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Spring is here in a big way and this time of year makes each of us want to be out in the open. That is exactly what 48 of us did this past Wednesday, March 27. At 7:15 A.M., a group of excited school children boarded a Trail- ways scenic cruiser at Boundary street school here in Newberry and soared off on a wonderful trip to Charleston. Gee, you will never know the joy that was experienced by those children of the Special Education classes as they rolled down the highway at a rapid pace and in such luxury. The grade mothers and teachers were very generous with cookies, peanuts, potato chips and fruit for the children to snack on as they viewed the beautiful country side while migrating toward their destination. By ten o'clock we were strolling through one of nature’s wonder lands, the Magnolia gardens. With these gardens in spring splen dor, the children were beholding for the first time, for most of them ,one of the most beautiful flower gardens in the South. Oc casionally we would take pictures of the children, using the mag nificent flowers as a background. After viewing the gardens, we motored to the zoo where a var iety of unusual animals delighted the children and adults alike. While they were enjoying the zoo, Civitan John Eargle, my wife, the bus driver and I spread a delicious picnic lunch already prepared by Fowler’s cafe of Newberry. The sightseers were called to lunch and everyone ate his fill of chick en, pork and beans, pimento cheese and peanut butter sand wiches, with potato chips, and candy for dessert. We were now ready o proceed to The Citadel. At U. Citadel, Mr. Johnny Halfacre, a resident of Newberry and a member of the junior class at the school, was our host. He boarded the bus at the entrance of the campus and guided us thru the grounds. He explained all the buildings, statues, and memorials as we passed, thereby making the trip much more enjoyable. Mrs. Eargie’s class, along with chaperons, then proceeded to the Museum and later made a shop ping tour downtown to buy souv enirs for remembrances of their trip. While this group was touring the museum, Mrs. Pugh’s class enjoyed a boat ride to Fort Sum ter. All the grou penjoyed view ing the old relics of wars gone by. All the classes were reunited at four P.M. for a trip across the Cooper river bridge and out to Sullivan’s Island. This war one of the most enjoyable segments of the trip for the children as they took a walk along the beach find ing seashells of all shapes and sizes. For most of the children, this was< the first time to ever see the ocean with its continuous waves lapping the shore. Darkness was fast approaching and a tired but happy group trooped back to the bus for the return trip home with no little re gret. Box lunches were served on the bus and the trip homeward began. Arrival back at Newberry was a happy occasion as a large group of Civitans and parents were on hand to meet the vacationers. Happy to be home, but with fond memories for years to come, the youngsters scrambled into wait ing arms for their short trip home. CHOIR TO SING “THE CRUCIFICION” On Sunday afternoon, April 7, at four o’clock the choir of Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church, Dray ton and Cromer streets, will sing “The Crucifixion” by Stainer. Soloists are Bob Tutas, Dr. Mil- ton W. Moore, Mrs. A. 0. Living ston, Jr., Charlene Golden and Mildred Derrick. The director of the choir is Dr. Milton W. Moore, Head of the Department of Music at Newberry College; the organ ist is Andrew E. Price; the pastor is the Rev. Clarence K. Derrick, D.D. The public is cordially invit ed to attend. SENATOR! ■STRO HURMOND Reports PEOPLE The Nation’s 'Pilot Model* THE NATION’S CAPITAL city, once described as the “pilot model for the Nation” and as “integration’s show window,” has become a cesspool of con flict, corruption, and crime with in the past decade. For several years all evidence that the “show window” was falling apart was well suppressed. At tempts to point up Washington’s troubles, such as the 1956 in vestigation of the D. C. School System by the House District Committee, were scoffed at and played down. In the past 2 years, however, the evidence has been bursting out at the seams. CRIME STATISTICS, espe cially street crimes