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’Xs ■ The rule of every worth-while man is that no serious job ever shall re ceive less than his best thought an^ effort. When a man has a ™^n«£! I thinks he owes it entirely to Pe sonality and wonders wny some o his friends are amused. VOLUME 25; NUMBER 45. By The Way NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1962 - By DORIS A. SANDERS mi': m A SUGGESTION? Sen. John Long of Union is un happy because Republican candi dates can enter a General Election without having first gone through the rigors of a primary. He said last week: “Unless the people of this state wake up they are going to be gov erned by a few men huddled to gether in hotel rooms—whether smoke-filled, liquor-perfumed, or not.” Sounds is though he might be suggesting that the only change in the system would be that the rooms might not be “smoke filled and liquor perfumed.” This does not sound like a man advancing the Communist cause. I hope to have more information for you about this man at a later time. HAD ITS EFFECT The orbital flight of Lt. Col. John Glenn had as least some ef fect on the younger generation. Last Tuesday night I gave the girls a warning: “10 minutes un til bedtime.” First grade Ruthie immediately replied “10 minutes and holding!” ’i mx-. NOT THE WHOLE I made reference in this col umn last week to the “controver sial Dr. Mollegen.” From what I have been able to determine, that which has been written and said about Dr. Mollegen is not the whole story. There were incomplete reports on the speeches he made in Char leston. There were vague refer ences to “front” organizations ofj which he was once a member. A friend of mine, also concerned about the controversy, is making an effort to dig deeper into these matters. In the meantime, some thing has come to my attention which indicates that he is by no means a promoter of communist propaganda. An expression which has been cropping up with alarming fre quency of late, is “better to be Red than dead.” The following is a quotation from a little booklet I have been reading: “It is immediately objected that nations which cease relying on un limited use of force will incur the risk of enslavement and individual physical and mental suffering which might be imposed by a con- querer. An ordeal of this sort could not be as acute and mean ingless a form of suffering as that bound to occur in an eruption of atomic warfare.” Isn’t that simply a dignified way of saying “better to be Red than dead?” This little booklet goes on to propose that security should be sought in international agencies; that we should not stockpile nuc lear weapons even though other nations do; that we should cease testing of all atomic, as well as chemical, biological and radio logical weapons; that we should bring home all of our military for ces from overseas; that we should study the possibility of nonviolent resistance to possible aggression and injustice. This little document, believe it or not, was not prepared in the Kremlin. It is drawn from “Pro posals” compiled and/or endorsed “without reservation by 37 mem bers of the four (theological semi nary) faculties and with reserva tion by 11 additional members.” Among those who commend this material are the Preacher to Har vard University; the president and a faculty member of Andover- Newton Theological Seminary; A CALL TO PRAYER O Merciful God, Whose will it is that we give thanks to Thee for all things and that we dread nothing but the loss of Thee, grant us Thy peace in this time of strife and perplexity when men are tempted to give their souls for all things and to dread nothing but the loss of power. We give humble thanks for the assurance of Thy mercy and love through the gift of Thy son Jesus Christ; but we confess that we have rejected and crucified Him, our Lord and Saviour. We confess that without Thy mercy and the Presence of Thy Holy Spirit, we are bound by the temptations of the flesh and the Devil. Forgive us by Thy mer cy; guide and direct us by Thy Holy Spirit that the people of this nation may receive that health which comes from a giv ing of ourselves to Thy will as revealed by our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Automobile Is Rammed By Taxi Education Board Has Busy Session The County Board of Education had a busy session Tuesday night at its regular meeting. It decided to pay superintendents and other