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If a man has anything in him, travel will bring it out . . . especially ocean travel. titi Barber: "Was your tie red when you came in ?" Shave customer: No." Ba r oer: "Gosh!" VOLUME 27; NUMBER 38. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1964 $2.00 Per Year Bj'The-Way By DORIS A. SANDERS MARCH OF DIMES What is more pitiful than a child born with some crippling defect ? What is more worthwhile than a cause whose purpose is to prevent and to find cures for the 600 kinds of environmental and hereditary defects of the central nervous sys tem and the skeletal structure which are known to exist? Tnese questions, and their ob vious answers, are most pertinent now. For, during January, The National Foundation — March of Dimes—is conducting its annual drive for funds. The organization is still concemed with the polio problem which w'as the reason for its creation. But now, due to the wonders of the vaccines, that prob lem has been largely solved. So the emphasis has been shifted to birth defects—and its overall phil osophy is found in the telling phrase "Human Rescue.” What do your dimes buy? Tne list is impressive. For one thing, they help to pay for research and special treatment centers, 70 in number, which are located in more than 60 of the nation s 85 medical schools — some of the schools have two. For another, the Salk Institute for Biological Stud ies was recently opened in San Diego and is in the process of completion. For a third, there is a very real hope that research and experiment will, perhaps fairly soon, produce an omnibus vaccine that will protect against all the viruses To give one more statistic, there are 11 million cases of arthritis and rheumatism, crippling and ag onizing, among the people of this country. And your dimes go to help fight this scourge. So. during the March of Dimes campaign sponsored in Newberry' county by the Newberry Jaycees, give your dimes—give them, if you can, by the handful. own city, county and state? A human life is a human life, whether is happens to occupy the White House of the lowliest hovel, anl all of this tommyrot about a collective guilt because a vast part I of the American public did not a- i gree with John F. Kennedy’s pol- | icies is absurd. Several U. S. Senators have recognized this propaganda fot what it is—an effort to still any 1 opposition to the administration’s i legislative program, and they have 1 spoken out on the floor of the j Senate. Among them is Senator Thurston B. Morton of Kentucky. Following are excerpts f r o m Senator Morton’s speech to the F. S. Senate on December 12, 1963: “America stands accused today, by many critics, of sms of bigotry, hatred and fanaticism in connec tion with the vile act that struck down President Kennedy. These accusations must find a strong answer. Sorrow cannot excuse, nor tears blind us to the real need of our Nation when its integrity and the fibre of its people are under j unjust ossault. “America stands also in peril of seeing its tmagic moment cynically | and unthinkingly twisted into a j time when honest dissent could be ; stilled by unworthy and unfeeling j statements, w r hen undefined doubts ! | could siience the need to question, ; when misplaced guilt could halt the quest for responsible answers : Ralph Watkins, director of Newberry County Schools, was elect ed president of the Newberry Kiwanis Club last Thursday. He is shown in center with J. V. Kneece, left, vice-president; and Bobby Underwood, secretary-treasurer. (Photo by Nichols.) State Orchid Growers Meet Here Sunday WHO IS GUILTY? Just before the news Tuesday morning, the master of ceremon ies of a TV show displayed a “comic strip” which, in his opinion offered food for thought. Indeed it did, but I don’t believe the thought HE had in mind was the same as I have—and the more I think of it, the less I like it. The strip, which was not very comic, showed a young girl read ing a fairy tale. The story related that once upon a time there was a young prince, and the people in his country didn’t talk much. Fin ally a few began to stir and talk and the noise they made awakened others and there was great debate throughout the land. Then the young prince was killed and things got quiet again, and it was hoped there would be no more noise (de bate) because the country didn’t want any more princes killed. In other words, if a young prince wants to turn this country over to a Communist dictator, you just be quiet, because if you raise your voice in protest, a