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One reason a ship is called a "she" is because the rigging cost more than the hull. An inferiority complex is a fine thing, but the right people don’t have it. VOLUME 27; NUMBER 2 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1963 ♦ $2.00 Per '/ear By The Way By DORiS A. SANDERS ON THE AIK Wonder if County Ajrent A1 Busby knows that he was "on the air” in Indiana the other mom- •) - o m e suy- \v a - alarm set I asked what the mp I have my radio for 5:15 a.m. to pive me a few minutes to wake up before hittinp the floor. Monday morninp it was set on Station WOWO, Fort Wayne, Indiana. It usually stays there because the station has such pood nipht time proprams. Anyway, 1 was still about as leep when I heard mention of Newoerry, South Carolina, fol lowed by mention of County A pent A! "Bushbee” as the announcer pronounced it. It was on an early morninp farm propram. I didn't pet awake enouph to decide if it was a tape recordinp by Al, or just the announcer readinp a statement by him. I believe it had to do with the recent successful rat control propram carried on in Newberry county with some new type poison. Well, publicity is publicity— even if it is just the fact that ^ Newberry county is tryinp to pet rid of its rat.-—the four-footed kind, that is. | viewers on tne pround pested that the little rasca 1 seeminply tellinp u> that he wa I doinp somethinp that we could no 1 do. City Council Buys 2 Lots, Equipment ‘“As usual tine mountains have many beautiful flowers at the season of the Year." SEASONAL HAZARD Seems that the first couph of weeks of school each year, ttier*- are a certain number of children ; who will run hiph fevers, but have j no other particular symptoms ol i 11 n e s s. One Injured In Collision around, name i ever\ a doctor tin- ot uer day thinp is that’.- ‘‘p<dnp I wouldn’t attempt to it,’’ iie replied "It happens year when school start >. Seems to be just a matter of the children pettinp accustomed to each other's pe~ms." So if your child happens to come home with hiph fever one i of these days, chances are he’s I met up with a different type of Steps were taken by council at its meetinp Tuesday nipht to make available more parkinp area near the >wimminp pool and to provide easier access to Marparet Huntei Park pavillion. by exer- cisinp an option to purchase two lot.- on Nance street adjacent to tile park. The option, which the city has held for tin days, was to expire on September 15 and the Harman family, owners of the property, asked for a firm commitment from council. The property, which bor- i i e r> Marparet Hunte- Park at the rear, consists of twa lots, each eTxtidd feet. Council unanimously apree., to purchase the property at a cost of $7000, the price to in clude two buildinps standing- on the lots. A suggestion was made that the city also look into the purchase of knocked some 250 feet from the the adjoining property Charlie Force Succumbs To Sudden Attack Charlie Artenas Force, 61, died early Monday nipht in the New berry Memorial hospital after a suddenattack while at work. A native of Saluda county, he was the son of the late John A. and Lena Kelly Force. He moved to Newberry from Saluda county 20 years ago and had been con nected with Lominack Hardware, since that time. He was a member of Bethany Methodist church in Saluda county. Surviving are his wife Mrs. Lillian Griffin Force; a son Char lie A. Force Jr. of Joanna; two a 1059 Buick which was mak- daughters, Mrs. David W. Morri- ing a left turn west towards Jo- son of Newberry and Mrs. W. A. anna. The driver of the Buick was Humphries of Saluda; three bro- identified as Robert Glynn Fink- therS) GeorRe C . Force> Newberry, beiner of Laurens, a student at Heyward Force of August, Ga., Newberry College. an( ji Gra dy Force of Silverstreet; After the tractor-trailer hit the three sisterS) Mrs. Jessie (Ola) Buick, it swerved and hit a 1956 Rileyi Mrs Eugene (Pear i) Riley Chevrolet on the left front. The and Mrs Mott ( M arv) Long, all Chevrolet which was following of Saluda; his stepmother. Mrs. the Buick, was said