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ml. m •; * .* : -I ■ • 1 x< ■Wt :■ i:v ■CONTENTMENT OFTEN SERVES AS A BRAKE ON THE WHEELS OF PROGRESS. *ilpapt V. V s' • L Mi mm -fe) 1 k |v • v . 'L!r5rs?griWL ^V; ^ J ..I '££.*: £ >^V SOMETIMES. Pi 35W SK^yrO VOLUME 25; NUMBER 43. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1962 ^ $2.00 PER YEAH mm. 3Brl By The Way - By DOR/S A. SANDERS REPUBLICAN CREED Since W. D. Workman Jr., can didate for Republican nomination for U. S. Senate, will be speaking in Newberry tonight, this seems an appropriate time to publish "The Republican Creed.” It is as follows: "I do not choose to be a com mon man. It is my right to be un common. If I can seek opportun ity, not security, I want to take the calculated risk to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I re fuse to barter incentive for dole. I prefer the challenge of life to guaranteed security, the thrill of fulfillment to the calm state of utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficence, nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower be fore any master, save my God. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act for myself; enjoy the benefits of my creations; to face the whole world boldly and say, ‘I am a free American’.” JUST ONE SIDE Clever newsmen, and clever poli ticians, are adept at giving just >one side of a story. I heard a so-called debate on a radio program the other night, between two Republican congress men, arguing the question, “Is to day’s Republican Party the same as it was in Lincoln’s day?” One of the honorable gentle men said no, because the Republi can party hadn’t done enough in the field of civil rights—that Lin coln was a “moderate” who believ ed in equality for all. Hearing that reminded me of a seldom-heard statement made by Lincoln in a debate with Stephen Douglas in 1858. Bill Workman included this in hii book, “The Case for the South”: “I will say then that I am not nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the so cial and political equality of the black and white races—that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the black and white races which, I be lieve, will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of su perior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position as signed to the white race.” Wonder why the NAACP and civil rights champions never use this statement of President Lin coln ? EDUCATION BY TV? Someone called me the other day and wanted to know what I thought of educational TV. I gave the honest reply that I didn’t know, since I’d never seen it, had had no experience with it, and as a result knew nothing about it. Since then I’ve tried to find out a little more and the reports I re ceive are varied although most of those to whom I talked saw ETV as a good thing. Others complain ed of too-large classes, too little supervision of students. ETV is still in its infancy, and any baby (as well as any adult) makes mistakes. I am convinced, however, that ETV should be giv en a chance. It is not going to re place the classroom teacher; rath er it seems to me it will help her and will cause TV classroom teach ers to keep “on their toes” in sub ject matter they teach. The thing that convinces me that ETV should be given a chance is a review of the 1960-61 annual re port of the State Superintendent of Education. In that report is the informa tion that during the past school year, 622 teachers taught out of their subject field-—meaning they did not have the required courses in college to teach the subjects they were teaching. Two years before, only 309 teachers fell in this category. Of the 622, 112 who were not qualified to teach math were teaching math to our chil dren; 81 not qualified to teach science were teaching science. If ETV is the only way to get quali fied teachers, then we should have it. Among the other interesting facts revealed in this report, about the school year 1960-61: Average salary paid classroom teachers $3,694 (average 1950-51, $1941.) There were 22,346 teachers em ployed in the public schools. Ninety-five percent of the teach ers employed were college grad uates (1950-51, 65 percent.) Of the employed teachers, 3,- 572 held a master’s degree. Approximately, 2,000 new teach ers are needed each year in the public schools. Of the 962 white graduates of June 1960, 433 taught in South Carolina schools during the 1960- 61 school year. Of 547 Negro graduates, 191 taught. There were six vacancies in physics and none graduated to teach. Less than 50% of students en tering the 7th grade remain to graduate from high school. The highest percentage of courses failed by college fresh men were in the fields of mathe matics and science. Receipts for public school edu cation amounted to $140,000,000. (32.6% local; 60.98% state; 6.