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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1961 THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE FT/T5 Postmistress Of Peak Retires Forty-four years of postal ser vice has brought to Mrs. Dola I. Sigmon of Peak an honorary rec ognition certificate from Postmas ter General J. Edward Day to gether with a personal letter of appreciation from the President’s Cabinet member. Mrs. Sigmon re tired on October 31st as Postmas ter at Peak. “Throughout your career you have served the public well and faithfully,” Dr. Day’s letter stat ed. The letter closed with the Postmaster General’s personal greetings and deep appreciation for her long years of faithful ser vice. The certificate commemorating Mrs. Sigmon’s 44 years of service was presented last week by Clyde T. Howard, Field Services Officer of the Postal Service from Green ville. Mr. Howard also expressed the Postmaster General’s appre ciation as well as his own, to Mrs. Sigmon. Mr. Howard presented to Mrs. i Helen M. Kiker a certificate of appointment as Acting Postmaster j which was effective upon Mrs. Sigmon’s retirement. Mrs. Kiker is the former Miss Helen Mayer, a person well known in the Peak community. To Celebrate Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. F. A. (Fairence) Boland wish to extend an invita tion to their relatives and friends to attend a drop-in from 4:00 un- , til 6:00 p. m. Saturday, November j 25, 1961. The occasion is the fif tieth wedding anniversary of the couple. The drop-in will be held at the | home of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt A. Boland in Prosperity. No gifts, j please. Mrs. Joe Mighton and Mrs. T. B. Magill of Wilmington, N. C. spent several days last week in the home of Mrs. Mighton’s broth er-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Fil Bowler on Glenn Street. Mrs. Mighton was called to South Caro lina because of the death of her brother, Oscar Peterson, at Wood ruff last week. More Money Is Available Via FHA Loans Secretary of Agriculture, Or ville L. Freeman has announced that, effective September 15, 1961, the return to lenders who invest in Farmers Home Administrotion loans increased from 4 to 4 1-2 percent. Farmers will continue to pay 5 percent interest on all FHA loans. ^ In addition, the insurance c n- uorsement on insured notes will carry a 3-year repurchase agi ce ment. Previously the lender had to hold the note at least 5 years oefore he could exercise the op tion to sell it back to the govern ment. Through the insured loan pro gram carried on by the Farmers Home Administration, private len ders can advance funds to eligible farmers for certain types of loans. The insured farm loan program makes available to farmers and ranchers a supplemental source of credit, and encourages use of pri vate capital. “The change to 4 1-2 percent should make these loans more attractive to private lenders,” Se cretary Freeman said. “We hope that more lenders will partici pate in our program so that farm ers without access to convention al and cooperative credit sources will have an opportunity to make needed capital improvements on their family farms.” Raising the return to lenders is expected to provide the Farmers Home Administration with funds to activate a new program auth orized by the current session of Congress in which insured loans totaling $25 mi’lion may be made each year for farm labor housing. Under this legislation, eligible owners of farms, associations of farmers, State or political sub divisions, and public or private non-profit associations may obtain loans to construct decent, safe and sanitary housing for domestic farm labor. The Farmers Home Administra tion has had authority to insure loans for the purchase and devel opment of farms since 1948, and for water development and soil conservation purposes since 1954. Loans totaling $150,000,000 may be insured each year Demands for these loans are expected to increase further after October 15 when the agency implements new broadened credit authorities re ceived with the passage of the Agricultural Act of 1961. New legislation contained in the Act, signed by President Kennedy on August 8, modernized FHA authorities to meet changing con ditions in agriculture and enable it to meet the credit needs of small farmers who need a