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Jpl —— ImM;. The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you had rather not.—Mark Twain. Women can keep a secret just as well as men, but generally it takes more of them to do it. * VOLUME 26; NUMBER 6. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLJNA.'TlIURSDAY, MAY 31,1962 + $2.00 PER YEAR By The Way WE CAN DQ IT Elsewhere in this issue there is l'a. report of a meeting held last -wreck to discuss “Rural Area De velopment”. During the luncheon which preceded the discussion, I heard conversations between an Official of the Area Redevelop : fcient Corporation, and a Clemgon Extension specialist. The thought came to mind “once the govern ment agency gets a foot in, there’s no stopping it. Now we’re going to be talked into accepting fed eral aid for redevelopment wheth er we want it or not”. In this case, I couldn’t have been more wrong. The ARC official, Gordon Berry, told the gathering “frankly, I dont’ think you qualify for aid and you ought to be proud of it”. Now, I shouldn’t bite the hand that feeds me—the Newberry County Development Board paid for the luncheon—but it turned out the Board was behind the meeting, and the object was to try to get some 4 per cent money from the federal pork barrel to attract new industry tc Newberry. Ben Robinson read a glowjng ac count of what had aiready been accomplished in Newberry and ,as I said at the meeting, “we ought to be ashamed to think of asking for a federal hand-out. If the peo ple of Whitmire can finance a building for an industry, can’t w-e do the same?” Mr. Robinson said that no effort had been made to determine whe ther the people of Newberry would be willing to invest at four per cent for 20 years. But didn’t the people of Newberry invest, as he said in his report, more than $300,000 in Newberry college, with no expectation of any return on their money save the assurance of a better college in our midst? Woud it not be reasonable to as sume they would buy stock which would eventually be repaid and, in the process, bring a new pay-r roll to the county? .. The creation of the Newberry County Rural Area Development committee may be a step in the right direction—but let’s do it ourselves and not go hat in hand to Uncle Sam. - By DORIS A. SANDERS county. He was also a leader in the movement to get his specific type of farming special tax write offs and exemptions. Of course, he belonged to several farmers’ or ganizations, but denied that they were pressure groups. Then one day he wrote his Congressman: T wish to protest these, excessive governmental ex penditures and attendant high taxes. I believe in rugged individ ualism. I think people should stand on their own two feet without expecting handouts. T am opposed to all socialistic trends, and I demand a return to the principles of our Constitution and the policies of States Rights.” College Finals Are Three To Get Honor Degrees LOCAL BOY I wish to thank Mrs. Eunice Bradley for telling me that James M. McKinney, whose column in the Greenville Piedmont was quot ed here last week, is a former Newberrian. His father, J. M. McKinney, was connected with Railway Express. Perhaps some other readers will remember the McKinneys, although I am told they left New-berry a number of years ago. rev. McCullough DR. SUMWALT REMINDER This reminds me of a clipping I’ve had on my desk for some time. I believe it has been pub lished in this column before, but it bears repeating. This has been reprinted in so many places that I don’t know where it originated, but here it is: “A young man lived with his parents in a public housing devel opment. He attended public school rode the free school bus, and par ticipated in the free lunch pro gram. He entered the army, then upon discharge retained his nat ional service insurance. He then enrolled in the State university, working part time in the State c^pitol to supplement -his GI education check. Upon graduation he married a public health nurse and * bought a farm with an FHA loan; and then obtained an RFC loan to go into business. A baby was born in the county hospital. He bought a ranch with the aid of the veter ans’ land program and obtained emergency feed from the govern- ? , ment. Later he put part of his land in the soil bank, and the payments soon paid off his farm and ranch. His father and mother lived com fortably on the ranch on their social security and old-age as sistance checks. REA lines sup plied electricity; the government helped clear his land. Hie county agent' Showed him how to terrace it; then the gov ernment built him a fish pond and stocked it with fish. The gov ernment guaranteed him a sale for his farm products at highest ^prices. Books from the public library were delivered to his door. H e hanked money which a government agency insured. His children gre^ up, entered public school, ate free m lunches, rode free school buses, played in public parks, swam in public pools, and joined the FFA. He owned