such as yokings, rape, and robberies con tinue to soar and highlight na tional crime statistics. Last year. Senator Robert Byrd (D- W. Va.), a liberal and a friend of the District, conducted an in vestigation of the administration of the District’s Public Welfare Program. The Senator found in a fair investigation of 236 cases selected at random that approxi mately 60% of those receiving aid were not even eligible. THEN, THE BOILING under current of an “atmosphere of lawlessness” in the public schools —where “fear rages through many school buildings” and there are acts of “violence, assaults, disrespect of teachers” — burst into the open in the Thanksgiv ing Day race ‘riot at D. C. Sta dium. The facts on the riot were brought out by a biracial citi zens committee. It showed that hundreds of white persons were attacked—as were some Negroes who sought to defend the whites —after a high school football game. The investigation uncov ered the problems teachers have been having since the D. C. school system was suddenly de segregated to serve as the “pilot model for the Nation.” Many of the committee’s recommenda tions and findings were very similar to the ignored 1956 House investigation. In one rec- ommendatioii, the committee suggested that the schools be given a code of conduct “to allow teachers to return again to the field of teaching instead of fulfilling the role of police men.” THE CONTINUOUS IN CREASES in criminal acts, which the Attorney General now describes as “explosive,** certain ly cannot be attribnted to » lax police effort or capability. The Washington police force’s record for solving crimes is among the Nation's best. Chief Robert Murray attributes the crime sta tistics to court decisions which protect and pamper criminals. He has said: “Our convictions are constantly being reversed by 5-to-4 decisions in the U.S. Court of Appeals on technicalities— not on the evidence. The criminal is being afforded more protection than the ordinary citizen.” D. C. POLICE have been greatly hampered in their work by the court rulings which limit drastically the time a suspect can be held for questioning, which require proof that the de fendant is free of mental disease or defect, and which prohibit in vestigative arrests. Then there is the large number of cases which are never prosecuted be cause of pressure from the NAACP, CORE, and other Ne gro-groups. In fact, politics is the key to the entire mess in which the District finds itself to day—it is the play for the Negro bloc vote, and this has been go- ing on under the Truman, Eisen hower, and Kennedy Adminis trations. POLITICAL PRESSURES and the national policy of creating a welfare state are responsible for the public welfare cheating by the recipients and the overly generous administration of the program. Beyond any doubt, the pell mell rush to desegregate Washington schools has been re sponsible for many of the Dis trict’s school problems. In fact, desegregation has now brought on resegregation, not only in the schools, but in residential Wash ington as welL In 1953, the year before the desegregation deci sion, the D. C. schools were 57% Negro. Now they are almost 84%, as whites continue to move to the suburbs. NATIONAL ADMINISTRA TIONS have demonstrated that they will not face up to the basic causes of Washington’s prob lems. The play for the 18 million Negro votes will not permit this, no matter what the facts show. So, the Congress must act, under its Constitutional authority and responsibility to get at the root causes of D. C. problems by in vestigations void of political overtones and approval of legis lative proposals which can extri cate our National Capital City from the blackboard jungle into which it has been permitted to sink. Sincerely, JBbCe*ri+'t4jus\syv>J*i\J. Poultry Show Was Held Here The grand champion large fowl in the annual Palmetto Poultry Association Lawn show was a Rhode Island red hen owned by E. R. Rivers of Chesterfield in the largest poultry show ever con ducted here. The award for the grand champ ion of the opposite sex was a white crested black Polish cock owned by Lynn G. Brennaman of Mount Holly Springs, Pa. The champion bantam was a black rose comb hen owned by Tom Cox of Greenville. The champion male bantam was a black breasted red Old English cock owned by