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To expect to be well paid for doing less than your best is expect ing too much. VOLUME 27—NUMBER 27. Experience is what you have plenty of when you're too old to get the job. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1963 By The Way ♦ $2.00 Per Year ~ By DORIS A. SANDERS A CK N O W L F:i >G M EN TS In this issue is the coneluiiinji; story about Calvin Crozier, and the Calvin Crozier Chapter, U.D. C. For their help in compiling in formation, I am grateful to City Clerk and Treasurer ‘Wallace, Clerk of Court Burke .M. Wise, Calvin Crozier Chapter President, Mrs. W. H. Tedford; M rs. F. Scott Elliott who compiled the Chapter scrapbook from which J obtained much information; Wil liam E. Crozier of Texas, w h o sent the poem published at the end of the story and Nichols studio for pictures of the stone marking the scene of Crozier’s murder, and the Crozier monument at Rore- mont cemetery. It is the hope of many that as the 100th Anniversary of the mur der of Calvin Crozier approaches, some action can be taken to make more accessible to the public the spot where Crozier was murdered for his act of Southern gallantry during a tragic era. It isn't that then Clarence 1 t() having ANOTHER ONE On the subject of complaints, there have been a number of them concerning tnat eardrum-splitting siren atop the County Bank build- 1 ing. is objection i it there for emergency i purposes—the objection is that it blasts off so often, no one would know whether there was an em ergency or not. They hear the; olasting thing so much they don’t ! pay any attention to it. It has been suggested that per haps its use could be confined to tne scheduled tests and real emi- | ergencies, and be eliminated for | rural fires. This is something for Civil De fense, city and county officials to j j think about. 1 BRIGHT BE IE WEATHER WHACK-HAPPY If City Manager Ken Riebe likes his present surroundings and doesn’t want to cut short his con nections with Newberry, he’d bet ter do something about the whack- happy surgeons he has roaming | outside—iCs 7o~ pretty!’’ “O suns and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour 1 October’s bright blue weather. —Helen Hunt Jackson The lines of that poem have been running through my mind all month, for certainly we’ve had “October’s bright blue weather.” Connie said the other day “It just makes you fed good to be The Chest X-ray unit of the Tuberculosis section ef the South Carolina Board of Health will be located in Newberry county Oct. 26 through Nov. 2. This survey is The x-rays are free and the reports will be confidential. Age minimums are 15 years for ne groes and 20 years for whites. A chest x-ray is quick and simple. “You don’t need an appointment According to Dr. Long, tuber culosis is a treatable disease and not something to be feared. The x-raymobile will be in Whitmire on Saturday, October 26 —at Prosperity on Tuesday, Oct. 28; at Gallman High school and It is a beautiful season and we the town Shades of Ed Blackwell. Ed en j 0 y our neighbors’ colorful! could certainly tell the present j fiow’ers. The trees aren’t as pretty oKrintl as usual because of dry weather, being sponsored by the Newberry and you don’t need to undress, County health department, the says Dr. V. A. Long, county health community on Wednesday, Oct. Newberry County Tuberculosis officer. “The x-ray takes only a 30, and in the city of Newberry Association and the State Board few seconds, and its costs noth- Thursday, Friday and Saturday, of Health. ing.” ^ ‘ October 31-November 2d. city manager a thing or two about cutting trees in Newberry. Why, folks hereabouts would sooner forgive embezzlement than mutila tion of trees. Do you realize that is the prin cipal reason Ed Blackwell is no longer in Newberry? True, his ouster was begun by other dis gruntled elements—but one of the BIG reasons is that some of the outstanding men in this town knew the anger of some of the out standing women over tree mutil ation, and they felt it was hopeless ^o try to convince these women that Ed Blackwell was a good city manager. Seems that someone would have learned a lesson by now, but ap parently not. I was furious when I returned home last Tuesday af ternoon and saw how these tree butchers had needlessly destroyed the beauty of a little tree which we have been carefully protecting since we moved into our present location. The city truck was still in front of the house, with one of the employees stretched out on it full length, evidently resting—but by time I got my car stopped and the house door unlocked so the girls could go in and begin their studies, the truck had taken off. The city manager was out of town—fortunately for him—and by time he returned I had cooled down enough to not make an is sue of