personnel a bonus, approved addi tional teacheii, set a workshop for teachers and adopted a school calendar for the 1962-63 session. In February, 258 teachers were given a bonus ranging from $149.50 to $163.00, based on their certificates. The Board decided Tuesday night to also pay a bonus to superintendents, $150; to cler ical help, from $110 to $126; and to janitors, from $40 to $60. These payments will be made on March paychecks. The Board approved hiring guidance teachers, possibly on a part-time basis, for Whitmire High and Gallman High. There is already a teacher at Newberry High serving as guidance counsel or, and no determination' was made as to whether one would be named at Mid-Carolina. The Board also approved employment of one librarian to serve Junior High, Boundary Street and Speers Street Schools. Approval was given to expend ing about $3000 for “Title 3” and “Title 5” equipment. This amount i is equally matched by the federal government and is used to buy training, teaching and visual aids, mostly in the fields of math and science. It was pointed out that Newber- A two-car collision at t..' corner ■ ry County is still paying full sal- of Crenshaw and Harper treets ary for 49 teachers who do not Monday afternoon resulted in a receive state aid, because of low charge of reckless driving again: c enrollment in certain schools. Di- Leroy Rinehart, according to cil lector of Schools Ralph Watkins day off for State Teachers Con vention, but the date was not available. A two-day workshop for teach ers will be held on August 29 and 30 prior to beginning of next school year. Newberry May Get Armory Yet The House of Representatives Tuesday approved a $420,000 amendment to the state deficiency appropriations bill which will al low a continuation of construc tion of national guard armories throughout the state. Among the armories which will benefit with final passage of the measure will be the one in New berry. Plans have been in the making for several years to en large the Newberry armory, but when Fedreal funds became avail able, state aid was not sufficient for the cosntruction. The Newberry armory is the most overcrowded in the state, having been originally built for one unit, but now housing five. Plans are to enlarge the existing armory to accommodate the five units. Councilmen For City + $2.00 PER YEAR M »•» [?v > -v m m::- 'if, ‘tfir'dT- police officials. The accident occurred about 2:10 Monday afternoon, when a car, driven on Harper Street by Rufus Kibler, was rammed in the rear fender by a taxi driven by Rinehart. Investigating Policeman John Wood listed the cause of ac cident as failure of the taxi to stop at stop sign on Crenshaw street. The Kibler car overturned sever al times. Rinehart, and a passenger in the taxi, were reported uninjured Kibler was taken to Newberry County Memorial Hospital for ob servation and treatment, but was released Tuesday afternoon. WOMAN’S GUILD MEETS MONDAY The Woman’s Guild of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will meet at the Parish House on Monday, March 5th at 10:30 a.m. was asked to study this situation with view to adjustment. The Board also began to work out a new salary schedule for superin tendents and others. The Education office was asked to make an inventory of property at the old Boundary and Speers building with view to disposing of such property, and to give Gar- many School a refrigerator from one of the schools if such was available. The Board agreed to sell the Oakland School property to Lewis Methodist Church for $1200. School will begin for the next session on September 4; Thanks giving holidays will be November 22 and 23, and Christmas holidays from December 20 to January 1st. Easter holidays will be April 12- 15 and schools will close on May 31. Students will also be given a On Winthrop Honor List ROCK HILL—Three Newberry County Students have been named to the Winthrop College Dean’s List for academic excellence during first semester. The Newberry County students were: Jennie Ruth' Eargle—A fresh man, majoring in home economics, Miss Eargle is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Eargle of Little Mountain. She is a graduate of Chapin High School where she was salutatorian of her graduating class. Catherine Sease—Miss Sease, who is a senior home economics major, has been distinguished one semester previously. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Sease of Newberry. Marcia Copeland Todd — The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Todd Jr., Miss Todd is a freshman chemistry major. She is a graduate of Newberry High School. the dean and two faculty members of Boston University School of | Theology; a member of the fac ulty of Dubuque University Theo-J logical Seminary; and three mem bers of the faculty of Princeton j Theological Seminary. And what was it our college pro fessors said the other week? Thatl they should have complete control over what they teach? If you are over the shock of ( knowing that ideas of this sort! are being advanced by those who are teaching our future ministers, I’ll go back to Dr. Mollegen, who is a professor at Virginia Theo logical Seminary. Dr. Mollegen gave his students this little booklet which is entit- At a special meeting of City Council Tuesday afternoon, action began for an annexation election to be held to determine whether the city limits shall be further ex tended. Council also began the wheels rolling to prevent calling a city manager election by a group of disgruntled souls. The following letter was ad dressed by Council to members of the Newberry County Legislative Delegation: “At a meeting of the City Coun cil of the City of Newberry on February 27, 1962, it was unani mously voted by the City Council to request the Newberry County Legislative Delegation to amend the laws relating to the City Man ager form of government for New berry, S. C., so as to prevent the calling of an election or referen dum for the discontinuance of, or in the eventuality of a discontin uance, for the re-establishment of the City Manager form of govern ment more often than once in five years, and to provide that before such a referendum shall be held, the same shall require a Petition to City Council signed by not less than 25% of the qualified elec tors of the City of Newberry, S. C.” Council also addressed a letter to the County Commissioners of Election, as follows: “This is to certify that the City Council of Newberry, South Carolina finds, as a matter of fact, that the pe tition hereto annexed has been signed by a majority of the free holders within the territory des cribed in said petition.” Council voted to pay expenses of holding a referendum in this mat ter, and asked the Commissioners of Election to set the date. Fifty-six of the signers of the petition were certified as free- hoMfafrs, Council also received a petition in opposition to the pro posed annexation, signed by 40 persons. The latter petition was not checked to determine whether those signing were actually free holders. The area sought to be annexed to the city begins at the city lim its on Main Street (in the vicinity of the Fred Gilbert home) and runs out the Pomaria Road, on the left, to Highway 76 and across the highway for 200 feet. The por tion on the right, going from the city limits in the direction of Po maria, has already been annexed to the city. The area then follows Highway 76 and 200 feet beyond, in the di rection of Greenville to Kinard Street Extension. (This is not at the location of Faith Lutheran Church, as previously erroneously reported in The Sun). The area then leaves Highway- 76, coming down Kinard Street extension and including 40 feet on the northern side, until it reach the north fork of Scotts Creek. It follows Scotts Creek, with an area 40 feet from the center of the creek, to the present city limits, then follows the present city lim its back to the point of beginning. A majority of the qualified elec tors in the area involved must vote to be annexed to the city, and a majority of electors within the city must also vote favorably be fore the area becomes a part of the city. 'Sm Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Parr (seated) Ok Headsprings Farms South Carolina Jersey Cattle Club Friday in recognition of the tpp past three years. Mr. Parr is retiring president of the club. Officers , are C. E. Hawkins of Greenwood, secretary-treasurer; Caldwell Hend< Carroll Brannon of Clem son, vice president. (Photo by Nichols.) Headsprings Farm Is of Chapman Speaks Here Thursday ilif V-v: The South Carolina Jersey Cat tle Club, in its annual meeting here Friday, elected Caldwell Hen derson of Clinton as president, Carroll -Brannon of Clemson as vice-president, and re-elected G. E. Hawkins of Greenwood to be se cretary-treasurer. The growth of the club