young prince might be killed. THIS is the sort of propaganda that is going out over our air lanes, and it is sickening. News- papers and magazines are as bad. This happened Tuesday morning. When I read the speech Sen. Barry Goldwater made Tuesday night, I wondered if perhaps he had seen the thing too. Whether he did or not, he gave the perfect answer: “And mark this well—the day we permit anyone to equate pro test with hate we will set the stage for one-party tyranny and the end of open debate. To any one who says that honest oppo sition breeds hatred, I say you lie—thrtt you pervert the very basis of our government. A local lawyer was speaking to a youth group in Newberry, short ly after the President’s assassina tion, and he found that the news media had done a thorough job of brainwashing the young stu dents. Although there is little or no doubt that the President’s murder was at the hands of a self-avowed Marxist, these young students had been actually made to feel that they somehow had a part in the guilt and they were surprised to find that, the lawyer didn’t feel the same way. “I guess they thought I was hard-hearted,” he said, “but I told them I felt much more guilty about the nine-year-old boy stand ing 1 before a judge in Newberry, because be had committed a fel- “As the lawyer said, “Murder is murder, no matter who the vic tim might be.” Do we feel guilty when we pick up the paper and read almost daily of the murders and rapes that take place in our to the future’s challenge. “We should reject, and I since rely believe that most of the peo ple of this nation do reject, the charge that it was a weakness, flaw, or bitterness of the Ameri can spirit that set the stage for the murder of our President. The murderer was not a product of our way, not of any part of our way, but of an alien way that is committed to our destruction. “And there is where the guilt must be placed, not for the sake of this Nation alone, but for the sake of all nations who live in the shadow of the same violence. “Beyond the guilt, there is the self-destructive, corrosive recrimi nation which would equate politi cal opposition with political fan aticism, or which would demand, in expiation of an imagined sin, abandonment of dissent and hon est argument. This, too must be intolerable to a people who love liberty. No honor is done the memory of a President by turning away from the very processes which make the Presidency mean ingful. “The way of America is sound. Let it not be barred or blocked by those who forget that the great business of the Nation must be threshed out in healthy discussion, in spirited debate, and in the great dialog of open dissent and open society. Those who would cry her esy at such debate today, as some seem to cry, would memoriali-.^ tyranmy, not liberty. “The business of this Congress must be carried forward by the judgment of its membership. The laws it is to consider are for the common good, and cannot be tok ens of remembrance, no matter how earnest. They must be faith ful to the lessons of yesterday, but must be fashioned for today and tomorrow. Laws cannot be mem orials to the past alone; they must be servants of the future.” Public Meeting Of Delegation The Newberry County Legisla tive Delegation will hold its an nual public meeting on Saturday morning of this week at 10:30 at the courthouse. Anyone who has problems to discuss with the dele gation is cordially invited to at tend, according to Sen. Jesse Frank Hawkins and Rep. D. P. Folk. Fairview Center Yearly Report Fail-view Center, Ridgeway, ad mitted 1368 patients during 1963, of which 980 were hospital admis sions and 388 Rehabilitation Divis ion admissions. Of the patients admitted, a to tal of 228 were women and 1140 were men. 1103 were full pay pat ients and 265 were given aid from the Fairview aid fund, which is made up of donations from United Funds, churches, groups, firms, and individuals. A total of $31,- 890.00, or about $120 per patient helped, was paid from the Fair- view Aid Fund to defray expenses of the needy. During 1963 Fairview received a total of $14,950.76 from various Community chests and United Funds: Aiken $664.16; Charleston $2,201.97; Columbia $2,364.00; Cheraw $550; Carolinas United $9,170.63. ORCHID GROUP BE ORGANIZED A meeting of orchid growers from throughout South Carolina will be held in Newberry Sunday for the purpose or organizing a South Carolina Orchid Society, ac cording to Bill Carter, local or chid grower. About 100 persons, many of them from the North Carolina and the Western