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Milton Moore on beiny elected president of the South Carolina Music Kdueators Association at the recent convention in Columbia, and also to congratulate Mms Jua nita Hitt, who just stepped down from that post after having dole an excellent job. Many New fie o - ians—NOT music educators— were amonp r those attending tht 1 convention banquet at the Wade Hampton hotel Friday night, heb- ruary 22nd. There they saw the excellent performance by Miss Hitt’s High School Oirls ( horns, with the girl- till lovely in tneir 1 foi ma! evening gowns. wearing! “Old South” cameos and carrying | nosegays; the natriotic perform- j anc( j oi' tile elementary chorus, | CIlFFNVi!.;.!-. i ucat ior \ -<1 "■ \ Oreenv Man 1 C f tr -t tin." " * e’ '.a convent C, : ■ i o' Coin rn fir: M • ( , r a. . ii t i •< • e.; ma ■ * ni . -: State' react < i - an. • o* to part .cipat*- t p g - W. Aon-.' S m i ’ ’ Superinteraient - ; of the 1 1J H •* i- me m ' r organi/;it ior;. He v April 1. oil , t rv ;. i .on . r., ('.•■ct ■ i • i n; 11 iTfrce tract i\c bill*' “Merry MX iv Mak- 1 -2 % ers” div.-ses. and the “fashi ion par- : : CkippI v;: ■.■/X-.ff.-xf.'aX-iw ad ■” hy the young ^ ; ! ude’l ts from . ■. y -iM Boundary stnet sciiool, with thej youngsters trained by Miss Jau-j nita and their costumes suggested ( or desigmai by her. f Miss Juanita tells us that some ; t>f these groups have been invited to perform when the Southeastern i Music Kdueators hold their con- : vent ion in Columbia. MRS. KELLY New Addition At Hospital Now Hn Use The banging, clatter, dust and debris which have annoyed doc tors. nurses and patients at New berry County Memorial hospital for the past several months, have now transformed the hospital into a larger, more modern facility for taking care of the su k and wound ed of Newberry. Lawrence Richardson, adminis trator of the hospital, announced that the new annex to the hospi tal plant is now in use. The addi tion and renovation make t h e Newberry hospital a 74-bed facil ity, with 12 much-in-demand pri vate rooms added. In addition to 12 rooms, the annex consists of treatment and examination rooms, a nursing sta tion, medicine preparation area and physicians charting space. During the renovation period, it was frequently necessary to put patients in the halls because all rooms were crowded beyond nor mal capacity. The hospital was built in 1926 and other additions, including the north wing and the county health department, have been made since that time. Grand, Petit Jurors Chosen '1 .. M art h • i.-: m of Cenerai Ses- :■ ;: i v. i ; Monday. Mar ! I'- a' . Jc a.nr wth Judge !'■.■: ■ Imp- f i i; i i • vilie presid- irg. Miinher- M ‘he (Land Ju r y \\ ’ ; . pari M' imta\ at *:do and fiV>.■ ml.if the petit jury will re- pur; Tm -liar . March 19 at 9;3U. i re f dliiwmg (Irand Jumrs and a it e'mate - have ‘neen urawn for ‘; <• ; ear 1 foid ; .lamer < . Harman, Elmer E. Kptupg. James MeLeod, Leon D. \ a■ 11f11 -, John J. 'happell, G. Frank Hanna, Waiien R. Cous in.-, Caude VY Riddle, Harold O. C.Mik. James Henry Phibbs Jr., Charle- H Kidd. Vernon F. Ept- ing, M. O. Mayer, T. Roy Sum- r. . J; . J. W. Longshore, J. H. Annek. Grady B. W’ieker. I). ('i. Sea >e. A. R. (Tuqinelle. John R. Ffiiyd and Alvin F. Chapman. The following petit jurors will serve for the March term of ; i i imina; cimrt : M'tlbur Ni'dtols. Thurmond Fee! Bundrick, Raymond F. Ky/.er, J. j 1 >. \Vt'--;nger. Ralph Sehumpert. ; C. C, Jenkin.-. Curtis F. Sftealv. J. S Fa ••g!c. Horace T. Buffing- ! ‘ m. Rufu- R. Kitchen. J. T. Ful- | nor. Janio- R. Bcdenhaugh. ('. R. ! g ‘i ■. Ralph S Boa/.man, Marvin Bo ikidght. Car roll H. Counts, Herman K Mayer. B. M. Stuck; Al-", Walter B. Wallace, Joe F. Biekley. John H. Kunkle, J. j Horace Graham, Lawrence W. Boiin.g, James H. Ihuinis, W. K. I.athrop, Johnnie H. Graham, W. K. Kulme!