during the year was noted by an in crease of 30 percent in member ship and new interest in the Jer sey program on both the state and national level. In the production awards, the Headsprings Farms, owned by Henry L. Part of Newberry, re ceived 24 of 25 awards offered. The awards were listed with five in each classification. These in cluded highest milk production for individual cow, highest butterfat production for individual'cow, and highest Ton of Gold. Two of Headsprings’ cows, Stan April and Highfield May, won double awards of having received Ton of Gold awards for two suc cessive years. The only award outside of Headsprings Farm wasi to Designing Daisy Lass, who won . • usual spring heifer sale with th. place to be decided, and the Dixie Classic Sale to be held at Bilt- more, N. C. A proposal was accepted to ex plore the possibility of having a Jersey cow sale in South Carolina in September. The club voted to continue all 4-H and FFA youth projects, and to hold two field days during the year. Twenty-five dollar checks were presented to the following 4-H club members by Clemson College Extension Service: Bobby Domi nick, Olini'* Dorroh and Wingard Price, all of Newberry County, and Dale Surrat of Cherokee. Ro bert Steer of Greenwood was the first place winner in the 4-H group. Winners in the FFA group re ceived similar awards. Russell Opens State Office Robert F. Chapman of Spartan- s ? con ^. p ace , the ? on . <! f Gold burg, candidate for Republican c,as ? lflea ‘!«?- J 1 "® ls «^- nomination for the U. S Senate, ed , by Chfford T - Sm,th of ^ will speak tonight (Thursday) in na I. S ’. . Newberry at a meeting to be held P”™* the buamess session, re st 8 p. m. in the Court House. solutlons were made hold the His opponent for the nomina tion, W. D. Workman, Jr., held a The “old hands” in the chefs caps teach the neophytes the art of making pancakes, as the ladies of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church prepare for their annual Pancake Supper next Tuesday night at the Parish House. From left, the seasoned cooks and their apprentices are Mrs. Martyn Cavanaugh, Mrs. Donald McConaughy, Mrs. F. D. MacLean, Mrs. Warren Flenniken and Mrs. A. P. Salley. (Sun- photo.) The Woman’s Guild of S Luke’s Episcopal Church is mak ing plans for a Pancake Supper, f to be served to the public on led “A Christian Approach to j Shrove Tuesday, March 6, from Nuclear War” and which ispub-j5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Parish ^ ’"House, adjacent to the Church lished by an outfit calling itself “The Church Peace Mission.” After going over the booklet with his students, Dr. Mollegen told them “Now this is the sort of thing you will run into when you begin preaching.” He then proceeded to tear the thing apart, telling the students “this is ex actly what the Communists want.” He warned them that communists would make every effort to infil trate every facet of life. on Main Street. On the church calendar the day is known as Shrove Tuesday, pre ceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. It was the ancient custom to go to the priest, con fess one’s sins, and be shriven. Pardon, or absolution of sins, was I received before the beginning of Lent. The day is also known as Pan cake Tuesday because the people cooked pancakes to use all the grease in the house, as no meat w’as to be eaten during the 40 days of Lent. In the early church, there was an arduous period of fasting and penitence in prepar ation for Easter. By the time of Pope Gregory the Great (about 600 A. D.) the fast was preceded by a feast of three days. From this the custom of the carnival arose. Masks and costumes began to be used to por tray mythological gods, other characters, ideas and events. The custom of Vancake Tuesday spread into Franc , and became known as the Mardi-Gras (Fat Tuesday). In the United : i:es, the Mardi- Gras is observed with the most elaborate festival in New Or leans. A gigantic and brilliant parade features gaudy costumes and colorful floats in a spirit of revelry and fun-making. Masked balls and other parties add to the gaiety. It is truly a “last fling” before the somber observance of Lent. It is the wish of the congre gation of St. Luke’s to make this Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper an annual event, to which the whole community will look for ward. Tickets, to be sold at the door, will be $1.00 for adults and 