North Carolina Or chid Societies, are expected to meet at the Community Hall for a covered dish lunch at noon Sun day. Following the dinner, the two North Carolina societies will assist the South Carolina group in planning an organization. Fol lowing the meeting, the group will tour the Carter and Holmes green houses. All persons interested in joining South Carolina Orchid Society are cordially invited to bring a cover ed dish and join the group for lunch and the meeting to follow. Drayton Nance Died Tuesday At Hospital Drayton Luther Nance, 65. died late Tuesday night at the New berry County Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness. Mr. Nance was born in Newber ry County, the son of Mrs. Mamie Sease Nance and the late James Drayton Nance. He first worked with the Newberry Lumber Cc’r - pany for a short time and then went with the Exchange Bank un til it closed. He then became City Clerk and Treasurer from 1936 un til 1949. Since then he had been a public accountant. He was a member of the Luth eran Church of the Redeemer, a member of the Men’s Bible Class and also a member of the Lions Club. Besides his mother, he is surviv ed by his wife, Mrs. Hulda Long shore Nance; one son, Dr. Dray ton L. Nance Jr. of North; one daughter, Mrs. John (Emma Ris er) Thomas of Aiken; two broth ers, John Nance of Newberry and J. W. Nance of Columbia; one sis ter, Mrs. Callie Boyd Parr of New berry; and five grandchildren. Funeral services will be conduct ed at 11 a.m. today (Thursday) at the Whitaker Funeral Home by Dr. Henry A. McCullough Jr. and the Rev. John McCullough. In terment will be in Rosemont Ce metery. Active pallbearers will be C. B. Parr Jr., Henry L. Parr, James Nance Parr, W. W. (Billy) Parr, John Frazier and Richard Henry Ruff. The family will be at the resi dence, 2026 Johnstone Street. Is Director Of State Chamber Pinckney N. Abrams, secretary- treasurer of State Building and Loan Association, has been named a member of the board of direc tors of the State Chamber of Commerce, representing Newber ry county. James A. Chapman, Jr., of In man and Spartanburg, was named Rev. Maxie C. Collins, Executive president of the State organiza- Mrs. Jas. Smith's Brother Dies GREENWOOD—Frank A. Glas gow, 60, owner and operator of Glasgow Printing Co. here died Wednesday at a Greenville hospi tal after two months of illness. Born in Newberry county, he was a son of the late George C. and Eunice Sligh Glasgow. He spent most of his life in Green wood where he was a vnember of South Main Street Baptist church and Lodge 91, AFM. Survivingare his wife, Mrs. Ida Pruitt Glasgow; three daughters, Mrs. Mac Mozingo of Bishopville, Mrs. A. Katopodias of Charlotte, N. C., and Miss Charlotte Glas gow of the home; five sisters, Mrs. James Smith, Sr., of Newberry; Mrs. Ed R. Haynie of Greenville; Mrs. Mary Lou Major of Green wood; Mrs. E. P. Hodge and Mrs. J. P. Lanham of Sumter; three brothers, Marcus L. of Salisbury, N. C., George C. of Greenville and Spencer L. of Greenwood. Funeral services were conducted Friday at S. Main Street Baptist church by Rev. J. W. Buckingham and Rev. Carroll Davis. Burial was in Greenwood Memorial Gar dens. Director of Fairview, Inc., which is a non-profit, tax exempt insti tution, said that effective Decem ber 1, 1963, it had become neces sary to increase the charges in all divisions due to increased living and operating costs. Hospital ad mission fee was raised from $75 to $85, and Rehabilitation Division charges from $160 per month to $200. tion at the annual meeting being held in Columbia today (Thurs day.) Among the retiring directors, who were awarded certificates of appreciation, was Walter Regnery of Newberry and Joanna. Also named to the board of di rectors was L. A. Savage, retired Kendall company vice president, representing Camden. Two-Car Wreck Fatal To One •4 One person was killed instantly and two others were injured in a two-car collision 11 miles east of Newberry on secondary road 272 at 6 p. m. Friday, according to State Highway Patrolman W. E. Hamilton. Dead was Willie Shelton, 57- year-old Negro of Rt. 1, New berry, driver of a 1956 Chevrolet. Coroner George R. Summer said Miss Eula Ellen Rawls of Whit mire, driver of a 1955 Pontiac, was taken to Newberry County Memorial Hospital, then was transferred to a Columbia hospi tal for treatment of her injuries. Admitted to the hospital with injuries apparently not serious, Coroner Summer said, was John nie Mathis, 24, Negro of Route 1, Pomaria, a passenger in the Chev rolet. Also apparently uninjured