- 24% federal; and .17% other.) Of this amount, 79.08 percent was spent for instruction. School property in South Caro lina is valuated at $389,519,127 as against 90.7 million in 1950. School districts owed $40,509,- 328. Architect Reports To Counci On Condition WMm m ’MsWi NEW CLERK AT WISEMAN HOTEL Jack Hall of Batesburg has been employed as desk clerk at the Hotel Wiseman, according to J. E. Wiseman Sr., hotel owner and manager. Mr. Hall began his du ties at the hotel the first of this week. Construction begins on the new three-story classroom building in the former location of Carnegie Hall at Newberry College. In the photo, from left, are college President A. G. D. Wiles; treas urer B. O. Long, and L. C. Graham, director of public relations. (Photo by Nichols.) Bishop To Be Here Sunday mum mmm I more employees have retired from the Oakland plant of the Kendall Company after nearly 70 years total service. W. R. Elrod, who has worked 35 years in the spinning room, retired Feb ruary 2nd. Mr. Elrod lives in Newberry, Route 3, and has a son, daughter and daughter-in-law now working at Oakland. They are Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Elrod Jr. and Mrs. Bethel Mazza. Mr. Elrod says he is going to take life easy and maybe raise a few calves. H. L. Goff retired on January 27 after 34 years in the weave room. Mr. Goff says he won’t have any trouble finding something to do, because he’ll be spending all of his time at the lake fish ing. The two retired employees are presented their Certificates of Participation in the Kendall Retirement Plan, and their first of the monthly checks 'which they will receive under the plan. In the picture are, from left, Asa Hatfield, spinning room overseer, Mr. Elrod, Mr. Goff and Bill Bigham, overseer of the weave room. (Sunphoto.) Bishop of the Episcopal Dio cese of Upper South Carolina, the Rt. Rev. C. Alfred Cole, D.D., will make his annual visitation to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church this Sun day, February 18. In the Episcopal Church, a bish op is directly charged with the re sponsibility of preserving and spreading the Gospel as it was re ceived in the early Church of the Apostles. He is given certain auth ority to enable him to carry out his responsibility. Confirming bap tized members as communicants in the Episcopal Church is included in the authority given solely to a bishop. W T hile at St. Luke’s Church this Sunday, Bishop Cole will confirm candidates for Confirmation at the 11:00 a.m. service in the church. Immediately after the service coffee will be served in the rectory to allow the congre gation to meet the newly confirm ed members and the Bishop. The Bishop will also visit the Church School at 10 a.m. and dine at 1:30 p.m. as a guest of the vest ry of St. Luke’s Church. The dinner will be held at the home of Mrs. Sarah Wallace. The community is cordially in vited to worship at the morning service this Sunday at 11 a.m. NCEA Meeting This Afternoon The Newberry County Educa tion Association will meet at the Newberry High School auditorium today (Thursday) at 3:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Jennings Flathers, field consultant of the National Education Association. The business session will consist of the election of officers. A CALL TO PRAYER Almighty God, Whose loving hand has given us all that we possess, by Thy grace make us truly thankful for the plent eousness of Thy mercy. Here in this country which has been blessed with plenty, let us never cease to give praise and thanks giving to Thee, the Creator of all good things. Make us ever mind ful of our selfishness so that we may continually confess our sin ful use of Thy gifts. Forgive us and guide our ways that we may honor Thee with our substance, remembering the account which we must one day give. Make us such faithful stewards of Thy bounty, that this nation may be so healed that it will become a light to all nations in the proc lamation of Thy Gospel; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. All-State Band Twenty-five members of the Newberry College Band have been chosen to play in the College All- State Concert Band at Furman University, February 16 and 17. Members from the county are Patsy Frick, Margaret Kelly and Larry Williams. The College All-State 'Band will be made up of band students from Clemson, Citadel, Converse, Fur man, Newberry, University of S.C. and Wofford. These will start re hearsal Friday and a concert will be presented to the public Satur day night in the McAlester Audi torium on the Furman campus. Each represented College band director will rehearse two num bers of his own choosing with the All-State band and conduct these two selections at the concert. Prof. Charles Pruitt is director of the Newberry College band. City Council had a busy time Tuesday night with several dele gations to hear from and a num ber of other items on its agenda. An effort to further extend the city’s limits was brought