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VOLUME 27—NO. 25
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER II. 1963
# $2.00 Per Year
By The Way - By DORIS A. SANDERS
HELP PREVENT FIRES
The week of October 6-12 has
been set aside as Fire Prevention
Week and elsewhere in this issue
a number of Newberry business
firms are calling your attention to
the importance of fire prevention.
The following editorial, written
by the National Board of Fire Un
derwriters, gives helpful suggest
ions to help in preventing fires:
This is Fire Prevention Week,
and it is a good time for all of us
to pause in what we are doing and
give a thought to care with fire.
Too many fires need never have
happened, and a little care on the
part of all of us can reduce our
tragic fire toll in lives and prop
erty destroyed.
On the average, about 1000 fires
start in homes in the U. S. every
day. Last year, 11,800 persons
lost their lives in fires and more
than 70,000 received bad burns.
And last year dollar fire losses
in the United States totaled $1,-
265,002,000, a new all-time high
and an increase of 4.6 per cent
over the preceding year.
The tragic thing about all these
fires is that three-fourths of them
were the result of carelessness, ac
cording to the National Board of
Fire Underwriters.
With a little care, lives can be
saved and needless burning of
property prevented.
Here are a few suggestions that
may keep your home fire safe:
1— Never leave small children
alone. Even if you are leaving
them only a few moments, get a
responsible person to stay with
them. When going out for an ex
tended period of time, employ a
baby sitter.
2— Small children and elderly
people are the most frequent fire
victims. If there are elderly per
sons in your household, plans
should be made to get them out
of the house quickly in case of
fire.
3— Use care with cigarettes
—never discard a cigarette or
drop a match without being sure
it has been extinguished. It’s a
good plan to break a match after
using just to be sure it is out.
Keep matches out of reach of the
children. And never smoke in bed.
4— Keep a flashlight handy for
use in dark places. Never strike
matches cr carry lighted matches
or candles into closets or attics.
5— Keep your electrical appli
ances in safe condition. Take them
to a qualified repairman if they
have loose connections or frayed
or worn cords.
6— Throw out old newspapers,
magazines and other waste com
bustibles regularly, rather than
let them accumulate in the base
ment or attic. These are things on
which fires feed.
7— Impress upon everyone in
your household that in case of fire
first get everyone out of the
house, and then call the fire de
partment from your neighbor’s
house, if need be, but never re
enter a burning house.
These suggestions could save
your life, or the lives of members
of your family.
You are the one who can help
your home be free from fire.
STRAIGHT TALK
(By Tom Anderson)
Can a Christian believe in white
supremacy?
Well, if everybody who practices
some form of discrimination: the
right to be exclusive; the desire
to outdo the Jones; to get ahead;
to live better than most others; to
make more money—if these uni
versal human traits are anti-
Christian, then there are virtually
no Christians, white or colored.
We have the right to run our j
own affairs. We have the right to
be prejudiced. We even have the
right to be wrong. We have the
right to be Methodists, Catholics,,
Jews or atheists. Or to be anti any
or all of these. j
We have the right to hire only I
Baptists, Jews, Negroes, left-*
handers or members of the DAR. j
In the “right-to-work” states we j
have the right to hire a man with
out forcing him to join a union.
He has freedom of choice. Are
we going to let the politicians take
these precious privileges away
from us with “civil rights” legis
lation? If we are going to be free
people, no government—federal or
state or local—can tell us whom
we have to hire or fire. The next
step after that would be to tell
us where we have to work, as they
do in Communist countries.
I intend to hire and fire anybody
because of race, color, creed, sex
or the way they part their hair.
If I want to pursue my happiness
by hiring only aboriginal idiots,
that is my natural right and I
will be uncivil to all who try to
deny it. No government has the
right to force integrated firing,
hiring, schooling, praying, playing,
eating.
We are free, not when the ma
jority is free, but when the indiv
idual is free.
If segregation is “unchristian,”
l then nationalism is bound to be.
