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& HOMECOMING Newberry vs. East Carolina Setzler Field, Sat. 8:00 P.M. Follow the Bulldogs to Wade Hampton Friday, Oct. 20 VOLUME 25; NUMBER 26. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1961 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way - By DORIS A. SANDERS FAMILIAR SCENE The scene outside as I walked into the office this (Wednesday) morning was reminiscent of some 20 years ago when it was the rule, and not the exception, to see a number of young men lined up, waiting for a bus to take them to Fort Jackson for the physical ex aminations for the draft. I believe only four or five of this group were reporting for duty under se lective service; the remainder were going for physicals prior to being “selected.” It is an indication, how ever, of the seriousness of the world situation—and an indication that it strikes more closely at home all the time. Many of our local guardsmen—perhaps most of them—are keeping their fingers crossed that they won’t be next. But because they are members of the guard ,they know they are sub ject to call at any time and they have been made to understand they haven’t spent these years drawing a day’s pay for two hours service merely for their own con venience. DOUBLE DOSE Someone said that perhaps the Newberry Indians needed that de feat at the hands of Carson-New- man to get them in better shape; but no one suggested that they needed such a defeat at the hands of Wofford last Friday night at the Orangeburg State Fair. It was obvious they had almost,no de fense to Wofford’s play in the first half. Coach Kirkland and the others must have made good use of the half-time break because the Indians did much better in the sec ond half although, as Coach said “it was too late then—the damage had been done.” We hope the story will be dif ferent for Homecoming this Sat urday night at Setzler Field, and that you will be on hand to see the Redskins defeat East Carolina. DOG TROUBLES For a while after arrangements were made by the city to pick up stray dogs, the situation seemed to be fairly well under control. Lately, however, dog activity seems to have picked up, with re ports of overturned garbage cans; (and I see them in my own neigh-j borhood), digging up flower beds,, etc. Is the dog catcher not on thej job ? SOON, WE HOPE At the insistence of a parent, the city finally has made an ef fort to have slow speed signs post-1 ed near the city schools. It seems incredible to me that this wasn’t done long ago. Such “school crossing” signs as have been put up are barely noticeable unless a person is looking for them—and the average traveler is not going about looking fov “school cross ing” signs when there is nothing to indicate ahead of time that a school building is close by. We hope to see these new speed signs up within the next day of two. Un til then (and after) I hope you will remember school opening and closing times, and be careful when driving through school zones. The life you save may be that of our little girl, or yours. NONE SO BLIND On another page in this issue are letters from two persons who have taken issue with what 1 have written about the Presbyterian Survey. I am sure the people who wrote the letters are sincere in their beliefs, as I am in mine. I would rather say they are right and I am wrong. But I can’t be lieve that. The Presbyterian Church, US, is an old and fine church, as are the majority of its ministers and mem bers. That doesn’t mean, however, that all members of its clergy are ( infallible, nor does it follow that simply because a magazine is the official magazine of the church, it can do no harm. Someone has said “There are none so blind as those wdio will not see.’ One of the letters referred to is from Lamar Neville, a young man most of you probably know. The letter speaks for itself, and per haps you will be just as disturbed as I was to realize that this young man is barely out of Seminary. I do not mind being called stu pid and ignorant, but I do object to being accused of having “given aid and comfort to the cause of Communism.” There are a couple of observa tions I would make about this let ter. Lamar adm-ts to having no per I sonal knowledge of the John Birch Society, and admits not having seen “Operation Abolition.” Yet he condemns both. I have never heard of the Dr. McIntyre to whom he refers, but if his programs are in the category of Jbose by Wayne Poucher and Hurst B. Amyx, I would say “more power to him.” Lamar doesn’t believe in capital punishment. He also doesn’t say what the “more excellent way” is. I would like to know what he would j do with mean, savage brutes whoj ravish, mutilate