before Council in the form of an annexa- | tion petition, presented by Jim Miskelly. The area involved is rom the present limits past Su burbia, up Highway 76 to Kinard Street Ext. (Faith Lutheran Church), following Kinard "”t. to Scotts Creek back to tk ^ city limits. Council accepted the peti- to be turned over to the Audi- >r for Newberry County for cer tification of signatures. A petition opposing the annexa tion was received as information. S. C. Floyd and R. E. Summer Jr. of the Merchant’s Association told council that the Association desired to work out a permanent plan concerning Christmas lights for the city. They were informed that the request for additional funds would be considered when council prepared its budget fer next .year. Also heard from were Charles H. Davis Jr., director of traffic engineering of the Traffic and Planning Associates of Hickory, N. C., and James N. Sherrill, arch itect of Hickory. Mr. Sherill reported that at the request of council, he had made a thorough examination of the Op era House building. His report was that the building was not sound and certainly was not suitable for office and jail building. He said that in his opinion, the only way it could be used at all would be to tear out all the inside and com pletely re-construct it. He estir mated the cost of sucn work would be at least $200,000 and ev en with this amount, the building j couldn’t be designed to be used efficiently. Council received Mr. Sherilll’s report 'as information, and dis cussed having a referendum to let the taxpayers decide whether to spend this amount of money for renovation of the old building. Mr. Davis submitted a new pro posal for traffic engineering and city planning services for Newber- ry, and explained the zoning and planning. Following lengthy dis cussion, council decided to go ahead with the project. Services to be rendered by the Planning com pany include making a base map, population study, economic study, land use survey, land use plan and zoning ordinance. Council agreed to widen Harde man street, provided easements from all property owners were se cured. Council also gave the go-ahead to proceed with the construction of water and sewer extensions to the Negro swimming pool and bath house. P. K. Fuller, recreation di rector, stated that the pool would be finished in about three weeks. Council discussed the parking meter revenue receipts, which have decreased 22 1 / £% over the past 10 years. The city manager was told to have Chief Dowd instruct the police officers to check parking meters more often for violations and also to check parking in “No Parking” areas. Mayor Layton appointed Coun cilman Frank Armfield Jr., chair man, Council: ion Jimmie Daven port and E. F. McCutcheon as members of a committee to screen and interview applicants for the position of city manager of New berry. Recreation Director gave a de tailed report of recreation activi ties during the last quarter. He stated that he had been contacted by a delegation requesting a full time program director for the Negro recreation program. He pre sented the name of Rudolph Cald well for this position at a salary of $50 a week, under Mr. Fuller’s supervision. This suggestion was approved. . wfSSS -i intj :^ii ~ Ty TtrrjDgri rW Int Joseph A. Abey of Reading, Pa., president of Rotary rict at a special meeting Monday night. He was inti or. William E. Monroe, president of the local Rotary Club by past district governor James C. Kinard. James L. Leland welcomed guests. Musk wi ed by Professors Dan* Wise and Carolyn Peis of the Department of Music, the photo are, from left, Mr. Leland, Dr. Trnesdell, M-. Abey, Mr. Monroe and Dr. photo.) — m Boundary PTA Meets Tonight Dr. James C. Kinard will be speaker when the Boundary Street P.T.A. meets tonight (Thursday) at 8 p.m. in the new school build ing. Dedication of the new school will also take place at this time, according to A1 Weigle, PTA president. Music will be furnished by the Boys Chorus of Boundary and by students of the first grade, di rected by Miss Juanita Hitt. Beloved Doctor, Ernest Moore Died Friday Dr. Ernest Harrison Moore, 81, chief of staff * <4* the Newberry County Memorial Hospital, died Friday at the Newberry Hospital. Dr. Moore had been active in his practice in Newberry County over 55 years until his recent illness. He was one of the oldtime family physicians and rendered his serv ices throughout Newberry County and in adjoining counties. Dr. Me ore, a native of the Moore section of Spartanburg County, came to Newberry County in 1907 after his graduation from the South Carolina Medical Col lege, and established his practice in the Dead Fall community, 10 miles southwest of Newberry. He had also graduated from Wofford College. After his marriage in 1912 to Miss Novice Brown, he and his bride lived in the Mount Bethel community where he established a practice which eventually ex tended