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Ez Tike says that career girls would rather bring home the bacon than fry it. In any kind of an argument the best weapon to hold is your tongue. VOLUME 25; NUMBER 28. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1961 $2.00 PER YEAR By Th© Way - b y doris a. sanders This Is FUN? AMERICA, WAKE UP!! The following article was ori ginally published in The Presby terian Journal June 17, 1959. It was republished October 4, 1961 with a note by the Journal’s edi tor, Dr. Aiken Taylor, that thous ands of reprints have been sold since it originally appeared in print. Dr. Taylor says: “We are re printing this article because we feel God may use it to arouse some who still sleep. The seemingly fan tastic predictions of this article are actually coming true. Men are talking about capitulation to Rus sia. By our national follies—poli tical as well as moral—we stand in direct danger of the judgment of God descending on us in just retribution.” The article “America, Wake Up —a Venture in Long Range Re porting”, is by Dr. L. Nelson Bell: It could be 1969- few years. -give or take a been reached with the Kremlin; when we had every assurance that the encroachment of Russia and China would cease before reaching our shores. “We have accepted in good faith the philosophy that we could do business v ith Communism and at the same time retain our own au tonomy. As an evidence of this faith we have regretfully disas sociated ourselves from our for mer friends in Europe and the rest of the world. “Tonight we stand at the cross roads. It is now evident that Rus sia intends to dominate all of the world. We have but two choices: submit or fight. “At this late date we have no choice but to admit that the free world has made a tragic mistake. We have confused the basic issue with superficial ones. For the sake of peace in our time we have { frittered away the day of peace. Determined to have a high stand ard of living and to make life easy we have sacrificed the great heri tage and privileges which were ours. “This is no time for recrimina tion, it’s a time for action. The day of compromise has passed. In our blindness we have permitted a tragedy of untold proportions to confront us. In our fear of inter fering with the constitutional rights of our citizens we have A group of well-fed Americans are seated in the lounge of one of Washington’s plush hotels. Some are politicians, others are men and women who voted these politicians into office and then pressured them into passing legislation de signed to take more and more from the public coffers (borrowed money) and channel it into subsi dies, grants—into public-financed j spawned in our midst a group of By DORIS A. SANDERS When a “day of fun” becomes a day of dread, the time has come to do something about it. The above Sunphoto is a graphic portrayal of Halloween “Fun.” This is what happened when two law-abiding par ents took their children not trick-or-treating, but as invited guests to a party at a friend’s house. Fortunately, the two little girls had already been left at the friend’s home, or one would surely have had her head or face cut—perhaps even been blinded—by flying glass. Tuesday Is Election Date The City General Election, to elect a mayor and six aldermen to serve for two years beginning January 1, 1962, will be conducted Tuesday, November 7, with polls to be open from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Polling precincts will be as fol lows: Ward 1, City Hall; Ward 2, Smith Motor Co ; Ward 3 No. 1, Boundary St. School; Ward 3 No. 2, Mollohon School; Ward 4, No. 1, Old Court House; Ward 4, No. 2, Union Hall; Ward 5, near Cor ley’s Barber Shop; Ward 6? Shealy i Ford Motor Co. J • A County Registration Certifi- must be presented in order to m thia. election. Voters in Newberry are remind- of the importance of voting in tfefe general election. V Democratic nominees for city offices are: Mayor,'. Erneet H. Layton; Al derman, Ward 1, Frank Armfield Jr.; Ward 2, George W. Heller; Word 3, Clarence A. Shealy Jr.; Ward 4, Jimmie B. Davenport; Ward 5, Cecil E. Merchant; and Ward 6, E. F. McCutcheon. Write-in votes are permissible on general electioruballots. To Speak Monday grandiose schemes Seated in this group are farm ers, labourers, white collar work ers, members of veteran’s organi zations, church leaders—hardly a section of American life which is not represented in that plush air- conditioned room—and all of them are deathly afraid. Russia now completely domin ates all