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COTTON WEEK Buy Cotton Goods! COHON WEEK Support Our Economy! VOLUME 26; NUMBER 4. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1962 $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way - By DORIS A. SANDERS FRIENDLY FOLKS? Someone stopped rae the other day and said “what’s wrong with people in Newberry? I was in town this morning, in the bank And several other places, and I have yet to see the first person smile. They’re all so grumpy!” Well, I guess we all have our problems and sometimes forget that our glumness doesn’t make a very good impression on others. Doesn’t sound as though we are much of a city of friendly folks, does it? We sometimes need a re minder that a smile and friendly greeting are inexpensive and can bring satisfaction to ourselves and others. the roses If we can’t maintain our standing as a city of friendly folk, although I believe we can if we try, perhaps we could be come the city of roses. Each year I think “the roses have never been so pretty” and each year they seem to blossom more beautifully that the year be fore. To select any one place that is prettier than another would be almost an impossibility. One can ride almost anywhere in Newberry and see the reds, many shades of pink, whites, yellows and other lovely colors of the bush and climbing roses. Newberry doesn’t have this at traction exclusively by any means. We had eccasio^. to go over to Athens, Ga. Saturday, and it was the same all the way over —and those red hills of Georgia seem to be even better for roses than the soil here abouts. I hope you will drive around and enjoy the roses before the season is over. COTTON WEEK This is National Cotton Week, and if there is anything Newber- rians should be thankful for, it is cotton and those who use the cotton to provide payrolls. Cotton is still an important crop in our agricultural economy; and it is all important to almost every Newberrian; those who draw their paychecks directly from the textile plants, and those who depend on the spending of those paychecks to earn a living. In addition to saluting “King Cotton” this week, I thiuk it is appropriate to salute the backbone of Newberry’s economy, The Kendall Company and Newberry Mills, Inc. Our support of these companies insures our economic well-being of the future. LOYALTY OATH I have been asked to publish the so-called “Loyalty Oath” of the South Carolina Democratic Party. The oath was provided for by Section 23-379 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, 1952, and reads as follows: “I do solemnly swear or aff ; rm that I am duly qualified to vote at this primary election and in this club, that I will support the nominees of this primary elec tion in the general election next ensuing and that I have not voted before at this primary elec tion or in any other primary elec tion held this day.” The law provides that the managers of every box shall re quire each voter to take such oath. In the case cf Redfearn vs- The Board of State Canvassers of South Carolina, the Supreme Court held that this section vio lated the Constitution of South Carolina. There was consider able discussion during the last session of the General Assemb ly about throwing out the sec tion calling for the oath, but it is still in there. The portion that is disturbing so many people, of course, is “THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE NOMINEES OF THIS PRI MARY ELECTION IN THE GENERAL ELECTION NEXT ENSUING.” This hearts that if Joe Doakes, who you know to be a crook, is nominated for dog catcher in the primary, and if you voted in the primary, you must vote for Joe Doakes for the dogcatcher job in the general election in November. It also means if you voted for Olin Johnston or Fritz Rollings in the Senate primary race, you must vote in the general election for the primary winner, like it or not. And you can’t ease your conscience by NOT voting at all in the Senate race but voting in all others in the primary, be cause if you vote only in one race in the primary, you are OBLI GATED to support ALL nomi nees of the primary. The decision must be yours. Personally, if I am required to take the oath, I will not vote, because I am going to vote for Bill Workman in the General Election and I will not be bound by an oath given by the Demo cratic Party. While I think the party is within its rights to re quire an oath, I don’t think it should be state law. What I do think is that the Democrats are hurting themselves far more than they are hurting the Repub licans. As one person said “they leave no choice but for me to go to the Republican party.” F. D. (Dutch) MacLean and Rev. Robert E Long congratulate each other on news received at the recent Episcopal convention. Rev. Long learned that he would be ordained next month, and Mr. Mac- Lean was voted a member of the important standing committee of the Diocese. Story below. (Sunphoto) Rev. Long Will Be Ordained