bigger base to build on and young farm ers wno must overcome fantastic harriers to enter farming on ? sound and secure basis. Established farmers who need to make large scale adjustments to keep up with changing times and farmers hit with natural dis asters such as hail, drought or flood may also be better served now because of the new legisla tion. Operating loans can now be made for up to $35,000 compared to the previous limit of $20,000 j and loans scheduled for repay ment over 7 years may be re newed in some situations for an additional 5 years. Loans to buy and enlarge farms may now be i made on any family farm if the total indebtedness on the farm is not more than $60,000 when the loan is closed. Previously these loans had been limited to farms whose value was no greater than that of the average family farm in the county. Loans may now be made to farmers with off-farm income to buy and enlarge small farms. Previously such loans could be made only on farms large enough to support a family. These and other credit author ities contained in the legislation permit the Farmers Home Admin istration to fill the gap long ex isting in agricultural credit. The agency has approximately $500,- 000,00*0 available for loans during the 1962 fiscal year. The local office of the Farmers Home Administration is located in the Agricultural Building, on Martin Street, Newberry. • CARD OF THANKS I am using this method to ex press my sincere gratitude and ap preciation for the many nice get- well cards and flowers given me during my stay in the Newberry Hospital and for the gifts, visits and prayers for my recovery. Sincerely, itc E. H. Moore LEGAL HOLIDAY NOTICE THURSDAY, NOV. 23rd (Thanksgiving Day) BEING A LEGAL HOLIDAY The Institutions Listed Below Will Not Be Open for Business The public is urged to take notice of this and arrange all business accordingly. Newberry County Bank Newberry Joanna The South Carolina National Bank Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n The State Building & Loan Association The Bank of Commerce, Prosperity State Bank & Trust Company, Whitmire McEntire Rites Were Thursday John Norris McEntire, oo, died early Wednesday morning at the Newberry County Memorial Hos pital, after a short illness. He had been in declining health for sever al years. Mr. McEntire was born and reared in Newberry County and was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. G. P. McEntire. He had made his home on Milligen Street for a number of years and was a me chanic. He operated his own gar age until his health forced him to retire. Mr. McEntire was a member df E p t i n g Methodist Church. Mr. McEntire is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence Boland Mc Entire, Newberry; four sons, Roy McEntire, Cecil O. McEntire, J. Ralph McEntire, all of Newberry; and Julian N. (Buddy) McEntire, Kershaw; six daughters, Mrs. Lil lie Attaway, Mrs. J. F. (Annie Mae) Jenkins, Mrs. R. E. (Fran ces) Bartley, Mrs. Henry (Mary) Barnette, all of Newberry, Mrs. J. O. (Juanita) Pearce, Fort Mill, and Mrs. Glenn (Marjorie) Blas- er, Reading, Pa.; 20 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. He was the last surviving mem ber of his immedate family. . Funeral services were held 1 Thursday at 3:30 p.m. with Rev. B. B. Blakeney and Rev. E. R. Bradham officiating. Burial fol lowed in Newberry Memorial Gar dens. Active pallbearers were Mac Hamm, Allen Eargle, Erley Am- ick, Rob Bgaty, Leon Dennis, and Steve Reeves. Honorary escort was composed of the Official Board of Epting Church, James t. Hamm, Horace Dehart, Lucius Frick, Paul Whit aker, Sam Burns and Frank Bart ley. Flower attendants were Mrs. Freddie Morris, Mrs. Annie Ruth Hamm, Mrs. Nell Batchman, Mrs. Aliene Reeves, Mrs. Rob Beaty and Mrs. G. W. Reeves. FARMS & FOLKS Catfish “feedlots” are the new est and most unusual type of farm business to come to my at tention. Ovid Bay, writing in Farm Journal, says the new enterprise resembles the broiler business, "Vou buy baby catfish from a hatcheryman, feed them to mar ket weight, sell them to someoru who dresses and markets them fresh or frozen.” In some places, the author re ports, the business is taking of like the broiler business aiu ab out 15 years ago. But he admits it could burst fast too, as new ideas are subject to all hazards including failure. Reports