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V When a man finds no peace in himself, if is useless to seek if elsewhere. nn A man may fall many times. But, he won't be a failure until he says somebody pushed him. VOLUME 27—NUMBER 32. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1963 ♦ $2.00 Per Year By The Way - By DORIS A. SANDERS In the two previous issues of disintepratinK effect of self-indul- The Sun, a sermon by Walter I gence, neglect of duty and public Courtney was published. Many J lethargy in a nation of free men. favorable comments have been re ceived about the sermon and one These lethal influences are at . work, constantly undermining the person expressed the thought “It t sense of personal responsibility ought to be read by every high ’ school student.” I have run across another speech ■which I wish could be heard by every American young person. This speech was delivered by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover at the 77th National Convention of the Catholic Youth organization in New 1 York City November 16 of this year. I was especially struck by the first part of this speech because of the criticism which has been forth coming from some University pro fessors—mainly, I gather, mem bers of the American Association of University Professors, against the law which bans communists from speaking on state-owned campuses. The professors cry that this places a limitation on academic freedom. Mr. Hoover very adequately answers those who use this basis for argument against this law. Again, this speech is too long for publication in this issue, but T do believe publication of the entire speech is worthwhile. I hope that those of you who have young sters in high school, especially those who will be going to college next year, will have them read these remarks of J. Edgar Hoov- j ed in His image, er in their entirety. There is no one more eminently qualified to speak on the subject, ‘“Keys to Freedom”, which follows below: and self-discipline so essential to our Nation’s welfare. They foi-m a common denominator with the aggressive enemies of our Repub lic in assaulting the cause of dec ency and justice across the length and breadth of the land. Who are these enemies of our Republic? They are the crime syndicates, the narcotics peddlers, the labor racketeers, the unscrup ulous business men, the corrupt politicians and all others who bla tantly defy the laws of the land. They are the hate-mongers and the false liberals who would sub vert our Constitution and under mine our democratic processes in furtherance of their selfish ends. They are the Communists and other subversive elements who wave false banners of legitimacy and patriotism while relentlessly plotting to destroy our heritage of freedom. Communism—in all its forms and in all its valuations—is the avowed enemy of liberty and of justice and of God. The Com munists fear free and indepen dent thought. They fear truth. They fear God even though they deny Him. They fear .he inherent courage and dignity of man treat- Gunshot Is Fatal To Whitmire Youth Addy Speaker At United Service A united Thanksgiving service in which six city churches will participate will be held Thanks giving day at the Lutheran Church of The Redeemer, accord ing to an announcement by Rev. Robert E. Long, president of the Newberry Ministerial Association. The service will begin at 10 a.m. conducted by the Rev. H. A. Mc Cullough Jr. pastor of the Re deemer church. The message will be given by Rev. Robert Addy, pastor of Faith Lutheran church. Subject of the sermon will be “Thanks-Living.” Music will be rendered by the Redeemer choir under the direct ion of Prof. Darr Wise, who will also serve as organist, j Churches participating include j Firsr Baptist, Central Methodist, Aveleigh Presbyterian, Associate ' Reformed Presbyterian, Redeemer 1 and St. Luke’s Episcopal. • The offering not specifically des- | ignated will be equally distributed ! among the children’s homes sup- I ported by the cooperating i churches. To the outstanding young people here tonight, I bring warm greet ings. Yours is a generation of great challenge. Through no choice of your own, you have entered the world at a time when deadly for ces challenge your right, and the right of every American, to live in freedom under God. Young people in postwar Amer ica have grown up with the dis illusioning knowledge that the world is no longer “safe for dem ocracy.” High ideals are the birthright of youth, but the youth of postwar America must face, also, the chaos which present-day society presents, and bring about order through the realization of those high ideals. We are at war with Commun ism, in different ways on differ ent fronts around the world. The Communist ideology is born in hate, but our philosophy of life is the practice of love and faith. Just as freedom is your right, so challenge is your heritage—for freedom, once won, must constant ly be defended. Today, our country faces the most severe test ever to confront a free people. Here and abroad, mortal enemies of freedom and deniers of God Himself conspire to undermine the fundamental forces which are the lifeline of our country’s vitality and great ness—our most formidable wea pons, in peace and in war. What are these