to have been Nolie Coleman Long Force of Sa- One parson was injured shortly after noon Tuesday at the inter section of Highway 19 and by-pass 76 about two miles east of New r - berry, when a tractor trailer trav eling south struck the left front o f Criminal Court Term To Monday With Heavy Docket (’. APPLES IN ii. C. Folks up in Washington, D. are learning that we grow some mighty fine apples down this way. Senator Strom Thurmond w a s sent a box of apples from Geor; e Stone's orchard. I recall way back when I was working in Washing- 1 ' 1 ’ 11 ten for a Congressman from Ida ho, the office was sent a box of the beautiful and famous Wenat chee apples. We passed them round to others on the corridor, so I’m sure the Senator and his staff let others know that we grow de licious apples in South Carolina. The doctor certainly did not say - KnocKeu some xeec iron, u.e luda; four step brothers> Robert, , i i it the* adjoining ptopeit\ on Nance noint of imnact and was driven bv iw a*. j Troi-i. i ^ o i i such a matter should be overlook-, ... . •’ f ... 0 point, oi impaci, arm was uriven uy Mott ajid Ellitt Long of Saluda i i ii j w ■ stieet as a nossibl** site foi a icc- .Tanies Edwin Gorrran of Simnson- , ,, . T . , led.; on the other hand he definite- f,. . • aam.s r,uv,in erorgan oi Simpson and Q arvis Long of Ward; two , , i , i ii reation building, in tnG tutuic. villo A njmspntYPT* in thp f^lipvro- ^ t it i lv rocommenaed that action should __ . . , I . passengei ^ t ne ^nev stepsisters, Mrs. Lather Corley ' taken to stop whatever the < »ty Manager R.ebe expressed let, George Elmer Pitts of Route of Sa]uda and Mrs. Ruhv Satcher n is before it gets a more the hope that enough money would 3, Newberry, sustained a broken of Ward; and six grand children. . , I, ,, ,K be left in the current budget to rib and lacerations of the head and permanent hold on die ( nuu s ^ tern. tie germ juirchase the two lod the your 1 1 “v P rice 1 1964 budget. , Funeral services were conducted but if not, was admitted to the Newberry Wednesday at Bethany by the Rev. J mention this so that if . child breaks out with high fever you won’t get too alarmed until | Council voted to purchase a learn whether it’s more than j chipper for the price of $3475.87, “just getting accustomed to others j and a leaf collector in the amount wruld be included in the County Hospital. Gropran was wi , burt Wates . Bulia , was in the treated at the hospital Jor minor Ne , vberry Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers were Vernon Force, truck , T - germs. a ' W HO PAYS? bruises and released. The driver was not injured. The tractor-trailer, loaded with shelled corn was owned by Gale- Watson Co. of Liberty, Ky. and was driven by James Henry Gar rett of Crawfordsville, Ind. Dam- I’m sure you knew by now that | the National Council of Churches is not among my favorite organi- As to what the Senator thought zations. Those of you who belong to member churches of the NCC and that’s most of them except the good old independent Baptists —give to keep the NCC operating. And where does that money go? An example is given by Jesse Helms on a recent editorial over WRAL-TV: “Earlier this year, a 23-year-old white man arrived in W’ilmington and immediately assumed the leadership of demonstrations that resulted in the arrest of nearly a hundred young Negroes. The young man was David W. Jones, a BOOM TOWN student at McCormick Theological Some 15 years ago, I had occa-| Seminary in Chicago. In \\ ilming- sion to drive through Gatlinburg, j ton, he became what was called Tenn. I don’t recall the time of the ‘interne pastor’ of a Negro of them, the following letter will tell: “Dear Mr. Stone: “I have received a box of ap ples which Mr. Dave Hayes sent to me, and he tells me that you grew these apples. “I am just writing te say that these are some of the most de licious apples I have ever eaten, and I congratulate you upon being the producer of such fine fruit.” The letter was signed by Senator Thurmond. year, but it was “off season”. It was a beautiful little town. Every thing was quiet. When we were there, it