-. Carrol! B. Alewine, Richard Berlov. C. A. Mills, Jr., Ray A. Martin, John C. Roland, Thomas F. Setzler, F. P. Nance, Gerald C (I’Quinn, Allen Hunter, Jr. Tom Halfacre, manager of B. C. Mooi e was elected president of the Newberry Merchants Associa tion at a meeting held Tuesday morning at the Hotel Wiseman, lie succeed.- Jimmy Coggins, who Had accepted the temporary pres idency last fall. Mam discussion at the Tuesday meeting centered around the need tor more active participation in the Merchants Association, or for a chamber of commerce or some other city-wide organization, with a full-time employee, for the pur pose of promoting the city. The consensus of opinion of those pres ent was that such an organization was needed, in addition to the Newberry County Development Board. A motion was adopted that the Association president appoint a committee of two members to in vestigate the feasibility of such an organization and the approxi mate budget which would be needed to operate it. Mr. Coggins opened the meeting by stating the rumors had been circulating that the local banks planned to close on Saturday. He called on W. J. Raffield, manager of South Carolina National, uid Joe Roberts, manager of Newberry County Bank, for statements. Mr. Raf field said that SCN had no such plans for the present, and that it is the practice of SCN, if such a move is contemplated, to first take it up with the merch ants’ groups, Mr. Roberts said ‘The first I heard of the rumor was five minutes ago.” The treasurer reported that $1 ,- 046225 remained in the Treasury, $330.25 of which was left over from the Christmas parade. It was decided that future meet ings of the Association would be luncheon meetings. Annexed Area Census Begins Mrs. Virginia C. Trvlor. Super visor \ TV S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of The Cen sus, will he in Newberry Wednes day, Thursday and Friday of this week to conduct the Special Census of the Harrington Heights Area, annexed to Newberry in January, 1963. Mrs. Taylor will have cre dentials identifying herself, and city officials requests all citizens in the annexed area to cooperate fully in order that Mrs. Taylor will be able to secure an acurate count. The special census is being made so that the popu-ntion of the an nexed area can be added to the 1960 census. It is important that every citizen in the area be includ ed, since the Census figure deter mines the city’s share in State revenue. Without a Special Cen sus, the population figure could not be corrected until 1970, the date of the next scheduled Census. Due to the size of the Census, it was felt by the Bureau that the annexed population could he en umerated by Mrs. Taylor without assistance. The city stressed the Special Census will be on the an nexed area only. MRS. GOBI ! FY A contest fur the pusitiun <3 president-eluc! has devvlupud be- i tween Mrs. Elizabeth Godlrey. lan- 1 guage teacher uf North Augusta. and Mrs. Margaret Kelly, mathe- ! matics teacher of Newberry. General sessions will be held Thursday evening March 21 and Friday afternoon March 22 in the Greenville Memorial Auditorium. A score or more of departmental meetings will he held in schools, churches and elsewhere, principal ly Friday morning. Governor Russell will address the convention on the evening of March 21 and Frank McGee, the NBC news specialist, will he the principal speaker on the afternoon | of March 22. For the first time the associa- j tion will honor newspapers and ! broadcast media by presenting the School Bell awards for outstand- ! ing presentation and interpruta- j tion of school news and events. Company Tells Of Expansion The Old School Manufacturing company, located below Prosperity again increasing in size with the adiktiun uf approximately 7,- oOii square foot to the oast end of the rii• wost portion of the plant. The addition is to he the same typ. enir-t rueti"!! as the newest portion, with eoneroto Mock walls, eomnete floor, steel framework roof. Tile ceiling will be fiberglass with poured gyp-on and tar and go ave! roof. The building will he eompietely fire resistant. The addition will facilitate smoother flow of work and take care of increased business. It will house the pressing and shipping departments and stock room. Space vacated by these departments will be use for additional cutting room space. The cutting room at the plant is presently taking ca?