forces? They are: FAITH—faith in a Supreme Being: God the author of liberty. INDIVIDUALISM — inherent dignity and worth of every sover eign individual with his personal rights and responsibilities. COURAGE—the courage of a free people firmly dedicated to the noblest cause. INTEGRITY—that quality of trustworthiness which is essential in dealings between men and be tween countries. DISCIPLINE—and self-discip line, which are vital in a nation governed by laws rather than by men. VISION—such as led our found ing fathers into the perilous dan gers of a* hostile wilderness that was to become the proud Ameri can Republic in which we live to day. These are America’s great bul warks. They are under savage a— tack today, just as they were so severely tested nearly 200 years ago at Bunker Hill and Valley Forge. Daniel Webster, that brilliant early American statesman, elo quently declared, “God grants lib erty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.” Daniel Webster knew the heavy price America had pjtid for her Jiberty. And he knew also the Today, the Communists are en gaged in an intensive campaign lo control the minds and win the allegiance of American ^ youth. Toward this end, a National Youth Commission has been estab lished within the Communist pait> USA; special publications have been issued; front groups have been organized; and an ambitious speech program has been directed against our colleges and univer sities. During the past two years. Communist spokesmen have appeared on nearly 100 cam puses from coast to coast. Their purpose: To create con fusion, raise questions and spread doubt among our voung people concerning the American way of life. If their constitutional right to free speech allows them to use the public school forum to pro mote the secular creed of Marx ism-Leninism which openly and avowedly denies God, does their constitutional freedom of religion also prohibit the rest of us from '.using the same public school for um to express our faith that God does exist? It is indeed ironic that Com munist party speaker? w hose minds and thoughts and actions are IN NO MANNER FREE — should demand the opportunity to parrot the Moscow line to young Americans under the guise of ACADEMIC FREEDOM! Academic freedom is not an instrument for the perpetua tion of conspiratorial idealog- ies. Nor it it an agent of self- destruction, a freedom to des troy freedom. As a free-flow - ing channel of truth and knowledge, academic freedom is not obligated to carry along the silted tributaries of lies and distortions of known Communists. The Communists look upon stu dents as potential sympathizers, supporters and contributors to the Party cause. Nor are they un mindful of the rich opportunity for infiltration presented by un wary racial and nationality groups, j This is especially true of the intense civil rights movement within the United States for America’s 20 million Negroes and the countless other citizens who share their objectives in the cur rent struggle are a priority tar get for Communist propaganda and exploitation, Every organiza tion engaged in this struggle must constantly remain alert to this vital fact, for, once under Com munist domination, all freedoms and rights are lost. The Communists are eager to capitalize upon all areas of mis understanding and unrest. Their cause is the cause of Soviet Rus sia, for the Communist party, U. S. A. is an inseparable part of the sinister international conspir acy which is financed and directed by the Kremlin. No amount of lies and duplicity can conceal this carefully documented fact. (To be concluded next week) Post Office Be Closed Thusday In observance of Thanksgiving day, a national holiday, the New berry postoffice wall be closed on Thursday, November 28. There will be no window service, no rural or city delivery. Incoming mail will be worked to the boxes; out going mail will be dispatched as usual. Boys In Service FORT RILEY, KAN (AHTNC) —Army 1st Lt. William E. Schum- pert, 34, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ho mer E. Schumpert, 1203 First St. was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kan. early in November. Lt. Schumpert is commander of the 8th Howitzer Battalion’s Bat tery A of the division’s 4th Artil lery. He entered the army in 1950. The lieutenant is a graduate of Newberry high school. His wife, Betty, is with him at Ft. Riley. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Dec. 1: H. J. Looney Jr., Mrs. Joe Koon, Mary Pinner Koon, Frank Stewart, Tommy Tol bert, Mrs. Lindsay Koon, Mrs. Gerald C. O’Quinn, Mrs. J. C. Pitts, Mrs. Mary Nell Boozer, Trudy Todd, Mrs. Bill Boozer, Billy Caldwell, Dawn Dickert, Mrs. Ralph Whitaker. Dec. 2: Fred Rodelsperger Clarence S. Hazel, Dave Hayes, Aubrey Harley, Rhoda Mills, Rocsa Kilgore Tarrant, Frank Wilson, James M. Longshore, Walter Pitts, Herman Glymph, Becky Lynn Andrews. Dec. 3: Mrs. Bob Molden, Lewis Shealy, Gerald Richard son, F. M. Schumpert, Mrs. J. W. Lominick, Broadus Lips comb, Danny Eargle, Lunelle Ruff, E. Dusty Westwood, Bud dy Kinard. Dec. 4: Tom M. Fellers* Mrs. Guy Bowers, Faye McCullough, Patricia Kelly, Andy Price, Mrs. A. D. Martin, Mrs. J. E. Kinard, Sandra Amick, J. Ed. McConnell, Mrs. B. W. Beden- baugh. Dec. 5: Will R. Reid