Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Just about 'ihe time ' ; ou and the school-marm teach the kids that you can’t put more in!-o a con tainer that it'll hold, along comes some woman wearing slacks. Why is it that the rainy days for which we save our monev always comes during our vacation? VOLUME 26; NUMBER 40. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1962 ♦ $2.00 Per Year By The Way - 8y DORIS A. SANDERS Reaches Age TOM TALKS. | I don’t have much inspiration I for original writing this week, and ' whatever I might come up with ! would not he nearly so interesting ! as the latest "Straight Talk” by Tom Anderson, Editor of Farm &. to take over very simple “The Soviet plan Latin America is a one. They are preparing Commun ism all over Latin America . . . “ . . We believe Cuba should be invaded now, under the responsi bilities of the Organization of Ranch Magazine. This Straight | American States which has proven Talk is from the February, I'U'.Ii I itself very solidly behind the U. S. in the last action when the Cnited issue: The Monroe Doctrine is dead, killed in the same White House in which it was born. Arkansas Senator J. William Fullbright, in a recent interview, States decided to take definite ac tion . . .” We will not invade Cuba, but we are invading anti-Communist Katanga. We will not let our good said: "Those ‘super-patriots’ who ! friend Chiang Kaishek fight Red get so concerned about what the i China, but we send arms to "neu- Russians are doing (in Cuba) ig-j tralist,” pro-Communist Nehru to nore completely that we are doing ; oppose Red China, as Nehru, the the same thing in many parts of "pacifist” now finds his own ox the world.” Goa’d. To equate United States poLcy I In answering Red Chinese with Russian is near-treason. The following quotation is fiom American Opinion magazine and was labeled, "Who’s Kidding Whom? And Why?” And that is certainly the sixty-four-thousand- ruble question. "On Tuesday, October lf>, 1962, editors and newsmen were assured by our government that there was no military threat to the United States in Cuba. "On Monday, October 22, 1962, President Kennedy announced V. strict (Naval) quarantine’ of Cu ba to prevent bombers and missiles being landed there from Soviet Russia, because «>f the military" threat to the United States. "On Saturday, October 27, 1962, President Kennedy promised that we would not invade C uba, if Khrushchev would remove some bombers and missiles which had already been there for many months. This treaty by Executive fiat in effect made Cuba a Com munist sanctuary, protected by the blessing of our government. And it effectively smothered the rising demand in the U. S. i.hat we go into the island and clean up the whole mess. "On Wednesday, November 21, 1962, President Kennedy lifted the embargo because Khrushchev SAID he had removed the offen sive missiles and now PROMISED that he would remove the bomb ers. During all of this great show of ‘firmness’ on our part, not one word had been said about redress for the kidnapping and murders of American citizens, or restitution for the tens of million of dollars w’orth o^ American property seiz ed. "As theU.S. News and World Report made clear, one outcome of these developments is certain: Castro has been made more secure than before, and Khrushchev has been guaranteed a base for his subversive activities in Latin Am erica. And once again our govern ment has betrayed out Anti-Com munist friends, as it did in China, in Hungary, and in Katanga. But don’t worry. Our government has assured us that ‘the worst is over. And after all the Communist front line is still 90 miles away!” Yes, we counted the missiles going out of Cuba—and Khrush chev counted them going IN— Ac cording to reliable reports, Rus sian troops are now building Cuba into an impregnable fortress as our President refuses to answer the simple question: "Did you, or did you not, say to the Russians, we will not invade Cuba?” The Russians promised to with draw missiles and President Ken nedy lifted our naval blockade. This same Khrushchev had lied to Kennedy about the missiles being in Cuba in the first place. OUR “Mr. K” not only did not demand on-site inspection so we could be sure all offensive weapons had been removed, but even renounced economic warfare when he agreed to ransom Cuban prisoners by giving $62 million in food and medicine to Castro. He could have demanded release of all foreign ers from Cuba, release of 150,000 political prisoners, destruction