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I like things to turn out as I planned —they do in my case and at my age because I always expect the worse. After you've done what is called public service, your friends say you did it for the personal publicity. VOLUME 27—NUMBER 4. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1963 ♦ $2.00 Per Year By The Way - By DORIS A. SANDERS ODD LETTERS Scattered throughout the news items in today’s issue you will see a peculiar looking “e”. This is one of those things that happen in op erating a linotype machine if you aren’t careful. The size type used in this newspaper’s columns is 8 point. A point “e”—much smaller type*, as you will notice, found its way into the 8 point “magazine.” Of course it c^ild be corrected—but there were so many of them scattered about be fore it was noticed, that it would require setting several columns of type again—and that takes time! We hope you will forgive us this time for letting the odd “e” run through. TRAPPED! If I had a little more money and a little more time, I would be trap ped! I have heard of skeet shoot ing, but had never seen it in ac tion—or taken part in it—until Saturday of this past week when I went out to Long’s Gun Club to take a picture of a skeet champ ion, Kay Kibler. Doyle and some of the others out there insisted that I try my hand at it, despite my protests that I’d never pull ed the trigger of a shotgun. Well, I tried, and after several fruitless attempts, I managed to hit that little gadget they call a clay pigeon, flying through the air. Just hit one—and you’re hooked! You want to hit the next and next, or at least try. Talking to Doyle, I learned a little about skeet shooting—that it is fast becoming one of the most popular of sports, because it offers participation to men, wom- KNEW IT! I knew last week when I was listing some of the laches who have brought fame to Newberry that I would overlook some—and I did. To prove they are ladies, they weren’t a bit angry* when I admitted my shortcomings—one of which is a not-too-good memory. Of course I remembered as soon as The Sun was off the press, but then it was too late. I have done it privately—now I must publicly apologize to two I know were left out. I hope there weren’t others. With a school teacher husband, I don’t know how I could have forgotten Mrs. Margaret Kelly, who only two months ago was elected President of the South Carolina Education Association. For a number of years, Mrs. Kel ly has been active in various offi ces of the Association, especially the Classroom Teachers organiza tion. She had stiff competition in seeking the office of president of the SCEA—but her ability and personality won over her oppon-' ent. Not only is Mrs. Kelly a lady and an administrator of ability, she is known as one of the best teachers hereabouts—and I might add that among those who let me know she was left out last week were some of her students who hold her in high regard. My apologies to Mrs. Kelly and to all the teachers she represents. And how could I forget an or ganization which has furnished not one, but three state presi dents? Back in 1922, the late Mrs. Ola Clark Floyd organized the Newberry American Legion Aux iliary, and served as the first state president of the American Legion Auxiliary, Department of South Carolina. Through the years, the fine work of the Auxiliary has been carried on by dedicated members—relatives of veterans or deceased veterans. A number of the local Auxiliary members have served in district offices. In 1948 the late Mrs. Alma Dufford serv ed as state president, and again in 1958, Newberry was honored to furnish another state president, Mrs. W. Roy Anderson. When I talked to Mrs. Anderson to offer my apologies, she said “It doesn’t matter about me, but do tell of the wonderful work done by the Auxiliary.” This group does accomplish a vast amount of good, mostly unheralded. With proceeds from Poppy Day sales, which is coming soon, they help veterans, their families and families of de ceased veterans who are in need. They furnish food, clothing, fuel, They provide milk for school children who cannot buy it them selves. They sponsor Girls State— an annual event which affords out standing high school girls an op portunity to learn something of state government. These are just a few of the Auxiliary’s good works—there are many more. My apologies to Mrs. Anderson, and to all members of the Legion Auxiliary to Post 24. en and children of all ages who are able to hold a shotgun. Doyle says that skeet shooters are the best sportsmen in the world—always ready and willing to help the no vice in any way possible. Seems that skeet shooting was once called a “rich man’s game” t this is no longer true, Doyle te, s me. The reloading of shells h. s brought skeet shooting to * he av erage person and this factor has brought about the tremondov:., increase in the sport. Newberry has two up to date skeet fields and was the first club in the state to install lights for night shooting. Many shooters from this state