' Therefore we must have world
government—equally with all the
down-trodden cannibals of the
! world. Just because of the acci-
j dent of birth why should we be
I able to eat steak while they have
1 to eat each other? Like the young
chief of a cannibal tribe who had
been educated at Oxford and pre
sumably was civilized. But upon
attaining command of his tribe, he
reverted to type. His head chef
reported one day that a plump
missionary was “on tap for the
feast to follow an unusually large
jamboree session the following
day and asked whether the chief
desired boiling or roasting.
“What kind of missionary is he?
the chief inquired. The chef re
plied that the party which brought
the captive made no report on
this.
“How is he dressed?” the chief
next inquired. The reply was that
he was wearing a long browui robe
with attached hoot! of some ma
terial.
“Oh, my!” the chief exclaimed.
“You musn’t boil or roast him—
he’s a friar,”
A Supreme Court of judges de
creed in 1896 “If the races are to
meet upon terms of social equality,
it must be the result of natural af
finities, a mutual appreciation of
each other’s merits and a volun-
! tary consent ol individuals.
An integrated social order in
! which there’ll be no distinction be-
i cause of race, religion, color or
i nationality may be a noble ob-
| jective but hke Communism, it’s
I against human nature and can’t
be put into effect without dicta
torship.
Some time ago a story made the
rounds concerning an agitator ad
dressing a London crowd. Among
other things, he promised that,
the Revolution, all workers would
ride in Rolls-Royces. A Cockney
spoke up and said he didn t want
to ride in a Rolls-Royce. The agi
tator glared at him and answered,
“Come the Revolution, you 11 ride
in a Rolls-Royce whether you like
it or not.”
If Socialism ever takes over
here, you’ll do exactly what you’re
told in every respect, like it or
not. And if enough people rebel,
the government will then be forc
ed into instituting firing sauads.
Federal Aid is Federal C .rol.
Federal aid is, finally, dictator
ship.
Many of us had forgotten, until
reminded recently by the NAA^P,
the communists and the New
Frontiersmen that there is a sec
tion in the 14th Amendment which
has never been used. It says that
states shall have their representa
tion in Congress reduced in pro
portion to the number of its cit
izens whose right to vote has
been denied.
This, like the 14th itself, was
passed by Reconstruction Repub
licans and carpetbaggers in 1866,
after the South was beaten to its
knees. It’s an affront to the
South. Now that we have been
reminded, we Southerners should
try to have that amendment am
ended.
As every fair-minded person
knows, in a Republic the right to
vote cannot properly be denied on
account of race, religion or prev
ious condition of servitude. But it
can be denied because of irrespon
sibility of citizenship. That’s why
voting is denied those under 21.
The right to vote should be based
on literacy, responsibility, citizen
ship, Illiterates, criminals and
welfare cases should be denied,
regardless of the color of their
skins.
The Kennedy’s don’t believe in
discrimination—at the voting
booth. They know that a Negro
vote counts just as much as a
white vote. King John has asked
for a temporary truce. Our big
gest mistake would be to grant
him one. Kennedy has bought the
Negro vote with blood. Let him
swim in it.
According to Supreme Court
“law,” demonstrators can sit-in,
sleep-in and block the entrances
of private businesses, legally. It is
‘“coercive” to demand that they
leave if it is in a segregated com
munity, but it is not coercive for
these agitators to ruin a person’s
business. No man has a right to
sit-in or otherwise obstruct the
The Yankee reporters sent down
business of another man.
to get the “true picture” have re
ported that “the walls of segrega
tion are tumbling,” ’’the South
seeing the error and the futility”
of its attitude and is “‘accepting
integration.”
Some Southern fatcats are fin-
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Community Booth Winner Importance Of Preventing
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Fair Is In Full Swing; Prize
Winning Exhibits Chosen
Fires Stressed This Week
By M rs. A. H. Counts
Pleasant Grove, in Saluda county
won top prize of $125 in the com
munity booth competition here at
the Newberry-Saluda County Fair
Tuesday. Its theme was ’’Every
Good and Pertect Gift.”
Other winners in the commun
ity booths were Higgins Grange,
Saluda county, $100; Wheeland
Grange, Newberry county, $85;
and Higgins Home Demonstration
Club, Saluda county, $50.
