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Support th effort to make your city the cleanest in the country—It's up to YOU! BE PROUD! Help your city by cleaning, fixing, painting up during Clean-up Week. VOLUME 27—NUMBER 3. By The Way THEY’LL DO IT. Just leave it to the women— and they’ll put Newberry on the map. Have you ever thought how of ten our local ladies are elected to high office in various organiza tions ? At the risk of leaving out some, I’ll just mention a few: Mrs. Elo- ise Welch Wright, known and be loved throughout the nation where there are United Daughters of the Confederacy chapters, has served as President General of the LDC; Mrs. E. Gordon Able has served as President of the Women’s Aux iliary to the S. C. Medical Asso ciation and also as President of the Southeastern organization of that group; Mrs. Richard L. Ba ker has served as president of the State Garden club; Miss Jaunita Hitt just finished a term as pres ident of the South Carolina Music Educators Association; and I am sure there are others who have served in like capacity. The latest lady to bring prom inence to Newberry is Mrs. Ralph Parr Baker, who today is being installed as President of the Women’s Auxiliary to the South Carolina Medical Association. And it couldn’t happen to a nicer per son! The congratulations and best wishes of all Newberrians are extended to Mrs. Baker on this occasion. THE CLEANEST New'berry is participating in the “Cleanest City” contest, and City Manager Ken Riebe is even going to see that the “cleaner-uppers” are kept clean. I am referring to those two white, shiny garbage gobblers which you have probably seen on the city streets by this time. The City Manager is almost as proud of those two things as is the pappy of a new-born son— he has already ordered a once-a- week scrub-down for them. Seriously, the Roto-Pac, which is the name of the new garbage collectors, is really a thing in which all Newberrians can take pride. The two units were put into operation Monday morning and in a few hours, one had done the work it would take the old garbage truck one and a half days to do—and the personnel on the trucks has been cut from 16 to 6. The other ten have either left the city service or have been transferred to other jobs within the city. Ordinarily I wouldn’t recomm end a trip to anyone to the city dump, but it would be worth put ting up with the aroma to see the amount of trash that comes out of that thing when it is auto matically emptied. This is something that should really make Newberry cleaner— no more ugly, open garbage trucks strewing litter all across town and all the way out to the dump. UNFORTUNATE The fire Sunday which destroy ed the Market Basket was an un fortunate thing, but the work of the Newberry Volunteer Fire de partment and the Rescue Squad deserves the highest praise, not the carping criticism coming from a few soreheads. I rode by the store 15 minutes before the alarm sounded and there was no sign of smoke, no indication of any fire. It seems that the smoke and flames were pretty much to the inside rear of the building until the heat trig gered the air conditioner, then smoke and flames were carried through the air conditioner vents to all parts of the store. A pass erby noted smoke coming from small vents near the top of the building and gave the alarm. The alarm sounded about 11:05, just as church services were get ting under way. I am told by per sons who were at the Methodist and Presbyterian churches that they could not hear the alarm. These are about the two closest churches to the fire station, and if the alarms couldn’t be heard in those places, it is not surprising that some volunteer firemen did not get to the fire quickly. But even working under this handicap the firemen had the blaze under control in an hour’s time—which, it seems to me, is pretty good firefighting. We regret the loss sustained by Gerald Paysinger and Wilson Ben nett, owners of the Market Bas ket, but, like them, we commend the fire department for a job well done. LOOKING AHEAD Do you know that city elections sire on schedule for this summer? It is hard to realize that it has been almost two years since the last election, in which we had NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1963 - By DORIS A. SANDERS what was probably a record num ber of candidates. From what I hear and observe, the same could possibly be true again this sum mer. You who live in the city would do well to give this matter some very serious thought—to look back over the record and see just how each councilman voted on “contro versial” issues—and there have been several of them in the past couple of years. You will want to consider