I’ve seen tell of p, o ducing a pound of catfish for a little as 2.88 pounds or i. It compares, incidentally, wki 2.40 national feed conver.ion :.v erage for broilers, and ubou. 3._ for hogs. Catfish feeding L arp . ■ i making greater he d v y a Middle West, althou.g: .. .e mers in South Car din a ara er r that Mr. Nelson uses all the breeding and selection technique^ including selection for« meatiness, vigor and other characteristics geneticists would Iook for in fan., animals. ine ‘Golden Channel Catfish’ was tne result of a “nappy acci dent,” a mu laden from wnich Nei on noted gold-colored minnows in stead of blue. A‘ he g.i catfish feedlots seen to de in the tri.J stage, i. ; ow.h possibilities are said to b^ fairly good. Nelson is s.i u i ii i .-s._.ed al. f.om ns own .tee Lot plus 20,600 pjn..s of his i. boi-’s fish through e t’ag - . ee last win.er. iiov/ m a' 1 o be one of the ' c o eo u:ng to Mr. Id.-P .i t *. problems can be : . . feeding may take off. Perhaps we'ii „ •> a co.ir.' . .tew. Lu ’cy \ •. .. .i. p Sc ... see «. e .. • worth mentioning. C. E. Satcher, of Saluda conn- j ty’s Good Hope community, has 1 harvested 16 tons from a 2 acre j demonstration this year. With average state yields about 1 ton per acre, William Cravenk i comment that' “pimientoes look awfully good” seems to or ti.c u ! derstatement of the year. I | R. L. Scarborough, farmer in Richland county near Eastover, applied 16-18 sprays to his cotton i at 5-day intervals this year. How did he keep up the spraying dur- ' _r .i tor wee wreathrr? “By k* •’dr g a . i. r. s'”’ bio tr'" b?t ' oor. ^ ‘ of co ton. Th? tr c *:r "o id p \ over his r.ivp wit -.it d . - ag m Aft- | P' AC -3 ecu: i ..'-..ty corner t ne. c A i g w t. -. y o c. g u ng 40 b hels of from one of his fie ■f* 1 MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS Kenny Wicker, Pomaria Mrs. Jane Shealy and baby boy, Leesville Mrs. Dona McCarty and baby girl, Batesburg Brooks Lindler, Chapin Mrs. Leila Bickley, Chapin Mrs. Leila Joyner, New'berry Miss Lalla Martin, Newberry Mrs. Darlene McKie, Little Mountain Baby Girl Aull, Columbia Mrs. Ola Riley, Saluda Miss Florence Miller, Pomaria Shirley Maybin and baby girl, Newberry Annette Myers and baby girl, Batesburg Willie Pearl Davenport, Pros perity. ing with several catfish oj in Abbeville County. W. M. Agnew, Donalds, and Charles W. Mcllwain, of the Cen tral-Shiloh community, McP" ; says, each have tried catfish feedlot ponds. Their ponds h v been stocked with one to two thousand 2-3 inch catfish, calieo fingerlings. These fish are fed pellitized hog feed containing 36 percent protein. Mr. Agnew has sold some for a fair net profit, but the details of this project are being withheld until man agement problems can be worked out. The Westerners have a strain called “Arkansas Golden Ch Catfish” which are reoorted v be fast gainers. Ben Nelson, Lon oke, Arkansas, suoplies fW;- r- lings of this strain to farmers across the country, ^“port ^ - yi t-. are se3n throughout B county, according to G. H. Lieuan rood, county agent. South Carolina’s growing im portance in the grain business ... reflected u creases in storage f - cilities here and there. If pre3?r. I plans go through, Harper and Bowers of Estill may soon h.w c to age facilities for 1 S-4 mtllio: bushels. A Vz million bushel expansio: is now contemplated County Agent C. W. ThomorO who was among the first o " T - the possibilities of the soybean f~r L C. a^d to start a program fer increasing it, says that H'nrrt' i : ra. ” 're increasing on farm storage too. The last word on this year’s t>i- m’er T or* ‘s a t v»- in. but on* unc^icial early yield report ’ • *•' i -f p ^ • ‘ ' "1 • r-v ~ - ' ~ '—- •rtwaOh hah ~ ' •*» ^ v * ' ' v, A ^laughter is off a little from last yea*- T'd adds: “’™'« ce r *''c I tv of ' — 's r.'' facilities far *- C rVinx fa much greater then rur producthm of t n *’ •'-•/V ' '• ** ' ! James Fren' , er, v ”"e~ ' Columbia M rt' n _N ''L' * ley of Newberry - ‘-I * i Novero 1 0 ~ L ^ e vv 'y Rev. Allen C. Mim^r ’ i Bobby R“y Bed mb—h '• ” / Barbara Faye Moore of P-os-'-'rtt were married No^er-be- 1 2 ! Prosperity by Rev. H. Smith P-»t- rea and Rev. Clyde E. Beden- baugh. Wilson Ray Graham Jr. , pf Po- Caution Needed On Highways South Carolinian^ who will be making Thanksgiving Day or weekend trips were urged today by