and nearby states have come to Newberry to try under-lights shooting and have gone back to install lights on their own fields. The local club and some of its members are members of the Na tional Skeet Shooting Association. This brings national and interna tional attention to Newberry as what is done here is published in a monthly magazine which goes to every member. When local shooters go out of town to compete, this brings at tention to the city and county. The local club, since its origin a year ago, has well represented New berry, the members having w*on trophies in every shoot they have attended. Among the trophy hold ers are W yman Cook, Jim Todd, Henry Sow'ell, Doyle Long, Ray Dickert, Ed Bartley and Floyd Dennis. The local club, located just off the Beth-Eden church road, is open on Saturday afternoons and Monday nights. Its members would be happy to have you come watch —and try your hand it you like. To hold open house Armed Forces Day Air Service Begins Here On May 29 Something new in transporta tion will be available in Newberry beginning May 29, when South Central Airlines, Inc. begins a “Local Air Service” daily schedule through here. There will be two flights ar riving and departing Newberry each day. Flight 401 will arrive in Newberry at 8:35 A. M. from Winston-Salem, Statesville, Shel by, N. C. and Greenville, S. C. It will depart at 8:45, going to Au gusta, Statesboro and Savannah, Georgia. Flight 404 is scheduled to arrive in Newberry at 1.25 P. M. from Savannah, Statesboro and Augus ta, Georgia and will depart from Newberry at 1:35 for Greenville, S. C., Shelby, Statesville, Greens boro, High Point and Winston- Salem, N. C. The longest leg of the flights listed takes only two hours between origin and desti nation. Each of the flights connects with flights of major airlines to points throughout the nation. Anyone desiring to reserve space on the two flights may do so by calling Winston-Salem WX- 69G9. There is no charge for the call. Newberry’s National Guard Armory, which has been enlarged and renovated extensively since last fall, will be open for public viewing on Sunday afternoon from 2 until 5 Ik M. at which time the local National Guard units will observe Armed Forces Day. The two wings added to the ex isting armory, at a cost of $125,- 000 house offices, classrooms, kit chen, locker and supply rooms for the units which headquarter in Newberry. In addition to Open House, the public is invited to see small arms firing by Battery C of the First AW Battalion at the firing range nine miles from Newberry on the Whitmire highway during the hours of 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. From 3 until 4 P. M., the 246th Army Band will give a concert at the Armory. Jet planes are scheduled to fly over Newberry or Saturday, May 18, the time of the flights de pending on weather conditions. Major Geraid C. O’Quinn, project officer for Armed Forces Day, in Newberry, requests that merch ants and business establishments display the United States flag on Saturday. Present strength of the Nat ional Guard in Newberry county is 475 officers and enlisted men. In come from the Guard to the coun ty last year was $317,000. _ Company C, 2d BG, 118th In fantry, is a gua’d unit located in Whitmire. It is under the com mand of Captain Horace H. Drew. The other units, listed below with names of commanders, are stationed at Newberry armory: Headquarters, 163rd Artillery Group, Col. Lew R. Hoyt; Head quarters, 1st Automatic Weapons Battalion, Lt. Col. James W. Hen derson; Headquarters Battery, 1st AW Bn., Captain William L. Leap- hart, Jr.; Battery A, 1st Bn., Capt. Robert C. Underwood; Battery C, 1st Bn., Captain William M. Min- ick; Headquarters Battery 163rd Artillery Group, Capt. Dick M. Vaughn, Jr.; and 246th Army Band, Chief Warrant Officer Charles P. Pruitt. The public is cordially invited to attend all phases of the Armed Forces Day observance. Mayor Ernest H. Layton has proclaimed Armed Forces Day as follows: WHEREAS the armed forces of the United States manifest our strength and our determination to maintain our national freedom and security; and WHEREAS members of the ac tive and reserve components of the armed forces of the United States are engaged in programs designed to demonstrate to all the people of the world our purpose to up hold and defend the free way of life; and WHEREAS it is appropriate that we dedicate one day each year to paying special tribute to the members of our armed forces, and that on such day the armed forces demonstrate to the people of the Nation their operations and capabilities; and WHEREAS the armed forces do encourage visits by the public to designated bases, posts, stations, vessels, armories, reserve centers, and other facilities, within the limits permitted by security re quirements: NOW THEREFORE, I, ERNEST H. LAYTON, Mayor of the City of Newberry, do hereby declare Saturday, the 18th day of May in 1963, as Armed Forces Day in said City; I encourage each of our National Guard and Reserve or ganizations to mark that day with