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Time was when it was only Wash ingtons face that was on our money. Now i'st Washington's hands on it as well. A Pretty Girl is like a Melody — After you marry her you have to face the music. VOLUME NO. 27—NO. 34 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1963 ♦ $2.00 Per Year By The Way - By DORIS A. SANDERS HARD TO KEEI* At this time of year, I find it hard to keep my waistline down to a measurement suitable to my clothes. With so many parties go ing on, and the press usually beinp invited to a large number of them —well, it’s just difficult NOT to eat that delicious food. I believe it was Dr. Wilson, pres ident of the State Medical Asso ciation, speaking at the luncheon of the Executive Board of the State Medical Auxiliary here a few months ago, who said he had heard of Newberry’s reputation for serving delicious food and plenty of it. That reputation is well deserved. At every function I have attended in Newberry coun ty—and that would number a great many—the food was well prepared and always more than one could eat. This is leading up to mention of the banquet last Wednesday night of the Prosperity Community Chamber of Commerce. Now those folks really believe in setting a plentiful table. The turkey-with- all-the-trimmings dinner was top ped with a big slice of coconut pie and plenty of good, hot coffee. We thoroughly enjoyed dinner and the program and thank the good people of Prosperity for including us in their evening of fellowship. Barely had I managed to forego enough calories to compensate for that delicious feast when there came an invitation to partake of a meal with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, IbSrd Art illery Group, one of our local Nat ional Guard units, during their drill the past weekend. I had my choice of steak Saturday night, or barbecued chicken Sunday. I chose the latter. I’ll tell you something about these weekend drills. The men are not deprived of religious services on Sunday as some Baptist min isters seem to think. Their Chap lain, Rev. Fulmer, had charge of the service Sunday past, and at each Sunday drill there are reli gious services. And as for “impos ing” on the men—if getting paid for 32 hours work while only put ting in 16 hours could be called imposing—they’re certainly well- fed in the process. As I mentioned before, the officers chip in to sup plement the Army food allowance so all the men have T-bone steaks for supper on drill nights. And certainly no one could wish for a better meal than we had Sun day. Several of the men from Group headquarters double as cooks during weekend drills, and they are good cooks. In addition to barbecued chicken—cooked that morning—we had rice, hash, slaw, rolls, cherry or apple pie and coff ee. This was the first chance I had had to meet the new commanding officer of the 163rd Group, Col. Lew Hoyt of Columbia. He im presses me as an efficient admin istrator who is very interested in the welfare of the men under his command. The wekend drill was the last of this calendar year for the Group and I thought the “Christmas Greetings” Col. Hoyt issued were most appropriate. I quote his mesasge, addressed to all com manders, here: “As we approach the end of this year and the Christmas season, I wish to take this opportunity to express my appreciation for what you and your men have done for the Guard. I wish also to thank the wives, children and families for their patience, cooperation and understanding, while you men en deavor to serve your country. It must always be understood that it takes people like you to ensure our freedom and the preservation of the union. “To each of you, your wives, children and families, I wish the most Joyous Christmas and the happiest of New Years. May you continue to be happy in the land of the free.” D<> you know how many doctors in this town openly supported Bill Workman? To my knowledge only one. Others supported him finan cially, some even “politicked” when they knew chey were on safe ground. But doctors here in New berry were head to say “Why, I’d lost most of my patients if I op enly supported Workman.” They don’t want government control, but they put the burden of fighting it on someone el.