which couneilmen ha\ T e been “playing the grandstand” just for votes, and which have truly had the in terest of your city as their prime motivation in council deliberations and actions. It is not too early to think of these things—and to keep a close watch on how your couneilmen perform between now and election time. Mrs. Baker President S.C. Medical Auxiliary Attend Meet At Hilton Head J. M. Smith, Jr. C. M. McAlis ter, and J. B. Smith, Jr. of New berry Federal Savings and Loan Association, will serve as official delegates of that association to the Seventh Annual Junior Execu tives and employees conference of the South Carolina Savings and Loan League at the William Hil ton Inn, Hilton Head Island, on May 17-19, 196a. This conference is held annual ly for executives and employees below the management level for the purpose of better acquaint ing those personnel in the savings and loan industry with new and better ways to help their associa tions offer the best possible serv ice to the community in which they are located. Delegates to the conference will hear outstanding speakers on subjects of interest to personnel connected with savings and loan associations. Wreck Injuries Are Fatal Guy Jerome Duckett Jr.. 24, of 44L Spring Hills Apartments, died Saturday afternoon as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident m Rowan County, N. C. He was a native of Union, a son of Mrs. Bessie Duckett and the late Guy Jerome Duckett Sr. He was employed at Newberry Mill and was a member of Teeter Memorial Church in Charlotte, N. C. Surviving, in addition to his mother are bis wife, Mrs. Pearl Cox Duckett; a son, Terry Duc kett of the home; two daughters, Guymita and Lorraine Duckett of the home; five brothers, Boyd Duckett of Whitmire; Mike and Floyd Duckett of Cowpens, Her man Duckett of Charlotte and Boyce Duckett of Ft. Lee, Va.; four sisters, Mrs. Irene Petty of Cowpens, Mrs. Viola Cannup and Mrs. Mildred Gaydol of Charlotte and Mrs. Nora Prentice of Dur ham, N. C. Funeral services were conducted Monday at 5 p. m. at Central Avenue Baptist Church in Whit mire by Rev. T. J. Crisp and Rev. William Helms. Burial was in the Rosemont cemetery in Union. Mrs. Johnson Hagood Clary re turned to her home on Fair street over the weekend after spending several days in Abbeville -with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Byrd and family, in cluding their infant son, Darren Monroe, bom at Abbeville on Ap ril 22. Mrs. Byrd is the former Betty Ann Clary. Newberry’s New Scavengers ■ 4' * ■■ ■ '■ s ■ ■ , < ¥>5 V Mrs. Ralph Parr Baker was in stalled this (Thursday) morning as president of the Woman’s Aux iliary to the South Carolina Med ical Association during the annual conventior being held at the Ocean Forest Hotel in Myrtle Beach. Mrs. Baker addressed con vention members and guests, fol lowing her installation. The new president of the state Auxiliary has served her local medical auxiliary as president in 1953-54 and in 1961-62, and has held other offices and chairman ships in the county group. She served as Civil Defense Chairman for the State Auxiliary from 1960 until 1962, and has been a member of the Reading Committee of the State Auxiliary for two years. Mrs. Baker was a delegate to the National Convention in Miami in 1960 and in New York in 1961. She served as State Presidential Delegate in 1962 at the convention in Chicago. She is also a mem ber of the Woman’s Auxiliary to the Southern Medical Association, the Woman’s Auxiliary to the Association of Surgeons of the Southern Railway company, the Auxiliary to the Southeastern Surgical Congress, and is affil iated with the Woman’s Auxiliary to the Association of Abdominal Surgeons, currently acting as state chairman for the historical pro ject of the National Association. ElrEabeth Renwick Baker was bom and reared in Newberry, ed ucated in Newberry schools and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Newberry college with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Polit ical and Social Sciences. She was also awarded a combined certifi cate in Business Administration. She was married in 1947 to Dr. Ralph Parr Baker of Newberry, a graduate of Washington and Lee University and the Duke Univer sity School of Medicine. While Dr. Baker was completing his residency in surgery at George Washington University hospital, Washington, D. C, Mrs. Baker was a medical secretary in the Pathology department of the hos pital. In 1950 the Bakers returned to Newberry where Dr. Baker open ed his office for the practice of surgery. They make their home at 1905 Main street. Their child ren are: Beth, 14; Mary, 11; Ralph Jr., 9; Erwin, 7; and Catherine, 4. Mrs. Baker’s