appropriate ceremonies. I further encourage the citizens of this city to cooperate with the armed forces in every practical way, to avail themselves of the opportunity of becoming better acquainted with their armed forces, both active and reserve, by accepting the local Armed Forces invitation to attend open house at the Newberry Ar mory, Sunday, May 19, from 2:00 to 5:00 P. M. And I call upon my fellow cit izens to display the flag of the United States of America on Arm ed Forces day, in recognition of the sacrifice and devotion to duty of the members of the Armed Forces. IN WITNESS THEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of Newberry, S. C. to be affixed. Done at the City of Newberry this 8th day of May in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-three. ERNEST H. LAYTON, Mayor of Newberry Board Names New Officers The Newberry County Develop ment Board is pleased to announce the appointment of John F. Clark son, Chairman; Robert C. Lake, Jr., vice-chairman; and Dave L. Hayes, Treasurer for the coming year. These men were unanimous ly elected to succeed themselves. The Development Board is ded icated to the industrialization and growth of Newberry County, and, with the continued able leader ship of these outstanding men, the board looks forward to a prosper ous year. Appointed To Welfare Board John T. Norris of Calhoun St., manager of the Newberry Branch of the South Carolina National Bank before his retirement the first of the year, has been ap pointed a member of the Newber ry County Welfare Board. The appointment was made by the State Board of Public Welfare. Mr. Norris will fill the vacancy created by the death of Prof. W. E. Monts, who served on the Board for many years. Whitmire Plant Dedication To Be Next Friday Dedication ceremonies for the “House ’N Home” Corporation, manufacturers of man'* styles of beautiful draperies, will be held at 11 a. m. Friday, May 24, at the plant site on Highway 176 southeast of Whitmire, accord ing to David W. Morison, exe cutive director of the Newberry County Development Board. Robert C. Lake, Jr., in charge of making arrangements for the dedication, announced that Lt. Gov. Robert E. McNair will be present and represent the state at the ceremonies. Senator J. F. Hawkins will represent the coun ty and Mayor Arthur C. Sparks will represent the Town of Whit mire. Irvin Yoken is the manager of the new John Wolf Plant. He is from New York City and has had much experience in the manufac ture of draperies and piece goods. The operation of the drapery plant begins as the rolls of ma terial enter the production line at one end and continue through until folded and bagged as pairs of beautiful draperies in solid colors and prints from many types of materials, ranging from denim to fiberglas. The very attractive young lad ies operating the machines and the pleasant atmosphere of the beautiful air-conditioned plant is a joy to view, Mr. Morison said. “We found that the plant em ployed many people from W T hit- mire, but there were also people ^working there from Newberry, Prosperity, Little Mountain and Union,” he continued. ’’The ex pressions on the faces of these em ployees told us that Newberry ^GountJy is indeed fortunate in having this fine plant,” Mr. Mor rison concluded. Farb Named To College Post Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, president of Newberry College, announces the appointment of the Rev. Rob ert C. Farb, Ph. D., as vice pres ident and director of develop ment effective July 1. Dr. Farb is presently serving as pastor of Grace Evangelical Lutheran of Lakeland, Florida. A native of Iowa, he earned the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees at the Uni versity of Nebraska and served six years on the faculty of Simp son College, Indianola, Iowa. In 1955-56, he was awarded a Rock efeller Brothers Theological Fel lowship for study at Chicago Lu theran Theological Seminary. Af ter earning the Bachelor of Divin ity degree in May 1957, he was ordained by the Illinois Synod, United Lutheran Church in Am erica, on a call to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Lombard, 111. During the past year, he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Newberry College with special responsibility as secre tary of the Board. He and his wife have three daughters, ages 14, 12 and 10 years. They plan to move to Newberry during the month of June. Cyril C. Werts Dies Suddenly Cyril Clyde (Bear) Werts, 55, died suddenly Tuesday afternoon while working near his home on Route 1, on the Winnsboro high way. He was born and reared in New berry, son of the late Houston Henry and Bernice Moore Werts. For many years he was a plum ber here but his health forced him to retire. Since his retire ment, he had operated Werts Cafe and farmed. He was a member of St. Phillips Lutheran Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eloise Kibler Werts; a son, Wil liam Henry (Billy) Werts of Clearwater and Newberry; two sisters, Mrs. Claude Misenhimer of Marion and Mrs. Bill Boyd of Naraja, Fla. Funeral