Tranwood club in Newberry
county and Hollywood club in
Saluda county received honorable
mention and cash awards of $25
each.
The Henry L. Parr family won
the most prizes in the annual
Jersey cattle show at the fair
Tuesday. The family received
17 awards in a highly competitive
show.
A. L. Busby, Newbery county
agent, said it was the best Jersey
show conducted here.
Mary Parr, young daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parr, won
first on the best cow, three years
old and under four, and first in
the senior champion female, four
years and over.
She won a rosette for the grand
champion cow in the open show,
was third on exhibiting best
showmanship, second in junior
calf and first in the junior show,
three-year-old and under four.
Boyd, another son of Mr. and
Mrs. Parr, was second in the
two-year-old and under three in
the open cow show. ^
Headspring Farms, owned by
Henry L. Parr, received fifth aw
ard on junior heifer, third on jun
ior yearling heifer, and first on
produce of cow.
Others receiving several awards
were Alice Bedenbaugh and her
brother, Ralph, of the Newberry
4-H Club.
Alice won first in both the sen
ior yearling heifer and the junior
champion female heifer, third
cow two years old and under
three; fourth, cows three years
and under four; third, cow four
years old and over; and second,
produce of cow in the open show, j
Also in the 4-H show she was)
second in cow, two years old and •
under three; third, cow three I
years and under four and second f
cow four years and over.
Ralph’s winnings were fifth,
senior yearling heifer; fifth, cows
three years old and under four;
third, produce of cow; fifth, show
manship; fourth, senior yearling,
and fourth, cow three years old
and under.
Other winners were Randy
Senn, Nancy Jane Ruff, Billy
Stewart, James Folk Jr., Danny
Perry, W. W. Parr, Billy Parr,
Jr., Tony L. Perry, Frances Folk,
Wayne Longshore, Bobby Lomi-
nick and Roger Longshore.
MEN TO MEET
The annual Fall rally for the
Men of The Church in South Car
olina Presbytery will be held Sun
day, October 20 at the First Pres
byterian church in Greenwood.
Registration begins at 2:30 p.m.
An interesting and inspiring pro
gram has been planned. The lad
ies are invited.
Eagle Scout
V. • '
Scout Leonard Halfacre, son of
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Halfacre was
presented the Eagle Scout badge
by Scoutmaster Wright Cannon
at the meeting of the Newberry
Lions club on October 1. He is a
member of Troop 66, having
joined in 1958, and is an out
standing member of the troop
which is sponsored by the Lions
club.
He has served as Assistant
Patrol Lealer and received the
God and Country Award from
his church in 1961. He was el
ected to the Order of the Arrow,
national camping fraternity, in
1963 at Camp Old Indian.
Civil Court
Jurors Chosen
The following named will serve
as jurors when the October term
of Court of Common Pleas con
venes here Oct. 21 with Judge G.
Badger Baker presiding:
Frank M. Senn, J. E. Stevens,
James W. Davis, George H. Black,
Floyd H. Dennis, Earl E. Bollin
ger, Wyche Moore, Fred W. Pugh,
David Tod Sokevitz, George Rob
ert Hawkins, Ernest T. Maness, J.
W. Boland, Earl C. Hipp, William
C. Fanning, E .0. Shealy, Jesse D.
Butler, Ted M. Willingham, Hen
ry Leroy Brock;
Also, J. B. Connelly, Henry W.
Werts, John Cecil Eargle, Joe N.
Wilson, James E. Nichols, Elgin
V. Sheppard, James D. Wheeler,
James Francis Coggins, Claude S.
Summer, L. C. Fellers, Seber Ray
Amick, G. S. Teague, Alvin G.
Hipp, William M. Brooks, Emer
son E. Westwood Jr., Joseph H.
Bishop, Thomas B. Walker, James
H. Davis.
A step-up in fire prevention ef
forts to hold down the gigantic
fire toll was urged today by K. W.
Riebe, city manager and director
of safety for the city of Newber
ry-
Mr. Riebe said that Fire Pre
vention Week—October 6-12, is a
logical starting point.
Commenting on the nation’s hu
man fire toll—11,800 persons lost
their lives from fire last year and
thousands more were injured—Mr.