Jr., L. D. Nichols, Mary Jean Boinest, Mrs. Lula T. Boinest, Anne Ringer, Mrs. W. D. Shealy, Terry Shaver, Blanche Glymph, Lucile Glymph, Kibler Bowers, O. S. Goree, Stuart Whitener. Dec. 6: Earl Bigby, Mrs. Chas. Ragland, Rickie O. Chapman, Prof. Scott Elliott, Mrs. Chas. Cromer, Bill Scurry, Betty May Eargle, Mrs. R. T. Feagle, Mary Pope, Manning Dukes, Robert Shealy, Jr., R. Brice Waters. Dec. 7: Leon Taylor Jr., Mrs. Nellie Browning, Geneva Half- acre, Mrs. Bessie B. Boozer, Angus Senn, Mrs. William E. Senn, Mrs. Ervin Marchant, George Luther Long. Yule Parade Is Next Wednesday Decorations have been hung on the streets, and stores are taking on the festive dress of the Yule season as Newberry prepares for its 1963 Christmas parade, which will be held next Wednesday af ternoon beginning at 4 p.m. The Newberry Civitan club is sponsoring the parade, under the chairmanship of Prof. F. Scott Elliott, Sr., assisted by co-chair man Earl S. Cobb. The parade will assemble in the vicinty of Main and Amelia streets and ot four o’clock begin its route down Main street as the custom ary thousands line the streets to welcome Santa Claus to the city. Bobby Summer has ben named by the Civitans to serve as Chief parade marshall. Other marshalls include Cliff Pack, Ben Bickley, Joe Fanning, Jake Fulmer, and Eddie Graham. Other Civitans named to posts of .esponsibility for the parade ac tivities include Lewis Shealy, fin ance chairman and treasurer; Max Bell, bands; Jim Price, beauty queens; David Roach, Judges and luncheon chairman; Ray Gilliam, publicity; Frank Ward, chief float chairman; George L. Olson, com mercial floats; Steve Floyd, school floats; Paul Whitaker, church floats; Ed Young, decorat ed autos; John Werts, tractors and drivers; Bill Ringer, converti bles; Adrian Summer, pictures; F. Scott Elliott Jr., flowers, Dray ton Minick, color guard; Furman Garner, official cars; Bobby Sligh, signs; Paul Whitaker, Judges stand; John Eargle, traffic; E. F. McCutcheon, master of ceremon ies; John Earl Smith, honored guests; Joe Bishop, Santa Claus, James Bishop, majorettes; James Black, loudspeaker; Virgil Adams, prizes. “The parade this year will have a religious Christmas theme,” Prof. Elliott said. “All organiza tions are asked to follow this line as closely as possible.” State Shooters ToMeet Here In July of this year at the State Skeet Championship Shoot, a State Skeet Shooters Associa tion was formed with John Can- tey of Columbia elected president, Doyle Long of Newberry vice- president, and George Young of Parris Island, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Cantey has called an open meeting of the Association to be held Sunday, December 1 at 3 p.m. at the Newberry Gun Club. This will be the first meeting of the organization and all skeet shoot ers are invited and urged to be present. It will be a very impor tant meeting. The Newberry Gun Club is proud that it was selected to host this meeting, said Doyle Long, who stated that both fields will be open for shooting. A number of j skeet enthusiasts from through-1 out the state are expected to be present. The Monday night shoot at the local field saw Wyman Cook and Henry Sowell battle it out with Wyman edging Henry by one tar get: Cook 46x50 and Sowell 45x50. Mrs. Weaver Dies Suddenly Mrs. Hester Cline Weaver, 69, wife of W. C. Weaver, died sud denly Sunday at her home, Route 1, Newberry. A native of Catawba county, N. C., daughter of the late Sanford and Lula Irving Cline, she had lived here 46 years and was a member of the ARP church. Surviving in addition to her husband are one daughter, Mrs. S. W. Brown Jr. of Newberry; one sister, Mrs. Horace Heep of Con nellys Springs, N. C. and four grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at the home by Dr. P. L. Grier. Burial was in Rusemont cemetery. Billy Odell had 40x50. Billy finds day shooting easier than night; he recently broke 48x50 in day time. Other shooters: Walter Cou sins, 42x50; John Epps, 42x50; Charlie Epps, 24x25; Eugene Wicker, 32x50; Jack Sessoms, 16x 25. Newcomers shooting were Ro bert Hawkins, Ross Sessoms, Jas. Hill and Harold Smaltz. Plans Made For Holiday House Arrangements are being com pleted for the Holiday House be ing sponsored by the Council of Newberry Garden clubs, according to Mrs. W. Roy Anderson, Coun cil president, and Mrs. L. Hart Jordan, Holiday House chairman. The event will be held this year at the home of President and Mrs. A. G. D. Wiles at Newberry College, between the hours of two to six, and seven to nine P. M. The public is cordially invited to view the Christmas decoration suggestions and ideas. A contribu tion of $1 will be accepted to de fray expenses. Members of all garden clubs in the Council are undertaking various portions of the decora tions in the Wiles home and it is expected that many novel and lovely ideas for decorating a home for Christmas may be seen. The refreshment period will be held in historic Smeltzer hall, which will be decorated for the oc casion by the Dean of Women, Miss Hattie Belle Lester, and a group of college faculty wives. Christmas punch and cookies will be served, according to Mrs. An derson and Mrs. Jordan. The squirrel hunting excursion of two high school classmates and close friends ended near their homes near