-e of all cutting for Prosperity and In man plants. It is expected that 15 to 25 new employees will he added due to the increased space and business. The addition is expected to be completed during May. County Sheriff Issues Warning Newoerry county re.-idents have been warned by Sheriff Tom Fel lers to watch for fake operators claiming to he termite control or septic tank specialists. “I have received a number of complaints about these people.” Sheriff Fellers said. ‘‘This is meant in no way to reflect on rep utable ternr'lc control or septic tank businesses,” he continued, ‘‘hut is meant as a protection to them and to the public.” The sheriff advised all persons who are contacted by firms of this kind to first ascertain whether they are reputable companies, or whether they are fakes. before allowing them to inspect or do work on the premises He further advised citizens who suspected fake operations to re port such immediately to the Sheriff’s office. Roof Elected Magistrate For Whitmire Area James G. Roof was elected mag- istrate of thu Whitmire district in a -pi rial election held Tuesday of this week. Four hundred nineteen votes were cast in the four pre- < inc‘w which were opened for the election: Whitmire 1 and 2, May- hinton and Long-Lane-Beth-Eden. Mr. Roof, who succeeds the late J. P. Fo‘' f er, received 131 votes. Second was J. A. Crosby with 111 votes. Beuford Shields, 107 and R. A. (Bob) Nelson, 70. Glenn E. Jones Service Monday Glenn E. Jones, 62, died Satur day afternoon at the S. C. Medical hospital in Charleston. He had been ill for several weeks. Mr. Jones was born and reared in Newberry and was a son of the late Thomas D. and Byram Bishop Jones. He was a member of the O’Neal Methodist church and a member of the W.L.W. class. For a number of years he had been connected with the street depart ment of the city of Newberry. Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby Kinard Jones, two brothers, Frank K. Jones and Johnny O. Jones, both of New berry; one sister, Mrs. Lydia Mel ton, Huntsville, Ada, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Mon day from O’Neal Methodist church by Rev. M. B. Fryga, Rev. Paul Petty, Rev. R. E. Rhyne, and Rev. C. K. Derrick conducting the ser vice. Interment followed in Rose- mont cemetery. Active pallbearers were Olin Layton. Johnny Halfacre, Johnny Wood, John Merchant, Bob Creek- more and Bob Davis. Honorary escort consisted of members of the W.L.W. class, em- 1 plqyees of the street department . T. M. Fellers and Dr. Ralph P. Baker. Retired Teacher Meeting Set The Newberry County Retired Teachers Association will meet at Newberry high school on Friday. March 8, at 4 p. m., according to Miss Julia Kibler. All retired teachers who taught in South Carolina and now reside in Newberry county are eligible to join. There will he important business, the election of officers and a talk with the Newberry county senator and representative in the S. C. Legislature. Magistrate Has Busy Month One hundred ten cases were brought before Magistrate Ben F. Dawkins during the month of Feb ruary, and fines amounted to $1590.11. The largest number of charges were for driving too fast for con ditions. There were 65 violations of this law. Other charges includ ed; Reckless driving, one; d r u n k, three; no driver’s license and im proper passing, four each; driv ing under suspension, two; ex ceeding axle gross and failure to dim lights, one each; failure to dis play fuel tax marker, two; no trailer license displayed, one; dis- orderly, three; no vehicle license, six: operating after midnight Sat urday, one; excessive noise, three; assault and battery, petty larceny, improper hacking, defective brakes improper parking on highway, ex cess width, stopping in highway, following too closely, and driving ! under influence of intoxicating liq uors, one each. BOSTON—L. A Savage, vie- president of the Kendall Yuropany and manages of it- Textile D'v .