication, communist tactics too clearly. (As|
It is difficult to tell whether its
editdr is influenced by the Com
munist party or the NAACP, or
whether he is just ignorant to the
point of stupidity.
The name of this publication, be
lieve it or not, is Presbyterian
Survey. Now before you good
Presbyterians get your feathers
too ruffled, let me say that 1 have
been a member of the Presbyterian
Church all my life, so I am talking
about the oficial organ of my
Sen. Strom Thurmond has pointed
out, the film is ‘controversial’ only
because the Communists have
made it so.)
A series of tests will be given: schools throughout the United
to all school
Countv
ry
in
students in Newber-
grades one through
Page 22, same issue: “Local 1 nine, Ralph Watkins, county direc-
churches might perform a variety
of ministries which would help
them (the aged) live satisfying
‘retirement’ lives, such as . . .
making funds available to meet
temporary needs; providing guid
ance to agencies which could give
more permanent assistance.” The
church as well as yours—the Pres-1 Communist line: have all citizens
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byterian Church in the United
States, more commonly known as
the Southern Presbyterian Church.
I have had an opportunity in the
past week to carefully read some
recent issues of the Survey and it
amazes me that the Presbyterians
of this community, or any com
munity, would allow this maga
become completely dependent on
government agencies for their
every need, to assure a faster ap
proach to a socialist state.
Page 51 same issue: “The Penn
sylvania Synod of the United
Presbyterian Church USA through
its Social Education and Action
Committee has asked congrega-
zine to come into their homes, to tions of the synod to work actively
influence their minds and the
minds of their youngsters.
First, let me say that I am not
calling anyone connected with
this magazine, or any of the per
sons who will be mentioned, Com
munists. I have no proof to back
up such an accusation. I will point
for the repeal of capital punish
ment in the state.”
line: explained above.
Page 55, same issue: “High
lights from National Council of
Churches General Board: . . . ‘Re
commended: that churches not ex
hibit the film
‘Operation Aboli-
out, however, that time after time, tion’ without a prior presentment
there creeps into the columns of j of facts available.” No explana-
the Survey what is known, or| tion of what facts. Communist
should be known, to all as the line: protest in everyway showing
Communist line; and how far the J of ‘Operation Abolition.’
magazine goes in preaching the Presbyterian Survey, July 1961,
policies of the NAACP. | page 7: “Picture of the Month.”
The June 1961 issue of f he Sur-^ picture shows pickets march-
vey contained an extensive report j j n ^- j n front of the Missile and
on actions of the 101st General gpace Vehicle Department of Gen-
Assembly. This is a convention of| era i Electric. Fantastic as it may
“commissioners” from all churches' se em, this is termed “Christian
tor of schools, told the County
Board of Education at its regular
meeting Tuesday night.
The tests will be administered
during the month of October after
teachers have been thoroughly
trained in methods of administer
ing the tests. Results will show
not only the weak and strong
points of individual students, but
will show weaknesses and
strengths in teaching methods
throughout the system.
The first graders will be given
a Reading Readiness test. The
purpose of this test is to deter
mine whether a child is mentally
mature to undergo the process of
learning to read.
Grades two through nine will be
Communist given the Achievement Test bat
tery, which will determine their
level of learning subject matter
during their time in school. Scores
are determined by scores made on
the same test, at the same stage
of instruction, by children in
States, and will determine wheth
er, by national standards, students
in Newberry are average, above
average, or below national aver
age. Grades 3, 6 and 9 will also
be given mental maturity tests, to
determine mental age level as
compared to chronological age.
The cost of administering the
tests in the elementary grades
will be $1650 which is felt will be
a good investment to evaluate
teaching in Newberry County
schools. Tests will also be given
in high schools during the current
year. This is the first time all
students in the county in elemen
tary grades will have been given
these tests.
Mr. Watkins also reported on
school construction, stating that
the foreman at Speers Street ex
pects to be finished by November
15 ,or Thanksgiving at the lat-i
est; the foreman at Boundary ex
pects to be through only three
weeks later. Indications are that
the buildings will be ready for oc
cupancy after the Christmas holi
day period.
in the Southern Presbyterian| w it neS sing,” as follows:
Church.