-e. This is by r.o means the only example. I could ^o up and down Main street and name merchant after merchant who said tin* same thing. I mention this now as a local application of what FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had to say in a recent letter to all Law Enforce ment officials: “Morality is one preplexing and pro-blems facing Why ? Primarily of the more controversial our Nation, it is because of individual and collective mo ral cowardice on the part of on- society. We do not have t courage to stand in conflict will, the mad rush for material wealth, indulgence and social prestige. We are condoners and appeasers of a practice which we distrust and disapprove but which we will not overtly op pose. “The lack of morality and in tegrity stems from a false sense of values. Many persons are so preoccupied with selfishness and greed they no longer know— nor care for that matter—where honor stops and dishonor com mences. Others are simply con fused. Rationalization and dou ble standards have so clouded some moral principles that right and wrong are no longer clearly distinguishable.” President-Elect Gordon Leslie looks on as his wife opens a Christmas present at the Exchange Club’s annual Christ mas party held Tuesday night at the Club Home on Lake Murray. Exchangites, their wives and guests enjoyed a de licious dinner, games, and Christmas presents. (Sunphoto). Tax Increase Voted Down A referendum proposing a two- mill tax increase was defeated here Tuesday when residents also reelected six officials in a general election. The proposal to increase taxes was defeated 75 to 40. Town offi cials said the estimated $500 reve nue from the increase would have peen earmarked for the Prosperity Cemetery Association. In the election for a mayor, four councilmen and a clerk-treasurer, the incumbents were reelected without opposition. Mayor J. A. Williams, a retired government of ficial, is completing his sixth year in 'Tfice. Councilmen are Walter Hamm, Brooks Epting, Hunter Fellers and James Mills. Annie R. Hun ter is clerk-treasurer. ' The incumbents were declared Democratic party nominees when they drew no opposition for a primary that had been scheduled in November. Prosperity changed the tenure of office from one to two-year I terms in 1960. <0% & i m n in. mmi j m if f V a. , : \ x-. 'X-.. S-' .*. V. '■’•.s .' Council Passes Zone Control Ordinance High Praise For Safety Belts By Mrs. A. H. Counts Major and Mrs. Charles Axp of Charleston Air Force Base felt Tuesday they were $saved from serious injuries by the use of safe- 1 ty belts when their station wagon was struck by a Columbia-Newbor- ry and Laurens freight train at a crossing four miles east of Pros perity early Tuesday afternoon. The couple had left Highway I- 1 26 and was approaching the cross ing when Major Axp attempted to stop the car and it rolled across the tracks and was ^ruck by the train. Highway Patrolman D. E. Ab rams said the couple felt that the safety belts helped to prevent ser ious injuiy. Mrs. Axp received minor injuries and was treated at Mills Clinic in Prosperity. Major Axp has had 21 years in service. They are originally from New Jersey and were coming to Prosperity on business. Mrs. L. G. McCullough will leave on December 15 for Hartsville to spend Christmas holidays and the New Year day with her son and daughter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Joe Henry McCullough and family. City Council Tuesday night passed on third reading a zoning ordinance which is the first step towai d a long-range development plan here. The zoning ordinance provides for 10 zoning districts, to be broken up Into four areas of development — residential, busi ness. industrial and exclusive manufacturing. This is the first such zoning regulation adopted by the city. A board of zoning adjustment will be appointed by council to handle individual problems arising from the regulation. The zoning plan was submitted to council by the City Planning Commission and Charles H. Davis, consulting en gineer from Hickory, N. C. Davis said the planning com mission will continue to function, recommending changes in the or dinance as the city grows. The engineer said no existing uses and buildings will be changed by pass age of the ordinance. As new uses of land and buildings come into being, they will be regulated by the zoning code, he said. City Manager Kenneth Riebe said a request from residents of a block at the intersection of •Boundary and College streets, asking that the whole block be zoned central business, will be referred to the planning commiss ion for recommendation to council. Davis said making the whole block central business will require off-street parking with any new developments. In other action, council voted to use the 1963 business license ordinance for 1964. Riebe asked that the ordinance be passed subject to revision. He said it is possible that the section of the ordinance pertaining to build ing permits may need to be chang ed after he meets with local con tractors and developers in Janu ary. Council agreed and Alderman Jimmy Davenport asked that Mr. Riebe investigate the possibility of setting a license fee for room ing houses. The ordinance now has only a provision for boarding houses. OF MORALITY e and again, I have seen it n in Newberry—this busi- f “I’m with you all the way, ►n’t mention my name.” And ot? “Well, just think of the ss I would lose if my views