an automobile so he fav- gram. ored the Federal highway pro- He signed a petition seeking Federal assistance in developing an industrial project to help the economy of his area. He was a leader in obtaining the new post office and Federal- building ,and went to Washington with a group to ask’ the government to bui.'d a great dam costing millions so that the area could get . “cheap electricity.” He petitioned the government to give the local air base to the BOBBY SPEECHLESS My aktention has been called to the column by David Barnett in the May 22 issue of the Colum bia Record. The columnist writes about Attorney General Robert Kennedy being introduced to the Virginia State Bar meeting by Rep. Burr Harrison of Virginia. This is a portion of what Rep. Harrison had to say: “Among Massachusett’s notable contributions has been the gift of great families. Heretofore, as in the case of the Adams family, these blessings were staggered over the centuries, but Massachu setts sent the Kennedy family in one big batch. “There are so many Kennedy’s in Washington that some people say the Massachusetts Citizens Council bought them a one - way ticket and shipped them South.” Representative Harrison men tioned the females of the clan and then got to the President. “Still another Kennedy is the well-known pugilist who recently knocked out Roger Blough (of U. S. steel) in the second round. Some claim he used brass knuckles. Or, at least, a steel forging. “Robert Kennedy,” the Con gressman continued, “recently joined the Night Riders. In so doing, he adopted the tactics of Colonel Mosby: Grab the Yankees in their beds and haul them off before they know what hit them. “We, as lawyers, proclaim him the greatest attorney general in history. His war on crime means fat fees for the criminal lawyers. Hhi REV. NORDSIEK Dr. A. G .D. Wiles, President, announces that Newberry College will award three honorary^ degrees at its 105th Commencement Exer cises on June 3. To be honored are the Reverend Henry A. McCul lough, Jr-, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Newber ry; the Reverend Paul Kenneth Nordsiek, pastor of St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jacksonville, Fla., who will receive Doctor of Divinity Degrees and Dr. Robert L. Sumwalt, President of the University of South Carolina, who will receive the Doctor of Laws Degree. Reverend Nordsiek will preach the Baccalaureate Sermon and Dr. Sumwalt will give the Commencement address. Rev. Nordsiek, a native of Beardstown, Illinois, received his education at Carthage College, Il linois and the Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary. He served His 'dedication "to enforcemenV of as Pastor of Martin Luther Church, Chicago, Trinity Lutheran Church, Des Plains, Illinois, Redeemer High School To One hundred twenty-one New berry High School seniors, sixty boys and sixty-one girls, will re ceive their diplomas at exercises to be held at the school auditorium Monday night, June 4 at 8:15 p. m. ‘Senior speakers for commence ment^ will be Donna Rook, Wilbur Reames and Bohdan Kolodij. The Commencement sermon to the 1962 graduating class will be preached Sunday night at 8 pan. by the Rev. Henry A. McCullough, Jr., pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. Beginning the finals for the senior class will be their class play, “Stranger in the Night” to be presented Friday night at 8 p. an. A list of graduates may be seen elsewhere in this issue. Pr. Robert L. Sumwalt, Presi dent of the University of South Carolina, will deliver the • Com- meucement Address at Newberry College on June 3 at 5:30 p.m. The Rev. Paul K. Nordsiek, pastor of* St. Mark’s Evaijge ical Luth eran Church, Jacksonville, Fla., Will preach the Baccalaureate Ser mon in the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, at 11:00 a. m. on Sun day, June 3, Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, President, announced today. On Saturday, June 2 the Alum ni Council will hold a meeting in the Alumni Office at 11:30 a.m. followed by the Alumni Council dinner at the Wallace Home at 1:00 p^m. The following classes are hold ing reunions at 7:30 p.m. at the designated places—^dlasa of 1917, Wallace Home; class of 1922 at the Community Hall; Class of 1987 and 1947 at the Hotel Wise man; class of 1952 at Kaufmann Hall, The class of 1957 will hold its reunion at 8:00 p.m. at Werts Cafe. On Sunday, June 3, the class of 1912 will hold its reunion at the home of Mrs. Guroie Summer at 12130 p.m. The annual college luncheon will be held in the din ing room of Kaufmann Hall from 12:30 until 2:00 p.m. Dr. and Mrs. A. G. D. Wiles will be at home from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. to greet members of the. graduat ing class and their families. The graduating exercises will be held on Setzler Field at’5:30 p. m. y ■’ . i There are 60 candidates for the Bachelor of Arts degree, 38 fopr the Bachelor of Science degree and 20 candidates for Business Admini stration