arrangements will be announced from McSwain Funeral Home. Plans for Civil Defense Day May 20th Given Two Scouts received the coveted God and Country Award during Sunday night services at Central Methodist church. They were A1 Ivester, Troop 66, and Kenneth Harmon, Troop 222. They are shown above with their parents and their pastor, from left, Roy Ivester, Al, Mrs. Ivester, Rev. T. H. Vickery, Mrs. Meredith Harmon, Kenneth, Mr. Harmon, who is Scoutmaster of Troop 222. The Ivesters are now residents of Greenville, but until recently lived in Newberry where Mr. Ivester was connected with the Oakland Plant of the Kendall Company. (Photo by Nichols.) Mrs. George E. Stone has re turned to her position at Newber ry Federal Savings and Loan As sociation, after several weeks ab sence during which time she un derwent surgery at the local hos pital. The first county-wide Civil Defense practice in South Caro lina will take place next we e k, with city, county, and school of ficials cooperating to teach school children, as well as adults, proper procedures to be followed in case of civil defense e mergency or nat ural disaster Plans for “Newberry County Rural Fire Protection and Civil Defense Preparedness Day”— Monday, May 20, have been form- ulat e d by a committee under the chairmanship of T. B. (Dad) Amis, chairman of the Board of Rural Fire Commissioners. Work ing closely with Mr. Amis on the project is Charles Altman, county civil defense director; Ralph Wat kins, director of county schools, and Ken Riebe, city manager. Gen e Griffith is chairman of the parade committee. Events of the day will begin at about 11:00 A.M. when there will be a county-wide fire drill for schools. One of the purposes of the day’s obs e rvance is to teach residents of the county the sig nals for fire, alert and take cover. They are requested to listen close ly so they will b e able to distin guish the sounds in the future. The fire drill alarm will sound at 11:00 A. M. and all schools will evacuate for a period of five min utes at the sound of the siren. .•It 1:30 P. M. will begin the coun f y-wide civil d e fense alert. When the alert signal is given, all children will leave the school build ings and will proceed directly to their homes. The time requited to hove children from schools to respective homes will be checked on this drill. Full information has been sent by th e director of schools to all parents concerning this phase of the day’s activities. All Newberry county traffic, except on Interstate 26, will be controlled and traffic in the im mediate vicinity of the schools will be halted for a period of fifteen minutes. The take cover tone signal of the Newberry County Attack warning system will be sounded at 1:45. At 2 P. M., the all-cl e ar sig nal will sound. This tone will be the same as the alert warning. From 2:30 until 4:30 P. M. the public will have an opportunity to inspect the Central Communica tions Center, as well as rural and city fire departm e nts. A parade of all fire and rescue equipment in Newberry county will begin at 5 P. M. This includes rural fire equipment, state and Federal forestry equipment, and private industry fire fighting equipment, as well as Newberry county rescue equipment. Civil Defense floats and displays, com mercial and industry displays and floats will also participate 11 was emphasized that there would be no fire hazard in having all fire equipment in the city, be cause all traffic lanes out of town will be kept open for trucks to go to a fir e if necessary. Among the dignitaries expected for the parade are Governor Don ald Russell; Lt. Governor Robert McNair, who will speak following the parade, at the Community hall; Charl e s B. Culbertson, State Director of Civil Defense; Dial F. Sweeny, director of Region III, Department of Defense, office of Civil Def e nse; Senator Jesse F. Hawkins, Representative U. P. Folk; Mayors of municipalities in Newberry County, Senator Gress- ette, Representatives Rex Carter and members of the County Rural Fire Commission. Several area bands will also participate. Senators Thurmond and John son and Congressman Bryan Dorn hav e been invited to attend, but have not accepted as of this date. Prof. Olsen At Meeting George L. Olsen, Librarian at Newberry college will attend the Quadrennial Convention of Luth eran Brotherhood (Insurance So- ciety) in Chicago on Saturday, May 18, as a delegate from Dis- rict 7. The meeting will be held at the Conrad Hilton hotel. • Mrs. Frank Gilfillan is recup erating nicely after having un dergone surgery at Newberry County Memorial Hospital Tues day morning. A. D. Rikard and children, Don nie and Dale of Charleston spent Tuesday in Newo<_. -y and at tended the funeral services for Mr. Rikard’s uncle, S. R. Metts. Another ladv who has brought a goodly share of publicity to Newberry is Mrs. William (Kay) Kibler, who is becoming well- known throughout these parts as a champion ske e t shooter. She is shown above on the skeet range at Long’s Gun Club as Doyle Long, owner, watches her aim for the target. Kay