was rather early in the morning and so few people were stirring that it was difficult to find a place to have breakfast. Apparently the picture of this quiet, peaceful little town changes to one of “boom town” during the summer months. Back early in August, Mr, and Mrs. A. H. Counts and daughter, Betty Jo, tok a trip up that way. The town, as pictured here by “Box” Counts is anything but the quiet town I remember. This is the way “Box” described it just after their re turn: “Evidently the past week must have been vacation period for num erous people throughout the coun try. The Counts family, A. H., Ruby and Betty Jo, arrived one evening around six o’clock in Gatlinburg, Tenn., a city that ad vertises that it can take care of 9,000 visitors. The 9,000 must have been there already, because after trying every part of the city for a place to spend the night, we were ready to go on elsewhere. The Chamber of Commerce came to our rescue. They found us a place six miles in the country, at the last remaining hotel in Smok- ey Mountain Park with a vacancy. “To show what the little city was doing we counted auto lic enses from more than 25 states within a short period of time. The cars were jamming the streets in every section and the highways were filled with cars. At night the stores and shows were filled to overflowing; the streets and the benches alongside were filled. “As we would approach a curve on the side of a mountain and see more than the usual crowd around, it usually proved that a bear was out foraging for food and often rambled up to the cars. The fea ture attraction was a tiny baby bear which soon showed what it could do. Standing under a tall poplar tree and sizing up the large crowd, it proceeded to climb the tree to about 40 feet where a large limb was extending out from the body of the tree. The little animal then placed its hind legs around the body of the tree and lay back on the large limb. While lying in this position the animal waved one paw to his church, the Gregor;, Congrega tional Church in Wilmington. “Young Jones, however, had precious little time for preaching. Instead, he spent his time leading masses of young Negroes through the downtown section of Wilming ton. Eventually, he and scores of Negroes were arrested, and Jones was jailed on contempt of court charges. In Jones’ possession, po lice found an uncashed check in i the amount of $339.85, dated June 20, 1963, issued by the National Council of Churches. Attached to the check was a description of the services rendered by Jones to the National Council of Churches. It read: “ ‘Grant for student participat ing in student interracial pro gram’.” of $2797.28. This equipment will be used in the disposal of tree limbs and leaves and will cut la bor costs, according to the city manager. Mayor Layton read letters from Lt. General T. W. Dunn and Ma jor General Harry H. Critz, ex pressing appreciation for friend ship and cooperation shown during Highway Patrol. Swift Strike III. The Mayor also announced that the Federal government had ap- i proved a $55,500 grant to help in building outfall sewer lines and an oxidation lagoon for the city. Manager Riebe gave a report on 1 the school traffic situation, stat- f orma i opening exercises of ing that in most instances things Newbery college are being held were going smoothly. this (Thursday) morning at Hol- Council discussed a proposed j and Hall with prospects good for ordinance for water and sewer anob her record enrollment, accord- extensions. Manager Riebe ex- in ^ to p res jd e nt A. G. D. Wiles, plained that a clarification of pol- Dormitories opened Sunday, and icy is needed. It was decided that students have been through pro- the public should be notified that g ranis 0 f registration and orien- such legislation was pending and tation during the early part of the should be asked to express their Pope Long, Cauthern Riley, Ed Blair, Heyward Force Jr. and Maxey Caldwell. Honorary escort was Dr. Rich ard Lominick, Conner Campbell, Kirby, Forest and Henry Lomi- age to the vehicles was estimated nack _ j w Lon shorei M el WO od at several