community inter ests and activities are many and varied. She is a member of the Drayton Rutherford chapter UDC; Jasper chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution; Newberry Civic League; American Legion Auxiliary; University South Car- oliniana Society; is a Rotary-Ann; and is active in the Parent-Teach er Association and Girl Scout work. A member of the Newberry Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, she is active in the Wo man’s Society and is adult leader of the Intermediate Christian Union. Other Auxiliary members from Newberry who are taking an ac tive part in the convention include Mrs. Robert Livingston, who gave a report on the AMA Education Research Foundation; Mrs. V. W. Rinehart, who gave a report on Civil Defense and who was a member of the nominating comm ittee; Mrs. W. W. King, president of the Newberry County Medical Auxiliary; and Mrs. E. G. Able, a member of the reading commit tee and a past president of the State Auxiliary. The new garbage packer trucks recently purchased by the city ar rived in Newberry in time to be put into operation at the begin ning of “Cleaup-up” week. The two new vehicles, which will re place eight open-type garbage trucks were inspected Monday morning by Mayor Ernest H. Lay- ton, City Manager K. W. Riebe, Clean-Up Chairman Gene Griffith, shown from left to right in the top picture. The trucks, which had been working Monday morning, went to the city dump at noon to unload. The lower photo shows the opera tion of the Roto-Pac as it begins its unloading job. Seconds later, the truck was emptied and ready to go into action again. The packer truck holds 20 cubic yards of garbage. The garbage is dumped into the rear of the truck and revolving arms carry it to the body. As it begins to fill, the garbage is packed down to make room for more. The modern-day scavengers are expected not only to keep New berry cleaner, but to save thous ands of dollars a year by reducing personnel and equipment previous ly used in the garbage depart ment. (Sunphotos.) Daniel Efird Service Sunday Daniel Ellis Efird, 70, cattle farmer of Lexington, died Satur day at his home of a heart attack. Mr. Efird was bom in Lexing ton, son of the late D. Frank and Inez Hiller Efird. He was a grad uate of Newberry college, class of 1914 and was a member of Pilgrim Lutheran church, where he had served for many years on the council. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mary Senn Efird of the home and two sisters, Mrs. James C. Kinard of Newberry and Mrs. Ernest M. Caughman of Lexing ton. Funeral services were held at 4:00 P. M. Sunday from Pilgrim Lutheran church conducted by Rev. Paul C. McCullough. Inter ment was in the church cemetery. Civil Defense Day Program Being Planned Monday, May 20th will be “Civil Defense Day” in Newberry, and plans are being made for exten sive observance of the occasion. The day’s program will include a parade which will begin at 5:00 p. m. and which will be followed by a speech at the Community Hell steps by Lt. Gov. Robert McNair. Eugene C. Griffith, parade chairman, stated today that 30 units have already been entered in the parade. He requested that those merchants, businesses or other organizations wishing to have an entry in the parade con tact him immediately. Civil Defense Day will be a county-wide observance, to which Governor Donald Russell, Con gressman Bryan Dorn and Sena tors Thurmond and Johnston have been invited. During the day, a Civil Defense alarm will be sounded for a school drill and children will be instruct ed to walk to their homes from school. Those who ride buses will be taken on the buses. Traffic in the city will be stopped and par ents are asked not to come to the schools for the children. Full information concerning this drill will be sent to the parents prior to the drill, according to Ralph Watkins, director of schools. Further information concerning the observance will be published at a later date. Visitors Here From Overseas Distinguished visitors from sev eral overseas companies, as well as from this country, were in New berry County Tuesday and Wed nesday to observe the baling op erations being done by New Hol land farm machinery. The visitors included Roberto Sgorbatti and Giuseppe Sgorbatti, farm machinery manufacturers from Italy; T. W. Dohl, manager of New Holland’s French Division; Derrick Smith, New Holland Service manager from England; Wilhelm Vutz, international divi sion engineer from New Holland, Penna.; J. W. Dughi, baler prod uct manager, New Holland, Pen na., Harry Eberly, Bill Muth and Roy Crawford, engineers in Baler Field test division of the New Holland Company. J. Ellerbe Sease Company is