and kill children and others. Let them serve a few years until they “reform,” and turn them loose on society to re-| peat their dastrdly crime? t As to the church’s part in mak ing aged citizens “happier,” I was proud to see that the Baptist) church is making plans to build homes for them—not to send them| “to agencies.” I believe am right in saying that throughout the Presbyterian Church, South, there are only two “homes” for aging' citizens. If I am wrong, it will cer-J tainly be called to my attention and I’ll let you know. ; Does Lamar really believe that picketing a missile plant is Christ ian witnessing ? In referring to the sermon by the Scottish clergyman, he asks! “What better admonition could a' minister give at such a time?” My thought is that the minister could have told his congregation “Thank the Lord for the United States, and work as hard as you can to keep out subversives” in ad dition “to believe, to pray, to love.’’ As to other articles mentioned, I realize they were in the form of “news” and that is fine—if they are identifed for what they are. The very fact that there was no editorial comment is what I ob ject to. The Presbyterian Journal (not to be confused with the Sur vey) also prints such articles but rebuts them in editorial comment. Lamar would do well to dwell on these words, written by a patriot ic American, in a recent issue of a Statesville (N.C.) newspaper: “Newspapers, too, must share a portion of the blame; for, just as the professors and ministers show weakness for the Communist line in the name of religious and aca demic freedom, we in the newspa per profession, out of a sense of obligation to free speech, often provide the subverts with a forum from which to spout their poison. “Young people are taught to respect their ministers and profes sors and, we hope, to believe their newspapers; unfortunately, many of them do not have the discrim inating judgment needed to sepa rate the patriots from the pho nies.” This applies equally as well toj the “official magazine” of any. church, including the Presbyterian' Church, US. College Will Plans have been completed and according to all indications the Homecoming at Newberry College on Saturday, October 21, is going to be a big and gala occasion. The feature event will be the football game between the Fighting Red skins of Newberry College and East Carolina College from Greenville, N. C. at 8 p.m. on Set zler Field. During the morning various class and club organizations on the campus will erect their home coming displays, competing for a cash prize offered by the Alumni Association. The program will begin at 2 p.m. with the judging of the cam pus exhibits. Five cash prizes will be awarded ranging from a first prize of $25 to a fifth prize of $5. At 3 p.m., the student body will stage a parade. Also at 3 p.m., the South Carolina group of the Newberry College Women’s Lea gue will meet in Smeltzer Hall. This wdll be followed by a gener al meeting of the Newberry Coll ege Women’s League at 3:30 in Smeltzer Hall. The Alumni Coun cil will hold its meeting in the Alumni office at 4:30 p.m. and will be guests of the Alumni As sociation at a supper at the Wise man Hotel at 5‘30 p.m. The homecoming supper for the alumni and friends will be served in Kaufmann Hall from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The parade of the home coming queen, attendants, and senior sponsors will be held on Setzler Field at 7:30. The queen, attendants and sponsors will as semble in Smeltzer Hall at 7 p.m. During the halftime ceremon ies, the homecoming queen will he crowned by the president of the student body. Larry Long; the trophy for the winning mer chants’ window will be awarded, the campus exhibit winners will be announced, and the Newberry College Band will perform. Chris Cooper, the son of Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Cooper, will be the crown bearer. In anticipation of the Home coming Game, Head Coach Harvey Kirkland and his coaching staff put the Newberry College Indians through a good three hour prac tice Monday. The squad worked mainly on polishing up their plays, and getting their blocking and running assignments down pat. They also worked to improve their timing', especially in the back- field. The line worked hard trying to stop the opponents at the line of scrimmage or limit them to less than two yards. First unit tackles Tommie Witt and Charles Haggard and second unit tackles Dennis Lynn and James Fowler looked roup Saturday sharp, and third unit guard Jim Acker began to push for a second unit berth. In the backfield, quarterbacks Tom Gorman and Tom Culclasure worked on their timing with full backs Mike Hughes