50 cents for children under 12. February candidate At 3:30 Wednesday, 14th, Donald Russell, for Governor, officially opened his campaign headquarters at 1224 Pickens street, just off Ger- vis, in downtown Columbia. He announced that Columbia attomey J. Bratton Davis, would be his campaign manager. Assisting Mr. Davie will be Christie Zimmerman Fant (Mrs. James W.) and Mr. Russell’s eldest son, Donald, Jr on leave from the Spartanburg law firm of Means and Browne Mr. Russell issued the following statement: “It is more than grat ifying to have such a fine staff working in my behalf, and it’ is a real pleasure for me to have an office in Columbia. I hope these next five months working from Columbia will lead to a long res idence here! I’d like to issue a personal invitation to the people throughout the state to come by and visit us at our headquarters. You’ll always find an open door and an open heart.” rally in Newberry two weeks ago. campaigns for Wofford, Converse Mr. Chapman was born in Spar- an d Presbyterian Colleges, tanburg County in 1926 aqd now He has been active in the Re practices law in the firm of But- publican Party since Februair, ler and Chapman in Spartanburg. I960 and is now serving as chair- His father, James A. Ch; pman, is man of the State party, and of the president and treasurer of Inmdn Spartanburg County Party, and RiverdUe Mills. He is married to the former Mr. Chapman has attended Em- Mary Winston Gwathmey and ory and Henry College and the f ^«y have three sons, ages 7, 5, University of South Carolina, an d 2. from which he received a B. S. Th« public is cordially invited to degree and an Ensign’s commis- attend the meeting and hear Mr. sion in the Navy in 1945, and an Chapman present his views on var- L.L.B. degree from the Univer- ious issues confronting the public sity law school in 1949. today. During World War II he was in the Navy V-12 program and al so served overseas. He was re called to active duty in 1951 and served at the island of Guam un til released from active duty as a Lieutenant (Senior Grade) in October 1953. He has been prac ticing law since that time. Mr Chapman is a member, and chairman of the Board of Deacons of First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg, where he has served as Sunday school teacher. He is connected with such civic activi ties as the Spartanburg Civic Mu sic Association, Rotary Club, Mu sic Foundation, fomierly a mem ber of the City Board of Health, has worked on Community Chest Drives as well as fund-raising BIRTHDAY GREETINGS I i TO APPEAR ON TV PROGRAM Miss Floy Ann Dennis, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dennis, and Miss Marcia Copeland Todd, daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Jim Todd, both students at Winth rop College, will be among the eight students at Winthrop who will take part in a- lecture-demon stration program over Station WSOC-TV, Channel 9, Charlotte, at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, March 4. The eight students are among 13 in the honors section of fresh man chemistry taught by Dr. Frank Tutwiler, chairman of the chemistry department, who will be in charge of the program. March 4: Ralph Connelly, Crosby Lewis, Ralph Lancaster, Mrs. Hendrix Monts, Mrs. A. P. Ruff and Christie Crowder. March 5: Miss Ruby Kinard, Mrs. Earl Roland, Mary Ann Connelly, Mrs. Everette Gra ham, Mrs. Ethel Murphy, Cor nelia Nalley, Mrs. E. E. Hite, Mrs. W. F. (Bill) Graham, Pat rick Shealy and Mrs. Robert Wicker. March 6: Hugh Connelly, Mrs. Charlie Bradley, David Richard- son, Mrs. P. G. EUesor, E. F. Lowell III and Fred J. Weir Jr. March 7: Mrs. J. M. Hove* Joseph L. Tolbert, Ninety Six, Miss Carolyn Kinard, Linda Ann Lathrop, Ula Jollay, George P. Boozer, Mrs. W. D. Montgomery, Mrs. Ellerbe Miller, Forrest E. Shealy Jr., Cheryl Folk, Mildred Sheely and Mrs. Kibler William son. March 8: J. P. Moon, Ace W. Watkins, Mrs. Harry Stone* Mrs. Glenn L. Hamm, Katherine Neel Long, L. A. Black, Andrew Shealy and Mrs. Pearce Davis. March 9: A. T. Hayes, Mrs. Pearle Pugh Shealy, Claude Summer, Dr. F. A. Truett, Joe S. Boland, Wofford Cooper, Jr n and Cecil LeRoy Hartley. March 10: Doris Dominick, Mrs. J. W. Denning and grand son, Bruce Denning, J. F. Lom- inick, Mrs. Reid Marrett, Mrs. Grace H. Cromer, Jimmy Ruff, A. N. Crosson, Prof. R. E. Beck, E. E. Epting, Frances Black- > well and Mary Gayle Wilson. . • •$- ii m ' •Ssjpj