cnown.” t, in a nutshell, is the ans- o what’s wrong with this y today. People are afraid r what they think for fear ng a dollar. m example, the medical pro- i has been vigorously op- the social security medical iown as “Medicare.” Sen. ohnston was on record as ig it—Bill Workman oppos- Mrs. Cromer Dies In Williamston Mrs. Frances Hentz Cromer, 83, widow of the late John Thomas Cromer of Williamston died Mon day morning at the Williamston hospital. Mrs. Cromer was born and rear ed in the Broad River section of the county, a daughter of the late Thomas Middleton and Frances Haynie Ruff Hentz .She had made her home in Newberry for more than 52 years, where she was a member of Central Methodist church. For the past four years she had made her home with her daughter in Williamston. She is survived by one son, Claude H. Cromer of Columbia; two daughters, Miss Bonnelle Cro mer of Williamston and Mrs. H. J. Touchberry of Summerton. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at McSwain Funeral home by Rev. O. L. Hardwick and Rev. Ware Madden. Burial was in Rosemont cemetery. To Head State Lutheran Men Philip T. Kelly Jr., Dean of Men and Alumni Secretary of Newber ry College, has added another title to his list of accomplishments. Last week, he was elected presi dent of the Lutheran Church Men of the Synod of South Carolina during a convention held in Char leston. Mr. Kelly has been at Newberry college since 1941. Prior to that time, he was principal, coach and mathematics teacher as Hillcrest high school in Sumter county. Born in Charleston, Mr. Kelly was educated in the schools of that city. He received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Newberry and Master of Arts degree from Duke university. In add:'ion to his present posi tions at the college Mr. Kelly has also served as instructor in math ematics and education, and as registrar Mr. Kelly has long been an ac tive worker in the Lutheran Bro therhood, having served in many different capacities. He. also has served as chairman a number of community charity services, has been active in PTA work and is a faithful member of the Newberry Rotary club. Mr. Kelly’s wife is the former Margaret Fuller of Alabama, who is president-elect of the South Carolina Education Association. They have three children, Marg aret, Katherine and Philip III. Among those enjoyin gthe Prosperity Community Chamber of Commerce banquet last Wednesday night were, from left, Herbert Setlow of Orange, Conn., owner of Old School Manufacturing Co.; Earle Bedenbaugh, president of the Chamber; Watson Dorn attor ney of Greenwood who was guest speaker; Mrs. Bryan Dorn of Greenwood, whose hus band, Congressman Dora was to be speaker, but was unable to attend; and Jacob Bow ers, Master of Ceremonies. (Sunphoto) Prosperity Speaker Warns Nation May Lose Freedom Department Is Approved Newberry College’s new Socio logy dpeartment has been approv ed by the National Council on Social work. This approval, coming after a study of the College sociology curriculum and catalog, makes Newberry the fifth college in the two Carolinas that holds such approval. Dr. Gladys Inez Seagle who came to Newberry at the beginn ing of the 1963-64 term is head of the department. The beauty of these hand- painted pieces of china cannot be shown in a black and w'hite pho tograph, but they may be seen by interested persons at the home of Miss Juanita Hitt this Friday afternoon. Those who know “Miss Juani ta” and the enormous amount of work she does directing the mu sic choruses of the city schools, wonder that she would have time for anything else. About a year ago, however, she did find time to take up this hobby—hand painting fine Bavarian China. Miss Hitt buys plain white Ba varian pieces and paints them in whatever pattern she likes, first mixing her own paints which are made of ground glass. Once painted, they are baked in a kiln at least three, sometimes as many as seven times, with touch- up painting done" between bak ings. Also between bakings, the pieces must be sanded and pol ished to achieve a smoothness and brilliance of color where de sired. Many of these pieces which have been done by Miss Hitt dur ing the past year are to be sent out of town as Christmas gifts, and this will be done after Fri day. Miss Hitt cordially invites anyone who wishes to come by and see the china at her home on Nance street Friday afternoon. (Sunphoto) Baker Low On Highway Bid Truck weighing stations to serve east and west bound traffic lanes on Interstate 26 near the Newberry-Richland county lines will be constructed under a con tract awarded W. E. Baker and Sons, Whitmire, based on the firm’s low bid of $37,438 to do the work, Chief Highway Commission er Silas N. Pearman announces. Truck weighing station number one is located in Newberry county on the eastbound lane about one