In June TAKE A LOOK As I am sure almost everyone is aware, there has been consider able discussion about the future status of the Opera House for several years now. There are those who advocate tearing the build ing down and putting in its place a modern office building for the city; there are those who wish it retained as a landmark and put to some suitable use. The city believes that many Newberrians, who have not been in the building for years—and many newcomers who have not been in it at all (except perhaps as far as the police desk to pay a parking ticket) would like to see for themselves just what the building is like. There will be open house at the Opera House Sunday afternoon, during hours announced elsewhere in this issue. You are urged to come down and have a look for yourself. Call To Prayer Our heavenly Father, we pause at the opening of this and ev ery new day to place ourselves in harmony with Thy great plans. We recognize Thee as the Supreme Ruler of the Universe. Forbid that we should attempt to hinder Thy purpose. Hear our humble appeal for Divine wisdom, for broader views of our duties, and for the peace of God which Fills the soul when working in full harmony with Thee. Incline the nations of the world to stop and pray, to watch and to act, under the impulses which come from Heaven. Make known Thy love and law to all people in all lands, and hasten the era when all mankind shall accept the teachings of Thy Son, and of the Holy Prophets, and thus in sincere agreement live in peace with all, and in full obedience and devotion to Thy Holy Will. We ask these blessings in the name of Our Lord Jesus, Thy Son and our Redeemer. Amen. The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Upper South Carolina held its 40th Annual Con vention on May 8th and 9th at the Church of the Advent in Spar tanburg. The clergy and lay dele gates from all Episcopal Churches in the Diocese of Upper South Carolina gathered to hear reports on the work accomplished during the past year and to decide upon work to be done during the com ing year; to elect representatives to administer the work of the church for the coming year; and to adopt the necessary budget to finance this year‘s work. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church of Newberry was represented by the Reverend Robert E. Long, Fred “Dutch” MacLean, and Dr. Frank Hoskins. St. Luke’s was commend ed by the Bishop for being one of the Churches in the Diocese that had shown over a 10% growth dur ing the past year and for having met its quota in the missionary program of the Church in the Dio cese. Dutch MacLean was nominat ed and elected by vote of the con vention to serve on the Standing Committee of the Diocese for the next three years. The Standing Committee is one of the most im portant bodies in the organization of an Episcopal Diocese. It is this committee that would assume the authority of the Bishop in his ab sence. It was also announced by Bishop Cole that the Rev. Robert E. Long of St. Luke’s will be ordained to the Priesthood of the Episcopal Church on June 28th at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Newberry. Mr. Long has served as a Deacon at St. Luke’s since finishing Vir ginia Theological Seminary in Al exandria, Va., last June 15th. Fur ther plans will be announced. The Rev. Neil Truesdell of Ave- leigh Presbyterian Church in New berry addressed the Convention regarding the work of the Christ ian Action Council in South Caro lina. Dr. Truesdell is the Presi dent of this Council, and he invit ed the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Upper South Carolina to become a participating member of this group. The invitation was referred to a committee for study to report back to the next annual convention. Dr. Truesdell pointed out that three Episcopal clergymen are already active in the work of the Council. Shealy Service James Clinton Shealy, Sr., 85, of Rt. 2, Prosperity, died Thurs day afternoon at a Columbia hos pital after a long illness. He was born and reared in New berry County near Prosperity, a son of the late Samuel L. and Sara Catherine Kinard Shealy. He was a farmer and a merchant, and had retired several years ago. He was a member of Zion Methodist Church and was a former member of the Board of Stewards of the church. , Surviving are four sons, Wyman Shealy of Newberry, Eugene She aly of Rt. 2 Prosperity, Ralph and J. C. Shealy, Jr., both of Prosper ity; a sister, Mrs. Eugene Long of Leesville; 6 brothers. Rev. P. E. Shealy of Winchester, Va., Rev. J. A. Shealy of Leesville, S. W. Shealy of Newberry, Clifton and Forrest Shealy, both of Prosper ity; 4 half-brothers, Harold, Roy, Claude and Carl Shealy, all of Columbia; 15 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be con ducted this (Thursday) afternoon at 3 p.m. at Zion Methodist Church by Rev. George Strait, Rev. Hen ry A. McCullough and Rev. Dr. Thomas F. Suber. Burial will be in the Prosperity cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons. Honorary escort will be mem bers of the official board of the church. The body will be placed in the church at two o’clock this after noon. ston Dies Suddenly B. Bryan Livingston, Superin tendent of the City Street depart ment died Monday morning at the Newberry Memorial hospital. Ee was 62 years of age and had been an employee of the city for some 35 years. Mr. Livingston was born in this county, being a son of the late Charles and Addie Koon Livings ton. Mr. Livingston was of m amiable disposition and was very popular with his fellow workers and people of the city who came to know him in his line of work on the city streets. A member of the Mayer Memor ial Lutheran church, he wa* de voted to his church and gave of his time in its physical as well as spiritual development. He was active in the construction of the beautiful building now housing the Mayer Memorial congregation. He is survived by his wife who was Amanda Kessler before mar riage; a brother, Aaron Livings ton of Prosperity and a sister, Mrs. Mary L. Leitzsey of Colum bia. Funeral services ^/ere conducted Wednesday at the church of his membership by Rev. C. K. Der rick and burial was in the Rose- mont cemetery. Active pallbearers were Robert Creekmore, O. A. Livingston, Jr., J. Harold Hendrix, H. E. Metts, Garvice L. Taylor and J. Howard Cook, Jr. Serving as honorary pallbearers were the members of the Mayer Memorial Lutheran church Coun cil and the members of the men’s Bible class. Mayor Ernest Lryton and the members of City Co’mcil, employees of the City Street de partment, C. C. Wallace and Ed. Blackwell. Assisting with the flowers were Mrs. Paris Livingston, Mrs. O. A. Livingston, Jr., Mrs. J. Harold Hendrix, Mrs. H. E. Metts, Mrs. Eugene Cromer and Mrs. J. W. Taylor, Boys Baseball Gets Underway The first game of the Little Boys Baseball League for 1962 will be held next Monday after noon. William Kitchens, new president of the league, will toss the first ball to begin the season with a game between Exchange Club and Champion Paper spon sored teams. All games of the season will be played at the Lit tle Boys Baseball Field behind Boundary Street school. All sin gle games will begin at 5 p.m., doubleheaders at 3:30 p.m. P. K. Fuller, director of city re creation, stated there will be neither practice nor games during the week of May 28-June 1 due to examinations. Intermediate Band In Annual Concert Tonight Memorial Day Program Plans For members of The American Legion and for veterans of the global wars in which this country has engaged, Memorial Day is a time of reverence in which feel ings of patriotism mingle with the spirit of religion. BOUNDARY PTA MEETS TONIGHT Boundary Street Parent-Teach er Association will meet tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium. The program will be by the “graduating” sixth grade, and Rev. Robert E. Long, rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, will be speaker. The meeting will be short so that those who wish may attend the Band Concert at Newberry High School. Mr. and Mrs. D. 0. Carpenter returned Sunday to their home on Boundary St after spending a week at Myrtle Beach. Inquest Will Be Saturday Coroner George R. Summer has scheduled an inquest for Saturday morning at 11 o’clock at the court house to look into the death of J. P. Cromer, 47-yerr old negro. Cromer was killed Sunday night when he fell from the back of a pick-up truck, according to Sher iff Tom M. Feilers, who investi gated the accident The truck in which Cromer and several others were riding was being driven by Joe Chapman. Cromer and two others fell from the truck when it struck a rock in the road. The other two escaped injury. Mr. and Mrs. Joe D. Pool have returned after a week’s visit to Ocean Drive. Newberry High School Senior Band Vs. "v- - i K. V V • Yy wJtm vCS Eugene Stockman, commander of Newberry Post No. 24 of The American Legion, speaks of the religious feeling associated with Memorial Day. The Rev. John C. Cooper, who is to be the speaker at Memorial services of Post No. 24 on May 27, comments on Me morial Day and “the irony of man’s forgetfulness.” Paying tribute to men who gave their lives for their country with out thought of personal reward, Stockman asked that they be re membered. “The observance of a day of sac red memory indicates how real and vital is the religious feeling of the American people and how it is possible in the most tender mood to feel ourselves united,” Stockman said. “Patriotism in its higher ranges is woven of the same fabric as religion. . n “The most sacred service of Christianity has been a memorial service. As Americans we havp a memorial service in which all the people come together as. mei of a great famfly to honor who have gone before and in itude for what they were am what they achieved. It is a so! service, because it is in me of sacrifice.” Rev. Cooper, who served with the Marine Corps and was in the