The second
j “Amid the
item in the report time, how do
tensions of our
vou demonstrate
begins: “Who’s a Commie?” It
continues:
“People who make
and irresponsible charges’ of
Communist infiltration among
clergymen were issued an ultima
tum to ‘put up or shut up* by the
-General Assembly. Without debate
the Commissioners unanimously
adopted a resolution introduced by
retiring moderator Dr. Marion
Boggs, who said that the ‘time has
come to name names and deliver
evidence.’ The resolution declares
‘we are absolutely sure, in our
own minds, there are no Commun
ists or Communist sympathizers
among the ministers of the Pres
byterian Church US, but if there
are, we need to know it.’ ”
your witness? Christians are call-
j ed to witness, and citizenship re-'
‘wholesale i q U j re5 a witness in areas of ten
sion. Laymen, such as these (in
the photo) and ministers are on
picket lines . . . The pulpit and
the pew are not limited to the
church; they are where the issues
are, as well.” Communist line:
picket missile and weapons plants
in the name of “peace”—protest
use of missiles, bombs, etc.; do
everything possible to cause a
slowdown in America’s armament
production.
Same issue, page 36: “Sharp
criticism was voiced against pres
ent immigration laws for their ra
cial and regional discrimination.
The National Consultation . . . co-
The writer of this article, who | sponsored by Church World Serv-
inferprets the General Assembly’s! i C e and the department of interna-
action as saying “put up or shut tional affairs of the National
up” then goes on to do what the! Council of Churches, met in Wash-
Resolution denounced—making ac- ington. The 160 delegates called
cusutions without delivering evi- for abandonment of the present
dence. Although it was no part -of system, or revision toward exelu-
the Resolution, he takes it upon| s ion of any racial or regional dis-
On hand for the first in a series of management seminars- to be
held in Prosperity, last Wednesday night, were Herbert W. Louth-
ian, left, of Columbia, who led the first seminar; H. L. Fellers, presi
dent of the Prosperity Chamber of Commerce, which is cosponsor
ing the seminar; and Morgan Mitchell of the State Department of
Education, Columbia. (Sunphoto.)
himself, without evidence, to
smear the anti-Communist John
Birch Society as follows:
“Though the measure mention
ed no names, it was generally be
lieved that the John Birch Society
and particularly its leader, Robert
Welch, qualified as prime targets.”
The Communist line: smear all an-
ti-Communists. '•»«-
The Commissioners want evi
dence:
On the next page of the same
magazine, it was reported that the
General Assembly refused to adopt
a resolution against capital pun-
crimination among those who seek
to enter our land.” Communist
line: break down the immigration
barriers so we will have no trouble
getting our spies into America.
Survey, September, 1961, page
47: In a report on the union of two
churches into the United Church
of Christ: “One of the most signi
ficant actions of the new synod
was approval of a report offered
by the Council for Christian social
action. It called on the United Na
tions to seek a ‘universal member
ship’ and become the ‘chief instru
ment of executing international
Expenses Of
Candidates
Are Revealed
Kiwanians To
Turn Salesmen
ishment. The writer was not satis- policies.’ It also endorsed the rec-
fied to report the facts and let if ognition of Communist China by
go at that. He says “An informal the United States.” Communist
sampling of opinion among com- line: Urge recognition of the Red
missioners later indicated that the Butchers of Red China for a seat
vote ... did not necessarily re
flect the opinion of commissioners
on the issue of capital punish
ment.” The Communist line: pick
et against capital ^punishment;
in the United Nations.
Back to the July issue: There is
a feature entitled “Our Minister’s
Best Sermon.” Readers are told
that they may submit such 3 ber-
riiake a travesty of A m e r i c a n mon for possible pyblication. There
justice; let the brutes go free.
’ In the same issue of the Survey
page 51:
“In a sidewalk ‘funeral’ for Jim
Crow at Oklahoma City, Okla.,
Rev. William G. Spearman, a Un
ited Presbyterian minister, led a
group of demonstrators in a reci
tation of the Lord’s Prayer. The
mock funeral parade, led by a
hearse, called attention to the re
fusal of a downtown department
store to serve Negroes at its lun
cheonette.” The Communist line:
complete integration of the races;
riots and demonstrations wherever
possible to cause unrest.
In the Survey the previous
month, May 1961, page 56:
“Rev. John L. Payne, pastor of
the University of Tennesse’s Pres
byterian Center, recently resigned
his post following objections by
the Center’s Board of directors
against his part in the circulation
of literature protesting the con
troversial anti-communist film,
is no feature in the issues of Ap
ril, May, June and September. I
do not have the August issue.
One would think that among the
hundreds and hundreds of fine
ministers in the Southern Presby
terian Church—most of them, I am
sure, true Christians and patriotic
Americans—the editor of the Sur
vey could have found many ser
mons which would have stirred
readers to high thought and lofty
ideals. But the editor had to go all
the way to Scotland to find a ser
mon worthy of publication. Is it
possible that it could be mere co
incidence that the sermon setting
was Holy Loch, the Polaris mis
sile base, which has been picketed
by Communists and fellow travel
ers ?
