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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1961 1218 CoiWfe Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield. Jr.. Owner Second-Class postage paid at Ne ‘ -»Ty, South Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad- unrf*- six months. $1.25. ABOUT OUR NATIONAL MORALS (Following are excerpts from an address by Jenkin Lloyd Jones, editor of the Tulsa Tribune and a former president of the Am erican Society of Newspaper Ed itors. The article below was pub lished in The Greenville News earlier this week.) We are now at the end of the third decade of the national in sanity known as “progressive ed ucation.” This was the educa tion where everybody passes, where the report cards were non committal lest the failure be faced with the fact of his fail ure, where all moved at a snail pace like a transatlantic convoy so that the slowest need not be left behind, and all proceeded to gether toward adulthood in the lockstep of “togetherness.” Thus the competition that breeds excellence was to be sac rificed for the benefit of some thing called “life adjustment.” With what results? We have watched juvenile delinquency climb steadily. We have produced tens of thousands of high school graduates who move their lips as they read and cannot write a coherent paragraph. W'hile our Russian contemporaries, who were supposed to be dedicated to the mass man, have been busy constructing an intellectual elite we have been engaged in the wholesale production of medio crity. What a switch. When was the last time you, as editors and publisher .', exam ined the curricula of your local schools ? How did your schools rank on the standardized Iowa tests ? When have you looked at your schools’ report cards and the philosophy behind their grad ing system? •> Have you asked Ho /e> xamine any senior English themes? Have you offered any recognition vo ; your schools* besl - scholars to compare to the recognition you accord your schools’ ' B^st foot ball players ? , ; * /) For the funny thing about “progressive educators” is that theory vanishes when th« ref eree’s w r histle blows for kick off. In the classrobt.f thb^ pretend to grade subjectively, .^gainst the student’s sufipofe^C ^ (f^pacity, lest he be humiliated by natural inadequacy. ' ri } ' J But on the football field they never put in a onerleggpd half back on the theory that, consid ering his disability, ,• he’s ■ a great halfback. They p’Ci|tMh'the best halfback they’ve got, period. The ungifted sit on the bench or back in the stands even though they, too, might thirst fOi glory. If our schools w-ere j^s ai ious to turn out brains w they are to turn out wdnningrVfootball ter this strange contradiction wo. i not exist. - v Having neglected -disciplines in education it was quite logical that we should reject disciplines in art. The great painters and sculptors of the past studied anatomy so diligently that they often indulged in their own body-snatching. And • today, after many centuries, we ! stare at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or at the walls * of - the Reichsmusee and marvel at their w r orks. ' . But this self-discipline is of little concern to the modern no'h- objective painter. All jke needs is pigment and press , agent. He can throw colors at a canvas and the art world will discover him. He can stick bits of glass, old rags and quids of used chewing tobac co on a board and he is a social critic. He can drive a car back and forth in pools of paint and Life Magazine wdll write him up. But the Age-of-Fakery in art is a mild cross that American civ ilization bears. Much more serious is our collapse of moral stand ards and the blunting of our ca pacity for righteous indignation. Our Puritan ancestors w r ere pre occupied with sin. They were hag ridden and guilt-ridden, and theirs was a repressed and neurotic so ciety. But, tney had horsepower. They wrested livings from rocky land, built our earliest colleges, started our literature, caused our industrial revolution, and found time in between to fight the In dians, the French and the British, to bawl for abolition, woman suf frage, and prison reform, and to experiment with graham crackers and bloomers. They were a tremendous people And for all their exaggerated attention to sin, their philosophy rested on a great granite rock: Man was the master of his soul. You didn’t have to be bad. You could and should be better. And if you wanted to escape the eter nal fires you’d better be. In recent years all this has changed in America. We have de cided that sin is largely imagin ary. We have become enamoured with “behavioristic psychology.” This holds that a man is a prod uct of his heredity and his envir onment, and his behavior to a large degree is foreordained by both. He is either a product of a happy combination of genes and chromosomes or an unhappy com bination. He moves in an environ ment that will tend to make him good or that will tend to make him evil. He is just a chip tossed helplessly by forces beyond his i control and, therefore, not respon- J sible. Well, the theory that misbehav ior can be cured by pulling down i tenements and erecting in their places elaborate public housing is not holding water. The crime rates continue to rise along with our outlays for social services. We I speak of underprivilege. ! Yet the young men who swag- | ger up and down the streets, bold- | ly flaunting their gang symbols on their black jackets, are far more blessed in creature com- forts, opportunities for advance ment and freedom from drudgery than 90 per cent of the children of the world. We have sown the dragon’s teeth of pseudo-scientific sentimentality, and out of the ground has sprung the legion bear- ; ing switchblade knives and bicycle ! chains. Clearly something is missing. Could it be -what, the rest of the world’s children have been given— the doctrine of individual respon- Santa says... “ITS NICE TO KNOW THAT YOUR "SANTA CLAUS" CAN BE ALL PAID FOR . . . Thanks to a — Christmas Club Check FROM THE Newberry County Bank Members of our 1961 Christmas Club who have received their checks will be able to do their Christmas shopping- with out the worry of financial pressure. If you did not belong to our ■ .- •• c. Christmas Club this year ... , Look ahead NOW to Christmas, 1962! Plan to make it even more prosperous and merry nex 4 * year!! . o *; , r r Join our 1962 Christmas Club which is open now. Save 50c, $1.00, $2.00, $5.00 or $10.00 per week. The Newberry County Bank not only offers this specia 1 savings pro gram, but also offers complete banking Facilities — and you 'ill find this friendly bank helpful at all seasons of the year. sibility ? Relief is gradually becoming an honorable career in America. It is a pretty fair life, if you have neither conscience nor pride. The politicians will weep over you. The state will give a mother a bonus for her illegitimate children, and if she neglects them suffi ciently, she can save enough out of her ADC payments to keep her self and her boy friend in wine and gin. Nothing is your fault. And when the city fathers of a harass ed community like Newburgh sug gest that fcble bodied welfare clients might sweep the streets the “liberal” editorialists arise as one man an denounce them for their medieval cruelty. I don’t know how long Ameri cans can stand this erosion of principle. Nations are built by people cap able of great energy and self-dis cipline. The welfare state that taxes away the rewards for responsible behavior so that it can remove the age-old penalties for irrespon sible behavior is building on a foundation of jelly. It is time we stopped this elaborate pretense that there is no difference be tween the genuinely unfortunate and the mobs of reliefers who start throwing bottles every time the cops try to make a legitimate arrest. Finally, there is the status of our entertainment and our litera ture. • Can anyone deny that movies are dirtier than ever? But they don’t ca . They call it “real ism.” Why do we let them fool us? Why do we nod owlishly when they tell us that filth is merely a daring art form, that licentious ness is really social comment? Isn’t it time we recognize Hol lywood’s quest for the fast buck for what it is! Isn’t it plain that the financially-harassed movie in dustry putting gobs of sex in the darkened drive-ins in an effort 4 to lure curious teen-agers away frofn their TV sets? Recently, the screen industry solemnly announc ed that henceforth perversion and homosexuality would no longer be barred from the screen provid ed the subjects were handled with “delicacy and taste.” Good Lord! Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Bouk- night are now making their home at 1408 Dave Dr. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Koon of Florence spent Thursday in New berry in the home of Mrs. Koon’s brother-in-law anad sister, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Blackwell on Main St. „ j* HOSPITAL PATIENTS Newberry County Memorial Hospital Mrs. Mary Brank, Whitmire L. D. Barfield, 11 Gilliam St., Whitmire Mrs. Teatsy Berry, Rt. 4, Sa luda Mr. Harold Lee Cromer Sr., Rt. 1 ■ Mrs. Shirley Cannon and baby girl, 2033 Montgomery St. Miss Teresa Coward, 1520 Clarkson Ave. Mrs. Janie Dawkins, 2130 Nance St. Mrs. Dolly Davenport, Rt. 3 Mrs. Jessie Eubanks, 196 Cal houn St., Joanna Mrs. Janie Mary Franklin, 824 O’Neal St. Mrs. Adelle Fulmer, 1812 Mont gomery St. Mrs. Emmie Horne, 2301 Nance St. V Mrs. Joyce Grace, 3101 College St. Mrs. Hattie King, 2820 Clyde Ave. Mrs. Mary Long, Rt. 1, Pros perity Louis Morris, 2012 Main St. Mrs. Mary Parks, 1509 Cald well St. D. B. Parkes, Circle Dr. Miss Kaye Rinehart, 2715 De- Loach Ave. Daniel C. Roland, 415 Crosson St. Mrs. Leila Ruff, Rt. 2. Mrs. Carrie Reames, Rt. 1 Mrs. Elizabeth Sokevitz and baby boy, 1910 College St. Olin O. Shealy, 1908 Rivers St. Jacob O. Shealy, Chapin I. T. Timmerman, 1831 John stone St. Mrs. Carolyn Wicker, Rt. 1 Mrs. Catherine Wicker and baby boy, 800 Glenn St. Mrs. Lillian Martin, 1404 Silas St. Virgil Hawkins, Rt. 3, Prosper ity George R. Lominick, Rt. 1 George Kanipe, 2300 Johnstone St. Little Patrician Brown, Rt. 1 Whitmire Ray Moore Jr., 427 Glenn St. Mrs. Dorothy Hill, Chapin Hospital Births Recent arrivals at Newberry County Memorial Hospital include: Helen Alice, eight pound, two ounce daughter born November 9 to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Theodore Wallace, Rt. 3, Newberry. Mrs. Wallace is the former Miss Joann Baldwin. Douglas Charles, eight pound, 12 ounce son born Nov. 12 to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Matthew Fulmer, Rt. 1, Prosperity. The mother is the former Miss Ola Mae Fulmer. Shir'ey Marlene, seven pound daughter born Nov. 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Jason Frick, Rt. 3, Prosperity. Mrs. Frick is the for mer Miss Mableen Turner. Debra Kay, seven pound daugh ter born Nov. 14 to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kerry Lybrand 821 Pope St. Mrs. Lybrand is the former Dorothy Annette Young. John William, five pound, 12 ounce son born Nov. 16 to Mr. and Mrs. John William Adams, Rt. 2, Prosperity. Mrs. Adams be fore marriage was Miss Rebecca Christine Derrick. \ Evangeline Anne, seven pound, 10 ounce daughter born Nov. 20 to Mr. and. Mrs. Carlton Eugene Brank, Whitmire. Mrs. Brank i* the former Miss Janelle Watkins,] ^ Christine, six pound, eight ounce 1 daughter, born Nov. 23 to Mr. aii Mrs. Carl Moore Harris, Miln Ave. The mother is the former Miss Alice Louise Edgins. George Christopher, eighth pound, 14 ounce son born Nov. 24 to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ligoh Boozer, 2046 Montgomery St. mer Miss Rut.hie Catherline Tur ner. - . * Martha Gray, eight pound daughter born November 26 to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Daniel Hay den, 1212 Walnut St. Mrs. Hayden before marriage was Miss Martha Gray lifter. ’ Tracy; Marie, seven pound, sev- en x ounce daughter born Nov. 29 i to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Johnson Kennedy, 1403 Kate St. Mrs. Ken nedy is the former Miss Johnnie Mae Fletcher. Kenneth Ray, seven pound, 13 ounce son born Nov. 30 to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Earl Hamilton, 2307 Cottage Ave. Mrs. Hamilton is the former Miss Lillie Mae Summer. Thomas Rankin, nine pound, 13 ounce son born Dec. 1 to Mr. and Mrs. Sula Rankin Shaw, Rt. 1, Sa luda. The mother is the former Miss Lois Geraldine Jackson. , ■ ■ ; • y Recent Marriages v v.; \y/ Helmut Fred Licht and Anna Mgkrg*jr«t Waters of Baltimore Md., were married on November gSfai M Fort Jackson by Chaplain Leonard. Earl Johnson and Joyce Long of Newberry, were Rev. John A. Sanders r 25 at Newberry. , Albert Hill and Bar- |^#ilKs of Whitmire, ' 'add on December 2nd at ■by Probate Jcdge * E. Newberry No. 1 Outside Lewis Warren Evans and Sylvia Stewart Evans to E. O. Shealy, and Willene W\ Shealy, one lot, $5.00 and other valuable consid erations. Steve C. Griffith Jr., as trustee, to Mrs. Lucia H. Spotts, eight acres, $3,800. Malcolm L. Moore and Orie L. C. Mocre to Clyde M. Livingston and Olivia T. Livingston, 1.64 acres, $5.00 and other valuable considerations. Silverstreet No. 2 Rev. E. J. Bullups to Future Homeowners, Inc., one lot and one building, $10.00 and other valuable considerations.; Whitmire No. 4 ^ Carl E. Osbprae to David B. Miller, one lot jtnd one building on Duckett St., $10.00 and other val uable considerations. Little Mountain No. 6 Mrs. Bessie K. Lominack to W. R. Elsmore, Arthur Brank, W^M. Gilliam Jr., and Donald Gilliam, one lot, $750. SCOUT PROMOTIONS % tRufus ’Hillips Bedenbaugh of Prosperity and Linda Sharon Har- t> , - , . mon of Newberry were married 1888 WaS at Newberry on December Xet by Miss Betty Jean Bickley. Pamela Kay, nine pound, 13 ounce daughter born Nov. 25 to Mr. and Mrs. William David Am- ick, Rt. 4. Mrs. Amick is the for- Josephine Johnston, Rt. 4 Mary Lyles, Rt. 2, Blair Tom Lyles, 2503 Johnstone St. Robert Swittenburg, Prosperity James Sims, Rt .4, Kinards Kathy Mae Simpson, Kinards Bill Turner, Rt. 3 Lillie Wilson, Rt. 1 Essie Hawkins, Rt. 2, Prosper ity * j Cage Burton, Rt. 1, Silverstreet Whittle Caldwell, Rt. 1 Mattie Mae DeWalt, Rt. 1, Sa luda Morris LeMont Davis, Rt. 3 MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS Mrs. Vida Thomason, Prosper ity Miss Florence Miller, Pomaria Mrs. Elmira Griffin, Newberry Mrs. Shirley Long, Chapin Miss Lalla Martin, Newberry Hugh McCartha, Chapin Mrs. Phyllis Amick and baby girl, Prosperity Catherine Taylor and baby boy, Newberry Virginia Jones and baby boy, Prosperity., • Newberry County Bank Newberry, South Carolina Joanna, South Carolina ll SALES CORPORATION, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Is Pleased To Announce Appointment of Newberry Lumber Co., Inc, As Builder Supplier For FRIGIDAIRE PRODUCTS The finest, most complete line of built-in products in the industry including: -At Drop Leaf, French Door, “Pull ’N Clean and “Flair” Built-in Ovens 'At Built-In Cooking Tops ■jc Fold-Back Cooking Units -A Mobile Dishwashers it Under-Counter Dishwashers -Ar Food Waste Disposers Available In White, Mayfair Pink, Sunny Yellow, Turquoise, Aztec Copper and Chrome Frigidaire Factory - Trained Service Available 1> Lumber Co., Inc. Cline Street Newberry, S. C. Phone 56 Rev. B. B. Blakeney. William Thomas Boozer of Newberry and Martha Jo White of Prosperity, were married by Rev. Clarence^ K. Derrick on De cember 1st at Newberry- OF REALTY . Newberry No. 1 Mary Cannon Wearn to Richard B. Wearn and Wilson C.'Wearn, one lot and one building on Har per St., $1.00 love and affection. Frances Ruff Counts to Hubert E. Graham, one lot and one build ing on Main St., $5.00 and other valuable considerations. Ernest H. Layton to Charles E. Whitener and Joe Ellen Whitener, one lot and one building on Brant ley St., $5 and other valuable con siderations. The Board of Review of the Newberry District, Boy Scouts, met November 28 with members W. R. Brooks, James G. Clamp and Harold Folk present. ^ The following advancement in rank and merit badges Vfrere awarded: ' *f Troop 66: Miles Hawkins, sec ond class. Troop 1: Eddie Brice and Pope Johnson, First Class. MERIT BADGES Troop 66: Bob Brooks, Leath- erworic; Raymond Ruff Jr., animal industry; David Park, fingerprint ing; Alan Ivester, nature; Paul Fespehnan, public health; Phil Trefsgar, pioneering; Jerry Da vis, First Aid. J Troop 101: Danny Thomas, woodcarving. Mrs. James L. Browning has re turned to her home on Johnstone St.-after two and one-half months as a patient in a Columbia hos pital. AUXILIARY MEET IS TONIGHT The American Legion Auxiliary will met tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. Tom Fellers, with Mrs. J. C. Nicosia, Mrs. FYank Sutton and Mrs. Hus ton Long, associate hostesses. Members are reminded to bring gifts for the Veterans Hospital in Columbia. ITS NEW! WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICE! TELEPHONE 803 Any Hour of DAY or NIGHT for the weather forecast for Newberry and South Carolina — Presented as a public service by WKDK and Security Corp., 1219 Boyce St., Newberry. WKDK 1240 Kc.