Chosin Reservoir campaign during the Korean War, aoied a grim statement. “To stand by the bodies of the slain as they lie in rain coat-covered rows with the mud of battle still upon them, is to guarantee that one will never for get the price of American liberty,” he said. Now assisant professor of Bible and Greek at Newberry College, Rev. Cooper has been a resident of Newberry since last September. In addition to his duties at the col lege, he is supply pastor of Faith Lutheran Church here. “The 1 -■ ‘'■‘'fxo.imy. -s mmtv MISS PARIS The Spring Concert by the Band department of the Newberry City Schools will be presented to night (Thursday) at the Newberry high school auditorium. The Sen ior Band, Intermediate Band and Junior high and Elementary bands will take part in the program. All are directed by Miss Lorraine Paris. The Newberry high school band composed of students in grades nine through twelve, over the past several years has earned for it self a place among the best bands in South Carolina. The group has not only attained a great degree of playing proficiency, which is important, but has come to realize many other valuable traits. Its members have learned loyalty and cooperation, practiced promptness and dependability, cultivated ini tiative and poise, endured disap pointments and mistakes, accepted responsibility and leadership, and experienced that feeling that comes only with a job well done. The band made appearances at all five home football games and four games away, as well as play ing for the pep meets each Fri day morning in chapel, and for the homecoming pep meet and the homecoming parade. The band helped bring Santa Claus to four South Carolina cit ies and won two first place tro phies in these parades; it partici pated in the parade and half-time show for the 25th Shrine Bowl game in Charlotte. This spring the group received a-one rating (superior) at the Regional Festi- val. It is estimated that the band has performed before 350,000 peo ple this school year. Officers of the band are: 1st Lieutenant, Beth Atchison; 2nd Lts. James Henderson, John R. Kitchen, Toomie Lewis, Johnny Rucker; 1st Sergents, Gayle Dav is, Mac Cobb; Staff Sgts., Marg aret Mason, Marion Crooks; Sgts. Jimmy Bennett, Linda Cannon, Donna Porter; Corporals, Bobby Anderson, Dale Kinard, Edward Mills, Tip Jones, Sally I ister. Von Sinclair and Gayle Ruff. The Intermediate Band is com posed of 8th graders with the ex ception of three students who ara 7th graders. It is during this year that students pass the qualifica tions for the Senior Band. The calibre of future Senior Bands is determined by the proficiency of the group. The Sixth and Seventh gra<|fe Bands are made up of students in those grades from Junior High, Speers Elementary and Bounda^ Elementary. They are separate units within themselves and have been combined for this occasion. The 7th graders have been study ing their instruments since last year and the 6th graders began last November. There are 36 each sixth and seventh graders. Several Newberry Band sin- dents are members of all - State bands. These bands are chosen from the best musicians in the State by auditions held each fall. There is much competition for these positions and it is an honor to be selected. The Senior and the Clinic bands are chosen from the students in grades 10-12. The Junior Band consists of students in the 9th grade and below. Mem bers of these bands are: Senior All-State: Bobby Ander son, clarinet; Beth Atchison, French horn; Mac Cobb, bass; Gayle Davis, bass clarinet. Clinic Band: Cookie Johnson, French horn; Dale Kinard, clari net; Tomie Lewis, trumpet; Mar garet Mason, flute; Johnny Ru- ker, bassoon; Bonnie Vaughn, ten or sax. Junior AH State: Mary Ruth Armfield, flute; Cathy Bennett, French horn. spirit of Sacrifice and the Ideal of Peace” is to be the subject of his memorial address at the Le gion service to be he’d at Rose- mont Cemetery, at six p. m., May 27. During the memorial service, members of Post No. 24 will deco rate the graves of deceased com rades. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS May 20: James L Bedenbaugh, Mrs. George T. Davenport, Mrs. Forest Loainack, J. Walker Sduuu^ert, Jr-, Mrs. Andrew She*},, Joe Davenport, Stuart MacBetk. May 21: Frances Swittcnburg, Sadie Crooks, Angela Christie May 22: Mrs. R. W. Cuibert- son, Mrs. C. B. Bedenbaugh, Mrs. W. H. Shannon, Sr., Mark Hughes, Mrs. Betty Sharp, Dav id Yount, Randy Robert Koon. May 23 James Smith, Jr., Mrs. Johnson Hagood Clary, Gerry Dominick, Bobby Hanna III, Mrs. J. T. Amkk. May 24: Mrs. James Leave! 1, Mrs. Floyd Bradley, Leroy Wil son, Mrs. Claude Buzhardt, J. P. Boozer, Mrs. C. L. Perkins, Cy ril Hutchinson, Ronnie Curtis Wicker. May 25: David Williams, Ruth Amis Niles, John F. Clarkson, J. P. Fellers, Jr., Mrs. Nora Davis, Frank Kolb, William Wil son, Mrs. Margaret Biyson, Mac Ashbaugh, Benji Kirkland. May 26: Mrs. Della Koon, Bill Tedford, Jr., Carolyn FL Duck ett.