thruout Newberry County and into adjacent counties of Fairfield, Union, Laurens and Sa luda. In the early days, Dr. Moore traveled to his patients’ homes by horse and buggy or by horseback or muleback. He had to ford Broad River and Saluda River or cross them by boat. Dr. Moore bought his first auto mobile, a two cylinder Maxwell, in 1912 and later ‘graduated” to the Model T Ford. Since that time has had worn out many vehicles traveling the many miles over the wide area of his practice. There was not a paved road or street in the entire county when he be gan' his medical career.' Dr. Moore, interviewed several years ago, could not estimate the number of bauies be had delivered but he had ushered three genera tions into the world. 1 s In 1918, Dr. Moore worked night and day in treating hund reds of influenza patients. “It was the most tragic epidemic in the history of medicine,” he recalled. Through the years he kept abreast of the newest developments in his profession. “I have seen some tragic things in my time,” he recalled, adding that modern medicine has eliminated many of them. Dr. Moore was z son of the late L. G .and Mary Ellen Harrison Moore of Spartanburg County. He had been chief of staff of Newberry County Memorial Hos pital and was an honorary member and past president of the Newber ry County Medical Society, past president of the Newberry Kiwanis Club and a member of Lebanon Methodist Church. Surviving are one son, Wilson L. Moore of Spartanburg; a M MM They may not be champion bas- 1 The first game the Chapin berry Colli Horace mural program. Turbeville in ketball players, but Big League Baseball players Billy O’dell and Johnny Buzhardt will do their part to help raise money for the Heart Fund this Friday night. Jake Bowers, chairman of the Prosperity Division of the Heart Fund campaign, announced this Week that a charity double-header £'2ly" weU-kn“o^ basketball game will be played ** , Friday night at Mid-Carolina. Vaccine Prograi Said Successful Dr. Von A. Long, county health officer, expressed his appreciation this week to all citizens who re sponded to the call to take a sec ond dose of Sabin Oral vaccine— this time for Type I polio. About 22,0000 doses were ad ministered last Thursday, the day of the mass immunization, and since that time, Dr. Long said. “We feel the second vaccine pro gram was highly successful and we wish also to express our appre ciation to the volunteers who helped in administering the vac- Johnny Buzhardt, player with the Sox and a team of boys, will clash with |g§ well San Francisco Giants, and a of Newberry boys. “Johnny and Billy will action in the game/’ saic Bowers,” and there will bfcl of other excitement.” Referees Bobby Hentz and ] ard Earl Meetze are doi their time to officiate the All funds from the gate from the concession sti to the Heart Fund. Ac be $1.00 for adults and children. The first game will 7:30. >» cme. About the same number of doses of Type III vaccine were given following a polio epidemic here last summer. Sabin oral vaccine for Type II is expected to be made available to the residents of this county sometime next month, completing the immuniza tion for all three types of polio. daughter, Mrs. Joe (Mary Eliza beth) Watters of Atlanta, Ga.; five brothers, Sifley Moore, Le roy Moore and Sen. Charles C. Moore of Woodruff, and Clyde Moore of Asheville, N. C.; four sisters, Mrs. Louise Smith of Newberry, Mrs. Augusta Norte- man of Charlotte, N. C., Mrs. Lu cille Jones of Savannah, Ga., and Mrs. Manley Jones of Duncan, and five grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at the home on the ML Bethel-Garmany Road by Rev. David Templeton and Dr. Paul L. Grier. Burial was in Rose- mont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were I. Schissell, Louis Ringer, George Rodelsperger, T. Roy Summer Jr., L. B. (Dick) Shealy, Ollie Brown, Lilly Beard and Alan Cald well. Serving as honorary pallbearers were members of the Newberry County Medical Society and Stew ards of Lebanon Methodist Church. Feb. 18:, Miss Leona P. G. Blount, Bobby . Lorene Fulmer, Bettie Howard B. Kirkegard, W. Mims, Ray Holliday. Feb. It: Jim Feagle, W. Feagle, Mrs. Emma Lon). Mrs. L. W. Wilson^ Chark nard, Mrs. Eva McKissick S. EL Longshore^ Crooks, Marcia Monroe^ neth Tompkins, Mrs. Dukes. Feb. 20: T. Clyde Tindall, C. F. Thompson, Henry E. Joan Davenport, Larry Sum mer. Feb. 21: Mrs. Ruth Davis, Wil son Leitzsey, Ralph Summer, Jesse Outz. Feb. 22: Mary Ruth Walton, Snsanne McElveen, Mrs. J. V, Lomax, Cathy Bennett. Feb. 23: Mrs. Ralph W. Con nelly, Mrs. Luther Hamm, Law rence E. Connelly, Sanford V. Epj a, Ann Wheeler, Mrs. Harry Kv'.er, John Miller, Martha Lv- rer. Feb. 24: R. A. Feagle, Koon, Mrs. W. L. Shipman, Lominack, Essie Cook, Tompsie Summers, Mrs. sey Koon, W. R. Lominick, Ham Grady Bedenbaugh, Swygert, NataUe Setzler, Goff, Julia Mae Koon, Mai H. Lovell], Jimmy Undent mi