lo cal distributor of New Holland machinery, and has been host to the visitors during their stay in Newberry. City Employees Are Promoted With the arrival of the two packer trucks, the duties of the drivers in the city garbage and street departments have, of neces sity, been re-arranged, according to City Manager K. W. Riebe. After conducting extensive studies and surveys of the existing personnel and the needs of the various departments, it was decid ed to move some of the drivers up to a supervisory capacity. In so doing, it is anticipated the effi ciency of the departments will be further increased, Mr. Riebe said. Following is a list of the var ious supervisors and their duties under the new arrangement: Charles T. Boozer will be in charge of all the street operations. He will oversee all work crews in this phase of work. Bob Creekmore will be in charge of the garbage and refuse opera tions. His duties will include sup ervising nightly pickups, city dump operations, etc. Frank Sligh is in charge of all maintenance to City owned auto mobiles and trucks. J. A. Jackson will be in charge of all maintenance to city owned buildings. This is a new phase of operation within the street and garbage departments and will eli minate, for the most part, the necessity of hiring carpenters and painters for future maintenance of buildings. The above personnel will be un der the direct supervision of J. H. Halfacre, Superintendent of the overall program of the Street and Garbage Departments. Mr. and Mrs. John Pappas have moved to 1708 Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Bright are making their home at 1517 Drayton street. ♦ $2.00 Per Year Aftermath Of Sunday Fire The wailing of fire sirens broke the morning calm just as church services were getting under way Sunday morning. The Market Bas ket grocery, which only a few minutes before had been observed to be perfectly normal, was sud denly enveloped on the inside with smoke, and a passerby noted the smoke oozing from small vents near the top of the store. The alarm rang at 11:05, and an hour later, despite the fact that many volunteer firemen were in church and did not hear the alarm, the fire was brought under con- tro 1 The picture above was taken after the fire had been extinguish ed but while precautionary meas ures were still being taken, to as sure against further outbreak. The large grocery was extens ively damaged. The stock was a complete loss, according to one of the owners, W. W. Bennett. Co owner of the store is Gerald Pay- singer. The fire apparently originated in the rear of the building and the heat triggered the air condi tioning mechanism. As the cool ing system came on, the air ducts were turned into flame throwers, spreading the blaze throughout the building. The ceiling and insu lation were completely destroyed. Firemen said flames were shoot- j ing from the ducts the length of | the building when they arrived on the scene. The Market Basket is on the corner of Nance and Har rington streets in the heart of Newberry’s business district. The fire department is about 100 yards away. Firemen contained the blaze in the one-story modern brick struc ture. Much of the damage to the stock was from water used to ex tinguish the fire, and from smoke. The store’s owners stated their appreciation for the excellent work done by the Newberry Fire Department and said the store will be re-opeaed for business as soon ate repairs can be made. (Photo by Nichols.) Memorial Day Be Observed Friday, May 10 Confederate Memorial Day will be observed Friday, May 10 at 6 P. M. at the Beth-Eden Lutheran church cemetery. In case of rain, the program will be in the church. At this time a short dedication service will be rendered by the Drayton Rutherford Chapter, of the United Daughttrs of the Con federacy, honoring .he memory of Captain John P. Kinard, signer of the Ordinance of Secession of South Carolina. A bronze marker at his previously unmarked rest ing place will be dedicated. Participating in the service will be members of the Calvin Crozier Chapter and the Eloise Welch Wright Children’s chapter. Rev. John Heyer, pastor of the Beth-Eden church, will give the invocation. The hymn “How Firm A Foundation” will be sung by the Beth-Eden Choir; Mrs. RobertD. Wright, past president General of the UDC and a Real Daughter of the Confederacy, will give a sketch of the life of John P. Kinard. The ritual for dedication of the marker will be led by Mrs. E. E. Westwood, president of the Dray ton Rutherford chapter. Mrs. Hun ter Brown, daughter of a Real Daughter, will place a wreath at the grave. The benediction will be pronounced by Rev. Heyer. The public is invited and urged to attend