was Miss Rawls’ six-year-old nephew who was riding in her car, Pat rolman Hamilton said. The officer said the Chevrolet was headed south and the Pon tiac was traveling north when they collided on a curve. Both ve hicles were total losses, he said. Assisting ia the investigation were Patrolmen W. J. Martin and L. A. Barton. Coroner Summer said an in quest will be held. \oIunteer leaders of Girl Scout troops need professional training to enable them to carry out a suc cessful Girl Scout program. Contributions to the Girl Scout Drive help pay for this professional help. Girl Scout personnel from Congaree Council conduct regular training sessions in Newberry. One such session Tuesday was devoted to instructing leaders in the proper procedure for Investiture and Re dedication. Among those present for the Tuesday workshop were, from left, Mrs. Alan Crosson, leader of Jun ior Troop 77, Silverstreet; Mrs. M. S. Overstreet, Congaree district advisor; Mrs. C. M. Smith Jr., leader of Junior Troop 71; Miss Mary Davis, Congaree district advisor and Congaree Camp director; Mrs. Bill Armfield, troop consultant for the five Whitmire troops. Mrs. Overstreet and Miss Davis are from Columbia. (Sunphoto.) 'Girl Scout Drive Time’ Is Proclaimed By Mayor Jan. 6 March Of Dimes Coffee Parties Begin Today A day-long coffee party, to which the public is invited, will open this phase of the March of Dimes annual drive in Newberry county. The coffee is being held today (Thursday) at the home of Mrs. Billy O’Dell on the Mt. Bethel- Garmany Road, between the hours of 10:00 A. M. and 5:00 P. M. An invitation has been extended by Mrs. O’Dell to everyone in the county to drop in during the day. Coffee-parties in the county are under the sponsorship of the Jay- cee-etts, with Mrs. Mac Fennell serving as chairman. This is one of the most popular fund-raising projects during the March of Dimes campaign. . , . . ^ . Other special appeals will be a "i «> m P“s.on for others .s a Mayor Ernest H. Layton has issued a Proclamation declaring the period from now until Janu ary 18 as “Girl Scout Drive Time” in Newberry. In urging generous stfpport of the fund campaign, Mayor Lay- ton made this statement: “The philosophy underfying democracy is the foundation on which Girl Scouting is built. Help ing others, giving service when ever and wherever it is needed, working with the group toward a common goal, developing qual ities of leadership and learning to work together under another’s leadership—all this is packed in to the Girl Scout program. Through Scouting, girls lear? largest girls organization in the world; WHEREAS, these youn ; . women and the adult volunteers who help them, strive daily to fulfill the Gfri Scout Promise and Lews: to do their duty to God and fountry, and to help other people at all times; and WHEREAS, those members of our community who work with and support the Girl Scouts are among our finest citizens; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ernest H. Layton, as Mayor of the City of Newberry, do proclaim Janu ary 6-18 as “Girl Scout Drive Time” for funds to support the Girl Scouts in our community, whose theme for the campaign, as to accept responsibility, they learn * s year-round, is “Service—A to express their own views and 1 .^. cout ^ >rom ^ 8e ‘” * ca ^ ? n to allow others to express theirs, citizens to support the Girl they develop a healthy interest in Sc° u ^ s Newberry with their the world around them. “The Girl Scouts’ moral code, with its emphasis on honesty, in tegrity alertness, understanding of Support The Girl Scout^Drive Franklin Dies; Service Sunday Hiram Perry (Yank) Franklin, 58, of 522 O’Neal street, died sud denly Friday afternoon after sev eral years of declining health. Born in Newberry county, son of the late Roman and Ida Flor ence Darby Franklin, he was a city policeman here for more than 20 years until his health caused his retirement. He was a member of West End Baptist church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Minnie Boyd Shealy Franklin; three sons, Reginald of Aiken, Tony and Larry of Newberry; two brothers Marion and Lonnie, of Newberry; and a sister, Mrs. lola Templeton of Orangeburg. Funeral services were conducted Sunday at Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. Ralph Rhyne. Bur ial was in Rosemont cemetery. Active pallbearers were Gary W. Dominick, James F. Kyser, Er nest H. Layton, Ray Kibler, Jack Senn and Cecil Kinard. Serving as honorary pallbear ers were the members of New berry police department, John