-ion, with headquarter- in ('ha' - i lotte. N. C’., will retire in June af- 1 ter 36 years of service. Kendal! president Richa-d R. Higgins said I today. His successor wdl he (Lo'-gr McQuilkin III of Boston, now gen eral manager of the J. W. Woiwj Elastic Web subsidiary “f the Kendall Company and formeily : controller of the Textile D'.vi-n n. 1 Joining Kendall in 1927 as a young graduate of the Lowell 1 Technological Institute in Lowi 11, I Mass., Mr. Savage began a> as sistant overseer of carding at the company’s Mollohon plant in Newberry. Ten years later he be came assistant manager of the Pelzer plants, the largest spin ning and weaving plants in the company. His transfer to Char lotte as director of manufactur ing for the Textile Division took place in 1943, and he was elected a vice president of Kendall and named Textile Division manager in 1956. His long association with the Kendall Company spans its most impressive period of growth and develooment, which included, un der Mr. Savage’- direction, the vertical integration of all of Ken dall’s textile operations. Lniier Mr. Savage’s supervision is the plant in Albertville, Ala., and sev en plants in South Carolina: one each in Bethuno. Camden and in Edgefield; and two each in Now herry and Pelzer. Mr. Savage will continue to live in Camden, where he has been a long-time resident. Soil Conservation District Rated Second Best In S. C fhe Newberry Soil Conservation uistru; supervisors have just made! their annual report to NSCD co- I operatois. Among the interesting' items in the report is the fact that for the secoiaf year in a row. the I Newberry district has won sec-oml i ruiee in a State-wide contest spon sored hy Goodyear Tire <fe Rubber 1 company to « ncmirage soil and wa ter conservation on a national scale. Goodyear presented each! supervisor and Roy P. Shealy, eon-i s< ovation farmer of the year with ; a certificate of merit for outstand- : ing service in the field of soil and ! water conservation. Supervisors of the Newberry j district are Earle J. Bcdenhaugh, chairman; J. T. McCrackin, Jr., George F. Young, C. T. Smith and S. C Pay singer. Their report states; The District is a legal subdiv ision of the State voted into ex istence by the landowners within the area (Newberry county). It is managed by five farmer-super visors—the elected and appointed representatives of the people. “The purpose of your District is to provide technical assistance which will enable you to use the land without abuse. Our objective, unchanged for 23 years, is to as sist every farmer in the prepara tion of a conservation plan which will meet his needs and establish a permanent conservation pattern. “The Soil Conseiwation Service, our assigned technical agency, has assisted in establishing at least one conservation practice on each of 435 farms during the year. A significant upward trend was not ed in the practice of pastures planting, selective woodland thin ning, hardwood control, grassed waterways, drainage and land iionu about : ii Civic League Tree Sale The Civic League’s plant com mittee, with Mrs. Fred Hayes as chairman, announce: - the League’s annual sale of trees on or about March 15 with the fol'owing var ieties and sizes: Sugar and Scarlet Maples in 5 to 6 foot size. Flowering Crabs, Abney crim son and Hopa pink. 5 to 6 foot size. White and pink dogwoods. 