of all military bases, withdrawal of all Soviet weapons and aircraft. Instead, Kennedy announced that Cuba would not be attacked, a “laosy” decision. Underground fortifications and additional airfields are being fev erishly completed in Cuba as ap peasers like Chester Bowles warn that we must not even blockade Cuba lest it bring on Armageddon or denunciation of the U. S. by the U. N. Bowles did not say which he considered worse. Chester "Bow les’’—but he never has scored a “strike” for our side. Castro’s most effective weapon has probably been Adlai Steven son. Having Stevenson look after our interests in the U. N. is like delegating a crow to watch the corn. On the Manion Forum of the Air recently, President Somoza of the Republic of Nicaragua said: charges that he capitulated t o America, Khrushchev told the Supreme Soviet In a speech: "In what way have we retreated? So cialist Cuba exists. Cuba remains a beacon of Marxist-Leninist ideas in the Western hemisphere. The impact of her revolutionary ex ample will grow. The government of the U. S. has given a pledge not to invade Cuba. The threat of thermo nuclear war has been av erted. Is this a retreat?” The ransom deal is described by our government as "private” non government. That’s another lie. Cloaked with the benevolent name of the Red Cross and by the words "medicine” and "charity,” the Cuban deal is ransom-black mail in its lowest form. The mon ey was raised from rich Kennedy “friends” and ^ rom corporations which like to go along with the whims of their best customer, the Federal Government—when it’s tax-deductible, but this money giv en to Castro is deductible for three years. So this ransom cost the taxpayers of America $20 million in avoided taxes. But the taxpay ers don’t know it, w’hich is normal operating procedure for the Lying Frontier. So the money was not given by the American taxpayers. It was stolen from them. But stealing is not a crime when politicians do it a million at a time. The prisoners have been ex changed. Cuba is no longer an “offensive threat” and the Amer ican can go back to looking at Castro’s friends. Jack Parr and Ed Sullivan. Not many boob-tube addicts can get too excited about (By Mrs. A. H. Counts) . picture on the occasion of his Jefferson Davis Sease, one of j birth anniversary. He arose early the oldest citizens in the county and in this section of the state, observed his 102nd birthday last Wednesday, January 16. Mr. Sease is a bachelor and his reason for remaining in single bliss is that ‘"the ones I always wanted, I couldn’t get, and those I could get I didn’t want.” Mr. Sease was born on a farm in the St. Phillips section of the county, some eight miles from the city on January 16, 1861. He lives in a house built by his fath er when he was only five years of age. One of his treasured old memories is an old clock on the mantle which he states is almost 130 years old. Recently the old clock stopped running and now stands there as a reminder of the the new- crisis in the Congo where years past. the American-Sponsored United j Mr. Sease is quite active for his Nations’ mercenary monsters are i age, feels well and has a fairly shooting down the anti-Communist M oise Tshombe's troops as they lie wounded on their hospital beds. On October 27, 1960, Candidate Kennedy proclaimed* "I want peo ple to wake up all over the world in the next years and wonder not what Mr. Khrushchev is doing or what Mr. Castro is doing. I want them to wonder what the U. S. is doing.” Thev undoubtedly are! and dressed and said "I feel good this morning, and my appetite is just as good as it w r as when I was 16 years old. If I just had good teeth everything would be just fine with me.” As Mr. Sease sat down to have his picture made, one of his dogs leaped up and sat on his master’s lap. This recalled the old times when he went hunting. In those days, he said, about the only sport for young men was hunting, and he enjoyed hunting ‘possums, fox es, rabbits and squirrels. He al ways kept good hunting dogs. He said "they were so well trainee, on many occasions we never car ried a gun since game was so plen tiful on every farm. I can look back now and see my two hounds coming toward me, one with a rab bit in his mouth and the other proudly plodding alongside. Yes, good appetite. Two years ago he j sir, those were the good old days, participated in a ground breaking | when even my dogs would bring ceremony for his church. Saint j in game.” Lutheran. His worst han- that he cannot