J. W. Thurmond of Kannapolis, N. C. Albert Shealy of Newberry won first place in the junior division for children under 16 with a dis play of dark Cornish bantams. The champion bird of the junior division was a silver duck-winged modern game bantam hen owned by Tommy Rider of Hephziba, Ga. The best bird of the opposite sex in the division was a black breasted Old English cockrell owned by Donald Cox of Green ville. The show’s achievement award for activities and promotion went to A. P. Parrott of Newberry. The John T. Batson Memorial trophy was awarded to John Lokey, of Dearing, Ga., who also won ten of the other 106 trophies present ed. New officers of the association elected during the weekend event are James D. Carter of Charles ton, president; F. W. Hahn of Greenwood, vice president; and Pete Parrott of Newberry, sec retary-treasurer. The new Board of Directors consists of Johnny Batson, George Dill and Ralph Sheriff Sr., all of Greenville, and R. P. Bickiey of Newberry. J. H. Wicker Service Sunday J. Herbert Wicker, 75, died ear ly Saturday afternoon at New berry Memorial hospital. He had been seriously ill for several days. Mr. Wicker was born and reared in this county and was the son of the late N. C. and Sara Setzler Wicker. He had spent most of his life in the St. Philips section and there engaged in farming. He was a member of St. Phillips Lutheran church, a former member of the church council. He was a veteran of World War I. Mr. Wicker is survived by two brothers, W. Ernest Wicker, of Newberry and J. Albert Wicker of Pomaria; one sister, Miss Della Wicker, Newberry. Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock at St. Phillips church with Rev. C. L. Richardson conducting the ser vice. Interment was in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers were Ernest Cromer, Hayne Cromer, Harold Wicker, Henry Wicker, Robert Wicker, H. C. Martin. The church council served as honorary escort. Miss Neal Wed To Mr. Oxner Dr. and Mrs. Elwin G. Neal of Miami, Fla. announce the mar riage of their daughter, Carol Comstock, to Mr. Jerry Ernest Ox ner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Oxner, 1211 Chapman Street, Newberry, on January 19th. Mrs. Oxner attended Miss Har ris Florida School and was grad uated from Miami Edison High School. She later attended Emory University and the University of Georgia, where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority. Mr. Oxner was graduated from Newberry High School and is a senior at Clemson College, where he is vice president of the Kappa Sigma Nu fraternity. After grad uating in June, he will teach while working on his masters degree at Clemson. Frank Hite Dies Frank J. Hite, 63, a retired Master Sergeant of the army died at an Augusta, Georgia hospital last week. He was a son of Elbert J. and the late Bertha Aldridge Hite. Survivors include his father Elbert J. Hite of Batesburg and three sisters, Mrs. M. R. Monley of Columbia, Mrs. Edna Paysing er of Newberry and Mrs. A. T. Golman of Batesburg. Graveside services with full military honors were conducted at the Batesburg cemetery by Rev. L. Edward Smith. Recent Marriages Kenneth Hamm of Newberry and Sherrie Norris of Saluda were married on March 29 at Route 4, Newberry, by Rev. Thomas F. Suber. Scout Promotions Troop 101: Randy Cotchcroft, Second class. Troop 66: Peter Brown, First class; Keith Nichols, Star; Eddie Rodelsperger, Life; Alan Pay- singer, Eagle. Merit Badges, Troop 101 Steve King, Basketry, cooking, sculpture. Sammy Phillips, cooking, fire- manship, personal fitness, read ing, sculpture. Merit Badges, Troop 66 Mike Boozer, firemanship, first aid; Peter Brown, hiking; Jeff Cavanaugh, automobiling, first aid to animals, pets; Bobby Davis, stamp collecting, world brother hood; Jerry Davis, citizenship in the home, fishing; Leon Graves, citizenship in the community, fire- manship; Leonard Half acre, metal work; Keith Nichols, leatherwork, music, safety; Alan Paysing er, fishing, public speaking; Strother Paysinger, animal industry, citi zenship in the community, fishing, public health; Sammy Price, pio neering, stamp collecting; Eddie Rodelsperger, citizenship in the community, cooking, first aid, scholarship; Raymond Ruff, ma chinery; Ben Stewart, bird study. 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