of Euiope and the Middle- East. China has a firm grasp on all of Asia. Africa, awakening, un prepared, divided and helpless, has been like a flock of ducklings with a drooling fox watching greedily. The ultimatum had come that afternoon. From Moscow there had been beamed by radio and direct television a flat demand that the United States enter into immediate negotiations for the subordination of all defense machinery to the control of the Soviet high com mand; that the civil administration of the nation be turned over to American citizens already entren ched in the various departments of government and already secret ly taking orders from the Krem lin; that all Americans remain quiet and unafraid for their “lib eration from capitalistic domina tion is now near,” the “wolves of Wall Street” now being powerless and soon to be liquidated. The churches of America were assured that there would be per fect freedom of religion and that their programs would continue un der a group of leaders, friendly to the new regime. traitors who even as I speak are trying to deliver our nation into the hands of a Godless and ruth less enemy. “In this hour of national trage dy, when we find ourselves con fronted by enemies from without and traitors from within,_ I _call upon you to cry out to Almighty God. asking His forgiveness for our many sins our foolish blind ness, and our determination to put self and ease above His Holy Will. “My fellow* Americans. There is but one course for us to take. We must now resist this monstrous evil which would impose itself up on our nation. I call on you to rally to the defense of our belov ed country. I see nothing ahead but blood, sweat and tears. Only by the help of Almighty God can we succeed. Trusting in His help and praying that it may be His, . . gracious will to deliver us in this i Council has not given it e ec ive time of national tragedy, I hereby! laws with which to woik. ei taps declare a state of w ar to exist be-! th*~ department has not aske or Near Newberry College, a whis key bottle was thrown through a windshield, shattering the glass and cutting the driver. At the in tersection of Drayton and Main Streets, a rock was thrown at a car, smashing a window*. The cher ry bomb w*hich made the hole show*n above throwm by a white teenager in what one w r ould have thought to be a “safe” com munity—on Boundary Street be tween the homes of V. W. Wheeler and Charles Whittle. Perhaps other such occurences took place and were not reported. The fact that even one car was damaged w*as sufficient evidence that something must be done about this Halloween business. The situation has become in creasingly w r orse over the past sev eral years, but, despite the best efforts of the Police Department, its hands are tied because City BULLETIN The Security Council is in em ergency session with the Presi dent. All Cabinet members have tween the L'nited States of Am erica and the Communist states of the world, along with all Commun-. ist traitors aid sympathizers whom we know ‘o be boring like termites into almost every phase of oor national life. “May God Almigh . . . “Ladies and gentlemen: Our transmission from '-Vashington has been interrup . . silence. Not fantas- Utterly fantastic? tic but probable. How can it happen? By contin uing our present folly. For more than a quarter of a century we have foolishly thought we could do business w*ith Communism. We have been blind to the plain statements of Communist leaders. We have ignored the basic teach- the laws. I have protested this triek-or- treat business in the past because I simply don’t like it anyway. We allow our children to go only where they are invited. I have not felt that it was particularly my business in the past to insist that ! City Council pass laws to control the Halloween vandalism, but since the window of our car was | one that was shattered, I feel I have every right to not only ask, i but insist that I, and other citi zens of the city, be protected. You members of Council may make a few teen-agers angry by I curbing their malicious activity Stroud To Speak At Lewis Revival Rev. James G. Stroud will preach in Revival Services at Lewis Methodist Church, Ne'wber- ry, November 6-12 at 7:30 o’clock each evening and at 10:00 o’clock each morning Nov. 8-10. Parents Day To Be Saturday At College Newberry College is looking for ward to having a large number of parents on the campus Saturday, November 4. This will be the third Parents’ Day staged by the col lege. The program will begin at 3:00 p.m. with registration in the Wright Building and will conclude with the football game between Elon College and, Newberry Col lege on Setzler. Field at 8:00 p.m. .Parents of the students will be the o^the Ahimni Aseociation at a supper in the cafeteria in Kaufmann Hall from 5:30-6:30 p. Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, president of the college, urges the parents of the students to take this oppoi- tunity to visit the campus, meet the officials and learn more about Newberry College. Rev. Stroud was born in Un ion, son of William Walker and Orrie Clara (Richards) Stroud. He attended the public schools of Un ion, Spartanburg Junior College and Wofford College, receiving his B.S. degree from Wofford. , A He served the following church es of the South Carolina Metho dist Conference: Landrum, Tuca- pau, Graniteville, Startex, Judson but believe me, you will make at and is at present Pastor of the been called to the White House. The General Staff is also present in g s of Communism. We have look- BULLETIN I e< l the other way while Commun- Strikes are springing up all over America. Vital industries are being paralyzed. The Teahisters’, Longshoremen, Electrical unions are calling their men off of their jobs. Communications are in ser- ism has continued to spread across the world like a deadly plague. We have largely ignored the subversive influence of teach ers and preachers who have con fused humanism with Christiani- ious danger. The presence of Com- J ^ also have promoted a col- munists in key positions all ac ross the country threatens to throw the nation into turmoil. BULLETIN It has now been confirmed that Russian submarines have been sighted at strategic points along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. That they carry atomic weapons capable of destroying all cities within a thousand miles oi the coast is common knowledge. LATER BULLETIN The President of the United States will speak to the nation on all available radio and TV stations at 7 p.m. tonight. For some reas on some of these stations are off the air. It is feared some have been seized by subversive groups. 7 P. M. “Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States:” “My fellow Americans. Tonight we find ourselves c fronted with the gravest crisis in ^ur national history. You are fully aware of the ultimatum which has come to day from the leaders of the Sov iet Union. In a word this is a de mand that w*e submit our na tional defenses and all vital re sources to the control of Russia. “This shocking situation comes at a time when we thought an am icable and fair compromise had lective philosophy which is grad ually making security a word more treasured than freedom it self. This statement is confirmed by a survey just conducted among the graduates of 87 high schools across America. A majority of these graduates preferred Social ism to our present capitalistic sys tem. These young people did not pull this philosophy out of the air—Someone taught it to them, either directly or by inference. We have been content with laws so lax that Coimmunists have in filtrated many key unions. We have permitted gangsters and thugs to control some unions. Un der the guise of “academic free dom” we have confused, liberty with license, and in so doing have laid a groundwork for subversion. We have seen developing before our eyes a Church leadership whose primary concern is ecclesiastical organization rather than the veri ties of the Christian faith itself. We have confused spiritual unity with outward unification, choosing the latter and ignoring the fo?-m- er. We have become soft in living, lax in morals and determined to have peace at any price. We have least 99 r o of the voting public happy. There are several things that would help. One would be a com plete after-sundown cui-few* except for emergency travel on Hallowe en. That would suit me fine, be cause in the future, such a curfew will be imposed at our house any way. However, there are those, I realize, who think this would be depriving the children of pleas ure, and most residents don’t mind handing out a “treat” to the neigh borhood children if there isn’t the threat of a “trick” behind it. The most sensible thing to do would be to impose a time limit, and age limit, and a complete cur few* for all those above .he age limit. Chief Dowd believes, and I agree with him, that 5th grade and under would be a sensible age BUT that EACH child or group of children must be accompanied by an UNMASKED adult. A law such as this on the books would