hundred dollars each Co , emani £ G Ten E B . The wreck was investigated by . p urcel] H Gibson _ E M An . Coi-poral W J. Martin and Patrol- de Bj|1 MoC utcheon, Dr man vV. E. Hamilton of the S. C. A heavy docket faces the Sep tember term of criminal court which convenes here Monday with Honorable G. Badger Baker of Florence presiding. The) e are 72 new cases, along with lx contin ued cases, to be considered when the Grand Jury reports at 9:30 Monday morning. The petit jury will report Tuesdav morning at 9:30. New cases include: Rape: Bobby Mathis. Assault and battery with intent to ravish: Joe Lewis Simpson. Stealing from car: Roger Puck ett, Donald Mays and LeGrande Smith, two counts each; Doug Hardin, Johnnie Brooks. Grand Larceny: Howard G. Ly on, James Harris, James Ray Har ris, Jean Myers, Donnie Williams, Garnett Ginn. Housebreaking and Grand Lar ceny: Henry Ralph Hall, Harold Crouch, Stanley Harris, James Ray Harris. Housebreaking, assault and bat tery with intent to kill: Henry Ralph Hall. Assault and battery with intent to kill: James Wlilie Wilson, Grady Floyd S ims, Moses Jackson, R. L. Hanna, Grady Floyd Sims, J. C. White Jr., Kenneth English, Melvin J. Thomas, Willie Maybin. Assault and battery of high and aggravated nature: Bobby Baker, Tommy Baker, Arthur Baker Jr., two counts each; Thomas Bodie. The Rt. Rev. Robert Gribbin, retired Bishop of North Carolina, made a visitation to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Sunday, and conducted the confirmation of two young members of St. Luke’s, Mi- Violation of lio-.or law: Bobby' ^ J “ hn 1J Ca J anauBh and christ laker. Tommy Baker, Arthur Ba- <>Pber Gould Brown. Formal College Opening Today M. Montgomery and Herman Langford. Bake ker Jr, , Highway robbery: James Barry “•j Chapman, Raymond Larry Daniel, opinions as to the ordinance be- foie it was considered further by council. Today, following the formal op ening, new women students will meet in the assembly room of Wessels library for a conference with Miss Hattie Bell Lester, dean of women, and the new men stu dents will meet with Dean Phillip Kelly in Holland Hall. At two o’clock this afternoon The Post Office Department students organizations and activi- will accept bids until October 17 ties will be discussed with repre- Star Route Bids Sought for a new Star route that will leave Newberry daily at 6:50 a.m., going to Whitmire and Carlisle. There will be a return trip to New berry in the afternoon, leaving Carlisle at 5:05 p.m. Necessary bid form and other information may be obtained from the postmas ter at Newberry, Whitmire or Carlisle. sentatives of student groups in the auditorium of Holland Hall. An in formal dance will be held in Mac- Lean gymnasium at 8 o’clock. All colleges classes will begin on I regular schedule tomorrow. School Buses Go On Sale A number of used school buses are being put on sale by the pur chasing division of the state, and five such buses are being offered in Newbery county. Those in New berry may be inspected at the S. C. Highway Shop during the hours of 10 A.M. and 4 P.M. Sept, j 9-13, 16-20, and 23rd. Sealed bids must be submitted, and will be opened on September 24 at the State Office Building in Columbia. The division noted that a) 1 r he equipment is USED. Some units may be incomplete due to parts or accessories having been re moved to maintain units that were kept in service. Further information as to bid ding may be obtained from James D. Brown, County Superintendent of Education. Fred Monroe Culpepper. Swindling: Norman Wilson, Har- , old Taylor, Drrell Smith, two ( counts each. Forgery : Cora Elizabeth Taylor; James Henderson, two counts. False pretense: Wilson Brown, Tommy Glymph. Disposing of property under lien: Eugene Williams, Johuny B, Boyd, Asbury Glymph. Drunk driving, fourth offense: James Willie Wilson. Drunk driving, second offense: John Adam Suber Jr., Marion Hol- sonback. Non-support: David Boland, Fred Brown, L. W. Burton, James Vance, Joe Nobles, Marion D. Nel son. Bishop Gribbin was acting in this capacity because the Uppei Diocese of the Episcopal Church Is presently