L it Christianity that the minis
ter who delivered the sermon fol
lows the Communist line by saying
“I wish I could tell you to join
the campaign for nuclear disarma
ment or take part in protest mar-
‘Operation Abolition,’ shown omches. But I don't think thai would
the campus. The Communist line; do much good. 1 ’
infiltrate the colleges and univer-i (Continued on Page 2)
The following list of expenditures
by candidates in the recent city
primary have been released by
the Democratic Executive Commit
tee. All candidates for mayor paid
an entry fee of $100; all candidates
for alderman, $50. The remaining
expenses consisted of printing,
newspaper and radio advertising
and donations to box workers. To
tals below include entry fees.
Mayor: Charlie Altman, $192.82;
J. Howard Cook, Jr., $393.77; Er
nest H. Layton, $470.50.
Ward 1: O. F. Armfield Jr.,
$126; S. W. (Bo) Miller, $129.20•
David L. Laird, $123.60.
Ward 2: C. A. Dufford Sr.,
$125.70; George H. Heller, $125.
Ward 3: S. D. Paysinger, $167-
.10; Clarence A. Shealy Jr., $159-
.47.
Ward. 4: Jimmie B. Davenport,
$172.78; Clarence B. Dehart,
$148.95.
Ward 5: Cecil E. Kinard, $123;
Cecil E. Merchant, $108.
Ward 6: Dwight W. Jones,
$148.80; E. F. McCutcheon, $213.-
70; Jim Todd, $80.50.
Dance Classes
Begin Monday
All adults who are interested
in receiving instructions in
square dancing are asked to
meet at the Youth Center on
Speers Street on Monday night,
Oct. 2, at 7:30, according to P.
K. Fuller, recreation director.
This is a new program and
only a limited number can be en
rolled in each class, so those
interested are urged by Mr. Ful
ler to be on time for the first
meeting of the class.
Instructors will include Rev.
Hewitt and Prof. Cummings of
Newberry College.
Newberry Krwanls Club an
nounces Candy sale plans, as the
members turn salesmen Monday,
October 2 for a week of city-wide
sale of delicious candies, it was
announced today by Chris Kauf-
mann, club president.
Proceeds of the sale will go
toward furthering the local Ki-
wanis scholarship fund and other
worthwhile projects.
When a Kiwanis Club member
knocks on your door, says Mr.
Kaufmann,. “remember that he is
bringing a two-fold opportunity:
first, you will be invited to enjoy
a truly delicious candy; second,
you will be sharing a worthwhile
activity w r hich will enable some lo
cal Poy or girl to attend Newberry
Ccxlegs.”
IS CONFINED .
AT CONWAY
D. Edd Schumpert has been
confined to bed, ‘seriously ill, for
three weeks at the home of his
son, John Richard Schumpert in
Conway. His many friends in New
berry wdll be sorry to hear of his
illness.
DAILY PRAYER
(In cooperation with minis
ters and laymen who are promot
ing the “Prayer for Peace” pro
ject, The Sun will publish each
week a “Prayer for Today”
submitted by a member of the
local ministerial association.)
Almighty God, the One and Only
Ruler of the nations: it may be
that in these dark days that are
upon us Thou art opening wide
our hearts and our lives so that we
mir-ht see Thee as Thou art and
that we might see ourselves as we
are. Make us conscious, we pray,
of our great unworthiness and our
utter need of Thee; forgive our
sins and bring healing and bless
ing to our land. In Jesus Name we
pray. Amen.
Director Wackins alerted the
Board on a new “Adult Civil De
fense Education Program” which,
he said, has been put in the hands
of school people to be carried out.
Only preliminary plans have been
outlined, but further information
is expected in the near future.
The Board elected Thomas E.
Hawkins to replace Ed Chandler,
and A. E. (Buddy) Morehead to
replace W. H. Tedford on the
Newberry Area Advisory Board,
both former members having re
signed.
The Board backed up Mr. Wat
kins in his desire to have all teach
ers attend all professional meet
ings unless a valid excuse was giv
en for absence. They also gave
the director the necessary backing
to dispense with the services of
a teacher who has been accused of
coming to a classroom in unfit
condition to teach, after the teach
er has been given due warning.