Riebe said “The loss of a single
life is a tragedy, and the loss of
nearly 12,000 lives gives emphasis
to the need for everyone to be con
stantly alert to this ever present
threat. The loss of life can and
must b reduced. There can be no
relaxation in the efforts to elimi
nate uncontrolled fire.”
“A point to be remembered,” he
continued, “is that each one of
those persons who died or were
injured w-as an individual, and
while the statistics show large
numbers, the individual suffering
and the grief of friends and relat
ives underline the need for think
ing not only in terms of large
numbers but more importantly of
the individual.”
In relation to property destroy
ed or damaged by fire, the dollor
value of property destroyed and
the number of fire losses which oc
cur are the usual measures of the
fire loss, Mr. Riebe said.
“We must remember that the
fire loss is made up of a large
number of fires, any one of which
could have involved loss of life,
and brought physical suffering to
individuals as well as loss of their
property.” On the bright side, Mr.
Riebe reported that fire prevention
is paying off.
“It Is clear that fire prevention
efforts and fire protection facil
ities have in effect reduced the an
nual toll from fire,” Mr. Riebe
said. “The rat’o of loss of life
from fire to the population of the
country has dropped as the popu
lation has increased.
“We must recognize that fires
can be controlled, but it is up to
the individual to do his part. It is
not something we can leave to
others to do for us, because each
of us could be the next victim un
less we take steps to prevent fire
and to provide proper safeguards
to minimize the hazard of fire,”
Mr. Riebe concluded.
Council, Public Talk
New Zoning Law
CLUB TO MEET
The Newberry Woman’s Club
will meet at the home of Mrs. C.
M. Smith Jr., Thursday, October
10. Dr. Lillian Kibler will be the
leader. Her topic will be “John
Adams, 1735-1826.”
Kendall Reports
Earnings Up
BOSTON, September 30 — The
Kendall Company made gains in
both sales and earnings for the
third quarter of the year, the com
pany reported to stockholders to
day. Kendall earned $1,220,000, or
58 cents per commonshare for the
12-week period September 7, 1963,
compared with $1,095,000, or 52
cents per share, earned for the
similar period last year. Cumula
tive earnings for the first 36
weeks of 1963 were $3,571,000, or
$1.69 per share, compared with
$2,876,000 or $1.35 per share, for
the same period in 1962.
Stockholders were told that if
the results for the first 36 weeks
of 1962 had reflected current
guideline rates for depreciation
and 1963 investment tax credit,
those results would have been im
proved by approximately $255,000.
Sales of $31,779,000 for the third
12 week period were up 5 per cent
over the third period of 1962. For
the first nine months of 1963, the
sales were $95,062,000, compared
to a total of $92,183,000 posted in
a similar time last year.
Sales growth took place primar
ily because of the strong show
ing of Fling support stockings for
women, disposable products for
hospital use, and other new Ken
dall products.
Tag Buying Is
Moving Slowly
Motor vehicle license renewals
are lagging throughout the state,
creating a situation which is like
ly to produce long waiting lines at
licensing offices and possibly late
registration penalties for many
motorists, the State Highway de
partment announced today.
Only about one-third of the
State’s motor vehicles have been
registered, although one-half of
the registration period has already
elapsed, Department officials said.
All vehicles must display the new
black and white plates on Novem
ber 1. Vehicle owners who fail to
register their vehicles by that date
are subject to both late registra
tion fees and fines for violating
the license law.
Motorists are urged to obtain
their new plates over the counter
at license offices whenever pos
sible, since late orders by mail
may not be delivered before the
deadline. Department officials said
there are no waiting lines now, al
though long lines will undoubtedly
form as the deadline approaches.
Vehicle owners who have NOT
received license renewal forms
are advised to take their current
registration cards to their local
offices where new cards will be
immediately filled out and license
plates will be issued. Owners were
again reminded by the Department
that all information requested on
the back side of the cards must be
filled in before new plates can be
issued.
H. W. Dipner
Rites Yesterday
CHAPPELLS— Henry William
Dipner Sr., 73, died suddenly last
Tuesday morning at his home here
after several years of declining
health.