Henderson, C. E. Dorn, Talmadge Ellisor and C. S. King. Assisting with Hie flowers were Mrs. William Smith, Mrs. Betty Dominick, Mrs. Evelyn Kyser and Mrs. Janie Ammons. made during the month-long drive sponsored by the Newberry Jay cees. Dick Neel is serving as gen eral county chairman, and an nounces that the Mother’s March will be held as usual, with Mrs. Billy Senn serving as chairman. Others taking an active part in the campaign include Robert Coats, assistant director; Harold Folk, treasurer; Betsy Medlocl?, and Linda Hanna, teen chairmen; Bobby Long, coin collector chair man; Mrs. Gloria Nelson Scott, Negro chairman; Mrs. J. Walter Hamm, Pi'osperity area chairman; Mrs. Mildred Holliday, Newberry county chairman; Jim Feagle, road block chairman. Mrs. Bouknight Service Sunday pattern that can hardly be im proved. If much of our future lies in the hands of women fortified by such training, equipped with such skills and stimulated by such interests and motives, our com munity faces bright years ahead.” The Mayor’s Proclamation fol lows ; PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, 1963 marks the first half century of service to our country by Girl Scouts of the U. S. A.; WHEREAS, hundreds of Girl Scouts and Adult Scouts in the Newberry Neighborhood are cel ebrating this proud event along with the rest of the three and a half million members of th e dollars and thedr appreciation of the splendid program for better citizenship that the Girl Scout or ganization offers to all. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixth day of January 1964. ERNEST H. LAYTON, f Mayor BIRTHDAY GREETINGS BOUNDARY P. T. A. MEETS TONIGHT Mrs. Clara Bell Smith Bouk night, 60, wife of Claude Bouk night of 346 Crosson street, died Friday morning at the Newberry County Memorial hospital after three days’ illness. Mrs. Bouknight was born and reared in Leesville, a daughter of [ CELEBRATES HIS 90TH the late Charlie and Mattie Lever I BIRTH ANNIVERSARY The Boundary Street Parent- Teacher Association will meet tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock in the cafetorium. All committee chairmen are asked to be present for an executive council meeting at 7:30. Smith. She had made her home in Newberry for many years and was a member of Mayer Memorial Lutheran church. Mrs. Bouknight is survived by her husband; four sons, Virgil C. Bouknight, Caroll L. Bouknight, C. Gilbert and Ira F. Bouknight, all of Newberry; five daughters, Mrs. Charles Putman of Boston, Mass., Mrs. Otis Martin, Clinton, Miss Frances Bouknight, New berry, Mrs. Russell M. Blake, Un ion and Miss Kathleen Bouknight, Newberry; one sister, Mrs. B. T. Conner, Greenwood. Funeral services were conducted Sunday at Mayer Memorial by Dr. Clarence K. Derrick and Rev. M. B. Fryga. Burial was in the West End cemetery. D. E. Schumpert of Conway, for merly of Newberry, celebrated his 90th birth anniversary Wednes day, January 8. His many friends wish for him future years of health and happiness. SPEERS PTA TO HAVE SUPPER The Speers Street P.T.A. will sponsor a pancake and sausage supper Friday night, January 17 at the school cafetorium from six until eight o’clock. Proceeds will be used for various school projects. Anyone desiring tickets may call 276-3337, or contact Mrs. Mary Beck at Radio Station WKDK. Jan. 12: Mrs. J. E. Stokes, Mary Willis, Linda Hawkins, Margaret Doolittle, Jerry Satterwhite, Mrs. M. P. Derrick, Marsha Minick, D. Paul Folk, III, Edward Raff. Jan. 13; Steve North, Mrs. An- drena Oswald, Henry Livingston, Mrs. J. G. Long, T. D. Pitts, Jack Hughes, Henry W. Shealy, Mrs. II.''das Boozer, Mrs. Gerald Rich ardson, Marion Crooks, Brenda Bess Graham, David Flo d. Jan. 14: Paul B. Ezell, Mable Hiller Slaton, Mrs. Jas. Brown, Richard I. McWhirter, Mrs. Don ald White, Frances E. Sims, Jos eph W. Hipp, Nathline Knight, Richard Henry Ruff, Claudia S. Hinson, Harvey M. Jordan, Lewis Lipscomb, Jr., Alice R. Milstead. Jan. 15: Mrs. Edna H. Feagle, Edna Hite P. Ringer, Ann Work man, T. D. Pitts, Jr., Mrs. 0. A. Felker. Jan. 16: James Montgomery Smith, III, W. M. Buford, Jr., Wyno:ia L. Terrell, Clifton Floyd, Ellen Altman. Jan. 17:Mrs. E. L. Hart, Wilbur Long, Mrs. Alfred Ringer, Mrs. J. F. Lominick, Susan Crooks, Al bert Long, Martfca McCullough, Mrs. W. M. Buford, Sr., Bobby lean), Mrs. R. H. Ruff, Mrs. Dick Shealy, Tony Franklin, Gloria Parks. Jan. 18: Mrs. Steve C. Griffith, Mrs. L. G. McCullough, William Henry Shannon, Jr., Alice Beden- baugh, Becky Dickert, Irvine Lee Leslie, Mrs. Gordon R. Thurow, Bobby Lee Carver.