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4 Great businessmen are like great politicians in one respect — they sense what the people want and try to give it to them. tilt Radicalism is often just an empty stomach shouting tor a place at the food trough. VOLUME 28—NUMBER 3. NEWBERRY, S. C. 29108 THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1964 $2.00 Per Year The-Way By DORIS A. SANDERS MI SCELLAN KOI S The Newberry Jaycee - Kite- may have gotten themselves mw. a lot of trouble. Any organization which takes on the responsibilit\ of putting on a campaign ami Uoes such a wonderful job of it, i> bound to be called upon again. And there s no doubt about it —thes< young ladies have literally knock ed themselves out to niaKe ( lean- up, Paint-up, Fix-up Week m Newberry a success—and thej have 1 left no stone unturned in their efforts. I expect many a hu.-band will be happy when the major portion of this campaign is over—-chances are that soup and sandwiches have been frequent on the menu at Jay- cee-Ettes homes during the past month. The Jaycee-Ettes are to be congratulated. . . . I have a feeling if we don’t j soon get the Boundary Bell erect ed and dedicated, I’m going to be looking for another job. I he boss- man hasn't said so in S'- many words, but he’s beginning to think his office has turned into Bound ary Bell Headquarters . . . As usual, everyone has been co operating in our Bell efforts, and we feel sure that ultimately, we’ll get all the funds we need—but we still need YOUR help. The com mittee is having a fund-raising dinner and several local super markets are donating supplies to help with that effort. They will be listed in next week’s issue. If you’re wondering about the food, 1 can tell you there are no finer cooks in Newberry than the cat erers at Boundary. More informa tion about the dinner is elsewhere in this issue . . . Spring is back in the air again, and all the youngsters are looking forward with reluctance to exam inations with joy to the ending of school—and most of their par ents share in both emotions. The season is filled with plans for con certs, parties, class reunions as the school year draws to an end . . . I was privileged to be among those who managed to get a seat in the small Supreme Court room for the memorial exercises and presentation of a portrait of Judge Eugene S. Blease. It was a simple dignified service, a fitting service and tribute to ‘’Uncle Gene,” who served his city, county, state and fellowman foi’ so many years . . . It seems that the major denom inations of our country are falling all over themselves to see which can outdo the other in approving of and participating in communist inspired racial demonstrations I thought the Southern Presbyter ians were bad enough when they not only put their approval on ministers participating in racial demonstrations, but even agreed to “come to the financial aid” of n 11 r. U » ~ W ; ; 7 gt ! !': I I'uU iut- b \ (lull: iS S u. X. i w I -uu t h; i it amain' r tiuru • n: *i: ait ! rar ivmomm.' r \Y h ; < •h < •11' ' >; i y - “ i - a 1 : right t () ik the law i f * 1 ! » - • a:- la * ml''!’ s thin k it IS n tee s.-ar\ . Y\d ;a' is thi s \v (, r !d cun: ling to 7 Mu re abou t that i n a late r column. Bar President Thomas H. Pope, prominent attorney of Newberry, was el ected president of the South *lina Bar Association at the conclusion of a three-day annual convention in Columbia Satur day. Mr. Pope has served as vice president of the bar group for the past year. Mr. Pope is a former member of the state House of Represen tatives, which he served as speaker; and is a former chair man of the state Democratic Party. He is a member of the State Ports Authority, and has served city, county and state on a number of civic and service projects. Edward Johnson of Spartan burg was elected vice president of the Association. The delegates voted to work for private funds to endow schol arships for the law school at the University of South Caro lina. Bell Committee Plans Dinner To Raise Funds Brick laying - fur the step-, walks and foundations of the Boundary stret bell began today. and shoiilu be completed within a week if good weather continues, according to K. W . Rie!>e, who is supervising construct ion. The Newberry Garden club, to gether with its Junior Garden club composed of Mr.-. Ruth Pugh’s Special Education ( lass, has accepted the rc-ponsibi:ity of | beautifying the area adjacent to j the bell. Contributions to the b*‘ii fumU are coming in at a faster pace, hut less than half the amount . needed ha ^ bee n donated, accord-j ing to Bill Kibler. treasurer. Since , it was decided to pave tne steps i and walks with brick rather than concrete, the estimated cst of tne project has been raised to SToo. The treasurer reported funds on hand totaling S-TdC Thomas H. Pope, finance chair man, again expressed apprecia tion + n those who have made vol untary eontribut ions. “\Ve had hoped" said Mr Pop* . “that it would not be nece-sary to make a store-to-store and hou.