and Bill Hern- of Newberry; Walter Hamm, rep don. Both Herndon and Hughes. resenting Prosperity, and Dr. B. have been out of action for a cou- ' M. Montgomery, representing the pie of weeks and their timing was County Medical Association. Plans a little rusty. Freshman Dave Sea- iwere made to ask the following to ton begnn running at right half* serve: Bob Lake, Whitmire; Ralph At a meeting held last Thurs day night at the Court House, a county Civil Defense Chapter was formed, with Senator Jesse Frank Hawkins elected to serve as A ts chairman. S. C. Altman was elect ed vice-chairman. Others who will serve as mem bers of the committee are Frank Armfield Jr., representing the city Oral Vaccine To Be Given At IO In County Today back after having been moved ^Watkins, Newberry Schools; and there from fullback. Carl Harris didn’t take part in the practice ses sion, because of a sprained ankle. On Tuesday the Indians began defensing the ECC plays. Coach Kirkland had his backs working at the wingback position, while the line worked on the fundamen tals of defensing the ECC line plays. iKibler Williamnni, Newberry Col lege. City council held Its regular The group discussed the propo-: mon thly meeting on Thursday aition of hiring a full-time director i nst ead of the usual Tues- St. Luke’s Church To Begin Preaching Mission On Sunday Council Names Temporary City Manager to handle all Civil Defense mat ters, and to work with the Rural ! "M* f-v A A • J • __ __ _ day, this past week and among the actions it took v as to appoint W. Fire Departments, organizations) q Wallace, city clerk and treasur- which will be directly concerned j er> as temporary city manager to with civil defense. It was agreed to meet with the Rural Fire Department on Mon day night, October 23 at 7:30 to further discuss hiring a full-tim£ director. After suffering two walloping defeats, it would seem that a team’s spirit would be low. This is not completely true of the Indians. The squad is naturally disheart ened at the two consecutive de feats, but is also- inspired in the fact that they are now in undis puted first place in the Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Confer ence. They cannot, however, rest on their laurels, for East Carolina their next opponent, is in a three way tie with Lenoir Rhyne and Appalachian for second place. The Indians, 2-0 in the Conference, hope to add another conference victory Saturday night, and they are not going to let the fact that ing which you have put on the Wofford is Little Three Champ streets bounding our college and shake them up. Their main concern which you have just recently put is the East Carolina Pirates. m Carol Court. I desire also to thank Mr. Blackwell, the City Manager, for his cooperation and astute handling of the construc- And I .defire to thank the city participat ing. The college • ef the advantages it receives from' A new feature of St. Luke’s'being located in a City that sup- Episcopal Church Bazaar is thej ports it and aids it and encourages City Thanked For Lights The following letter from Dr. A. G. D. Wiles was received by May or Ernest Layton: Dear Mayor Layton: On behalf of Newberry College I desire to express deepest grati tude to you and the City Council for the magnificent modern light- replace Ed Blackwell who has re signed effective December 31, 1961. Members of council stressed this was a temporaiy appointment until another manager could be secured. Council gave the Civitan Club permission to hold a Christmas pa rade on November 29, subject to the approval of the State High way Department. It also asked the Highway Department for author ity to erect appropriate speed zone signs in the areas of public schools in the city. John Pinckhoy, Arch deacon of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina of the Protestant Episcopal Church will be the guest preacher at a five day preaching mission to be held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Newberry. Council was told the 250,000 gal- The mission will begin at 7:00 p. New Feature Ion water storage tank in the Hart ford Heights area had been com pleted and filled with water. Other matters discussed were of a routine nature. Wood Shop.” Here will be found framed sportsman’s prints, frames for Christmas door decorations, door stops, recipe holders, lap- it at every available opportunity. And I want to say, Mr. Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Newber ry, that Newberry College will al- boards, rustic bird feeding sta- ways value the opportunity to aid tions, bases for flower containers (dull black and walnut) of many sizes and shapes, and children’s play horses. Many other items made of wood, too numerous to mention, will be found in this attretive shop. The public is invited to attend the ba zaar on Wednesday, November 1, 1961 during the hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in any way in the forward prog ress of this City. The college as pires to be friendly folk with you good friendly folk. Most Cordially yours, A. G. D. Wiles, President Presbyterians To Hold Study A series of sessions to study the History of Presbyterianism will be held at Aveleigh Presbyterian Church each Sunday and - Wednes day, beginning October 22, thru November 19, according to the pas tor, Dr. Neil TruesdML The basis of the discussions will be “The Story of Southern Presbyterian ism” by T. Watson Street. Discus^ sions will be led by Dr. Truesdell. The meetings will be each Sun day afternoon, at 5;00 p.m. and each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. All age groups are invited, and those who are not Presbyterians, but interested in the history of the church, will be welcomed, accord ing to Dr. Truesdell. Mr. and Mrs. Horace R. Warren have moved to their new home on Academy St. which they recently purchased. Mr. and Mrs. J^eRoy Anderson and son, Eddie attended the spring shoe showing which was held in Atlanta, Ga., Sunday through Wednesday. SCEA Proposes Salary Raise For Teachers The Council of Delegates of the South Carolina Education Asso ciation will meet at 10:30 Satur day, October 21 at Brookland- Cayce High School to discuss a proposed legislative program. P. M. Coble, executive secre- taiy of the Association, said that the steering committee of the legislative group had suggested a greatly simplified program: “Increase the teacher work year to 190 days with a 25 percent overall increase in the state-aid schedule.” Delegates from each county comprise the Council which is the official legislative body of the Association. In addition to the el ected delegates, on the basis of one person for each 50 association members, all past presidents of the association, all presidents of county association^, and members of the executive board, are ex- officio members. Guy L. Yarn, Columbia super intendent, who is association pre sident, said that the legislative program would be presented and explained by C. B. Busbee, Brook- land Cayce superintendent, and chairman of the committee. Expected from Newbeny Coun ty are the following delegates: J. G. Long, J. V. Kneece, Mrs. Edith M. Walker, and Mrs. Em ma Julia B. Irons. m. Sunday, October 22. The Rev. Pinckney will preach about the beliefs and the wor ship of the Episcopal Church. The mission will lie designed primar ily to answer questions that the citizens of this community might have concerning the faith' and worship of the Episcopal Church. There will be a question box in the vestibule of St. Luke’s Church this week and during the mission. All who are interested ore invit ed to -droir thei* questions into berry. The members of the com gregation cordially “ invite' ' : all friends throughout the commun ity to attend this mission and hear Rev. Finckney give his presenta-* tibh of the Episcopal Church. /The preaching mission will be carried by radib ; over station WKDK, Newberry. The opening service will be held at 7 p.m. Sun day evening, and the services on each following evening will be gin at 7:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is located on the comer of Calhoun and Main Streets. The doors of the Church are open daily to all who wish to use the facilities for pray er and meditation. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS this box or to mail them to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church 'in-NewH had made to secure, the vaccine. It Today (Thursday) is the day when thousands of citizens all over the county will go to ten “feed ing stations” and get a dose of Sabin Oral vaccine for protection against Type 3 pplio virus. Recognizing that polio cases ip the county would soon reach a true epidemic status if not halted, doc tors of the county banded togeth er with the county Health Depart ment to take constructive action to combat the outbreak of polio. Though tiie number of cases in the state is far below previous years, 20 of the 30 cases reported have been in Newberry County; most of the 20 have been the paralytic type. Doctors pointed out that of the polio patients in Newberry, only one (an iron hmg case) had received the full aeries of Salk Vaccine—three shots and two boos ters. While recommending that everyone above the age of 3 months take the vaccine, they also strongly urged everyone to con tinue Salk shots. Dr. Von A. Long, county health officer, and Dr. C. A. Dufford, Jr., local