certificates. Taking part in a meeting last Thursday to dbcuas Area Development were, from left, Gordc Berry, field coordinator of Area Redevelopment Corp., Atlanta; A1 Busby, County Agent; L. B. Mas sey and O. W. Lloyd, Clemson Extension- specialists; and Ben Robinson, executive director of the Newberry County Development Board. (Snnphoto) j H County *t Qua I ■ id, Group Is the anti-monopoly laws means juicy steaks on the tables of the corporation lawyers. His activi ties in civil rights is manna from heaven to the Constitutional law yers. “And when the pending tax bill is enacted, the millenium will have arrived for the tax lawyers.” The point of all this, said the congressman, was: “Today, as yesterday, Massa chusetts and Virginia work togeth er for the nation when they work together—and today, as yesterday, they work together for the nation when they work apart.” He then presented the attorney general as a native of John Adams’ Massa chusetts and a graduate of Thom as Jefferson’s university, who in energy, character and capacity, is a credit to them both. For once the attorney general was speechless. After several minutes silence he managed to get on with his pre pared text. \ Oilmen Have County Meet A colorful filmstrip, a discus-? sion of issues of interest to those in the petroleum industry in this area and an election of officers for the Newberry County Oil Market|)*s’ Association, were fea tures of the annual meeting of this group at Newberry on May 17th. W. H. Abrams of Atlantic Re fining company was elected chair man of the group. Others named to office included S. D. Paysinger, Pure Oil company, vice chairman of the legislative program; Bobby Ray Nichols of Phillips 66, vice chairman of the school program; and George W. Heller of Gulf Oil corporation, vice chairman of civ ic relations. Lutheran Church, Aurora, Illinois, and St. Mark’s Evangelical Luth eran Church, Jacksonville. He has served as president of the Chicago Conference and mem ber of the Executive Committee of the Illinois Synod; member of the Board of Directors of the Chi cago Lutheran Theological Semin ary; Chairman and Advisor of the Florida State Luther League; Chairman of the Stewardship com mittee of the Florida Synod; mem ber of the Executive Committee of the Florida Synod; President of the Jacksonville Ministerial Alli ance. The Reverend Henry A. McCul lough Jr. was born in Albemarle. He received his education at Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute, New berry College and the Lutheran Theological Seminary, Maywood, Illinois, and also the Lutheran Southern Seminary, Columbia. He has served as pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Ascension, Chattanooga, Tenn.; the Lutheran Church of the Ascension, Colum bia; Emanuel Lutheran Church, Lincolnton, N. C. At present he is pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Newberry. Pastor McCullough has served on various committees and boards in the Lutheran Synods of Vir ginia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. He also served on the Board of Trustees of the Lutheran Southern Seminary; the Board of Trustees of Lenoir-Rhyne College and the North Carolina Synod Ministerial E*.’ ucation Committee. He has prepared a devotional series; written articles for newspa pers on religion; prepared leader ship training courses; outlined church evangelism programs; and prepared weekly church bulletin materials. Dr. Robert L. Sumwalt is the (Continued on Page 5) Old Buildings Should Be Kept, Says Speaker I , A new reason for preservation of the Opera house was advanced last Friday by Dr. Harold M. Cool- edge, Jr., speaker at the Rotary club meeting. Dr. Cooledge did not mention the Opera house specifi cally but, as an architectural his torian, spoke of old buildings in general. He is a member of the faculty at Clemson college. Dr, Cooledge stated that Amer icans, generally and Southerners in particular, were terrible record keepers, and that only by investi gating the accomplishments of a particular age were historians able to determine what type of culture existed in a given time. “We know more about the Egypt of 2000 B.C. than we know about America 80 years ago,” he said, continuing that in event of a catastrophic war which would practically destroy civilization and its accomplish ments, if only the 15 lower floors of the Empire State building were left standing, historians of a fu ture date could determine the cul ture of the people today. The speaker paid tribute to the South Carolina Archives as one of the best in the country, and stated that the period between 1865 and 1913 is the “worst documented period in American history.” He pointed out that there have been “almost no new developments in this century in America”. The reasons are obscure, he said, and no one knows why there i.s a lack of Fords, Edisons and Curies. He also stated that the acceler* ation of real estate values has pro ceeded to destroy irrevocably evi dence of the past. “You can be