it, having heard only one other complaint and that was the needless whacking of limbs from a once-beautiful redbud tree on my parents’ yard. I don’t know whether they’ve gotten to your neighbohood or not, but they hit ours again on Monday, and the complaints are beginning to come in. Everyone realizes that limbs must be kept off of power lines and no one that I know complains about reasonable pruning. But what could possibly be the reason for cutting off large limbs of dog wood and redbud trees which sel dom grow high enough to inter- but my two favorites seem to be about at peak—at the corner of Lindsay and Harrington, Mrs. C. D. Weeks’ home, and at the cor ner of Johnstone and Caldwell, the home of the late Mrs. J. W. White. Drive by to see them—and the many other beautiful flowers and trees around town. This makes it easier to understand why New- berrians love their trees. THAT TIME AGAIN A reader stopped by to tell me it was time to begin doing some- Other planned events are a thing about the Halloween nuis- meeting of the Alumni Council at ance. On this point I have given A. M. in the Alumni office, U P* the alumni council dinner at 12:00 Homecoming Activities Are Planned For College Alumni Mrs. Clary, Sr. Died Sunday; Service Monday Plans have been completed and according to all indications, Home coming at Newberry college, o n Saturday, October 26, is going to be a big and gala occasion. The feature event is the football game betw r een New'berry and Frederick college from Portsmouth, Va., at 8:00 P. M. at Setzler field. Did you read the other day a bout the doctor who had pleaded for two years that a traffic Signal be put at a certain intersection- with no luck—and was called to that intersection the other day to find his two daughters fatally injured ? Bet they’ll get a traffic signal NOW at that point—at the cost of two young lives. Well, that’s just the way it is here. You can talk and write until you’re blue in the face but until something tragic happens, we are going to have no relief from the nightmare Halloween has become. Earns Eagle Scout Award Ralph Lee Wilbanks Jr. former ly of Newberry, received the Eagle Scout Award at a Court of Honor held October 10 at Charleston High school. Ralph began his Scouting career in 1956 with the Cub Scouts, ad vancing to Lion in 1959. He noon, and the homecoming regis tration at the alumni office from 1:00 P. M. to 4:00 P. M. Also, during the afternoon, the judging of the campus exhibits will take place at 2:00 P. M. and the judging of the homecoming window display of local merch ants, guided campus tours from 4:00 to 5:00 P. M. Dr. A. G. D. Wiles will give an informal talk at a general meeting of alumni and friends in Holland Hall at 5:00 P. M. Supper, cafeteria style, will be served in Kaufmann Hall from 5:00-7:00 P. M. The festivities for the evening will begin with the parade of the homecoming queen, attendants and senior sponsors on Setzler Field at 7:30 P. M. Kick-off time will be 8 o’clock. During the half - time, the homecoming queen will be crowned by Larry Wolff, presid ent of the student body, and the college band will perform, under the direction of Prof. Charles Pruitt. Lunch, cafeteria style, will be dropped out of active scouting for j available in Kaufmann Hall at has looked all year, with the pos sible exception of the first game.” However ,if the offense looked bad, the defense did not look any better, for the Terriers moved against the Indians at will last week. The disconsoling factor involved in all this is the fact that Fred erick, the Indians opponent this Saturday, defeated Wofford 10-0 earlier this season. This makes things look dim for the home for ces this week. So far this season, the Lions (4- 2) have been paced by the passing of quarterback Butch Spain and the running of fullback Russel Hall. Field goal specialist Wady Trayham has done his share in the scoring department, kicking field goals and extra points to the tune of 18 points. The Indians so far this season have relied on the running of bread-and-hutter man Bill Ham mond and the passing of Tom Gor man. Hammond has picked up 215 yards rushing in five games, while Gorman has thrown for 273 yards. The key to a possible Indian vic tory, however, will be the running of halfbacks Irvin Fordham and Reed Charpia. Fordham and Char- pia teamed up beautifully in the LR game, but since that game one or the other or both have been out with injuries. Charpia has not played since the LR game, but is is hoped that he will get into ac tion this week. If so, the Indian offense might click again. Special Service At Mayer Church A Reformation Rally of the members of the Lutheran churches in Newbery county will be held on Sunday night, October 27 at 7:30 o’clock in Mayer Memorial Luth eran church, Drayton and Cromer