A letter was read frQm Local
Union 324, AFL-CIO, expressing
interest in buying school property
at Mollohon. The secretary, James
D. Brown, was instructed to write
the local, also to the Mollohon and
Oakland plants of the Kendall
Company, advising them that they
w T ould be notified before any. dis
position is made of the property
at Mollohon and Oakland. ^
Bids on a concrete wall around,
the Gallman High ball field rang
ed from $9440 to $12,088. Thej
Board decided a chain link fence'
would serve the purpose and some
bids had been secured but not ac
cepted because specifications from
various contractors differed. It
was decided to get additional bids
on chain link fences, nine guage,
top railing, three strands of barb
ed wire on top, in both five feet
and six feet heights. The cost was
estimated at around $2500.
A letter was read from C. S.
illiams, superintendent at Mid-
Carolina, writing oh instructions
of the M-C advisory board, which
urgently requested that an ath
letic field at Mid-Carolina be given
“top priority” and that construc
tion begin immediately. The secre
tary was instructed to write the
Advisory Board that while the
project is being considered, no pro-
ects are being undertaken until
the completion of the two elemen
tary schools in Newberry.
Chairman of the Board, Gerald
Paysinger, told of making an unex
pected visit to Drayton Street Ele
mentary School and Gallman High , _ . .
0 v. i 1 tt vi„ berry Mills, Inc. is as follows:
School this week. He was highly! TT _ ^ ™ „
complimentary of the cleanliness
and orderliness he found in both
schools. A discussion followed con
cerning the necessity for provid
ing lunch facilities for Drayton
Street, and it was pointed out that
very few students at the Negro
schools take advantage of lunch
programs. The highest percentage
of students participation in the
lunch program was 37 percent at
Carver Elementary school in Whit
mire. The lowest was at Gallman
High, only 20 percent. The other
Negro lunch programs showed par
ticipation of 22, 22 and 25 percent.
Present for the Tuesday meeting
in addition to Chairman Paysing
er, Director Watkins and Supt.
Brown, were members W. H^ Cald
well, Gilder Neel and Johnny
Roche.
Taking part in the state couveoHea of at
Newberry College, were, from left, the Re*. Robert E. Long, vidur Of St. Lake's Episcopal Church;
the Rev. Grant Noble, Asalstant Dean and Chaplain at Virginia Theological Semina*?, Alexandria,
Va., principal speaker; Dr, A. G. D. Wiles, president of Newberry College, who welcomed the Episco
pal students to the campus, and Emmett Mullen, stite president of the Episcopal group and a member
of the senior class at Newberry College. (Sunphoto.)
State Episcopal Youth Meet
On Newberry College Campus
Employees Of
Newberry Mills
Donate Blood
Employees of Newberry Mills,
Inc. donated 42 pints of blood to
the Red Cross Bloodmobile Tues-
day. , ».* ^ - :■ *• ^
In a fine display of community
spirit, the management allowed the
employees time off from work
with pay and furnished transpor
tation to and from the bloodmo
bile.
The staff and plant employees
all contributed in a united effort
to help this very fine program.
The management of the mill
thanked the employees who again
displayed that they are interested
in this community and will sup
port such worthwhile programs.
The list of donors from New-
The Rev. Grant Noble, assist
ant Dean apd Chaplain of one of
the largest Episcopal Seminaries
in this country, addressed 30 Epis
copal students from colleges and
universities throughout South
Carolina gathered last weekend' at
Newberry College. The occasion
was the state conventior of the
Episcopal Church on the Campus.
Dr. Noble told the students that
they ■; ■ gfriacd|wd
Una Bridges, Clarence Hill, Al
ma Ridlehoover, Marvin Sanders,
Leland Werts, Ray White, Claude
Vaughn, J. N. Tiller, Margie Mor-
ison, Lewis Chapman, Ernest
Brooks, Cecil Leopard, Martha
Geiger, William Patterson;
Also, John G. Bedenbaugh, Ro
bert Brooks, Geneva Corley, Guy
Hilley, Eula Livingston, Artie
j Martin, W. L. Campbell, Tommie
Setzler, A1 Whitehead, Tillman
Wise, Marion Franklin, Millward
Bannister, Mary Ruth Bobfc, Mar
vin Bouknight;
Also, Louise Avedisian, Thelma
McCarty, Sarah Lathrop, Thomas
Hawkins, Kate Meeks, Elise Creek-
more, A. P. Coleman, Faye Mills,
Claude Sims, Louis Boozer, Ben
nie Williams, Joel Derrick, Della
Bobb and James Bannister.
they should Accept that responsi
bility by taking an active part in
the mission of Christ’s Church as
represented by all denominations.