mile west of S. C. No. 773. Sta tion number two is located in Richland county on the westbound lane about one mile east of Road 405. Heller Named Lodge Master Amity Lodge No. 87 AFM elect ed the following officers for 1964 at a regular communication, Dec ember 2: G. William Heller ,Jr., Worshipful Master; James D. Per ry, senior warden; R. Melvin At- taway, junior warden; Joseph M. Hove, treasurer; and Prof. F. Scott Elliott, Sr., secretary. Appointive offices for the com ing year include Rev. James R. McKittrick, chaplain; Clarence A. Shealy, Jr., senior deacon; John J. Stribble, junior deacon; Jimmy B. Davenport, steward; Vernon D. Force, steward; and James E. Nichols tiler. Following their election and ap pointment, these officers were in stalled by Worshipful Master Jeter W. Young, Past Master Wm. E. VaValley and Past Master Geo. W. Heller, Sr, These 1964 officers will take over the duties of their new posts on St. John’s day, Dec. 27. Mrs. Edwards, 33 Died Friday Mrs. Sybil Edwards, 33, of New berry, died Friday at the Medical College Hospital in Charleston. She was born in Branchville, a daughter of Mrs. Annie Mae War ren and the late Raymond M. War ren and had lived in Newberry for the past 13 years. Funeral services wers conducted Sunday from the Ott Funeral home. Burial was in the Ott cem etery, Branchville. Surviving are her husband, J. L. Edwards; three sons, John Warren, John L. Jr., and John Madison Edwards of Newberry; her mother and a sister, both of Branchville, and a brother Wm. Warren of Charleston. The traoitions of a great ration, and tho threat of Communism were emphasized by Watson Dorn of Greenwood, speaking last Wed nesday night at the Prosperity Community Chamber of Com merce annual banquet. Mr. Dorn was substitute speaker for his bro ther, Congressman Bryan Dorn, who was unable to leave Wash ington because a vote was being taken on the Cooley Cotton bill. Mr. Dorn prefaced hi= sneech by tracing the Republic from its be ginning and throughout the years. ’’Remembering the great tradi tions of the past” he said “we must rededicate ourselves to the responsibilities of citizenship to protect our birthright of liberty and freedom.” Portions of Mr. Dorn’s speech continue: “Recent tragic events caused people to stop for a moment to think of America . . . about the Holiday House By Mrs. A. H. Counts “Holiday House”—the home of Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, president of Newberry college and Mrs. Wiles on the campus was the focal point for the visit here Friday of several hundred men and women who came to see this home which was decorated for the occasion by the Council of Newberry Garden clubs. From the decorated lamp posts, windows with balsam wreaths, white iron railings laced with pine garlands, and red satin velvet bows indicated the welcome ex pressed for this colonial-type home surrounded by tall pine trees. The house was simply, but beau tifully decorated. In the entrance hall a table topped with a large mirror held an attractive gold ar rangement. It was here that the guests were greeted by Mrs. W. Roy Anderson, president of the Council of Newberry Garden clubs. Mrs. A. G. D. Wiles, Mrs. Dewey Johnson of Greenwood, State Gar den club president, and Mrs. L. Hart Jordan, holiday house chair man. Guests registered as they en tered the living room, then viewed its arrangements which consisted of a large white frosted candle with gold poinsettias and arbor- vitae on the console. An arrange ment of white carnations decorat ed the coffee table, a lighted an tique candelabra in a setting of gold stood on the piano. Elsewhere were arrangements of handmade red velvet poinsettia with madon nas and backgrounds of balsam and an arrangement in a silver bowl of green balls. The dining room table over laid with a cut work embroidery linen cloth held an arrangement of white Friji chrysanthemums and bold metallic leaves mount ed over a base of greens. On either side of the arrangement were gold bands of ribbon which ran the length of the table and were finished at the end with (Continued on Page 2) welfare of this nation and how it might be preserved . . . and to re solve anew that it shall not be destroyed. “Knowledge of, and participa tion in government is necessary to the success of a democracy. When people are not informed . . . then they are not educated to the values of freedom and liberty . . . when they are too indifferent . . . then history has taught us such a democracy falls into the hands of despots or dictators. “Though we seek to preserve and perpetuate the greatest coun try in the world today, we give it scarcely any time and are scarcely aware of great dangers which might well take it from us and destroy it eventually.” Turning to the threat of Com munism, the speaker noted that Communism controls one-third of the world