hear too Phillip dicap i well. Mr. Sease was delighted to have Mr. Sease is known as "Uncle County Board Met Tuesday At the monthly meeting of the County Board of Education Tues day night, Ralph Watkins, direc tor of schools, told members that A Textile Training center could be started at the vacated Mollohon school building for the next school year for a local expenditure of about $5000. He said that the State Department of Education and the Kendall company would participate in the project should it be decided to place such a train ing course in the school curricu lum. The course would be prin cipally for boys at Newberry high school, although those from other schools would be allowed to at tend if their studies and transpor tation could be arranged. The Board has taken no definite ac tion as to whether the project will be included for next year. Mr. Watkins and Gerald Pay- sihger were named to attend the convention of the American Asso ciation of School Administrators in Atlantic City, N. J. on February 16-20 with Henry F. Mills, board member from the Bush River area, named an alternate in the event Mr. Paysinger was unable to attend. Ben T. Wicker of Prosperity, Route 3, was appointed to serve on the Pomaria area advisory board, replacing David Luther Ruff. Mr. Ruff resigned to ac cept appointment as member of the County Board, replacing J. Alvin Kinard, from the Pomaria area. Messrs. Kinard, Hentz, and Bundrick, representing New Zion Community Center, appeared be fore the Board to discuss purchase of the New Zion building, which the community had leased for ten years for $200. The Board agreed to sell the property to 3 churches, New Hope, Bethlehem and Saint Matthews, for an additional $300. Tentative plans were made for the Board to meet with the New berry County Legislative delega tion on January 30. The Board discussed selection of superintendents for next year but withheld final action until the January 30th meeting. The Board also talked about use ! of school gyms by outside groups and decided that the area advisory boards should be responsible for buildings and expenses incurred in use of gyms by such groups. Employee Attitude Survey Is Completed At Oakland City Personnel Changes Made City office announces the trans fer of C. T. Millstead from the Garbage department, as a truck driver, to the vacancy in the Fire department. Both D. L. Laird, Chief, and Ed Hazel, Asst, to the Director of Safety, are pleased to have this most able employee join their force in the Fire department. Mr. Millstead assumed his new duties on Monday of last week. According to Mr. Halfacre, Supt. of Garbage and Street depart ments, no replacement in person nel will be made to fill the vac ancy created by Mr. Millstead’s transfer. He plans to use one of his street men to fill in as a driver when needed. This utilization of personnel will result in further savings to the city. It is in con junction with Mayor and Council’s long-range view of modernization in the Garbage department and reflects much study and careful planning on the part cf City coun cil and affected department heads. Mr. Half acre reperts that the recent re-routing of trucks has gone smoothly, witl only a few stops missed. He expressed hir J. ADGER BROWN, psychologist at the University of South Caro lina, discusses Employee Attitude Survey with Joe Pool, left and Hart Jordan, superintendent and manager, respectively of the Oakland Plant of the Kendall Company. (Sunphoto) L. Flart Jordan, manager of the Oakland plant of the Kendali Co., announced Monday the results of a recent altitude survey made at the plant, and stated that the survey showed a much better at appreciation to the citizens for, titude on the part of employees their cooperation and patience j toward management than a simi- Applications Being Taken Applications for family vacation cabin reservations in South Caro- Jeff” by his friends. In the old | ij na state Parks for the 1963 sum- home with him are Mrs. Quinn Sease, his brother’s widow; her a photograpner come take his i son Quimby, and his family. Teachers Exam Deadline The director of Teacher Exami nations in South Carolina has announced a 1 p.m. January 26 deadline for the National Teacher Examination in this state. All applications for the com pulsory and the option examina tions must be submitted before the deadline to 937 Main street, Col umbia. The examinations will be given Saturday, February 16 at desig nated centers throughout the State. Fees paid by first-time