He was born in Germany, son
of the late Fred and Betty Smith
Dipner. He had lived in Newberry
county since he was six years of
age. He was a member of Soule
Chapel Methodist church where he
was an honorary steward. He was
a retired merchant and a member
of the Woodmen of The World.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Belle Kelly Dipner; a son, W. H.
Dipner Jr. of Chappells; four
daughters, Mrs. G. S. Parnell of
Chappells, Mrs. R. C. Johnson of
Cayce, Mrs. R. W. Kelly of
Greenwood and Mrs R. W. Jar-
rett of Newton, N. C.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday at McSwain Funeral
Home by Rev. Floyd V. Chandler
and burial was in Soule Chapel
Memorial Park near Chappells.
Pallbearers were E. Y. McDon
ald Jr., Ray Kelly Jr., Aubrey and
Earl Kelly, A. J. and Robert Mer
chant.
Honorary escoi-t was composed
of W. F. Berry, L. E. Werts,
B. McAdams, W. E. Spearman Jr.,
Ralph Lancaster, E. L. Holloway,
Cecil Smith and the official board
of the Soule Chapel church.
The city of Newbery took the
first step Tuesday night toward a
long-range land development plan
with the first of three readings
by City Council of a proposed
zoning ordinance.
Charles H. Davis, consulting
engineer from Hickory, N. C. ex
plained to council and a group of
some 30 interested citizens that
the 36-page zoning ordinance is
based in the best use of each land
area in the future.
He emphasized that no existing
uses and buildings will be changed
by passage of the ordinance. As
new uses of land and buildings
come into being, they will be
regulated by the zoning code, he
said.
He said the ordinance will allow
the city to anticipate its growth
to make every tax dollar count
and will protect citizens construct
ing homes and businesses.
The proposed zoning ordinance
provides for 10 zoning districts,
to be broken up into four areas
of development—residential, busi
ness, industrial and exclusive man
ufacturing.
Davis said the zoning regulation
can be changed or amended by
council according to developing
needs of the city. The ordinance
generally follows the present lay
out of the city and changes will
be gradual with at least 40 years
required for the full effectiveness
of the ordinance and development
plan to be evident, the engineer
said.
The pattern of the city as it
has naturally developed was taken
as a basis by the engineer and a
city planning commission, from
which improvements and addi
tions were made. Ralph B. Baker
is chairman of the planning com
mission.
The ordinance must have two
more readings by City Council be
fore it goes into effect.
Council in regular session ap
pointed Pete Parrott secretary-
treasurer of the City’s Democratic
Club to conduct a municipal gen
eral election Nov 12.
In other business, council:
Read letters of appreciation to
the city from officials of the
military maneuver Swift Strike
III.
Had second reading of an or
dinance for water and sewer ex
tension in new housing develop
ments.
Heard a report from city man
ager Riebe that the problem of
rats infesting the Mollohon area
is being taken up with the county
for possible joint action.
Show Winners
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mims and
sons, David Kent and Steve, of
Sumter were recent visitors with
Mrs. Mims’ parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. C. Campbell on Nance street.
Mrs. Mims remained for a visit
with her parents.
12-Year-01d
Dove Downed
COLUMBIA—A Methuselah a-
mong doves came to the end of his
read in Laurens county September
17, just one day less than 12 years
after he had been banded a few
miles away.
The dove, killed by Billy Roy
Wilson of Hickory Tavern, had
been banded—No. 61309930, Sept
ember 18, 1951 by Sidney Lee, Jr.
son of Laurens County Game War
den Sidney Lee.
Around 80 per cent of all doves
fail to survive their first year and
the odds against one reaching 12
years are astronomical — around
ten million to one.
Mrs. C. W. Gibson and children,
Beth and Cathy of Norfolk, Va.,
are staying with Mrs. Gibson’s
mother, Mrs. James R. Leavel! on
Martin street while her husband
Lt. Gibson is on duty in the Med
iterranean.
H. F. Lominick
Dies At Pomaria
Horace F. Lominick, 78, died
Friday afternoon at his home in
the Pomaria section of the coun
ty.