today, and has infiltrat ed and influenced the remainder of the world. “It is time for those who believe in freedom to take a t stand, ”he said. He listed as the five beliefs of Communism: There is no God; man is not a spiritual being; pro- telarian utility constitutes the moral code—“only what serves the State is moral”;—all religions are false and harmful; the capitalist State must be destroyed. Khrushchev, the butcher of the Ukraine, tries to do business with the Christian world,” said Mr. Dorn, “and I’m afraid we’re do ing business with him ... We have apparently completely failed and refused to understand that we can’t deal in faith with Commun- • J J ism. Aims which the Communists propose to accomplish, according to the speaker, include agitation of the social order; agitation of class warfare; agitation of race hatred and warfare; pitting labor against capital; destroying respect for authority; stirring up hatred, rebellion and violence. “Can you see how that is being done in our time, today?” he asked. “They have not changed—their goals are the same. Their first goal is the destruction of the United States of America. It is time for every American citizen to pledge anew to preserve and perpetuate this nation— that this nation under God shall not be destroyed, and that the torch of liberty and free dom shall be passed from us to our children,” the speaker con cluded. Jacob A. Bowers was Master of Ceremonies at the banquet, which was held in the cafeteria of Mid- Carolina high school. The invoca tion was led by Dr. H. S. Petrea, retired Lutheran minister of Pros perity. Dr. W. L. Mills introduced special guests, and the speaker was introduced by Earle J. Beden baugh, president of the Prosperity Chamber. At the conclusion of Mr. Dorn’s speech, Herbert D. Setlow of Con necticut, owner of Old School Man ufacturing company, made a few remarks. He briefly explained the Cooley cotton bill designed to aid the textile industry, then reviewed his company’s operations in South Carolina, noting a payroll of over a million dollars a year, half of which is paid in Prosperity. Com menting that Old School manufac turing company had started out with 35 employees, he said three additions have been made and 180 are now employed there. In ans wer to a query as to whether fur ther expansion is planned, Mr. Setlow said “First we have to consolidate a few mortgages” then reported that he had a telegram from the Prosperity plant which stated “This is not Ci pe Canaveral —but what are you going to do about the space problem?” Mr. Setlow said people in the North and East generally feel that industry comes to South Carolina looking for low-wage workers. “People come to South Carolina seeking something of more value than low wages,” he stated. “Peo ple here still feel that they want to do a honest day’s work for a day’s pay. This area can compete with the rest of the country by producing so much better.” During the dinner, organ muric was furnished by Jimmy Blair of the Robert Havens Piano Co., of Columbia. The evening was concluded with prayer by Dr. Ben M. Clark, pas tor of Grace Lutheran church at Prosperity. Officers of the Prosperity Com munity Chamber of Commerce, in addition to Mr. Bedenbaugh, are Edward W. Counts, vice-presid ent; Ralph B.Black, treasurer and Asbury Bedenbaugh, secretary. Directors are B. C. Bedenbaugh, Earle J. Bedenbaugh, Robt. Beden baugh, Jacob A. Bowers, David Wyman Cook, Edward W. Counts, G. W. Dawkins, H. L. Fellers, L. C. Hawkins, Glenn Hamm, W. H. Leaphart Sr., and Dr. C. K. Wheeler, Sr. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Dec. 15: Thomas E. Wicker, Mrs. G. W. Shealy, Bobby Wick er, Joan Dominick Bartlett, Mrs. C. J. Alexander, Mrs. J. E. Senn, Mrs. R. E. Johnson, Kath erine Sease, Frances Beden baugh, Amelia Ann Martin, Jan ie Buzhardt, Leslie Brooks, Suz anne Gray. Dec. 16: Mrs. R. Aubrey Har ley, Mrs. D. L. Nance, Mrs. Albert Ringer, Mrs. L. E. Wood, Marion Wiggins, Rosemary Dowd, Mrs. Moriet Nichols Dom inick, Clyde Richardson, Jenny Ryan Graham, Bobby Green Mrs. F. R. Higgins, Davey Ic- ard Jr., Kate H. Forbis. Dec. 17: Jack Workman, Billy Clary, Mrs. Maggie Hartley, Betty Page, Pete Parrott, A. F. Bush, Richard Cooper, Mrs. D. B. Sease, Judy Lynn MacBeth. Dec. 18: Miss Lucy Epps, Cor- rie Crumpton, Joan Louise Dom inick, Walter James Joye, Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, Marion Ear- gle, Lorena Lancaster,, George Hiller, Jr., J. N. Nicosia, Wil liam Heller, Ada Cromer, Gene Sowell, Lamar Sanders, W. N. Henderson. Dec. 19: Betty Jo Livingston, Mrs. R. C. Neel, Sr., Mrs. A. N. Crosson Jr., Judith Mills, Mrs. Cleave Stoudemire, A. D. Mar tin, Mike Hite, S. R. Amick. Dec. 20: Mrs. Paul H. Long, Wallace Ruff, Sandy Fret well. Dec. 21: Mrs. E. B. Purcell, Thomas James Crooks, Derrill Darby, W. E. Spearman, R. E. Hanna.