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You can't lead anyone else farther than you have gone yourself. VOLUME 27—NUMBER 52 By'The'Wdy ... By doris a. banders NOW’S THE TIME! A week or so ago I mentioned that you would soon be called upon to make donations to the Boundary Street Bell Fund. Well, now’s the time! Complete details as to the plans may be seen elsewhere on this page. In this corner, ’Id like to give you a little background in formation about the bell. As the old Boundary building was being razed, no plans had been made for preservation of the bell, and assumedly it would have been thrown to the ground and sold for junk. At this point, how ever, Irvine and Gordon Leslie came to the rescue. They made ar rangements with a contractor who was working at the time on the hospital extension to bring his crane to the site and remove the bell from the tower without dam aging the bell. The contractor made no charge for this service. The bell was on the ground, and there is stayed for a while, until it was spied by Prof. T. E. Epting. Dismayed at the fact that the bell was being ignored Prof. Epting had a little chat with Mayor Er nest Layton, who agreed to have the city pick up the bell and store it temporarily in the city “barn.’ This having been done, the bell went ignored for a while, though not forgotten. Finally, a petition was presented to Boundary 7 Street PTA executive committee for it’s approval, asking the city to do something about the bell. The idea was to do something with the bell —almost anything, just so it wouldn’t be destroyed, and the plan was to pour a slab of con crete somewhere on the school ground and sit the bell on it—this would have been at a cost of about $50. Some members of the PTA exe cutive committee believed the bell should have a little more recogni tion—should be mounted with a little more dignity than to be thrown onto a slab of concrete, and one of the more vocal mem bers of the committee was given the task of seeing what could be done. The committee, largely through the efforts of Architect Irvine Les lie and City Manager Ken Riebe, has come up with a simple but dig nified structure to hold the bell, and at the same time to take a large step forward in beautifying the front of -Boundary Street School. The committee is going along on faith—that there will be enough good citizens of Newberry who would like to see this project un dertaken who will come through with the needed $500 to make the project a reality. Plans are pro ceeding on the basis that the money will be forthcoming—so it is up to you and to me to see that this wifi be the case. While much of the work will be done by the city, some—such as brickwork, fence construction, con crete for sidewalks, etc.—will re quire a little cash on hand, and the committee hopes it won’t be long until that cash is needed. May 24 has been set as date for the dedication. It will be a short one and will be in charge of Prof. Epting. The committee hopes that all former members and teachers of Boundary, for whom the toll of the Boundary bell has such sen timental memories, will be able to attend the dedication. We’d just like to have it paid for before the dedication, if it all possible, or we might have to look up Joe Rob erts or Jack Raffield for a little support. Please make your contribution to Bill Kibler at S. C. National Bank today! INTERESTING It’s interesting to watch isn’t it, just how hard the members of national news media try to dis count the vote received by Gov. Wallace in the Wisconsin primary, and the vote received by Sen. Barry Goldwater in , the Illinois primary? No one expected that Goldwater would get 100 per cent of the Illinois vote. After all, it only takes 51 per cent to win so hie still has a comfortable margin. As to Wallace, the politicians won’t admit it, but the vote he received in Wisconsin, coupled with unfavorable mail they have received about the so-called civil rights bill, must be making some senators take a second look before alienating as many as 250,000 vdtes in one state. LET’S DO IT The Postmaster General has announced that Nebwerry will have a new postoffice, and the old building will be available “for | other purposes.’ - Some time back Tom Pope made the excellent sug gestion that the old postoffice, when vacated, would be an ideal place for a public library', and there is no doubt that a great deal more space is needed for our library' than w r e now have. I don’t know how one goes about securing a vacant postoffice for “other purposes” from the gov ernment, but I hope someone will follow up on Tom’s suggestion and see what can be done about it. Speaking Begins Next Wednesday The first of the campaign meetings for New'berry county will be held at Prosperity Wed nesday, April 22, at Prosperity elementary school, according to P N.. Abrams, chairman of the county Democratic party. Speak ing will begin at 7:30 P. M. A supper will be held in the school cafeteria before the speaking be gins. Mrs. Epting’s Parents Killed Mrs. Hugh M. Epting of Route 3 received word Sunday that her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cox, and an uncle, Omri Cox, were killed early Sunday morning in a car-truck collision near Chatta nooga, Tenn. The victims weie all of Coding- ton, Va. and were enroute home from a visit with Mrs. Epting’s brother, Dr. George Cox of Chatt anooga. Mr. and Mrs. Cox have visited their daughter and family here on several occasions and were well known here. Mr. and Mrs. Epting and dau ghters, Ann and Jean, left early Monday morning for Virginia. They will be at the home of Mrs. Chester Kruszyna, Clearwater Park, Covington, Va. Funeral arrangements are un known at this time. Miss Patterson Is May Queen Miss Diane Patterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Patterson of Charleston, will be crowned May Queen of Newberry college ou Saturday afternoon, May 2 at four o’clock. Her maid of Honor will be Miss Bobbie Lominack, of LaFayette, Alabama, granddaugh ter of Mrs. R. M. Lominack, of Newberry. Ten attendants have been cho sen to make up the queen’s court. They are: Miss Saundra Arant, freshman from Saluda; Miss Joanne Bass, first-year business student from Aiken; Miss Janice Derrick, junior from Columbia; Miss Charlene Golden, senior from Newberry; Miss Caroline Kohn, first year business student from Columbia; Miss Jane Lesseig, sophomore from Bartow, Florida; Miss Lisa Lominick, junior from Newberry; Miss Jackie Price soph omore from Columbia; Miss Jean Rossiter, senior from Newberry; and Miss Ruth Stedman, fresh man from Columbia. The crown bearer will be Ron nie Mature, son of Prof, and Mrs. A1 Mature. The flower girls will be Misses Evelyn 'rnd Annie Moore, daughters v f Dr. and Mrs. Milton Moore; Renee Rinehart, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James Rinehart; and Lucy Gordon, dau ghter of Coach and Mrs. Neild Gordon. The train bearers will be Misses Dottie Park, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Conrad Park; Kelly Gordon, daughter of Coach and Mrs. Neild Gordon; Mary Alice Farley, dau ghter of Prof, and Mrs Foster Farley; and Melissa Turbeville, daughter of Coach and Mrs. Hor ace Turbeville. The public is cordially invited. Mother Dies Mrs. Lizzie Newby McKinney, 81, widow of Richard Preston Mc Kinney of Greenwood, died Mon day morning at a Greenwood hos pital after a long illness. Among her survivors is a dau ghter, Mrs. Oscar Hamilton, of Newberry. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Jordan Street Baptist church by Rev. W. F. Monroe and Rev. E. L. Farmer. Burial was in McCormick City cemetery. NEWBERRY, S. C. 29108 THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1964 Living is like rowing a boat; to keep going you have to keep pulling on the oars. ♦ $2.00 Per Year Boundary Bell Plans Are Complete; Funds Needed Miss Grace Summer, president of the Newberry American Leg ion Auxiliary, announces that del egates have been selected to the 18th annual Girls State schedul ed for June 1-7 at the University of South Carolina. Delegates from Newberry high school are Susan Frazier, Karen Kirkegard and Barbara Sue Long. Their alternates are Mary Ruth Armfield, Caroline Ratterree and Pat Underwood. Mary Ellen Pinner and Judith Elaine Boland are delegates from Mid-Carolina. Their alternate is Sharon Sandel. Linda Caroline Moss and Mar tha Cornelia Lowe are represent ing Whitmire High School. Their alternates are Melissa Maude Alexander and Mary Ann Donna. Sponsors for the delegates to Girls State are the American Legion Auxiliary, Newberry Civic League, Pomaria PTA, County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs and Whitmire high school. Girl Staters shown above are, front row from left, Martha Lowe, Mary Ellen Pinner, Linda Moss; back row, Juuith Boland, Karen Kirkegard, Barbara Long, Susan Frazier. (Sunphoto.) Rev. Long Accepts Call To St. David’s Rev. Robert E. Long, pastor of St. Luke’s Episcopal church, an nounced Tuesday that he had ac cepted a call to St. David’s Epis copal church, Cheraw, in the Dio cese of South Carolina. Rev. Long and his family will leave Newberry the first week in June, and he will assume his new duties on June 15. tion, and chairman of the Division of Visual Aids. Mr. Long is married to the former Mis Margaret Dupre, and they have one daughter, Suzi. Following graduation from Virginia