streets, Newberry, the Rev. Clar ence K. Derrick, D.D., pastor. Guest speaker will be Rev. Marsh all Mauney, pastor of the Mount Tabor Lutheran church, W e s t Columbia. Special music will be! rendered by the choir of Mayer Memorial under the direction of Dr. Milton W. Moore with Andrew E. Price at the organ. Pastor Mauney was born in Au gusta, Ga. and is a son of the late | Rev. and Mrs. John D. Mauney. He received his education at the Clare mont Central High school, Hick ory, N. C., his A.B. degree from Lenoir Rhyne college, Hickory and hisB.D. degree from the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia. He served the Tom Brooks Lutheran parish in Toms Brook, Va., and also the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynch burg, Va., and has been pastor of the Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church West Columbia since 1961. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Newberry college and is president of the Lutheran Ministers’ Association of Greater Columbia. He is also a | member of the Cayce Rotary club. He was sent as a delegate to the 1956-60 Conventions of the United Lutheran church, and was a dele gate to the Lutheran church i n America’s Convention in 1962. He is married to Laura Virginia Foltz and they have four children. “The Protestant Posture” will be the subject of Pastor Mauney’s sermon on Sunday night. The pub- lie is cordially invited to come and hear this young, dynamic preach er. <iS t; - Patriotic and sympathetic citizens of Newberry donated to erect this monument in Rosemont Cemetery to the mem ory of Calvin Crozier in 1891. The story may be seen else where in this issue. (Photo by Nichols.) Mental Health Drive Most Successful Yet . offices of assistant patrol leader, fere with the power lines miyway ? | patrol senior patrol leader> one year, but in September 1960 j 12:15 P. M. Tickets to the alumni supper will be given to those who register before 4:30 P. M. The Newberry College Indians, reeling from a 29-6 trouncing suf- he joined Boy Scout Troop No. 34 on the Isle of Palms. In this Troop he has held the Perhaps a few leaves might touch - ^ roo p instructor, and presently is the lines but that would, in most cases, be all that would touch. Even if it were necessary to cut the leaves, which seems asinine, why cut the whole limb back to the trunk? In the case of our little oak, they cut three lower limbs, which could- not possibly have been touching the power lines, all the way to the trunk; they whacked off two more which probably weren’t even touching the lines now and which in another year or so would have cleared the lines completely and would have endangered nothing but guy wire, which wasn’t likely. And all because two or three leaves might have been touching the utility pole! I can’t blame the employees too much; no doubt somebody told them to go out and trim trees and they trimmed—and they trimmed —but someone is to blame for lack of supervision. I trust that complaints have been sufficient to council and the city manager, and that they have seen enough evidence to convince them that it is time for something to be done about this unhappy situation. patrol leader of the Senior Scout Explorer Patrol. Ralph is a sophomore at Moul trie High school and is a member of the track team. He is a mem ber of the First Methodist church of the Isle of Palms. For two summers, he worked on a shrimp boat out of Shem creek. He now has a job after school and on the weekends at a local store. Ralph was born May 17, 1948 i in Clinton and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Wilbanks, 2206 Cameron Boulevard, Isles of Palms. His parents will be re membered by many Newberrians as managers of the Newberry ho tel here for a number of years prior to moving to Charleston. Following the Court of Honors ceremonies during which Ralph received his Eagle award, his par ents entertained for him with a reception at the First Methodist church on the Isle of Palms. SEPTEMBER BOND SALES Combined Series E and H Sav ings Bonds for September in New berry county totaled $7,212, re ports Joe M. Roberts, county Bond chairman. fered at the hands of Wofford, will return to the confines of Setz ler Field this Saturday for their Homecoming battle with the Frederick College Lions f r om Portsmouth, Va. The Indians of Head Coach Har vey Kirkland are suffering both mentally and physically from the bruising handed them by Conley Snidow’s Terriers. Humiliated by the licking they took, the Indians are also physically handicapped this week due to the injuries re ceived in last week’s game. Second unit center and linebacker Bobby Fore has been lost for the season with a dislocated shoulder, and senior guard Wes Murphy will be | out for at least two more weeks with two injured ankles. The In dians were