pediatrician, wh> is phy si cian in charge of most >f the polio cases, are spearheadinj; the drive to see that as many Newberry County citizens as possible take the oral vaccine. They called a meeting Monday afternoon of vol unteers to help with administra tive work in administering the vac cine. Sqpie 75 women were on hand and volunteered to help at the va rious feeding stations today. “Even if you had Salk vaccine today,” Dr. Long said in response to a question, “take the oral vac cine Thursday.” He emphasized there would be no ill effects, stat ing that some 275,000 doses were given in Atlanta with no ill effects reported.JHe said the vaccine had hifk highly effective in Atlanta. Dr. Dufford told the group about the efforts which local physicians Mrs. Joe M. Roberts, Joe M. Roberts, Executive Vice President and Cashier, Newberry County Bank, Mrs. T. C. Tindall and T. C. Tin dall, Vice President, Newberry County Bank, Joanna, as they prepared to depart Charlotte Airport on board a chartered Trans-World Airlines Super Constellation at 8 a.m., Wednesday, October 11, for the American Bankers Association annual convention in San Fran cisco, October 15-17. The Wachovia Bank and Trust Company sponsored flight arrived in Los Angeles at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Coast time. From there the group flew to San Francisco for the convention and returned to Charlotte today after a stop in Las Vegas.' Oct. 22: T./Roy Summer Jr., Bonnie' Cromer, John Billings ley, Mrs. Bobby Sligh, Mrs. C. D. Weeks, Tucky Neel, Mrs. Phil Brooks, Aubrey Davis, Johnnie Rocker, George Wayne Martin, Jr. Oct. 23: I. L. Boinest, Mrs. T. S. Riley, Barbara Frankie Joye, Mrs. Bill Hughes, Char lie Epting, Jessica Senn, Mrs. C. A. Reeder, Eunice A. Stew art, Dr. James A. Underwood Jr. Oct. 24: Ida Webb West, H. O. Counts, Dupre Harmon, Lt. Col. James Glymph, Mrs. A. E. Morehead, Ola Norris, David Zobel, J. H. White, Mrs. Ray Dawkins. Oct. 25: Shelba Jane Kinard, William Cromer, George Wil liam Coats, Jr., Buddy Clark Watkins, Fred Richardson, Ted McDowell, Patricia L. Harmon. Oct. 26: C. E. Hendrix, Curtis O. Chapman, David Orin Shealy, J. N. Ruff, Mrs. R. E. Hanna, Jimmie Moates, Wade Shealy, Lome MacBeth, Mrs. George Davenport, Miss Grace Summer. Oct. 27: Billy McSwain, Mrs. Tommy Setzler, Benjamin La ment Dawkins, Mrs. Wilbur Koou, Joyce L. Setzler, Mrs. Gordon Brown, Virginia L. Med- lock. Oct. 28: Mrs. Maude Sanders, M. P. Davis, Bob Schumpert, Betty Joyce Turner, Dan Lewis, Bonnie King, Martha Sue Fant, Mrs. Myra Cannon, Miss Cora Dominick. was only after rekching Dfe Sabin; originator of the vacciue* m Rus sia that 26,000 doses of the vaccine on hand in his laboratory in Chi cago, were released. Drs. Long and Dufford emphasized that this is all the vaccine available; that when it is gone, there will be no more any time soon. Feeding stations are located at schools throughout the county so that all children would be sure to have the vaccine, but adults and pre-school children should laso make every effort to be at the feeding stations any time between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.nn to get their “dose.” The dose will consist of two drops of vaccine placed on a sugar lump. Dr. Long said infants too young to chew and swallow .a sugar lump could have the vaccine put directly on their tongues. The feeding stations will be lo cated as follows: Boundary, Speers and Drayton Street Elementary schools in the city; Little Moun tain, Pomaria, 'Silverstreet and ' Prosperity elementary schools; Whitmire high school gym, and Reuben and Garmany elementary schools. Children who go to other schools will be transported to these feeding stations to secure their vaccine. “Although adults ’-'ay not take polio,” Dr. Long said, “they can be carriers of the germ and trans mit it to children. For that reason, we especially urge adults to get the oral vaccine.” Every school student will be given the vaccine, unless his or her parents send a note to school, ask ing that it not be given. “If your child takes the vaccine, and has a fever that night, this does not mean it was caused by the vaccine,” Dr. Dufford told the group of mothers at the Monday meeting. “It just means he was going to have fever anyhow.” There will be two doctors on duty at each feeding station, as well as clerks to handle administra tive details. The waiting time for those who come for the vaccine is not expected to be long. Prosperity PT0 The Prosperi y Parent-Teacher Organization will meet Thursday evening at 8 o’clock in the school auditorium. All members and visi tors are urged to attend. During the meeting, the parents will visit the classrooms of their children.