without a Bishop, fol lowing the death of Bishop Alfred C. Cole. Rev. John Pinckney has been elected to serve as Bishop of the Diocese, and will be consecrat ed on September 18th at Trinity Church in Columbia. Following services Sunday, a coffee was held in the parish house to enable the congregation to meet Bishop Gribbin and the newly confirmed members. Thom as H. Pope, acting in behalf of the congregation, presented the Bishop a gift in appreciation of his many services rendered to St. Luke’s since 1961. Bishop Gribbin is shown at left above with Rev. Robert Long, Vi car of St. Luke’s, and the two con firmed members, Mike Cavanaugh, left and Chris Brown. Yule Parade Plans Made Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Rouche have moved to 1230 Summer street to make their home. The 1963 Newberry Christmas Parade will be held Wednesday, December 4. according to a joint announcement by Tom Halfacre, president of the Merchant’s As sociation, and E. F. McCutcheon, president of the Newberry Civitan club, sponsors of the parade. The parade will follow a relig ious theme, and all churches, schools, and business firms in the Newberry area are eligible to par ticipate. Church floats, school floats and commercial floats will all be in separate divisions, as will decor ated autos and bands. Full details and information will be announced at a later date, following appointment of comm ittees. Assault and Battery: Alvin Fa- Housebreaking and Larceny: Ozzie B. Hill, Robert Langford. Larceny: James Livingston. Ger- years to come, aid Harrelson. Is Found Sound A report by M. J. O’Brien, reg istered architect with Lockwood- Greene Engineers, Inc., indicates that the Junior High school build ing is structually sound. In his report, Mr. O’Brien stat ed “Although the main school is obsolescent compared with pres ent day standards, from visual inspection it is our opinion that it is structurally sound, and with proper maintenance can be used Worthless check: Bobby Gene Pearson. Continued cases: Non-support: Shirl C. Tinsley. Bad check law: C. Maurice Mc Daniel. Violation of liquor law: Gains Baker. Larceny and receiving stolen goods: Tommy Nelson, Edward Baldwin, Patrick R. Kelly. Murder: Wade Wilson. Housebreaking, larceny and re ceiving stolen goods: Gerald Har alson, Dennis Harrelson, James Livingston. Drunk driving, third offense: Hillard H. Johnson. Reciprocal non-support sub- penas have been issued for: Herbert Dixie Griffin, continued from June term; Wylie Wright and Pernell Wise. CONSTRUCTION BEGINS — Brief groundbreaking ceremon ies at Winthrop College Friday marked the beginning of con struction of a $1.4 million dormi tory-cafeteria complex at the South Carolina College for Wo men which is scheduled for com pletion before the beginning of the 1963-64 session. The build ing will *be named Thomson Hall in honor of the late Dr. J. W. Thomson, long-time member of the faculty and a former dean of the college. Participating in the groundbreaking ceremony were, left to right: A. L. Rober son of Columbia, contractor; Pres. Charles S. Davis of«Win throp; Mrs. Robert L. Collins of Spartanburg, board of trustees; Miss Margaret Thomson and Wardlaw Perrin Thomson, both of Charlotte, N. C.; James Wil liam Thomson Jr., of Newberry; John T. Roddey of Rock Hill, board of trustees; and Mrs. J. W. Thomson Jr., of Newberry. The Thomson’s are the children Junior Miss Contest Soon ! A “Junior Miss Newberry” will . be chosen at a contest to be held' .September 28 at 8 p.m. at the j High School auditorium according I to Dr. J. E. Wiseman, project chairman for the Junior Chamber ! of Commerce, which is sponsoring i the contest. Miss Campbell s Sister Dies Mrs. Mabel Campbell Williams, 73, of Route 2 Abbeville, died Monday at her home after several months of illness. Among her survivors is a sister, Miss Bessie Campbell of Newber ry. Funeral services were con ducted Wednesday at Harris Funeral home. Burial was in Leb anon Presbyterian cemetery. The engineer found: “The interior of the school is maintained in good condition, and there are no cracks in plaster that would indicate