4 to 5 foot sizes. Red Crepe Myrtle 2 to 3 foot sizes. The initial order is for 225 trees. Mrs. Hayes stated that if these sell out rapidly that the League would be glad to place another order, which would be ready for delivery about March 30. The Civic League always sells the trees at cost plus transporta tion and this is made possible through the cooperation of local nurseryman Hal Kohn, who places the order with large wholesale growers. There will be no orders booked in advance, which would entail a great amount of clerical work and add to the expense of handling the shipment. A later announcement will give the ex act date, where to come for the trees and the hours. '• JIM \m itu; the cooperators in the Newberry Soil Conservation District Bill' () Dell, outstanding pitcher with the San Francisco Giants. He is shown here signing a conservation agreement, as T. B. (Dad) Vmis looks an. (Sunphoto.) Call to Prayer Almighty God, our Father who art in Heaven, and all about us, we join together in asking Thy guidance for our President and for all of his teammates in these troubled days. Grot that only those steps will ho taken that will result in peace among the nations. We pray for the streng thening of our freedoms without the use of war, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Whitaker Is Chief Volunteer Firemen On Dean’s List At College The following Newberry county students have met the necessary requirements for the Dean’s list at Newberry College, according to an announcement by Dean Conrad B. Park: Annie Lynn H. Hawkins, Jerry W. Koon, Carlisle Counts, Suzanne Long, Mary Edna Wynn, Brenda K. Campbell, Margaret Kelly, Vir ginia R. Cooper, and James H. Counts, Jr. Receives Award For Performance FORT LEAVENWORTH, KAN. (AHTNC)—Army Major Howard N. Packs. 34. son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas X. Parks, Route 4, New berry recently received a certifi cate of achievement while attend ing the Command and General Staff college at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Major Parks received the award for outstanding performance of -’’'tv during his recent assignment with the U. S. Army Reserve Of ficer Training Corps (ROTO In structor Group at Savannah, Ga., High school. The Major is a 1945 graduate of Newberry high school and a 1950 graduate of the U. S. Mili tary Academy, West Point, N. Y. Mrs. E. A. Carpenter spent the weekend in Jacksonville, Florida with her daughter, Mrs. Anne Fin cher and children, Bert, Lila and Lisa. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Bryson, newcomers to Newberry, are mak ing their home at 1111 Keroes Avenue. March 10 Girl Scout Sunday Girl Scout week will he climax ed with Girl Scout Sunday on March 10. All Girl Scouts are ask ed to attend church on this date in uniform, and ministers are ask ed to recognize the Scouts. A Girl Scout service will he held Sunday at 7 P. M. at O’Neal Street Methodist church. Scouts of a]l denominations are urged to attend, and to be at the church at 6:30 in order to assemble before beginning of the service. Otis Whitaker, for 33 years a member of the Newbeiry Volun teer Fire department, has been elected chief of the department succeeding D. L. Laird, who re signed on February 28th. Other newly elected officers are Paul Whitaker, first assistant chief; James E. Hazel, second assistant chief; E. B. Harmon, F. | J. Harmon and Charles E. Leop- i aid, truck captains; Melvin At- j taway, president; William A. 'Smith. Jr., first vice president; • Claude W. Partain, third vice- piesidcnt; James Henry Davis, , secreta y, and T. H. Cook, treas- | urer. Named to fili vacancies in the fire department were Strother D. Paysinger, Mayes W. Derrick, C. T. Millstead, John H. Wilson, Eric S. Davis, Bob Lister, Ralph Sehumpert, Wilbur M. Hite, and Ossian Higgins. Chief Whitaker said the de partment now has a volunteer strength of 25. D. L. (Pete) Driggers, one of the department’s five salaried drivers, tendered his resignation, effective April 1, after 21 years of service. SIXTH GRADERS CAKE SALE The sixth grade students of Boundary Street