has been shooting shotgun for only a year and her shooting was interrupts this past fall for several months when she had a shoulder operation. Up until two montrs ago, she was shooting the smaller 20 guage gun but now is shooting the larger 12 guage. In Columbia this past February at the Congare® skeet open, she walked off with two trophies, the Lady Championship and Class C Novice runner-up Trophy. In this shoot, she was using the 20 guage against 12 guage competition. In Charlotte, N. C. two weeks ago Kay again demonstrated h e r shooting ability, this time with the 12 guage as she again walked off with the Lady Championship with a very impressive 90 out of 100 (90x100). Kay brought much attention to her shooting and to her home town, Newberry, On® of the professionals there said that he didn’t know when he had seen a lady handle the gun as smoothly as she did. Ail shooters and sp e c- tators were thrilled with h e r shooting and handling of t h e gun. Kay is now an ardent enthusi ast of the sport and is willing to help anyone with their shooting. Scores for male members of th® gun club for the past week were as follows: Henry Sowell, 48x50; Harold Bedenbaugh, 47x50; Wyman Cook, 47x50; Ray Dickers, 47x50; Doyle Long, ^oxBO; Wal ter Cousins, 43x50; Bobby Shirley, 40x50; Charles Clary, 38x5J; Chus. Epps, 38x50; John Epps, 38x50; Paul Martin, 37x50; Marion Mar tin, 35x50; Frank Lominack, 34x50; Kay Kibler, 33x50; Pres ton Kunkle, 23x25; Floyd Dennis, 21x25; Jim Todd, 19x25; Ed. Cannon, 15x25; and Prof. J. G. Parks, 10x25. Police Offices To Be Moved City Council had a special meet ing Friday night and voted to move city police headquarters from its long-time location on the corner of Nance and Boyc® streets to the new combined communica tions center on the lower level of the fire department building. This action came aft e r a report by Chief of Police Dowd that through the democratic process of the secret ballot, members of the po lice force had voted 14 to 3 in favor of the mov®. The new location is a great contrast to the quarters now oc cupied by the police department. The present office is gloomy, drab and dirty looking, no matter how cl®an it may be. The new commu nications center is light with freshly painted walls and ceilings, tiled floor and modern counters and equipment. Adjoining the of fice is a lounge and kitchen. The em®rgency civil defense genera tor is in a room nearby. It is expected that jail cells will be constructed at the new location in the near future; in the meantime, city prison e rs will be housed in the county jail, conveniently located across the street from tlie new headquarters. In another vote, 16 Policemen voted in favor of joining the S. C. Polic® Officers Retirement Sys tem. Council instructed the city manager to make application to bring the city into this system. City Manager Riebe notified council that Clary’s submitted the low bid on police and firemen’s summ®r uniforms in the amount of $1,336.84. Council adopted the bid and also adopted an ordinance permitting a change in taxicab rates in the city. Ar ordinance revising the pro cedure and method of having own ers of property to clear obnox ious and deleterious objects from property, and making it a misde meanor for an owner to fail to do so after being notified, was considered and unanimously ad opted. A resolution approving the re quest of the Southern Railway company for lower minimum rates was signed by members of coun cil. Crusade To Go Over The Top With a few sections yet to re port, it is apparent that the 1963 Cancer Crusade will again go “ov er the top” this year, according to the treasurer, Mrs. Edith Bishop. Collections to date amount to $4,416.77, Mrs. Bishop said. IN HOSPITAL Mrs. Mattie C. Carroll, mana ger of the Carolina Remnant Shop, suffered r. heart attack at her home on Keroes Ave. last Friday evening. She is undergoing treatment at Newberry County Memorial Hospital and is report ed to be improved. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS May 19: Steve Price, Ralph E. Rowe Jr., Mrs. Olin Berry, Mrs. Lessie Wood, Lee Mayer, Mrs. Dorothy Schumpert, Margar®t Lipscomb, Durrett Lipscomb, Michael Nichols, Pearce Davis, Mrs. Sally Shealy, May 20: Jas. I. Bedenbaugh, Mrs. George T. Davenport, Mrs. Forrest Lominack, J. Walker Schumpert Jr., Mrs. Andrew Shealy, Joe Davenport, Stuart MacBeth, Dale Rikard. May 21: Frances Swittenburv, Sadie Crooks, Mrs. Harvey M. Jordan, Angela Christie Tim merman. May 22: Mrs. R. W. Culbert-, son, Mrs. C. B. Bedenbaugh, Mrs. W. H. Shannon Sr., Mark Hughes, Mrs. Betty Sharpe, David Young, Randy Robert Koon. May 23: James Smith Jr., Mrs. Johnson Hagood Clary, G®rry Dominick, Bobby Hanna III Mrs. J. T. Amick. May 24: Mrs. James Lea veil, Mrs. Floyd Bradley, Leroy Wil son, Mrs. Claude Buzhardt, J. P. Boozer, Mrs. C. L. Perkins, Cyril Hutchinson, Ronnie Cur tis Wicker. May 25: David Williams, Ruth Amis Niles, John F. Clarkson, J. P. Fellers Jr., Mrs. Nora Davis, Frank Kolb, William Wilson, Mrs. Margaret Bryson, Mac Ashbaugh, Benji Kirkland.