pretty certain” he said, “that anybody in the Recon struction South who was willing to lay out money for a particular building wanted it, liked it, and that it embodied the aims and the ideals of that generation.” Rotary President Bill Monroe presided. Howard Kirkegard, pro gram chairman introduced the speaker. Phil Kelly, secretary, in troduced other guests. Bulldogs Take CENTRAL YOUTH Central Methodist Church has announced its calendar of summer activities for young people: June 11-15, Training for day camp workers; June 17-21, Senior Seminar; July 9-13, Junior High Christian Adventure Week; July 16-29, Junior Day Camp; Daily Vacation Church School, August 6-10. By LESLIE TIMMS <Greenville News Sports Writer) .Newberry high school coach Hkrry Hedgepath has just won his fifth State baseball champ ionship at Newberry by defeating Camden tbe first two games of the finals playoffs. Hedgepath, a veteran of thirty- three years in the coaching field, fielded another one of his strong prep teams such as the last one which won the title in 1950. On that team was a tiny left hander by the name of Billy O’ Dell, the same O’Dell who now toils on the mound for the San Francisco Giants. Hedgepath had some other strong talent on this year’s team and another fine battery in pitch er Billy Grant and catcher Mickey Werts. Grant threw a one-hitter in the first playoff game with Camden Monday night for his seventh win of the season without a loss, in the 1-0 victory. Grant looks like another major league prospect since he was the leading hitter on the team with an average of .403. Big righthander Richie Warren went the distance Wednesday night to sew up the championship with a 4-1 four hit victory. • Newberry finished with a 17- 3-1 record which was the best since the 1950 season when the Bulldogs were undefeated and in addition to O’Dell had catcher Bobby Morris who went on to Clemson to catch O’Dell there. The Bulldogs won six games without a loss in taking three playoffs for the State champion ship. They topped Union twice for the Eastern AA Conference title, took two from Greer for the Up- State AA crown and then the two big victories from Camden for the championship. Warren is another pro prospect who won eight games and lost three while striking out 107, walk ing 14 and giving up 33 hits. The third pitcher on the squad Heber Long had a 2-0 record. Be sides Grant the top hitter on the squad was Benji Kirkland who batted around the .300 mark. For Hedgepath, the silver-hair ed mentor who received his early training under Coach Dutch Mac- Lean at Newberry college, it has been a great season. A group of citizens met last Thursday to discuss the possibility, of receiving federal financial and personnel assistance for “redevel- opmenf* and were told that New berry County did not qualify for federal assistance. A1 Busby presided at the lunch eon meeting which was held at the Wiseman Hotel. In attendance were members of the Newberry County Legislative delegation? president and executive director of the Newberry. County Develop-, ment Board and representatives from agriculture, business and pro fessions in various areas of the county. Also present were Gordon Berry, field' coordinator for Area Redevelopment Corp., of Atlanta; L. B. Masg#,y and O. W. Lloyd of the Clemson College Extension Service. Ben Robinson, executive direc tor of the Development Board, read a statement which was de signed to become a part of. an application for federal aid. It in* eluded a description of the county. Be Here August T Break-Ins Are Investigated The City Police Department and the county sheriff’s Department, reported two break-ins in Sunday morning, one at City Filling Sta tion, the other at the home of Mrs.. Reba Dawkins on Martin St. Two Negro youth, ages 9 and 12, were apprehended in the first break-in. Of the $62.90 taken from City Filling Station, $52.45 was recovered. It was found hidden in the graveyard behind Boundary St. School. The break-in at Mrs. Dawkins’ home is being investigated. The only items discovered missing so far are seven gallons of paint. PLAYERS ASKED TO REPORT All Junior High School girls who plan to participate in the softball program this summer are asked to report to the Speers St. field on Friday, June 1, at 3:30 p. m., according to P. K. Fuller, rec reation director. Deputy Neel Is ‘Fixer-Upper’ By Mrs* A. H. Counts Deputy Sheriff J. C. Neel’s “do- it-yourself” bent has saved the county money on at least two oc casions. Neel, in charge of the court house and grounds, decided the 40- year old building needed a bit of face-lifting, including a paint job. He found a county jail prisoner who, with ji bit of coaching, com pleted the job. The job drew praise from pre siding Judge J. B. Ness, who said the courthouse grounds were the At a special meeting of City Council held last Thursday, mem bers learned that Ben White, city manager of Winnsboro, would not accept the position offered by Council as city manager of New berry. At the