movement. The exterior brickwork is in good con dition considering its age. There was only one crack found in the west wall, but this was due to difference in materials where a window was replaced. At several locations, mortar has fallen out of joints and needs to be re pointed, and some down-spouts need to be repaired.” The architect found the gym was satisfactory as a warehouse and thought there would be no danger in having a class meet there occasionally if a warped truss were repaired. CAPTAIN OF FURMAN DRIVE John F. Clarkson is serving as captain of the Newberry area for Furman University’s capital gifts campaign, which began Tuesday, following a meeting in Greenwood Monday night to formulate plans. Within the two-week period which began yesterday, the alumni workers will personally contact every Furman alumnus in his area to explain the University’s devel opment campaign and to request their support. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Clark have moved to 414 Wright street to make their home. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Howard Dies; Relatives Here Fred Perry Howard, 55, of At lanta, Georgia, died Monday at a The contest is open to girls who 1 Bethesda, Md. hospital after sev- are members of the senior class in eral years of declining health. Newberry and Mid-Carolina High He was a native of Anderson school. The winner will be crown- j county, and a brother of Mrs. R. ed Junior Miss by the reigning | J. Willingham and Ernest Howard queen, Miss Lila Summer, and will ! of Newberry. Civic League Seeks Members The Newbeny Civic League is currently conducting a member ship drive, and Prof. F. Scott El liott, Sr., president of the League, urges all old and new members to send annual membership dues of $1.50 to Mrs. Joe M. Roberts Sr., membership chairman, at 2021 Mower street by September 12 if they wish to have their names in cluded as members in the Civic League 1963-64 yearbook. Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, Sr. chair man of the Yearbook committee, has announced that the yearbook will go to press by the middle of September. The yearbook will contain the club Collect, a brief history of the Civic League, dates of meetings, speakers and programs for each meeting, hostesses, and lists of officers, committees and members for 1963-64. represent Newberry at the State Finals to be held at Gaffney. The state winner will participate in the “America Junior Miss” con- Funeral arrangements will announced. be of the late Dr. Thomson. (Win- test to be held in Mobile, Ala. Mr. and Mrs. John Baxter have moved to 1133 Hunt street. NEWBERRY GETS FEDERAL AID Newberry will receive a $55,500 Federal grant to help pay for a $188,000 sewer project, Sen Strom Thurmond announced Tuesday. Sept. 15: T. H. Neel, Mrs. W. EL Spearman, Gene Abrams, G. Howard Moore, Louis C. Floyd, Donna Driggers, Mrs. Johnnie Jones, Mrs. S. C. Paysinger. Sept. 16: Mrs. EL O. Shealy, Jane Patrick, Buddy Sligh, C. B. Halt. cre, Mrs. James H. Da vis, W. M. Miller, Myrtle D. Schumpert, V. M. Sexton, James Werts, Foster Busby. Sept. 17: Mrs. George P. Hill, Ernest Clary, R- R- Bruner Jr., Harriett Dickert, Tommy Kin- ard, Eddie O. Graham, Jesse W Senn, Janice Halfacre, Mrs. N. C. Shaver, Mrs. Floyd Amick, Jenny Jones, Miss Addie L. Simpson, Annie Jane Clark, Marsha Ann Schumpert, Mrs. William N. Henderson. Sept. 18: Blanche Salter, An sel L. Wood, Tommie Pitts, Tommy Kinard, Andrea Rae Ringer, Hugh Bedenbaugh, Allie Garliagton, Nancy L. Copeland, Carol T. Ballew. Sept. 19: Jeter Young, Berley Werts, Helen Stone, Mrs. Thom as Cromer, Nona Jean Timer- man, Helen Derrick, Rev. P. L. Grier. Sept. 20: Mrs. D. M. Lambeth, Mrs. R. C. Neel Jr., Henry Bar ton Wells, Mrs. John T. Cromer, A. EL Reece, Walter Hiller, Judy Walton, Charlie Bradley, Mrs. Susie B. Connelly, Jean Amick, Rev. D. M. Shull. Sept. 21: Mrs. J. J. Ruff, Mrs. Ehigene S. Blease, Margaret Harman, Tommy Riley, Mrs. W. H. Chapman, Mrs. Richard L. Baker, Ansel Ridgeway, Mrs. J. R. Bedenbaugh Jr., Joe E. Webb, Van EL Price, Minnie Lee Taylor, Mrs. J. H. Wallenzine, Rev. N. R. Ruff. •4,'“/ ;