appli cants for the examination will be refunded if the applicant teaches in South Carolina public schools this school year or in 1963-64. Examination centers for white teachers will be located in Aiken, Charleston, Clemson, Columbia, Conway, Due West, Florence, Gaf fney, Greenville, Greenwood, New berry, Hartsville, Orangeburg and Rock Hill and Spartanburg. Centers for Negro teachers will be at Aiken, Charleston, Colum bia, Conway, Florence, Greenville, Greenwood, Kingstree, Orange burg, Rock Hill, Spartanburg and Sumter and Walterboro. Prosperity Bank Officers Promoted PROSPERITY. — The appoint ment of Jacob A. Bowers as Pres ident of the Bank of Commerce, Prosperity, and William H. Leap- hart, Jr. as vice president in Miss Elkins Is Queen Of May Miss Sylvia Elkins, a senior, was named Queen of May for 1963 in a campus-wide election at New- bery college recently. Miss Elkins, daughter of Mr. charge of the Chapin operations | and Mrs Ceci] D E i kins> of the bank, has been announced I j n gton, will reign over the college’s by Rudolph Barnes, chairman of j May Day exercises this spr i ng . the bank’s board of directors. 1 c i • • . , , . i Sylvia is accompanist and vice- The announcement was ma d e ; president of the Singers, also a following the annual meeting of i mem b er 0 f t;h e Euterpean Music the board of directors, and the c j u ^ appointments become effective im mediately. Mr. Bowers, a native of Pros perity, has served as executive vice president and cashier of the Bank of Commerce since January, 1955, when the conversion of the Prosperity Depository to the Bank of Commerce became effective. He began his banking career with the S. C. National Bank at Newberry, wheie he served as bookkeeper, teller and assistant manager. Dur ing December 1951, Mr. Bowers became cashier of the Prosperity Mis Judith Kramer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kramer of Florence was runner-up in the el ection and will be Maid of Honor. served as chairman of the Offi cial Board of the church. Mr. Bowers is married to the former Margie Mere Wilson of Newberry, and they have four children. Mr. Leaphart, also a native of Prosperity, is a graduate of Pros perity high school. He attended Clemson college, and later grad- Depository and was later elected | uated from Newberry college with vice president of the bank. i a BS degree in Commerce in Mr. Bowers is a graduate of | 1950. He has been employed with Bond Sales For December County Savings Bonds Chair man, Joe M. Roberts, reports that Newberry county’s December E and H Savings Bonds sales were $14,080.00, bringing the total for 1962 up to $233,220.00. O’Neal high school and of New berry college. He has also com pleted the Money and Banking Course of the American Institute of Banking. A World War II veteran, Mr. Bowers is active in civic activities in both Prosperity and Newberry county. He is a member and past treasurer of the Prosperity Civitan club, served as the first president of the Prosperity Community Chamber of Commerce, is now a director of the Bank of Commerce and the Prosperity Community Chamber of Commerce, and has also served as a Director of the Newberry County Development Board. He is superintendent of the Church School of Zion Meth odist church, Prosperity, and has the Bank of Commerce since Jan uary, 1957, and served as assist ant vice president prior to his recent promotion. Mr. Leaphart is a captain, in the South Carolina National Guard and currently serves as Commander of H e a d- quarters Battery 1st AW BN 263rd Artillery, based in Newber ry- He is a member of Grace Luth eran church and has served on the Church Council. He is now secretary of the LCM Newberry Conference. A former president of the Prosperity Community Cham ber of Commerce, Mr. Leaphart is a member of the Prosperity Civi tan club. Married to the former Miriam Ballentine, the Leaphart’s have two children. mer season ar'? now being received by the S. C. State Commission of Forestry in Columbia, according to State Forester Chas. H. Flory. "Demand for these vacation fac ilities has been high for many years. To give every family an equal opportunity to obtain a cab in, reservations for June, July, and August are made in a public drawing held shortly after March first of each year,” Mr. Flory said. Sixty-seven cottages are avail able in nine state parks from the mountains to the seashore. Summer rentals are by the week only, and rates range from $24 to $46, depending on location, facili ties, and cabin capacity. Most of the cabins accommodate 6 persons. Cabins for white families are located at 4 Cheraw, Givhans Fer ry, Hunting Island, Myrtle Beach, Oconee, Poinsett, Santee and Ta ble Rock. There are cabins for Negro fam ilies at Pleasant Ridge in the mountains of Greenville county, and on the coast at Hunting Island State Park near Beaufort. Families may apply for cabins by writing to the S. C. State Com mission of Forestry, P. O. Box 357, Columbia, S. C. before March first. Letters should indicate whe ther for white or Negro family, and give park, date preference and as many alternate choices as pos sible, according to State Park Di rector C. West Jacocks. Cabin Folders and additional informa tion are available from the Fores try Commission. during this change. Chief Dow r d announces that ar rangements have been made with the City of Columbia whereby 3 of his patrolmen Chevis Franklin, Andrew Shealy and Johnnie Strib- ble are currently attending Col umbia Police department’s "128 Hour Training Program.” This program is being offered January 8-31, 8:30 to 3:30 P.M. five days per week. The only cost to the city for this training is transpor tation to Columbia and meals. In making this announcement, Mr. Dowd felt he was quite for tunate in obtaining this invaluable training for his patrolmen. He pointed out that agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the S. C. Law Enforcement Training School, Professor R. H. Stoudemire of the University of S. C., as well as key personnel of the Columbia Police department, will be directing the training. More Of 1-26 Is Opened Spring Semester Newberry college will begin the second semester of its 106th ses sion with the opening of its dorm itories on Monday, January 28th. Registration of all students for the Spring semester will be held on Tuesday, January 29. Regular classes will begin on Wednesday, January 30. The first semester will conclude with the final examinations to be given January 18-24. An additional 28 mile section of Interstate 26, from Rosinville to Summerville, was operted to traf fic January 23, Chief Highway Commissioner Silas N. Pearman announced this week. The new sec tion extends the southern end of the South Carolina frebway to U. S. 17 Alternate, about 22 miles from Charleston. With this additional extension, 1-26 will be one of the longest continuous single stretches of free way opened to traffic in the na tion. 1-26 will then be in use from near the North Carolina state line southerly to Route 17 Alternate where a full four-leaf clover in terchange is located between U. S. 78 (Summerville) and U. S. 176 (Carnes Cross Roads.) The interchange will permit smooth access and exit without stops and Charleston traffic wish ing to utilize the freeway may find it most convenient to travel U. S. 78 via Summerville then on to U. S. 17 Alternate to the free way. State Highway Engineer W. K. Beckham has authorized removal of barriers now at U. S. 15. He provided for erection of tempor- ary signs (until permanent ones are established) so as to permit traffic to use the 28 additional miles of the freeway, beginning noon January 23. Almost 10 miles of this newly opened section is Portland cement concrete surfacing. Intel state 26 is also under con struction from Route 17 Alternate to a point just south of S.C. Route 7, but will not be ready for traffic use this winter. The next section to be opened will be down to U. S. 78 near the "Antlers.” "Placing the latest section of freeway into usage is another de lightful milestone in the achieve ments in which we are striving to provide safer, finer, more conven ient highways for South Carolina,” Commissioner Pearman said. The opening will be without ceremony, the Highway Depart ment noted. lar survey had shown about four years ago. He attributed the bet terment of morale among the em ployees in large part to the sup ervisory training programs con ducted last year by Dr. George Heaion, noted industrial counsel lor, of Charlotte, N. C. The survey this year was given under the guidance of J. Adger Brown, psychologist of the Uni versity of South Carolina. Mr. Brown met with small groups of employees and explained the questionnaire. Employees w e r e permitted time away from their jobs to participate and well over 80 per cent, or around 400 em ployees, took part in the project. The Kendall company feels strongly that attitude surveys are an important management tool, Mr. Jordan said. The surveys not only give Kendall employees a voice in company activities, but most important of all, that voice is being heard. The Kendall Textile Division made its first survey in 1947. Since that date 36 surveys have been made at its plants in South Carolina and Alabama. Kendall continues to make use of this program and the Company is on' of several progressive textile firms in the area to use this meth od of getting employee opinions. The purpose of the survey at Oakland was to give employees an opportunity to say what they thought about the company, its policies, practices, supervisors, and working conditions. No ques tionnaires were signed. They were given to Mr. Brown who tabulat ed the answers and gave manage ment the results. Mr. Jordan stated that the sur vey this tim6 indicated a strong need for better communications between management and employ ees .The Oakland plant plans to do this through its supervisors, as well as through a plant news sheet, distributed to employees. Mr. Brown met -with the Oak land supervisors Monday to dis cuss how improvements could be made in the vital areas of super vision. Management plans future training sessibns for its supervis- ' ory staff. Attitude surveys are a means to an end, not an end in them selves, itfr. Jordan said, empha sizing that management uses the information gained from the sur vey to build better supervision, better employee attitudes, and to strengthen the relationships be tween employees and management. These ,in turn, he said, lead to the ultimate objective of attitude surveys—better performt-ice, both by management and employees. Among the questions asked on the survey were: As a company to work for, how is Kendall compared to other companies? Do you believe that management has a sincere interest in your welfare? Would you ad vise your friends to come to Oak land for a job ? Do you think the company will do all it can to give you steady work? If you had a complaint, do you think it would be taken care of promptly and fairly? Do you believe your sup ervisor shows favoritism? What do you like best, and least, about working at Oakland? Altogether, the survey included 27 questions. Mr. Brown stated that employ ees did not hesitate to “say what they thought,” indicating confid ence that management would make no effort to learn who answered the questions. Mr. Brown also said that partic ipation in the survey was unusual ly high and that results were favorable with, if not better, than other surveys of a similar nature which he has conducted. GL Loans May Be Paid Early Veterans with GI loans can mako extra payments to their mortgage holders at any time, or they may pay off their entire loans without any penalty charge. The minimum extra payment a veteran may make on his GI home loan is the amount cf one monthly payment, or $100, whichever is less, John I. Findley, Loan Guar anty Officer of the Columbia, S. C., VA Regional Office pointed out. Should the veteran later become hard pressed for money he added, —the extra payments already made may—if the lender agrees— he reapplied to regular payments in order to prevent the loan from going into default. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Jan. 27: Ann Campbell, Joyce Lominick, Byron Nichols, Mrs. Katie Cousins, J. Nelson Cous ins. Jan. 28: Judge Eugene Blease, Mrs. J. B. Coward, David Boyd Parr, Kenneth Blackwell, Jake Boozer, Rev. E. K. Counts, San dra Boland, Rev. J. Ed Taylor, Mrs; J. V .Kneece, Kay Davis, Sara M. Forbis, Rose H. Wal lace. Jan. 29: Mrs. B. R. Pickens, Mrs. R. C. Williams, Mrs. J. T. Bouknight, Don Chappells, Chas. Wallace Epps, Mrs. John W. Waldrop, Mrs. Belle Bouknight, Linda Smith, William Coates, George Earl Cromer, S. L. Wal- dour. III, Claude Counts, Mrs. James C. Abrams, Mrs. W. F. Mullinax, Doyle Long, Walter Leroy Bouknight. Jan 30: Mrs. B. E. Stockman, Mary Frances Bedenbaugh, Vi vian Lynn Wise, Mrs. Duncan Johnson, Jr., Mrs. J. Chesley Abrams, R. B. Shealy, Mrs. C. H. Eargle, Randolph Crowder. Jan. 31: John T. Norris, Hous- eal Norris, Robert Ezell Daw kins, John Jordan McCullough, Kenneth Shealy, Mrs. A. C. Ward, Jesse Lew^, Mary Lane Williams, Kaye Rinehart, Mrs. B. V. Chapman, Mrs. H. J. Loon ey, R. B. Kennerly, Mrs. J. M. Pool, Miss Jimmie Nell Kyzer, Phillip M. Forbis, Mazie Ward. Feb. 1: Mrs. Hugh K. Boyd, Eugene Griffith, Mary Sidelle Crooks, Diane Wright, Peggy Ann Pitts Marlowe, Ralph Bed enbaugh, Mary Ap.i Moore, Margaret S. Koon, Mrs. Lucille Yochem. Feb. 2: Peggy Sue Price, Seth Meek, R. C. Neel, Jr., Carolyn Eleazer Clamp, Larry A. Mill stead.