give Chief Dowd and his men something to work with. In addition, council could provide for extra help for the Department on nights when trouble can be ex pected—plainclothes helpers in un marked cars. Another action which should be taken is the complete outlawing of fireworks of any kind, at any place within the city limits. Those of you who have “taken up” for fireworks in the past, take another look at the picture above, and realize that a little six-year- old girl could have been blinded or had her face marred, then decide whether your conscience can al low you to approve of fireworks. The people of Newberry—and boasted of the highest standard of i believe me, I am not the only one living in the world, only to discov-! —want action, and they want it (Continued on Page 8) NOW. Matthews Church of Greenwood. He married Miss Essie Elliott of Lyman. They are the parents of two children, Glenda and Hey ward. There will be special music at each evening service under the direction of Mrs; Jerome Senn, w*ho is a member of Central Meth odist Church. Mrs. Irby Long shore is the church organist and Mrs. Ezell Abney is the church pianist. The quartets of Epting Methodist church will render spe cial music on the evening of Nov. 8th. The Commission on Evangelism, of which Virgil Gilliam is chair man, has been working for a num ber of weeks in preparation for the revival. The prospective mem bers are being visited by the pas tor and the members of the church. On Sunday evening visi tors of the church will visit each church family and lead them in prayer for the revivaL Cottage prayer meetings are being held on Nov. 1, at the following homes: J. T. Turner led by P. E. King at 10 a.m.; at 7:00 p.m. at Mrs. Grace Watson’s, led by Mrs. J. T. Drummond; Harry Lee Taylor’s led by P. M. Rodgers; Luther Wright’s, led by Mrs. Wright; Mrs. Nettie Kyzer’s, led by Edgar Tay lor; Ezell Kyzer’s, led by Ray Gil liam; Lloyd Davenport’s, led by Bryan Stribble; the MYF at the parsonage led by Eugene and Vir gil Gilliam. The pastor, the Rev. James A. Grigsby, extends a cordial invita tion to the public to attend the services. Merchants Set Holiday Hours, Closing Dates At a meeting hfeld Tuesday morn ing, the Merchants’ Association adopted closing dates and hours to be observed'by merchants during the Christmas season. On December 6, 13 and 20, Wednesdays, stores will remain open during the afternoons. On Wednesday, November 29, mer chants will remain open until 4 p. m., at which time the Christmas parade will begin. The Merchants voted to close on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. After Christmas, the regu lar Wednesday closing will be re sumed. During the week before Christ- iruis, stores will be closed at 6 p. r i. except on Friday, December 15 and 22, stores will remain open until 9 p.m. It was also noted that stores would be closed Thursday, Novem ber 23 for Thanksgiving Holiday. The Association appointed a committee to investigate and make a recommendation for addi tional off-street parking. T. Roy Summer is chairman and serving with him will be Frank Smith and Jim Beard. A sales promotion is planned the day of the Christmas Tea, De cember 6. Serving on this commit tee are Billy Beard, Mrs. Tom Long and Mrs. Clara Wertz. The group appointed Gerald Pay- singer to head a liason committee to work with the Newberry Coun ty Development Board. Mrs. Mary Gardenhire was named chairman of the membership committee, and Tom Half acre chairman of a Christmas Parade fund-raising committee. - ' The Inter-Club Cound£ banquet to be held, next Mi at which Senator Strom Thur mond will speak, is a complete sellout, according to Bill Mon roe, president' of* the County ih- ter-Club Council. The sale of tickets was limited to slightly over 400, to enable all who purchase tickets to see, as well as hear, the speaker.' The banquet will be held at Kaufmann Hall, Newberry College, begin ning at 8 p. m. For the information of those who will be mkaibie to obtain eta. Senator Thurmond’s will ever' Radio St* tion WKDK beginning at approx imately 8tS0 p. m. The Senator will be Introduced by John F. Clarkson. Participating in the . are the following clubs: Rotary, Exchange, Civitan, Ki- wanis, and Bn tin— and Prof— ional Womens Club, all of New berry; L—a Cidb of ffhtfedlfte and Civitan Club of Prosperity. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fleming are now residing at 1232 McMorris St. The Newberry College Indians will play the Elon Fighting Chris tians in a Carolinas Conference game at 8 o’clock Saturday night on Setzler Field. The Indians, fresh from a 19-0 win over Guil ford, will try to continue their win ning ways against Elon. Elon, 2-5 | on the season, is a better club than | their record indicates and they! will give the Indians a real bat tle. The Indians, 3-1 in the Confer- j ence, are tied with Lenoir Rhyne ! for second place. Appalachian, 4- 1, took over the conference lead as a result of their victory over East Carolina, and East Carolina dropped to fourth place. Elon, 2- 3 in the conference, is tied with Catawba for fifth place. The big game in the conference this week is the Lenoir Rhyne-East Carolina contest. Newberry’s offensive attack will depend on the running of halfback Carl Harris and full back Mike Hughes and the pass ing of Tom Gorman. Harris and Hughes are running a two man show in the rushing and scoring departments. Hr.rris has rushed for 373 yards and has scored 22 points, while Hughes hai rushed for 252 yards and scored 24 points. Gorman, the total offense leader for the Indians, has completed 40 passes for 392 yards and four touchdowns. His favorite target, Freddie Haley, has caught 24 passes for 232 yards and one touchdown. The Newberry line again looked j tough on defense, as they held the Quakers to 29 yards rushing in the first half last week. The sec ond unit line did a good job m the second half also. They held the Quakers to only 68 yards on the ground. Tackle Tommie Witt play ed his usual outstanding game and caused many a Quaker to really quake. Other stalwarts in the In dian line were guard Jimmy Rou- ton and center Travis Rowell. Sec ond unit standouts were James Fowler, Dennis Lynn, and Larry Fleming—all freshmen. Elon’s offense will be built around their * ace quarterback, George Wooten, who has been the total offense leader in District 26 for the past few weeks. However, Burt Clements, a rugged junior fullback will also carry a good bit of the offensive burden, and half backs Marv Crowder and Ken Cooke can move the ball also. DuBose Speaker NEPH Luncheon Dr. R. N. DuBose of Spartan burg, a district superintendent of the Methodist Church, will be the guest speaker when a luncheon is held Tuesday, November 14 at the Community Hall to begin the annual essay contest sponsored by the Newberry County Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped. The luncheon, at 12:30 p.m., will be served to English students from the three county high schools who will participate in the con test. The students will be given, in addition to inspiration by Dr. DuBose, information to help them in writing their essays. Among the clubs underwriting the expense of the luncheon are the Civic League, American Leg ion Auxiliary, County Home De monstration Council and Lions Club. Shealy Infant Died Tuesday The infant son of Heyward and Barbara Epting Shealy died late Tuesday afternoon at the Newber ry County Memorial Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Shealy are mem bers of Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church and Mrs. Shealy was form erly of Chapin. Survivors include his parents; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Epting of Chapin and Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Shealy of Prosperity; his great-grandpar ents, Mrs. Ernest Alewine of Prosperity, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Epting of Chapin, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shealy of Prosperity and 1 Mrs. Emma Shealy of White Rock; his great-great-grandmoth er, Mrs. Sallie Epting of White Rock, and a number of uncles and aunts. Graveside services were conducted at 11 a. m. Wednesday in Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church Ce metery by the Rev. J. S. Wessin- ger. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Bessie) Hawkins, 78, died late Tuesday afternoon at the Newberry Coun ty Memorial Hospital after two weeks serious illness. She had been in declining health for several years. Mrs. Hawkins was born and reared in Newberry County, the daughter of the late George Mc Duffie and Mrs. Margaret Chap man Bowers Sligh. She had lived in the Hartford Section of the county for a number of years and was the widow* of B. P. Hawkins. She^was/a^-foitfe^ Ebenezer Methodist Church the Women’s Missionary Survivors include George P., ~R. Dudley, Bloomer F. and William H. of Newberry and Carl W. Hawkins of West Cb- lumbia; five daughters, Mrs. Hor ace I. Boozer, Mrs. T. E. Wes sin ger, Mrs. Burton Sease, Mrs. Bill Shannon and Mrs. Everette Lom- inick of Newberry; one brother, George J. Sligh of Newberry; three sisters, Miss Lillie Sligh, Mrs. H. T. Summer and Mrs. J. F. Hipp of Newberry; *28 grand children; and 24 great - grandchil dren. One daughter, Mrs. Lillie Wa ters, died several years ago. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today (Thursday) from Ebenezer Methodist Church by the Rev. David Templeton and the Rev. George Bennett Shealy. In terment will follow in the church cemetery. vamber i-tJL music director of First Church, WWtmiro and rector of the Reedy River Rap- tist Association, will lead the music. Services will be eoeh ev ening at 7:36. A nursery will be provided. The public is cordially invited. Mr. Lucado came to Newberry from Tenessee in August as pas tor of Hunt Memorial. Ho : a«|l_ Mrs. Lucado have two children: ^ a son, Barry, age 17 and a girl, Beverley; 15, both students at Newberry High School. Report Given 01 Carnival Boundary Street Parent-Teacher Association cleared about $530 on it’s Harvest Carnival held last Fri day afternoon and night at the school building, according to Mrs. Ruby Summer, PTA treasurer. Mrs. Summer reported that $689.40 was collected from all car nival projects and that after ex penses are paid, the PTA should clear at> least $530, perhaps more. Of this amount, each teacher will be given $20, as voted by the PTA, to use for instructional ma terials for her class. It is ex pected that other funds -will be used to purchase equipment and instructional materials for the new school building. A1 Weigle, PTA president, thanked all who helped to make the 1961 Harvest Carnival a suc cess. Deadline For Candidates H. L. Fellers, chairman of the Prosperity Democratic Executive Committee, reminds citizens of Prosperity that 12 noon Saturday, November 4, is the deadline for qualifying for the offices of may or and alderman for the Town of Prosperity for a two-year term. The primary wdll be held Tues day, November 7. A PRAYER FOR TODAY O God, Who has been our help in ages past and Who art our hope for years to come: when the hour strikes to which we have looked with dread and dismay, unto whom shall we go but unto Thee? Deliver us and our children, we beseech Thee, from the pestilence that walketh in darkness and the destruction that wasteth at noonday. Fortify our hearts with the assurance that no evil shall befall those who dwell beneath the shadow of Thy sheltering wings and who trust in Thy truth and faith fulness. In Jesus Name. Amen An incomplete report from the. Emergency March of Dimes hold National Foundation County Chairman. With several areas still to report, total funds already in hand amount to $4420.09. '>*••• Funds collected from various projects were: Mother’s March, City of New- berrry, $1752; Mother’s March, - Prosperity, $161; Colored Divis ion, $981; Road Block, $435; Spec ial booths, $100; Radio Talkathon, $278; special gifts, $307; complete repo*t from Silverstreet, Friendly, Smyrna, Hartford and Little Mountain, and one worker’s re port from St. Phillips, $405.95. Mr. Folk expressed his sincere appreciation to all who worked to make the emergency drive a suc cess, and especially to those who contributed so generously. BIRTHDAY - GREETINGS Nov. 5: T. S. Riley, Judy Shealy, Vonnie G. Chapman, W. B. Boinest Jr., Ryan Graham, Mrs. Alice Shealy, Mrs. Carl Setzler, Floyd Amick, Martha A. Young, Buddy Wilson, Jane Bedenbaugh. Nov. 6: Mrs. J. C. Kinard, Miss Mary Wheeler, James Mills, Mrs. Wilbur Boozer, Jimmy Glymph, Larry Cromer, J. Foster Senn, Charlie I. Amick, Sammy Price, Yinnie L. Hinnant, Tyler Britt, Mrs. Tommy Mima, M. W. Fel- ker. Coke S. Dickert. Nov. 7: Mildred Ruff, J. T. Bouknight, David Ringer, Mrs. M. P. Connelly, Jon Dickert, Da vid Edward Berley, Jean Alt man, Frank Sutton, Walter H. Seek. Nov. 8: Mrs. Jack Chappell, Mrs. McHardy Mower, Tommy Chappells, Barbara Gilstrap, Carrie Norris, Mary Eva Doolit tle, Hugh Ballentine, Mrs. Odel ls B. Summer, Mrs. Frances C. Touchberry, Berley A. Fretwell, Nancy Pay singer, Carol Seteler Harley. Nov. 9: Mrs. Henry Sowell, R G. Ringer, Hal Kohn, Jr., K. I Martin, Bill Long, Peggy Koon, Mrs. Pauline Lsthrop, Mrs. Bessie Nichois Lake. Nov. 10: Mrs. Chris Kaufmann, Mrs. C. A. Matthews, Luther Aull, Mrs. W. B. Timmerman, Henry Nichols, Shelby Jean Neel, George R. Summer, G. M. Neel, Celia Dodgen, Ted Daven port, Jury Ber.y, Richard H. Briggs, C. C. Lominick. Nov. 11: S. D. (Bozo) Paysin- ger, Mrs. C. S. Glymph, Betty Kyzer, Billy Dipner, Pamela Senn, Jim Waldrop, C. E. Long, Ruth H. Westwood, A. B. Strib ble.