School will have a cake sale Saturday, March 9th, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in front of the Community Hall. Cakes, pies, cookies, and candy will be avail able. The project is to raise money to purchase record players for two of the sixth grade classes. clearing. The practices <>1 tree planting, hayland, at tour farming remaim sa me.” The annual report paid homage to tin* memory oi Claude L. Roster, who served as a district supervis or from 1948 to 1961, and paid tribute to Wiron F. Smith, popu lar and efficient technician of the Soil Conservation Service who re tired on December 31 after twenty eight years service m the field of Soil and Water conservation. 27 of which was spent working with farmers in the Newberry district. ‘‘The Supervisors and a host of friends,” continues the report, “take this opportunity to publicly recognize his valuable services and to express appreciation for his relentless devotion, energy and integrity. This community is for tunate in that ‘Wimpy’ will con tinue to reside in Newberry and to exert his Chrisian influence upon his xellowman.” A banquet was given recently in honor of Mr. Smith. The report announced winners of the annual essay contest, “Wa- i.er Conservation and Its Relation to Conservation of Soil, Forests and wildlife.” Competition was keen, the supervisors announced, with 249 students of 5th, 6th and 7th grades participating. Beth Baker of Junior High school pi ac t'd first; William Balientine Irons of Bush River, second; and Dianne Lominick of Pomaria, third. Prizes were $25, $15, and $10 respect ively. The contest was sponsored jointly hy the District and the four banks within the district. The Supervisors expressed ap preciation for help given by fel low agencies, state and Federal; civic clubs, organizations, indiv iduals, newspapers and radio, and also to affiliate members whose cash support makes promotional activities possible. These members are: Newberry Tractor Co., J. P. Stevens Co., City Filling Station, Bank of Commerce, Farmers Ice and Fuel company. State Bank and Trust, Hon. J. F. Hawkins, W. L. Epting, James Henry Bledsoe, S. C. National Bank. Newberry County Bank, Dickert Lumber Co., Frank and George Senn, John R. Frazier, Belk-Beard Co., and Newberry Federal Savings a n < Loan Association. The Soil Conservation Service is a technical agency assigned t o the district, to service requests re ceived by the District. Employees of the SCS in Newberry are Elmer Epting, Work Unit Conservation ist; T. B. (Dad) Amis, Soil Cor. servationist; Calvin E. Metts, con servation aide, and Willie B. Pies- ter, part-time conservation aide. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Mar. 10: Doris Dominick, Mrs. J. W. Denning, Bruce Denning, J. F. Lominick, Mrs. Reid Mar- ett, Mrs. Gracie H. Cromer, Jimmy Ruff, A. N. Crosson, Prof. R. E. Beck, E. E. Epting, Frances Blackwell, Mary Gayle Wilson, Mar. 11: Mrs. Woodrow Ringer, Mrs. Ryan Graham, Elizabeth Pinner Koon, Harriett Graham, Lorraine Lominick, Bennie Burn, Klizzabeth Timmerman, Mrs. Hayne Shealy, Albert Jones, Mrs. Sadie McLeod, Wil liam H. Crews, Sr. Mar. 12: Col. Harry Buzhardt, J M. Hove, Mrs. Clyde Tindall, Ruth Hodges, Mrs. Ralph E. Ep ting, Donnie Stewart, Donnie Vanderford, Mrs. J. E. Ringer, Katherine Lominick, Edwin O. Lake, Dr. Louis Brossy, Steve Reeves, Jr., Mrs. J. A. Epting, Mrs. E. B. Young, Thomas H. Riley. Mar. 13: Marsha Lominack, Lena Senn Webb, Mrs. J. O. Jankins, Bob LTnderwod, J. H. Wallenzine, Robbie Sue Koon. Mar. 14: T. M. Padgett, Park er Martin, Virgil Gilliam, Mary Lee Franklin, Jimmy Wier. Mar. 15: Patricia Jones, Mrs. George W. Heller, Jr., Wofford Cooper, Howard K. Bcdenhaugh, F. C. Wicker, Steve Reeves, Sr., Rebecca Williams, Jimmy Park, H. G. Sowell. Mar. 16: Mrs. Barbara Abrams Counts, Donna Pugh Connelly, Karen Stone, P. N. Boozer, Kay Stockman, Mrs. P. C. Workman, C*ndy Lominack, Julia Senn and Ricky Rule Crews.