the State Highway Department to exercise crution while traveling on the highways. As is customary during the Thanksgiving season, many fami lies are planning t irs an i vdl be in the u.u.il huirv j oV'r v, .u"h gifi’.rer rii tanc«i than they should w’thin the limited time. The re sult will be congested highway condition? in some areas, coupled with the use of excessive speed by many drivers. Suih ionditions al most always produce larger than usual numbers of traffic accidents. The state’s 1961 traffic death toll thus far is almost identical to the 1960 record* and could eas ily exceed last year’s toll. The Highway Department called on all drivers to help improve, rather than worsen, the fatality record, an dfco assist in reducing the amount of human suffering which results from traffic accidents. Several pointers were outlined by the Department as ways .. Re maining free of accidents. They in cluded: 1. Don’t drive if you have been drinking alcoholic beverages. 2. Start your trip early and travel only as far as you can go and return at a safe speed within your time limits. 3. Remain alert while driving. Stop for coffee breaks or to rest and sleep if you become tired. maria and Linda Ann Cannon of Newberry wese married by Rev. John D. Zeigler at Chapin on Oc tober 29. Robert .Worthy, Route 1, Whit mire and Sybil Louise King of Clinton were married on Nov. 11 by Rev. Earl L. Alexander at Whitmire. Trines Freddie Coleman and Reba Lera Lively of Newberry were married Nov 17 at Newber ry by Probate Judge E. Maxcy Sconei , -‘■'f y-' Permits To Build Nov. 16: George N. Martin, re pairs to dwelling, 1703 Evans St., $520; Mrs. O. F. Armfield Sr., re pairs to dwelling, 921 Jessica Ave., $405; State Building and Loan As sociation, repairs to building, 1117 Boyce St., $133; R. B. Baker, load ing platform, 901 Friend St., $3,- 000; and Mrs. G. L. Corley, gen eral repairs to dwelling and add bathroom to dwelling on John stone St., $100. Nov. 17: Theresa R. Edwards, repairs to roof and general repairs to dwelling, 821 Hunter St., $200. Nov. 18: Mrs. Elizabeth S. Den nis, repairs to dwelling, 1253 Hunt St., $100. Father Of Fesperman Dies News has been received here of the death of Luther A. Fesper man, age 71, at the Stanley Coun ty Hospital in Albemarle, N. C., Tuesday, Nov. 14. Funeral services were held in Badin Presbyterian Church, Albe marle, of which he was. a member, on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. He is survived by his wife, the former Georgia Brown, and three sons, j Rev. Francis L. Fesperman of Newberry, Harry B. of Kannapolis and Bill B. of Charlotte. Eight grandchilren also survive. He had heard and read a great deal about this 1962 Cadillac over the past several months. And frankly* he wondered if any motor car could live up to the compliments that have come the way of this new "car of cars’*. Well, he has just spent thirty minutes at the wheel—and the evidence is unmistakable. Exhibit A: the way it looks. Inside and out, Cadillac styling has an undeniable sense of "right ness” about it. And its colors and fabrics are all master touches of elegance and luxury. Exhibit B: the way it rides and handles. Boulevard or back trail, this one takes the road with incredible ease. Steering is little more than a gesture . . . and the car's ride is so level and smooth and quiet that it seems almost to float over the highway. | Exhibit C: the way if a bud'. The car is crafted to the most meticulous standards that can be placed over the manufacture of an automobile—and more than 1400 inspections now guard the production of every model. Here is quality that can be seen, and felt and sensed. :;j 4. The verdict, of course, is indisputable. This is the zenith of sixty years of fine-car design and engineering. This is a Cadillac among Cadillacs. We suggest, however, that you visit your dealer's showroom soon and act as your own jury. He’ll be happy to present the case for Cadillac at any time. 11 \ GETTING THE GATE .. . They don’t like either dogs or automo biles at swank wooded area In the Philadelphia suburb of Chest nut Hill, Pa. Cars probably don't care. VISIT YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED CADILLAC DEALER, KIRK PONTIAC - CADILLAC COM PAN < 2100 NANCE ST. NEWBERRY, S. C. FOR SIXTY YEARS THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD ^