The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, January 25, 1962, Image 1

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b </. r-i- mimm - . Mm Mfe T'i- • <'• i mm wMMm " -i WM Smm mm* Hi - S llfe : ' I ] Few, if any, of our problems to day have simple solutions; and, except in retrospect, our prob lems never did. m w ) —————— ■ ■ ■ ■ -■ ■. ■ 2 AN AMBITIOUS WIFE IS POWER BEHIND THE DRONE. :W‘ v f# xumm VOLUME 25; NUMBER 40. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1062 4. $2.00 PER ■- , ^3 By The Way - By DOR/S A. SAWDERS MAKES IT CLEAR D. P. (Jabbo) Folk would like to make it clear to the public that he does NOT have any intentions of running for the office of Probate Judge, being vacated at the end of this year by E. Maxcy Stone, who has stated that he will not of fer for re-election. “I thought I could best .serve the people of Newberry County in the House of Representatives, and that is why I entered the contest for that position. 1 have made ev ery effort to serve our citizens, and I am still of the opinion that I can do more good as a represen tative to the General Assembly than as Probate Judge of Newber ry County. “I have never cxmsuhired offer ing for the position,” (continued Mr. Folk, "and 1 cannot under stand how the rumor began, or why it persists, that J will be a candidate for the office of Pro bate Judge. “I am now announcing my in tentions of seeking re-election to the JJouse in the Democratic pri mary this summer.” WORKERS PAY I wonder how many of our local JLFL-CIO labor union members realize that their big bosses have upped the ante that members must cough up so said big bosses can continue to live in luxury ? Following is a portion of a re port of the December Convention of AFLr-CIG. “The AFLr-CIO concluded its annual convention, held at the plush Americana Hatt-l in tropical Miami Beach, Fla. Officials and delegates sat around in the same manner as did the old t’me “Bar ons of Industry” and were able to jsqueeze a few more pennies out of the working man’s paysrheck to pay for their lush living. The conven tion was conveniently scheduled for December 7-13 to include a long week-end so the overworked delegates could drink in some of the beauties of this interesting part of the country. Actions taken at the convention but not too w r ell advertised to the rank and file workers included: “Raised the AFL-CIO per capita tax for each worker member from 5c to 7c (40 per cent) per month. With their advertised membership of 12.5 million, this means an in come .to the AFL-CIO hierarchy of $875,000 per month, or $10,- 505,000 each year. There was no objection to the increase from the delegates (who will directly bene fit.) The 12.5 million workers, who have to pay it, weren’t ask- ved.” Perhaps this additional money was needed for the big bosses to take a nice trip to Puerto Rico, be cause the Executive Council (big Rosses) called a meeting for Feb. 26, 1962 at San Juan, Puerto Rioo (even more tropical than Miami) do “consider steps to carry out the mandates voted by tRe conven tion.” There was no closing date for this tropical sojourn far away frxun the wintry blasts howling around the AFL-CIO building in downtown Washington. Ihn sure it makes you union members happy to be paying for your great leaders to have a trop ical vacation while ycu are going to work every day in freezing weather. HOW MANY? I wonder how srany congress men will give any serious consid eration to the President’s request for tax cutting authority? In ad dition to the overwhelming power 1 which would be put in one man’s hands by such action, the Congress would be handing the Democrats the biggest political plum anyone could ask for. There is little doubt that if he hail such authority, the President would see no need to use it—until the next presidential election yea-r. Talk of cutting taxes (as much as I would like to see it happen) at this time, with the tremendous national debt and the government running into the red every year, is foolishness. Wha t the President should he talking of is cutting ex penses. Rut while, in one breath, he says “we may have to cut taxes,” in the next breath, he says we must spend, spend, spend. Does it not concern you .that the President and the bureaucrats of Washington are working stren uously to bring about Washington control* of every phase of our lives? With too many cimtriJs *over us already, the administration will push hard again this year to gain control of schools through aid to education; control of medical care through the Social .Security de vice.; and a big push will be made this year to gain control of muni cipalities through the establish ment of a Department of Urban Affairs. If you are concerned, write to your Senators, Strom Thurmond and Olin D. Johnston, Senate Of fice Building, and Congressman W. J. Bryan Dorn, House Office Building, Washington, D. C. and let them know’ how you feel. Superintendents Are Named; New Building Bills Are Paid Fund Drive For College Named To Board State Chamber A PRAYER FOR TODAY Gracious Father, who hast made us in Thine image, and made .us for Thyself, show us how to be in the world and yet net of the -world. Teach us to listen to the still small voice of Thy spirit who would awaken within us the consci ousness of the forgiving grace of God; of our proneness to do evil and of our slothfulness in doing good; of the limitness possibilities for making a bet ter world that lie before us when our hearts are cleansed from sin and renewed by the power of Thy Spirit. We pray in Jesus name. Amen. Many of Newberry County’s outstanding leaders are preparing to help Newberry 'College in its coming Building and Endowment program. The Trustees of the Col lege have established three objec tives requiring a minimum of $ly Of o ,000. These major objectives’ are. 1. A 21-Class-room building wiltih faculty offices and consultation rooms. This will replace the «Jd wmoden worn out temporary war training buildings now referred ito by the stndente as “splinter brill.” 2. A ChapeLAuditorium with a seating capacity adequate to take care of the entire student body. 3. Additional Endowment t» as sure the retention and expansion of a facaal&r crif The highest qasBlity. John F. (Clarkson of Newberry, serving as general chairman the Local Communities Support said, “Newberry College is one <of the county’s greatest assets. If wee did not have an institution of higher education here we would gladly work hard to have such a college located in our midst. Since we do have Newberry, a fully accreaiited liberal-arts College, we must pro vide it with a faculty and ade quate educational equipment and facilities to give our own area stu dents, along with others, the op portunity they have a light ~be ex pect. Associated with Mr. Clarkson in leadership responsibilities ore Initial Gift Chairmen-; Halph B. Baker, Waldo C. Huffman, Ih_ C. A. Kaufmann, Hal Kuhn £r., A. W. Maarrqjy, Walter Regnery Land Dr. A. G. D. Wiles. Initial Gifts Committee ’Vice Chairmen are: Robert 3*. Burner, C. D. OPete) Coleasaan, (George K. Dominick, Arthur E. JUorehead, Keitt Purcell, Robert D.. Schum- pert. General Solicitation Section Leaders are: Asbnry Beiienbaugh, D. O. Carpenter, E. Maxcy Stone, Louis C. Floyd. South Carolina Synod Tenders are; Clifford B. Morgan, Lay Chairman; 'Pastor Vernon IF. Frax~ ier. Clerical Chairman. Newberry Conference leaders are; Harry- E. Moose, Lay Chair man; Pastor- Hubert A. T>unlap, Clerical Chairman; Gerald C. Pay- singer, Initial Gifts Chairman. Walter Regnery, vice-president and general manager of Joanna Cotton Mills company, Joanna, was elected to a two-year .term on the Board of Directors of the South Carolina State Chamber of Com merce during the o rg^riization’s annual meeting in Columbia Jan. 24. A native of Hinsdale, 111., Mr. Regnery is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology and for four years prior to 1941 was engaged in mining in Canada ihefore the mine* were for ced to close due to war restric tions. He is a member of tl® Board of Trustees *of the ^Institute of Tex tile Tachnnlqgy at Charlottesville, Virginia and former president and chairman of the Textile Research Institute at Rriraaeton, .N. J. He is the inventor of the Regnery warp spindle adapter, jused .largely in textile unilhs and to convert old spindles to large-package spinn ing at lower cost .than n«\v equip ment. Mr. Ltegnery is a trustee of the South Carolina Foundation of In dependent colleges and is * form er trastee of the J. E. -Sirrine Foundation at Clemson .college. He was recipient erf the Clinton Citizen xif The Year Award given by the Clinton Lions ,club m 1953, is a member &>f thee Newberry Lions club and chairman of the Clinton-Newberry Natural Gas Authority. A member of St. Marie’s Catho lic church of Newberry, he receiv ed in 1955 the Charity award of the South Carolina State Countil, Knights of Columbus. THAT'S THE KIND I seem to be writing more about Ed Blackwell since he left town than I ever wrote when he was here, but I quota the following as an example of the kind of man city council should pick to fill the *11 important city manager post. A year or so ago, a prominent ettazens was doing some remodel ing work on his house. He was having wiring installed in a small room and had planned to put in only one wall outlet. He was told by employees of the city utility department that the building code required more. “This is foolish,” thought our friend. “I’ll just call Ed Blackewll and get that fixed up. .After all, we play golf together, we belong to the same club, we’ve been friends a long time; I’m sure he won’t make me put in all those outlets.” So our friend called Ed and told him the situation. “Didn’t the utility man tell you how many outlets were required?” asked Ed. “Then that’s the way it w T ill be. I don’t know why you called me!” Our friend said his first reaction was one of anger, but the more he thought about it, the more he realized Ed was right. The man who shows no favorit ism—that’s the kind of man we need to run the city. Youth To Sell , Doughnuts The Methodist Semcrs from the following chunehes will be selling doughnuts on Saturday: Central, Ebenezer, Lebanon, Lewis, New Chapel, O’Neal and Trinity. The money made fresan two doughnat sales will be used to buy a chain saw for the Methsdist Youth camp which is being built in the moun tains of North Carolina. At the present time there is only the home of the superintend ent on the camp site, but much clearing is being done and by sum mer time, several cottages should be completed. THE ANNUAL CUB SCOUT JAMBOREE, for all cub dens of Newberry County, was held Saturday at Mid-Carolina High School. On hand to conduct the event was Bill Brackett, district Scout exe cutive of Greenville. Among the events was a turtle race and the winner was Doug Bowers, son of Oscar Bowers of Posperity. Sec ond place went to Gene Smith, son of H. C. Smith of Newberry. Mr. Brackett presents the prize to Doug, in the center as Gene looks on. The cubs enjoyed a number of other games and con tests, as well as a picnic supper with their families joining in. Lee-Jackson Day Observance Set Each year the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy Chapters in Newberry hold an observance of Lee-Jackson day. This year, Drayton Rutherford chapter is in charge of the program, which will be held Friday, January 26 at Newberry high school auditor ium at 9:30 a.m. Mrs. Ralph Baker, president of Drayton Rutherford, will preside. Hon. Steve C. Griffith Jr., will be speaker. The invocation will be spoken by Prof. J. V .Kneece and special music will be in charge of Miss Juanita Hitt. The public is cordially invited to attend this special program. Since the 8th grade is no longer at the high school, those interest ed in attending are reminded that there will be ample seating cap acity in the auditorium. The County Board of Education at its regular meeting Tuesday night, heard a delegation seeking certain changes at Galiman High School, heard the report of the state Fire Marshal and elected superintendents to serve for the 1962-63 school ye .r. All superintendents were re-el ected, as follows: Newberry High, J. V. Kneece; Newberry Elementary, R. E. Beck; Drayton Street, Eugene S. Schum- pert; Silverstreet, J. G. Long; Bush River, Charles E. Wise; N. P. Robinson, Whitmire, W. R. Lominick, Pomaria, Lester D. Bunton, Little Mountain, C. S. Williams, Mid-Carolina, and H. M. Bedenbaugh, Prosperity. The fire marshal found that practically ovary .school in the county, except the new ones, need ed to have panic bar hardware in- tailed on doors; that in several kitchens, wnt hoods needed to be cleaned out; that at Silverstreet, the coal stoves in the auditorium should be ^safely installed”; that fire escapes at most buildings, in stalled only a year or two ago, were improperly installed and should be changed; that junior high school should be provided thnopghout with a sprinkler sys tem;; that .several fire extinguish ers should be replaced with a non toxic type. Supt. of Ed. James D. Brown stated that most of these items had been Taken care of, except the hardware, fire escapes and sprink ler system. The Board passed a resolution to write to the State Finance Com mission urging that funds from that source be provided for New berry County at the earliest pos sible date; also to wrrite the New berry County Delegation urging the enactment of legislation en abling the County Board to borrow money from the State Sinking Fund when and if such money should be needed to complete build ing .and repair work on schools in the .county. The Board members signed a voucher approving the final pay ment to Yeargin Construction Company for Boundary and Speers school buildings, but instructed Mr. Brown to be positive the con tractor realized he was to assume responsibility for anything which might go wrong with the .consrruc- tktn of the buildings for a year. Lack of such understanding in the past, said the Bt ard, had been the source of .many a headache. Mr. Brown was also asked to report to the next Board meeting the total amount expended on the two new schools, and the amount of money remaining in the build ing and repair fund. Gerald Paysinger, chairman of the board, stated .that summer time when school is out of ses sion would be an ideal time to have the old school buildings raz ed, if this could be worked out The Board discusssed disposition of items remaining in the old schools, kut did not come to a final conclu sion as to what would be done with them. Mr. Brown reported that mem bers of the State Finance Com- misrion had looked at the gymna sium at Drayton Street School to see whether it would be feasible to use it for a cafeteria. The Com mission did not encourage this possibility, but suggested that a kitchen and storage room be built adjoining the auditorium, which could be used to serve the stu dents. He said most of the needed equipment for the cafeteria would be available from closed schools. Dr. John Roche, board member from Whitmire, commended Ralph Watkins, school director, for or ganizing the conference on Edu cation for National Survival held in Newberry last week. iMIPIl mw f v mm Mm MR HI 'W > •. x mm v yt h A* jliL t-wr-x?:-: iH x<?s£j(5i % THE NEWBERRY CIVIC LEAGUE sponsored a day afternoon at the Community Hall. Coffee and light the March of Di nes drive were accepted from those wishing to from left, some of the hostesses and guests: Mrs. Richard L. Baker, Padgett, Mrs. James C. Kinard, Mrs. C. I. You mans, Mrs. L. Bart League president; and Mrs. James E. Wiseman Sr. (Snnphoto) L'- . '. - V v. - mmlM Workman For Senate Be Held Here On •vV Wm twm Bloodmobile To Be Here Monday The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be located at the Lutheran church of The Redeemer Monday, January 29, from 2 until 7 p.m. The visit is being sponsored by the Rotary Club and Business and Profess ional Women’s club of Newberry. Newberry county is now ninety- one pints short of its blood quota, said Lawrence Richardson, chair man of the Newberry County Red Cross Chapter. “We are expected to donate 115 pints on each visit. In order to make up the deficit pf 91 pints, we must have 206 donors Monday,” he continued. “I have stated in the past that the people of Newberry county will respond to a worthy cause when the neel is urgent,” said Mr. Richardson, “and I cannot state more emphatically that the need feer blood is urgent and the time is Mr. Workman’s brought him the Service Award of the sociation of Science in 1955; a special ter of commendation South Carolina Fo: Committee in 1956; ficate of Achievement Chief at Civil Affaire, 8. new.” Garbage Dump Bogged Down The garbage dump near the Oak land Plant is too boggy for use, according to city manager Clar ence Wallace. He advises persons who have been dumping garbage there to take their trash to the dump near the sewer treatment plant until mirey conditions at the other dump have dried out a little. Entrance to the dump now being used is a dirt road at the left of Dennis Tractor Company, Bound ary Street Extension. A “Workman for Senate” Rally will be held in Newberry on Thurs day night, February 15 at 8 p.m at the Court House. A number of such rallies have been held thru- out the state, and interest appears high in the candidacy of W. B (Bill) Workman, running on . the Republican ticket in an effort to unseat Olin D. Johnston, Demo cratic Senator for South Caro lina. Several Republican precincts are already organized in Newberry County, and an effort is being made to organize all precincts prior to the State Republican Con vention. Mr. Workman is a native South Carolinian, born in Greenwood am reared in Greenville where he at tended the public schools. He was graduated from The Citadel in 1935 with a distinguished recorc and attended George Washington University Law School at night while working in Washington, D. C. during 1935-36. In 1936, Mr. Workman entered newspaper nork as a' reporter on The Charleston News and Courier ior, was named Queen of May for j and remained in that position un- 1962 in a campus-wide election at I til 1941 when he went on active \ Miss Sowell Is Queen of May Miss Clara Ann Sowell, a sen- College Begins v New Semester Newberry College will begin the second semester of its 105th session with the opening of its dormitories on Monday, January 29. Registration of students who are entering Newberry College for the first time will be held on Tuesday, January 30, 1962. Regu lar classes will begin on Wednes day, January 31, 1962. Students currently enrolled in Newberry College registered for the second semester on January 12-17. The first semester will conclude with the final examinations to be given January 19-24. Newberry College recently. Miss Sowell, daughter of Mrs. Ruby Connell of Hartsville, will reign over the college’s May Day exercises this spring. She is vice-president of the stu dent body; president of Los Eru dites, Spanish Club; editor of the “Newberrian”, college annual; senior representative on the Dance Committee; a member of the Baptist Student Union and the Student Education Association. Miss Carole Mappus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Mappus of Charleston, was runner-up in the election and will serve as Maid of Honor, LITTLE ITEMS OF INTEREST ABOUT FOLK YOU KNOW Mr. and Mrs. Richard Morris have moved to 2109 Charles St. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Ray Dom inick are now making their borne at 2027 Montgomery St. Mrs. Constance S. Drake is mak ing her home at 2127 Nance St. duty with the. Army. He served five years during World War II with duty in England, North Afri ca and the Pacific. He is now a colonel in the Army Reserves. At the end of World War II, he established a News and Courier Bureau in Columbia and began, an extended career as a capital cor respondent. He later became cor respondent also for The Greenville News and has written for other publications. ^ Bill Workman’s book, “The Case for the South” was hailed at its 1960 publication as a defini tive statement of the Southern position on States’ Rights, consti tutional government and racial integrity. He also particii ated in the writing of three other books. Beginning in June of 1960, he began a three-times-weekly column for the Hall syndicate of New York City. The column is published in a number of newspapers throughout the South and East. Mr. Workman is former Rhea Thomas boro, an associate English at Columbia 1 Workmans are charter of Trenholm Road m Church, and Mr. Workman member of the official The Workmans have dren. Bill III is a 1961 The Citadel and w ing and doing graduate the University of South Their daughter, Dee, is a more at Columbia College, L> "3, • Coward, Jan. 28: Judge Blease, Mrs. J. B. Boyd Parr, Kenneth Jalr~ Boozer, Rev. EL K. C Sr,ndra Boland, Rev. J. lor, Mrs. J. V. Kneecet Kay via, Sara M. Forbis, Wallace. Jan. 29: Mrs. B. R. Mrs. R. C, Williams* Mrs. J* Bouknight, Don Charlie WaHace Epps, W. W ddisp* Mrs, Belle night, Linda Smith, Coates, George Bari Sid Waldhour III, Mrs. James C. Abrams, F. Mullinax, Doyle Long, Walter Leroy Bouknight. f. Jan. SO: Mrs. R. EL “ ' Mary Frances Bedenl „ _ vian Lynn Wise, Mm Duncan Johnson Jr„ Mrs. J. Chesley Ab rams, R. B. ShSaly, Mrs. C. H. Eargle, Randolph Crowder. Jan. 31: Jobs T. Norris, Hous- e&l Norris, Ezell Da wkins, John Jordan McCullough, Kenneth Shealy, Mrs. A. C. Ward, JeSjta^V./ Lewis, Mary Lane William* ■;? Kaye Rinehart, Mm B. V. Chapman, Mrs. H. J. Looney, R. B. Kennerley, Mrs. J. M. Pool, Miss Jimmie Nell Kyzer, Phillip M. Forbis, Marzie Ward. Feb. 1: Mrs. Hngh K. Boyd, Eugene Griffith, Mary Sidelle Crooks, Diane Wright, Peggy . Pitts Marlow* Ralph Beden baugh, Mary Ann Moore, Mar garet S. Koon, Mrs. Lucille Yo- chem. Feb. 2: Peggy Sue Price, Seth Meek, R. C. Neel Jr., Carolyn Eleazer Clamp, Larry A. Mil- stead. Feb. S: Bernard Hawkins, Mrs. Frank Sligh, Mary Etta Coppock, Clem I. You mans, Mrs. Claudis Sober, Arthur Pitta, £ Mrs. Mildred Shortt Harmon. . ' / -V- mfsi i M : ■y-a mm 4- m JL. * 0mm fit