also slowed down by injuries received by first unit cen ter Pat Merrick and halfback Bill Eaves. Several other players have suffered minor, but painful brui ses, which will slow the Indians down in this week’s game. Aside from being bothered with injuries, the Indians also may have shown signs of falling into the offensive slump that hampered them so much at the beginning of the season. Coach Kirkland said, “Our offense looked the worst it Local Teachers Be On Program Educators from Newberry and six other adjoining counties will meet Tuesday, October 29 in Greenwood high school for the annual fall conference for the 5th district of the South Carolina Ed ucation Association. At that time, the proposed leg islative program, including an in crease in the sales tax or other State revenue-producing levies and additional local support for the schools will be explained by C. B. Busbee of Brookland-Cayce, a member of the Association’s leg islative commission. Mrs. Bella Herlong of Saluda, district director, will preside at the 3:30 meeting. Frasier Sanders of Newberry, president of the Laurens association, will give the invocation and the pledge of allegiance will be offered by Prof. Ralph E. Watkins, Newberry Go. president. Mrs. Margaret Kelly of Newber ry, president-elect of the state as sociation, will discuss state-wide matters. Other discussions will be led by Dr. T. I. Dowling of Green wood, Tom Verdin of Greenville, Mrs. Carolyn Brown of Spartan burg and Edwin M. Culpepper, executive secretary of the SCEA, who will report on association af fairs. Mrs. Mamie Lucretia Strother Clary, 78, widow of Johnson Ha- good Clary Sr., died early Sunday morning in a local hospital after a lingering illness. Mrs. Clary was born in Green ville, daughter of the late Thea- dore A. and Elizabeth Pauline Goodlet Strother. She was a mem ber of the First Baptist church of Newberry. Surviving are three sons, John son Hagood Jr., Roy H., both of Newberry, and Bennett E. of At lanta, Ga.; five daughters Miss Pauline E. Clary and Mrs. Earl H. Bergen, both of Newberry; Mrs. S. W. Epting of Columbia, Mrs. W. W. Burr Jr., of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Robert L. Hulse- bus of Chester; 23 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted at 3 P. M. Monday at the Whita ker Funeral home by Rev. Ander son Bass. Burial was in Rosemont cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert, James and Charles H. Clary, Gene Smoak, Clarence Wallace, I. Schis- sell, Bobby Hulsebus and J. S. Floyd. Assisting with the flowers were Mrs. Joe Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Ruth Clary Price, Mrs. Ruby Clary Glenn, Mrs. Dorothy Clary Amick, Mrs. Mary Goodlet Proctor, Mrs. Mamie Maynard Franklin, Miss Betty Ann Clary, Miss Harriette Hagood Clary, Miss Sara Clary, Miss Benetta Clary Harley, Miss Susan Clary Smoak, Miss Jeanette Bergen. Rev. Kilgore, 88, Rites Wednesday Rev. John B. Kilgore, 88, died Tuesday at a Greenwood hospital after an extended illness. A native of Newberry County, son of the late Andrew Jackson and Catherine Wise Kilgore, he was a graduate of Newberry Col lege and the School of Divinity of Vanderbilt University. He enter ed the ministry of the Methodist Church, having served his first four years in the Texas Confer ence before joining the South Carolina Conference. He was a ( member of Ebenezer Methodist I Church. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Janice E. Johnson of Tallahassee, Fla., and Miss Carolina Kilgore of Newberry; and one brother, Jesse A. Kilgore of Nashville, Tenn. Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Ebenezer Methodist Church by Rev. Charles Brockwell and Rev. David Temple ton. Burial was in the church ce metery. Food Retailers Have Meeting Ted MacLean At Carolina Major F. D. MacLean Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. “Dutch” MacLean of 1224 Hunt street, has been as signed as an assistant professor of Naval Science at the University of South Carolina, Columbia. As the Marine office instructor, he will teach future Marine offi cers in the junior and senior class es in amphibious warfare and in the Art of War. These courses are a resume of the military his tory of the great battles that parallel the political and social development of the world. The Marine officers and non commissioned officers are respon sible for the drill proficiency of the Midshipmen Battalion at the University. They are also in charge of the Drill Team and the Rifle Team of the unit. Major MacLean graduated from Porter Military Academy in 1947 and from the Citadel with the class of 1951. George Hj Feagle Dies In Georgia George H. Feagle, 92, died Sun day at Valdosta, Ga. after a year of declining health and a critical illness of two weeks. Mr. Feagle was a native of Lit