same meeting, coun cil interviewed two other appli cants for the position. They were William Formyduvall, assistant county manager of Charleston county and K. W. Riebe, superin tendent of Marine corps buse. No decision was made at the meeting whether either of the gentlemen would be offered the position. Council held another meeting Tuesday of this week, anil at that meeting voted unanimoasly to offer the position of City Manager to Mr. Reibe. Follow ing the meeting Mayor Layton notified Mr. Reibe of the selec tion and the latter advised that he would accept the position as of August 1. Mr. Reibe present ly is a Chief Warrant Officer who has had 22 years service with the Marine corps. Ho ex- ’ pects to retire from the service and move to Newberry as soon as possible after his retirement if effected. Mr. Reibe is married and is the father of thr*e child- dren. c - Council also voted to amend the personnel rules to give the city manager the power to hire and. discharge all personnel in the- emptby ment" of the city/ •" During the meeting council voted to accept the low bid of the Smith Motor company in the sum of $2,158.73 for a new truck for its economy, “general situation*’’ previous development history, and area goals. The statement pointed out that retail sales have remained good, farm income remains good, that a knitting mill was built and financ ed by the people of Whitmire, that the people of Prosperity area were instrumental in obtaining a build ing for a sewing pl$nt, that Wald rop Brothers have jbuilt a sizable addition to their plant; that coun ty citizens have voted bond issqes for. new schools and have con tributed over $300,04)0 to Newbbr- m V Developi ording to’ Mr. Robi is the fact that young people leaving the count ^ group thatito be qualified for assistance, a county must have an unemploy ment rate of 6%. Newberry Comi ty’s rate is only 8.3, he said. An other way in which the county might qualify is for the farm fam ily cash income to be leak than 1*4 of the national average, or $1170. In Newberry, he said, the overall farm family cash income in $1560. “I can’t give you any encourage ment,” he said. “I don’t think you can qualify. Your family income is higher than the requirement and your unemployment is not high „ maintenance and re* , x ... , - . . pairs division of the Parris island you ou8:ht t0 be proud of 4** He suggested the forming of a committee to develop an overall program for improving the coun ty. First find out what is wrong, he said, and work to correct that; then find out what is right and maka the most of it. It was suggested that a com' mittee be formed, with A1 Busby to serve as temporary chairman, to see what could be done within the county in the way of area de velopment. tw*. J best kept of any in his district. After the courthouse repair pro-j the garbage department and a- ject, Deputy Neel turned his tal- greed to change specifications for ents toward solving a parking problem. This he did by having an alley on one side of the court house widened and, by cutting off part of the courthouse grounds, provided parking space for eight cars. The cars now come in from College street and go out on Lind say street. Both projects were completed at no cost to the taxpayers and Neel’s superiors praised him for being an economy-minded “do-it- yourselfer.” WOMEN’S GUILD MEETS MONDAY The Women’s Guild of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church will meet at the Parish House Monday, June 4 at 3:30 p.m. swimming pools to .perma glaze at no extra cost. The mayor and city manager were instructed to work out plans to clear the area around the col ored swimming pool. TWO TEACHERS ARE HONORED The 1941 graduating class of Silverstreet School held a reunion Saturday night, May 26 at Pano rama Lodge. Mrs. Mattie Leu Blackmon and Miss Sarah Folk, First and Second grade teachers, respectively, of the Silverstreet School, were honor guests. Massie Holland of Greenville, president of the class, was master of ceremonies. A delicious menu and social ho ir were enjoyed by all present. GREETINGS June 3: Mrs. Mae A. Aull* Miss Lois Merchant, Edwin Stokes, Jr, F. M. Baxter, Mrs. Melvin Hancock, Mary R Bums, Jerry Havifd, Frank Stevens Jr; Mrs. Jason Ringer, Prof. W. E. Moats, Margaret McAlhany, A. P. Coleman^ Strother Paysinger, Alan Paysinger. Jane 4: Shirley Lathrop, Bar nette Boland, Mrs. Jessie Ouzta, Gayle Davis, Margaret Ousts, Wayne Folk, Hayne Folk, Richie Dennis. Jane 5: R Y. Abrams, Mrs. Deleal Boinest, Donna Ann Lathrop, Robe Humphries, Paul ette Whitaker. Jane 6: Frank Graham, Faye Leopard, Susannah Force, Or! Long, Jo Ann Richardson, W. W. Walker, Janie Kankle. Jane 7: Agnes Carol Armfield* Ida S. Summer, James Edward (Jimmy) Berley. June 8: Joe Roberts Jr., Paul Ballentine Long, Mrs. L.. H. Beam, Mrs. Claude Price, Char lie Altman, Mrs. Agnes H. Koon. Jane 9: E. B. Purcell Sri, Miss Fannie Mae Carwile, H. W. Dip- ner Sr., I. Q. Watkins, H. G. Pel ham, James R Price, Owen Holmes.