He pointed out that one of the
great missions of the Church on
the campuses is to present the
work and study of students as
a response to God’s calling to a
vocation, and not just so many
hours spent in learning a technical
skill.
Dr. Noble is the assistant Dean
and Chaplain at Virginia Theolo
gical Seminary .in Alexandrci, Va.
Before going to the seminary, he
served as the chaplain at Williams
College in Williamstown, Mass,
and previously he served as one
of the first chaplains for Episcopal
students at Yale University. He
has also served as a chaplain in the
United States Navy.
Dr. Noble was introduced by
Emmett Mullen, state president of
the Episcopal Church on the
Campus and a member of the sen
ior class at Newberry College.
Delegates to the conference,
which began Friday at 4 p.m. and
ended Saturday afternoon, were
welcomed by Mr. Mullen on behalf
of the state organization; by Dr.
A. G. D. Wiles on behalf of New
berry College, and by the Rev. Ro
bert E. Long on behalf of St.
Luke’s Episcopal Church.
vocations, and in .
they choose
riages. It was
these decisions
most students
rental care for
was recognised
dents have had
contact with an
The response among the dele
gates tb Dr. Noble’s address was
evidenced in the discussion
groups which followed. There was
an earnest effort to consider ser
iously the work of the Episcopal
Church on the campuses. These
groups pointed out that many col
lege students are called upon to.
make many life-long: decisions
while at college: they Choose their
In the light of these facts, dele
gates to the conference expressed
a great need for the worship of
the Church on campuses. There
was expressed a dedica^n to work
toward restoring' wprirtjip to its
proper place on col|||^ -campuses,
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GREETINGS
Old Friends In The News
Mrs. Fred Parker, left, vice president of the Statesville, N. C. chapter of United Daughters of the
Confederacy, is shown presenting a cross to Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Goodman of Troutman, N. C., at a
Troutman Historical Association reunion held in Troutman Saturday. The cross was given in memory
of Dr. and Mrs. Goodman’s son, William Bennet Goodman, who lost his life in an airplane accident
during World War II. He was a grandson of Augustus D. Troutman, a Confederate veteran.
Dr. and Mrs. Goodman have lived in Troutman since his retirement as Professor of Bible at New
berry College several years ago.
Oct. 1: Dr. James C. Kinard,
Mrs. Chevis L Booze*, Walter
Summer, Mrs. Maude G. Ross,
Dr. Elbert Dickert, l*. A. Har
grove, Scott Elliott, Barbara
Sue Long, R. T. Feagle, Mary
Jo Devore.
Oct. 2: Ralph B. Baker, Mrs.
Derrill Smith Beat, Eugene
Stockman, Leonard Halfacre,
Mrs. Ida Clamp, Betty Boozer,
Ralph C. Johnson, Elizabeth H.
Shannon, Mrs. Henry Lominack,
Mrs. F. A. Boland, Nancy Har
mon, Paul Harmon, Sallie L.
Brandon, R. M. Blake, Ann Lip
scomb, Bill Fran Jin, Nancy
Underwood.
Oct. 3: James Clamp, Margar
et Ann Spotts, Sally Leonard
Hodges, Guy Bowers, Mrs. John
Miller, George Ward, Kay Beam,
Mrs. Aubrey Davis, Mrs. A. T.
Dennis, Charlie Harley, Char
lotte Myers, Tommy Weir, Bob
by Weir, Bobby DeHart.
Oct. 4: Miss Josie Reid, Eva
Jane Price, C. C. Fulmer, Mrs.
J. G. Sease, Claude J. Price,
Jimie Ingram, Diana Hunter,
Mrs. J. E. Neel, Bill Graham,
A. C. Dyskin, Mike Sharp,
Maude H. Matthews, Johnnie
Cousins.
Oct. 5: Dr. Wayne C. Brady,
Elizabeth Gibson Summer, Her
bert Lee Gilliam, Mrs. Rosa
Johnson, Mrs. Ed Thomas,
Becky Burns, Mrs. Robert Sease,
Carolyn Crowell, John J. Mc-
Swain Jr., Bob Hawkins Jr.,
Bobby Lipscomb, Maxie Graham,
Daniel Hutchinson.
Oct. 6: Alice Williams, Guy
Long, Mrs. A. N. Crosson Sr.,
Mrs. J. P. Boozer, S. M. Price,
James Wicker.
Oct. 7: Mrs. Frank Ctilclasure,
Nellie Ruff Hipp, S. L. Shealy
Jr., Mrs. T. C. Young, Mrs. T.
Blair Boozer, Miss Wilma Booz
er, Ann Abrams, H. E. (Buck)
G?.use.
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