tle Mountain, son of the late John N. and Frances Sease Feagle. He had lived in Valdosta for sixty- three years, and was a furniture salesman in Florida for 50 years ' prior to his retirement in January 1946. His wife died in August of 1962. Survivors include two brothers, Robert Feagle of Little Mountain and John A. Feagle of the Lowman Home; one sister, Mrs. E. E. Fel lers of Columbia; and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Mon day afternoon at the First Pres byterian church in Valdosta. In terment followed in Sunset ceme tery. The Food Retailers Association of South Carolina will hold a meinl>ership meeting for Laurens, Greenwood and Newberry coun ties on Tuesday, Oct. 29. The buf fet supper will be at the Lakeside Country Club between Laurens and Clinton at 7:30 P. M. Ed. Saddler of Laurens and Jim Todd of Clinton are making ar rangements for the supper meet ing. Joe S. Boland, Director of the Retailers Association, will act as master of Ceremonies. The Asso ciation will be represented by President Mitch C. Parker of Lan caster, Treasurer W. R. Parrish of West Columbia, and Executive Director Ed. F. Teague of Col umbia. All community food retailers and their suppliers are urged to attend. Purpose of the meeting is to better acquaint retail grocers with the aims and purposes of the Association. Julian Price Died Monday Julian A. Price Sr. of Charlotte died Monday in a Charlotte Hos pital. Funeral services were conduct ed at 11 a.m. Wednesday from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Charlotte. Graveside services were conducted at 3 p.m. at Prosperity Cemetery in Prosperity. Survivors include his wife, Car rie Parrott Price; three sons,-Reg inald of Newberry, Joe F. of Ai ken and Phillip Price of Charlotte. He was a son of the late Simm and Fannie Price. He was a retir ed bank examiner for the FDIC. The recent Bell Ringer Drive of the Mental Health Association was by far the most successful ever held in Newberry County it was announced by the Drive’s County Chairman Steve Griffith. The City of Newberry led the way for the county in collecting a total of $1,- 649.02. The city total was $1,448.92. Mr. Griffith expressed his appre ciation to all who had a part in making the drive so successful. He particularly expressed bis thanks to the many workers who gave their time as well as their money. Rev. Robert E. Long was chair man of the successful drive in the city. Those who were not contacted in the drive and wish to contribute to Mental Health may mail contri butions to Mental Health, 1112 Calhoun St., Newberry, S. C. Call To Prayer Lord, help us to realize that if we follow Thee at a distance we shall inevitably wander farther away, and that our only safety is in living each day in Thy presence and walking close to Thee, that we shall have a horror of anything coming in between us. In Thy dear name we pray. Amen. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Carnival Friday At Boundary St. The annual Hallowe’en Carnival will be held at Boundary Street school Friday, October 25, begin ning at 4:30 P. M. The festivities will include the fish pond, dart game, grab bag, bake shop, popcorn and lunch room. The public is invited. Rev. McCreary Named Chaplain Rev. Cannon McCreary, Aiken native, has been named chaplain to institutions of the Episcopal Dio cese of Upper South Carolina. Rev. McCreary was vicar of St. I.uke’s church in Newberry until two years ago, and prior to coming to Newberry had served as vicar at Abbeville since 1953. Rev. McCreary has spent the past two years in clinical pastoral training as chaplain resident of the State Mental hospital in Col umbia and the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. RILEY SELLS REGISTERED BULL B. E. Riley, Newberry, recently sold an Aberdeea-Angus bull to Alex Skelton, Anderson. Oct. 27: Billy McSwain, Miss Grace Summer, Mrs. Tommy Setzler, Benjamin Lament Daw kins, Mrs. Wilbur Koon, Mrs. Gordon Brown, Virginia L. Med lock. Oct. 29: Mrs. Welch Wilbur, Charles H. Boyd III, Wayne Sheppard, George Heller, Har old O. Cook, Peggy Schumpert, Robert Merrill Simmons, Har mon Bedenbaugh, Edward Lom- inack. Oct. 28: Mrs. Maude Sanders, M. P. Davis, Bobby Schumpert, Betty Joyce Turner, Dan Lewis, Bonnie King, Martha Sue Fant, Mrs. Myra Camion. Oct. 30: Miss Dollie Mae Senn, C. Hugh Shelley, H. M. Harman, Carol Hipp, Edmunds Young. Oct. 31: Mrs. M. I. Youmans, Mrs. C. W. Bedenbaugh, Nancy Lou Long, Ida Satterwhite, Hugh Sheeley, J. L. Eargie, Agnes Eargie. Nov. 1: Louise Cobb, Jerald Smith, Mrs. Meryl Glymph, Mrs. Dorothy Son Pyle. Nov. 2: Mrs. L. G. Eskridge, Mrs. Julia R. Smith, Lennis Hove, Mrs. I. H. Wilson, John W. Waldrop, Lula Mae Martin, Loretta Derrick, Harry Stone, Ted Neely, F. A. Boland, Mrs. A. M. Dominick, Mack Domi nick, Sgt. Edward Myers.