Theological Seminary in 1961, Mr. Long was ordained as a deacon and began his duties at St. Luke’s in June of that year. On June 28, 1962, he was ordained into the Priesthood at St. Luke’s church. While in Newberry, he has also had oversight of Saint Monica’s Episcopal church, and has served as Chaplain to Episco pal students at Newberry college. The church to which Mr. Long has accepted a call is one of the oldest in the up-country, dating to pre-Revolutionary war days. There are presently more than 200 communicants and over 300 mem bers of the congregation. “We are looking forward to our work at St. David’s,” Rev. Long said, “Although we will leave Newberry with many regrets, and will look forward to returning often.” Mr. Long has been very active in community affairs, having serv ed as president, and as secretary- treasurer of the County Minister ial Association; chairman of the Spiritual Life Committee of the Boundary Street PTA; he is cur rent president of the Newberry County Mental Health Association and is a member of the Board of directors of the State MHA. In the Upper Diocese of S. C., he has been a member of the De partment of College Work, the Department of Christian Educa- Jan les M. Purcell Died Suddenly James M. Purcell died suddenly early Sunday morning in Green wood, Miss. He was 51 years of age. Mr. Purcell was born and reared in Newberry and was the son of the late Col. C. J. and Louvinia (Daisy) Purcell. He attended the Newberry schools and had made his home in Mississippi for a number of years. Mr. Purcell was amember of the Baptist church and a veteran of World War II. Besides his wife, he is survived by two brothers, E. B. (Ned) Pur cell, Newberry, and C. J. Purcell of Atlanta, Ga.; five sisters, Mrs. T. E. Davis, Newberry; Mrs. T. F. Cooley, Elkin, N. C.; Mrs. T. J. West, Summerville; Mrs. Kenner Brown, Mobile, Ala., and Mrs. Tom Wright, Oceanside, Califor nia. Funeral services were held on Wednesday from the McSwain Funeral Home with Dr. Niel E. Truesdell and Jtev. Robert Long conducting the service. Interment followed in Rosemont cemetery. Active pallbearers were J i m Wheeler, Collier Neel, Thomas H. Pope, Clayton Smith, Roy Ander son, William Buford, Roy Sum mer and Keister Willingham. PTA OFFICERS BE INSTALLED The Silverstreet Parent Teach er Association will hold the last meeting of the school session on Friday night, April 17th at eight o’clock in the school auditorium. Devotions will be led by Rev. Ralph Lowrimore. Following a short business ses sion, officers for the ensuing year will be installed. Those in attend ance will then visit classrooms to see science exhibits. The evening will be concluded with a social hour in the cafeteria. All patrons and friends are in vited to this meeting. Plans are complete for placing the old Boundary street school bell on the grounds of the new structure, and work will get un der way as soon as the ground dries enough for workmen to be gin, according to city manager, Ken Riebe, member of the Bound ary Bell committee, who is super vising construction. With favor able weather conditions, it is ex pected that the structure will be completed in time to hold a ded ication service on May 24, 1964. Time for the service has tenta tively been set for 4:00 p.m. Prof. T. E. Epting is committee mem ber in charge of the dedication ceretaony. The bell will be placed in front of the new building, approximate ly midway between the school and Boundary street. It will rest on a simple platform, designed by arch itect Irvine Leslie. The platform will be constructed of brick to match the new school building. The brick portion will rise approx imately 18 inches above ground level, and atop this will be a slab of concrete on which the iron structure holding the bell will rest. Surrounding the platform will be a plain iron fence, on the gate of which will be placed the plaque giving appropriate information as to the bell. Approximately 18 inches beyond the fence there will be a concrete sidewalk surrounding the bell structure. This sidewalk will run from the present steps on Bound ary street, to the bell, then on to the front of the school house. The sidewalks will be arranged sim ilar to the ones around the mem orial in front of the Newberry County Memorial hospital. The old fence in front of the school, which detracts from the structure, is in process of being removed so that the bell, as well as the building, will be more open to tSoblic view. The Newberry Garden club has been asked to undertake the pro ject, through its Junior club, of beautifying the area between the fence surrounding the bell, and the sidewalk. The Junior Club consists of students of Mrs. Ruth Pugh’s Special