this observance. Joanna Mill To Honor Workers Joanna Cotton Mills Company will honor its long-time employees on Saturday evening, May 11, with the fourteenth annual Old Timers Club banquet to be held at the Presbyterian College Dining Hall in Clinton, at 7:30 o’clock. Fourteen employees, who have qualified for membership by com pleting 25 years of service during the past year, will be inducted as new members of the quarter cen tury club. They are: Mrs. Lucille R. Bedenbaugh, ?drs. Sallie R. Bridges, Mrs. Nerie Jester, W. E. Caudell, T. E. Crapps, H. M. El liott, Woodrow Merchant, S. P. Moates, C. O. Norris, C. H. Sal ter, V. B. Sanford, G. V. Sellers, J. E. Stroud and J. C. Young. Serving as officers for the year 1962-63 have been: Roy Boyce, president; Mrs. Nell Surratt, vice president; and Miss Mary Fuller, secretary-treasurer. Social Security II Savings and Loan and Building and Loan Associations in South Carolina are now appealing for the cooperation of the public in com plying with the new Federal law involving the use of social security numbers, it has been announced by the South Carolina Savings and Loan League, service organi zation of that industry. The new law requires all finan cial institutions, including banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, insurance c o m - panics and other corporations, to furnish the Internal Revenue Ser vice during 1963 with identifica tion numbers of persons to whom dividend or interest income is "aid. The individual’s identification number is either his social secur ity number of other tax number issued to those who have never had employment under social se curity coverage. This number must be used by persons on tax returns filed for 1962 and each year thereafter. Speaking for the Savings and Loan Associations in South Caro lina, William N. Bowen, executive vice president of the South Caro lina Savings and Loan League said forms for supplying social security numbers are being made available to all shareholders of the associations. Mr. Bowen re ported that according to Internal Revenue Service, identification numbers are essential for speed ing verification of taxable in come and efficient processing of tax returns on electronic equip ment being installed nationwide. Piano Recital Be Saturday Several preparatory piano stu dents of Darr Wise will present a recital in -Holland Hall at New berry College on Saturday even ing, May 11 at 8 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend. THE AMERICAN KIND The object of educators ought to be to get the people a good ed ucation. But one of the unfortun ate results of the extreme special ization of education in the United State?,todaK 40. that there is no body who 4sMfencerned with educa tion as ^ whole. Who is there that is saying, let ns get ourselves the kind of education that Americans ought to have ? Prof. Miller In Who’s Who Professor Roy W. Miller, assist ant professor of French at New berry college, has this year been honored by election to “ Who’s Who in American Education.” Prof. Miller is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dickerson, 1841 South Ridgewood Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida. ON DEAN’S LIST COLUMBIA COLLEGE Barbara Buddin, a member of the Junior class at Columbia Col lege, was among the 62 students at the college who were named to the Dean’s List for the second se mester, according to an announce ment by Dr. Thomas G. Shuler, academic dean of the college. ■Barbara is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben T. Buddin of this city. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS May 12: Lottie Boland, Mitzie Ann Stoudemire, Janet Senn, George D. Hentz, Miss There sa Lightsey, Thomas O. Stewart, Clarence Duncan, Sr. May 13: D. J. Williams, Mrs. Lois W. Huckaby, Mrs. Press- ley N. Boozer, Eleanor Kirke- gard, Kibler Williamson, Der- yll Satterwhite, Rhoda R. Boo zer. May 14: Mrs. Floy Hancock, Alfreida Hipp, E. C. Rinehart, Connie King, Harry Hughes , Phyllis Boozer, Carol Ann Wat ers, Patricia Shealy Pryor, Kirk Beckwith, ClifL'rd T. Smith, Deedle Wilson. May 15: Mrs. Frank Lc ninack, Jr., Toby Willis, Charles Senn, Sarah Scarborough, Elmer W. Mayer, May 16: Miss Pearl Amick, Mrs. J. W. Warner, Martha Dipner, J. Fred Epting, Jr., Mrs. H. L. Bonlwarey Jocelyn Darlene Attaway. May 17: Bonnie Boland, Linda Allen Martin, Jerry Ale wine, Gertrude B. Force, Mrs. Forrest Boozer, Jewel Connelly, Bobby Hanna, Eleanor Amick, Mrs. H. N. Wallace, Karen Atkison, Al- don E. Bedenbaugh Jr., Mrs. Paul Petty, Faye Crews. May 18: Mrs. Olgie Shealy, Mrs. Jackson W. Taylor, David L. West, Mrs. George Spotts, E. F. Lovell Jr., Bruce Lips comb, Bobby Armfield. V