Whitmire on Monday morning with the accidental death , of Terry Paul McCarley, 17, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Piester McCar ley. Newberry county coroner George Summer ruled the death acciden tal, and said that no inquest will be necessary. Officers said the McCarley boy and his friend, Arthur Welling, 16, were hunting in woods not far from the home of Welling’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Leland Welling near Whitmire about 9 ;30 A. M. when the Welling boy thought he saw a wild turkey. He was armed with a .22 calibre, scope-sighted rifle. Officers said the boy fired once and apparently missed the target. The McCarley youth, officers said, stepped around and in front of his companion just as the Wel ling youth fired a second time. The bullet struck the McCarley youth in the back of the head. He apparently died instantly. Terry was the only son of Mrs. McCarley and the late Paul B. McCarley. He and his hunting companion, who will be a pall bearer, were 11th grade class mates at Whitmire high school. The victim was a member of St. Timothy’s Lutheran church. He is also survived by his mater nal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Suber of Pomaria. Funeral services were conducted at 4 P. M. Tuesday at St. Tim othy’s church by Rev. N. D. Yount. Burial was in the Whitmire ceme tery. Pallbearers were Arthur Well ing, Frankie Setzler, Joey Simp son, Scott Riser, Johnny Ward- law, Billy Lyn Walker, Albert Byrd and Reggie Funderburke. SPECIAL SERVICE AT SALUDA CHURCH A traditional Thanksgiving day service will be held in all Christ ian Science churches on Thursday (today) November 28. In Saluda, the service will begin at 10:30 A. M. in the Christian Science Soc iety Rooms located at 105 West Church street. A Bible lesson on “Thanksgiv ing” will be read. The service will also include hymns, prayer and a special period during which mem bers in the congregation may stand up and express their thanks. There will be a Christian Sci ence Thanksgiving service broad cast over WKDK at 6:45 P. M. Wednesday, November 27 entitled “Thanksgiving For What?” School Band To In Mardi Gras Events * $ Kibler Dies William H. (Babe) Kibler, 68, died early Sunday morning in a hospital in Chester, Penn. He was injured in a fall several weeks ago. Mr. Kibler was bom and reared in Newberry County and was the son of the late William B. and Ida Seybt Kibler. He retired several years ago and was making his home in Chester at the time of his death. He was formerly a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church near Pomaria. Mr. Kibler is survived by two brothers, Edgar D. Kibler, Colum bia, and Harry O. Kibler, Pros perity; one sister, Mrs. D. U. (Eunice) Berley, Newberry, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church with Rev. Harry Grout conducting the service. Interment followed in the church cemetery. The Newberry High School Band will travel to New Orleans in February 1964 to take part in Mardi Gras festivities. This an nouncement was made this week by Miss Lorraine Paris, director of Newberry school bands. Earlier this fall, the Newberry High School Marching Band re ceived an invitation from the band chairman for parades of the 1964 Mardi Gras. With the approval of the school administration, the ad visory board of trustees and the Band Parents organization, the band has accepted the invitation. Current plans call for the group to leave Newberry on February 7 at 4:30 a.m., arriving in New Orleans that night. The band will participate in two parades, Krewe of Proteus and Krewe of Comus. Both parades will begin at 6:30 p.m., winding through the streets of New Or leans, ending at the Municipal building. The local group will have an opportunity to view the fabulous Rex parade to be held on Tues- ! day, February 11, Mardi Gras day. | There will be time for sightseeing j and visiting places of historic in- j terest during the trip. Undertaking this extensive trip will require funds, Miss Paris said but stated that the band is not making a public appeal to the cit izens of Newberry for donations to finance the trip. Some public spirited citizens have contacted Miss Paris and have expressed a desire to make a monetary contribution to the success of the trip. Miss Paris, on behalf of the band, expressed her gratitude for these contributions. Band members themselves, and their parents, will do most of the work to secure funds. The major ity of the funds will come from two annual fund-raising projects, the concession booth at Newberry County Fair, and a chicken barbe cue which will be held on Friday, December 6 at Newberry High Members of the band parents organization are making final plans for the barbecue and band members have been busy selling tickets for this event. Those who may not have been contacted to buy tickets may secure them by calling John L. Epps, president, or Frank Armfield Jr., vice presi dent of the band parents organi zation; the Newberry high school office, Miss Paris or any member of the Newberry school bands. The Band Parents organization urges the citizens of "he city to help make the drive for funds suc cessful by purchasing barbecue tickets or, if they desire, making a monetary contribution to help finance the trip to New Orleans.