Mr. Lominick was bom and
reared in the county, a son of the
late Robert L. and Arie Counts
Lominick. His wife, Mrs. Willeeze
Boinest, preceded him to the
grave a number of years ago. Mr.
Lominick was a prominent and
prosperous farmer of the Saint
Phillips section of the county, but
retired several years ago on ac
count of his health. He was a
member of St. Phillips Lutheran
church, a former member of the
Church C ouncil and a member of
the Woodmen of The World.
He is survived by one son, Wil
liam R. Lominick, Pomaria; one
daughter Mrs. Carson D. Evans,
Barnwell; four brothers, Herbert
W. Lominick, Olin H. Lominick,
Eugene H. Lominick and Charlie
C. Lominick, all of Pomaria; three
sisters, Mrs. A. O. Felker, Mrs.
Ola L. Kibler, and Mrs. Howard
S. Boland, all of Pomaria, and
four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on
Saturday from St. Phillips church
with Rev. C. L. Richardson con
ducting the rites. Interment was
in the church cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Voight
Kunkle, Luther Sease, Bobby
Lominick, Whit Gilliam, Deleal
Boinest and David Luther Ruff.
Honorary escort included mem
bers of the church council, Dr. C.
A. Pinner, Dr. -B. M. Montgomery,
Clarence Wallace, Ralph Baker,
Donald Satterfield, Herndon
Hentz, Hubert Bedenbaugh, James
D. Brown, Ralph Watkins, C. E.
Long, Alvin Kinard, J. W. Rich
ardson, Govan Sease, Frank Lom
inick Sr. and Roland Felker.
A Tri-Color winner in the Fall
Flower Show at the Newberry-
Saluda Regional Fair this week
was the top arrangement by
Mrs. Walter Suber of the Whit
mire Garden Club. The division
is “Light Housekeeping.
A Blue Ribbon winner in the
division “The First Birthday
Party” is shown below. It was
entered by Yellow Jessamine
Garden Club of Saluda. (Sun-
photos)
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BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
Oct. 13: Steve Griffith, Doro
thy Kyzer, Mrs. K. L. Martin,
Marion Spearman, Mrs. Lila
Dickert, Virgil W. Rinehart,
Judy Rinehart Karen Stewart,
W. H. Ashbaugh, Mack Mont
gomery ,Estelle Martin, Fran
ces Miller, Mrs. Mattie L. Fel
lers.
Oct. 14: O. F. Armfield, Jr.,
Henry Livingston, Jr., Mrs. O.
Hentz, Miss Bessie Thrift, Mrs.
W. K. Swygert, Mrs. Wofford
Cooper, Murray Shull.
Oct. 15: Larry Luther Chap
man, Mrs. John T. Norris, Mae
Lathrop, Mrs. William K. Lath-
rop, Tobie Enlow, Mrs. Henry
Livingston, Everette Graham,
J. O. Koon, Mrs. R. A. Goodman,
Laddie Hamm, Michael Thurlow.
Oct.. 16: Pete Coleman, Mrs.
James S. Watters, J. Frank Wil
son, James Darby, Betty Ruth
Perry, Guy V. Whitener, Jr.,
Billy Dominick, George Ray
Richardson, Jimmie Brown, Pope
Johnson, Shirley Dillashaw,
Clyde Wilson, Amy Atkinson,
Fred Schumpert, Mrs. Carroll
Frick, Mrs. Dow Bedenbaugh.
Oct. 17: Buford Cromer, Bar
bara Helen Youmans, Mrs. M.
I. Youmans, Keith Green, Doro
thy L. Senn, A. C. Dominick,
Linda Davis, Samuel H. Grim.
Oct. 18: Gallic Boyd Parr, Mrs
H. O. Swittenburg, C. F. Ster
ling, Danny Lei and Hiller, Har
ry E. Bedenbaugh, Frank S.
Thomasson, Shelbie Jean Rich
ardson, R. E. Reece, John F.
Thompson.
Oct. 19: Mrs. R. G. Carroll,
Mrs. J. R. Cromer, James Mar
tin Armfield, Virginia T. Pay-
singer, Bobbie Long, J. H. Half-
acre, Robert DeHart.