Education class. Funds for doing the work will come entirely from donations of citizens who have an interest in seeing the old bell preserved. Thomas H. Pope, finance chairman announced that letters have been sent to a number of civic and ser vice clubs, asking for donations. However, the donations asked of these groups will not cover the estimated cost of $500, and Mr. Pope urged today that all citi ens who are interested in this cause donate as generously and as soon as possible to the Boundary Bell Fund. Checks may be made pay able to “Boundary Bell Fund” and sent to Bill Kibler, who is serving as treasurer, at South Carolina National Bank, or given to any member of the committee. Mem bers other than those named a- bove include Irvine Leslie, design; Ralph Watkins, location, and Doris Sanders, publicity. Mayor Ernest Layton today signed a proclamation denoting the week of April 27-May 3 as Clean-Up Week in Newberry. Mrs. C. S. Folk, chairman of the Clean-Up campaign, announc ed that the city has been entered in the National Clean-Up Con test by the Newberry Jaycettes. The week will be opened by an inspiring kickoff parade Monday, April 27 at 4:00 P. M. All schools, civic clubs and or- ganizatioiis are asked by the Jay cettes to “put their shoulders to the wheel—work hard—and gain national recognition for the City of Newberry by making it the cleanest, neatest town in the U. S. A. So, Mr. and Mrs. Citizen, the Jaycettes ask “get out those brooms, rakes, and paint brushes —do all those repairs you’ve been putting off for years—join the march for a city of which we can all be proud.” After signing the proclamation Mayor Layton and Mrs. Folk demontrate a way in which citi zens can help make Newberry cleaner. Mr*s. Mac Fennell, presi dent of Jaycettes, holds the Proc lamation signed by the mayor. Much Business Before Council At Tuesday Night Meeting Lake To Head County Board Robert C. Lake Jr., of Whit mire was elected president of the Newberry county Develop ment Board Monday night. He replaces John F. Clarkson, who resigned after becoming a mem ber of the State Development Board. Mr. Lake will assume his new duties immediately. The Board of Directors chose Walter Hamm of Prosperity to serve as vice president, a posi tion previously held by Mr. Lake. Wofford Grads Set Meeting The Laurens-Newberry Area Chapter of the Wofford Alumni Association will meet at Roddey’s Restaurant in Laurens at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, April 23. The din ner meeting will be a “Ladies’ Night” affair according to J. G. Ferguson, president of the chap ter. Coach Conley Snidow will pre sent the program. Keller Cogs well and two hometown students from Wofford will also represent the college. All friends, parents of Wofford students, and alumni are invited to attend. Cancer will strike one out of every four persons in Newberry County during their lifetime. That means with the county’s popula tion at 29,416 there will be 7,354 citizens of Newberry county who will have cancer during their life time. C OF C CONVENTION The State Convention of Chil dren of the Confederacy will be held on April 24 and 25 in the Jack Tar Poinsett Hotel in Green ville. There will be an informal party honoring the officers of the C of C at the home of state president Jer ry Leake on April 24 at 7:30 p. m. Registration will begin at 9:30 in the hotel on Saturday, April 25. Registration fee is 50c for mem bers and $1.00 for adults. Lunch eon will be served in the hotel for $1.75 per perso:i. 1964 Scholarship Is Announced The Newberry Kiwanis club has announced plans for the fifth an nual award of a $500 scholarship to be placed at Newberry college for the academic year 1964-1965, for use during the freshman year of the winning student. Through the Kiwanis club’s special committee on scholarship, the Chairman, Gordon N. Clark son, has reported that forms have been sent to high school principals and will be available to students in the top quarter of the Senior class at Newberry High, Mid- Carolina and Whitmire High schools. Application forms for the Kiwanis scholarship may be ob tained through the offices of the Newberry, Mi d- Carolina, and Whitmire high schools. Since May 1 is the deadline for completing applications, interest ed students should make immed iate arrangements to fulfill all entrance requirements of New berry college in order to qualify. Completed applications for the Ki wanis scholarship should be sub mitted to Dean C. B. Park of the college. Applicants will be carefully screened on basis of complete in formation which they must sub mit. Applicants will be rated on basis of scholarship, academic ac complishments, life purpose, per sonality and need, and the winner will be announced at Commence ment exercises of the winner’s school. GIVE CONCERT The Modern dance group at Winthrop college will present a concert of dances arranged by students this week in the studio of Peabody gymnasium. Among the dancers will be Pat ricia Raffield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Raffield of New berry. The Newberry City Rescue squad will continue, at least for the time being, as a separate entity, thanks to support given to it by city council at its meeting Tues day night. The rescue squad had previously asked council for a donation of $300 for maintenance and pur chase of equipment. Council de layed action on the request be cause of a pending bill in the S. C. legislature which would transfer all rescue squad equipment to the county, the activities of such groups to be under the supervis ion of the civil defense director. Newberry rescue squad mem bers opposed this action, claiming they wouldn’t be able to go any where without the approval of the civil defense director. When the question came up on Tuesday night, Mayor Layton stated that county officials had expressed willingness to discuss the situation and iron out any differences that may exist. The Mayor stated the opinion that council should not donate any money to the rescue squad until the squad had discussed the mat ter with the county. Agreeing with the mayor were Councilmen Dufford, Senn and Taylor; how ever, when council voted on Coun cilman McCutcheon’s motion to give the squad $300, Taylor voted with McCutcheon, Shealy and Longshore in favor of the motion. Council discussed business lic ense fees for persons who ere not regular contractors but who do some contracting work. After arguing the issue, council decided to set one-time license fees as follows: For work up to $200, $1; $200-400, $2; $400-$500, $3; $500- $1000, $5; all over $1000, $1 per thousand. Council voted to offer resid ents outside the city limit, whose property will be crossed in ex tending lines to the oxidation pond, $1 per lineal foot for prop erty uced. The total cost would be about $6000. At the request of two property owners inside the city, Council voted to sign agreements which would guarantee the property would be put in as good or better shape after construction of sewer lines than it was before. Because of the formation of the ity, council withheld action on this ity, Council witheld action on the constxmction of a water base plant in the amount of $93,000 until Water Authority engineers could survey the situation. It was esti mated this would take approxi mately six months. The medical profession has suf ficient knowledge today to save one out of every two cancer pa tients diagnosed early. Council decided to transfer the $17,933 overpayment in the bond fund to the general fund and, as soonas possible, to improve Mow er street and other city streets in need of repair. An air conditioner for council chambers and the new develop ment board office, now under re pair at old police headquarters, will be purchased with the city and county each paying half of the total cost of $1700. Council approved an up-dated map of the city, and voted to do nate $100 for lights at the Am erican Legion ball field. City Manager Ken Riebe an nounced action in appointing ad ditional city policemen was be ing witheld until more qualified applicants were found. Following council meeting, mem bers signed a resolution to sell additional bonds for water and sewer extension work. E. Maxcy Stone appeared be fore council requesting that the zoning ordinance be amended to prohibit trailers in residential areas. Manager Riebe stated he would look into the ordinance to see if this provision were covered; if not, an amendment could be made by council. Executive sessions were held before and after regular council meeting. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS April 19: Mrs. P. M. Nichols, Martha Sue Cromer, Frank M. Senn, Mrs. Claude Summer, John C. Davenport, Ellis Dav enport Jr., Karen Hite. April 20: Elizabeth Hargrove, Arthur George Dwyer, Linda Driggers, Jack Timmerman, George Spotts, Anne Cannon, Mrs. Tracy Barnett, Walter Gray. April 21: Perry O. Wicker, Betty Bowers, Mickey, Chap man, Fred James Harmon, Betty Folk, Barbara Davis, Ferd Summer. April 22: Henry T. Fellers, Mrs. George S. Minick, Mrs. Joseph L. Tolbert, Mrs. Frank Mills, A. O. Livingston, Henry L. Parr III, Paul Duncan, Mrs. W. Ernest Merchant, Miss Panline Duncan. April 23: Betty Leavell Gib- son, Kenny Cook. April 24: Gloria Cleo Hawkins, Frank Culclasure, Hendrix ’ Monts, Ernest O. Wicker, Mac Bartley. April 25: Fred Gilbert, John Paul WHiaker, Emily Grier.