-e to-house solicitations. We believe the businessmen in Newberry, as well as interested individuals, would prefer to make their con tributions voluntarily.” Mr. Pope also announced that a fund-raising dinner will be held Friday night. May at Boundary street sonool. Tickets will he available through Bound ary students. The dinner will be prepared by the Boundary lunch room personnel. Mr. Pope urged the public to support the Bound ary Bell Committee on this pro ject. First among the business es tablishments to make a generous contribution to the Bell Fund is the Newberry Coca-C ola Bottling Company. A number of children at Bound ary school have expressed a de sire to contribute their niekles or dimes, and permission was secured from school authorities to allow this to be done through the school with the help of classroom teach ers. Tveo organizations have respon ded generously to the appeal for funds. The Newberry Lions club has donated $40 and the Civic League $25. Many organizations are prevented by their Constitu tions from making such contribu tions but are urging donations from individual members, given in the name of th.: club. Among the latter to turn in contributions are Jasper chapter DAR and the Newberry County Medical Auxil- iliary. Members of other organi- zatiory 'nave made generous indi vidual contributions. Those who have donated since the last list was published are: Jake R. Wise, Mr. and Mrs. David Long! Sr., Mrs. P. F. Way, Dr. Ralph P. Baker, Ned Purcell, the Lions club, R. H. \\ right, Mrs. Boyd Jacobs, A. W. Murray, Bill Dehihns, Mrs. Lucille Kerr, I’. S-ott Elliott, Sr., Civic League, Mrs. Richard L. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Harmon, Harry \Y. Dominick, Sheriff and Mrs. Tom Fellers, Mrs. David R. Ringer, Mrs. Hal Kohn, Sr., Newberry Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kibler, and two anony mous donations. j iit ■V ' These lovely young ladies have played a major role in spear heading the Clean-up, Fix-up, Paint-up campaign in Newberry, sponsored by the Jaycee-Ettes. They are, from left, Mrs. Barbara Folk, campaign chairman; Mrs. Toni Fennell, Jaycee-Ette presi dent; Mrs. Grady Carter, parade chairman and Mrs. Donald Woody a rd, publicity chairman. Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Woodyard are standing left to right on second row. (Sunphoto) Parade Signals Start Of Clean-Up Week Last Chance To Get Certificate Saturday, May 9th, will be the last day for Newberry County residents to get regis tration certificates to vote in the June 9th Democratic pri mary. The Registration Board will be at its offices the re mainder of this week in the Court House during regular court house hours. IN THE NEWS Officers of Kappa Phi Chapter at Newberry College were recent ly elected for the 1964-65 term. Mac Cobb of Newberry was elect ed reporter. Wailing sirens and beating drums signalled the parade which officially began <’lean-up, Paint- Up. Fix-Up week in Newberry on Monday afternoon. Crow^« lined the streets as some 35 units, spar red on by music from the New berry High school and Gallman High school bands, made their way down Main street. Early Monday, a group of Jay- cee-ettes. sponsors of Clean-Up week, set a good example for other town folk as they took brushes in hand and scrubbed flown Main street. The toil is light when many share the bur den, say the Jaycee-ettes, “so if all citizens do their part, New berry will win national recogni tion.” The Clean-Up headquarters was unveiled at Belk-Beard after the parade. A telephone has been in stalled so that persons planning any type of painting or clean-up work can inform the Clean-Up committee. The telephone number is 276-5432. Four Newberry col lege students, Alice Cummings, Laura Schumpert, Sallie Brooks and Bill Ebener will be on hand to receive the calls. The campaign sponsors emphasized that it is of utmost importance for the public to advise the committee about all clean-up efforts, so that records can be made for official encry in the National Clean-Up contest. Clean-Up headquarters will be open daily during this week from 9 A.M. until 5 P.M. Mrs C. A. Folk, chairman of the campaign, announced that calls have been received from 26 per sons reporting clean-up work thus far. Others are urged to do the sa me. WIS-TY, Columbia, sent two men to Newberry Monday to take ! pictures of the clean-up events. | Their pictures were shown on the 7 P.M. news on Channel 10 Mon- ^ day. On Monday, a luncheon was held at the Wallace home for the prin cipal workers of the campaign and for members of the news media. Those attending included Mrs. Folk, campaign chairman; Mrs. W. M. Fennell, Jr., president of the Jaycee-ettes; Mrs. Grady Car ter, chairman of the Clean - Up parade; Mrs. Donald Woodyard, publicity chairman; Ken Riebe, city manager; Mrs. Doris San ders, Newberry Sun; David Soke- vitz, Newberry Observer; Aubrey Bowie, Greenville News; Jim Kai ser and Jim Covington, WIS-TV. Cockrell Dies At Hospital Word was received just prior to presstime Wednesday of the death of Benjamin M. Cockrell, 53, after several weeks critical illness. Mr. Cockrell was a radio dis patcher in the City Police Depart ment, where he had worked for the past 13 years. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Whitaker Funeral Home. Newberrians At State Meeting Newberry is very much in the picture at Myrtle Beach this week, as the Woman’s Auxiliary to the South Carolina Medical Associa tion holds its 39th annual conven tion at the Ocean Forest hotel. Presiding over the convention is Mis. Ralph Parr Baker, who has served as president of the or ganization during the past year. She will relinquish that post this 1 a g. 00( j thing, since Scurry’s gotten STEP School Dedication Held Monday STEP PROGRAM The Newberry-Saluda Special Training for Economic Progress (STEP’ program got under way here Monday at the Mollohon School building with 40 students enrolled in two classes. Paul Weatherly, state STEP di rector, thanked the people of New berry and Saluda counties for their effort in getting the local pro gram started. He said the state wide STEP program has, so far, been a success with students en rolled expressing an intense de sire to learn. “South Carolina must now face the problem of total employment for all its people. About 25 per cent of our people must have ad ditional academic and vocational training before this goal can be reached,” Weatherly said. “We not only have a problem of educating for jobs today, but the challenge of constantly reeducat ing to keep our people up to date on the changing industrial econ omy,” he said. John F. Clarkson, a member of the Governor’s Committee of 100 for STEP, said, “This is ;t great effort on the part of your state and federal governments.” He said the STEP program should improve the attitudes of individuals toward their government, as well as im prove their economy. State Sen. Jesse Frank Hawk ins of Newberry told the group, gathered for a brief dedication ceremony before classes began, that “no matter how much know ledge a man has, he can always acquire more. No natter wheth er he can read or Avrite, if he has a sound mind, he can learn. I don’t think anyone in Newberry County now can say he hasn’t had a chance —or a second chance— to do something.” Dave Morison, chairman of the Newberry-Saluda STEP commit tee, presided at the dedication. Morison.'-.thanked Newberry Coun ty Supervisor Harold Hendrix and the City of Newberry for getting the old school building renovated. Morison said the STEF office in Columbia has been extremely help ful in getting the STEP center open. He said all the supplies needed to start the program are on hand. Clarence Shealy, Newberry city councilman, said the City of New berry is keenly interested in the STEP program. He said. “We hope it will grow and do well The center is offering courses in landscape gardening and nurses aide-hospital orderly training as initial programs. The landscaping course will last 28 weeks and the nurses aide course 18 weeks. Both courses include 12 weeks of basic education. Morison expressed his regrets that Saluda County’s State Sen. F. G. Scurry could not be present Sen. Hawkins quipped with fili buster reference that it “might be j? Taking part on the program during which a portrait of the late Chief Justice Eugene S. Blease was presented to the South Carolina Supreme Court last Thursday were, from left, Lt. Col. Jack Blease Workman, Rev. T. H. Vickery, Dr. James C. Kinard, R. Aubrey Harley, O. Langdon Long and Steve C. Griffith Jr. (Sunphoto) Blease Portrait Presented To State Supreme Court Elected To State Board week to Mrs. C. B. Burns, of Sumter. Dr. Ralph Parr Baker is a mem ber of the Auxiliary’s Advisory Council, and Mrs. V. W. Rine hart of this city is convention chairman. Also taking part on the program is Mrs. J. A. Underwood, who will give the report of the Newberry chapter of which she is the president. Convention pages are Mary Baker, President’s page; Beth Ba ker, Nancy Underwood and Mar tha Jo Rinehart, all of this city. A highlight of the convention was a banquet on Tuesday evening at which Dr. Edward A. Annis, president of the American Medical Association, was speaker. used to talking all night.” Others participating in the de dication were Rev. J. C. Copeland, who offered the invocation, and Mac Marshall, Technical Educa tion Commission representative, who introduced the center’s th.'e teachers. They are Mrs. Elizabeth Walker, Mrs. Norma Ratteree and Beale H. Cromer. Boys Farm Gets S. C. Charter New Officers On City Police Force H. L. Cockrell, Robert Corley and R. G. Counts have been add ed to the City Police Department, according to an announcement made this week Dy City Manager Ken W. Riebe. Beginning Monday, the three will attend a four weeks course in law enforcement in Co lumbia Boys Farm of Newberry has just received a corporation char ter from the State of South Car olina, according to Rev. Walter D. Shealy Jr., director. The charter establishes Boys Farm as a bona fide eleemosynary organization, licensed to operate a home for disadvantaged boys. Members of the Board of Di rectors of Boys Farm are W'alter D. Shealy Jr., President and di rector; Celia Snipes Shealy, sec retary-treasurer; George P. Nel son, vice-president, and Senator Frank Hawkins, director. At the present time, there are eight boys at the farm, ranging from five to 15 years in age. The home is located just outside the city limits of Newberry on the Silverstreet highway. tr asurer of State Building and Loan Association. Newberry, has been appointed by Governor Don ald S Russell to serve as a mem ber of the South Carolina State Board of Bank Control. As a mem ber of this Board, Mr. Abrams will represent the 76 membe- sav ings and loan associations o ? the South Carolina Savings and Loan League whose combined assets ex ceed $930 million. H is term of of fice will be for four years and will commence on July 1. A native South Carolinian, Mr. Abrams attended Chappells Public Schools and graduated from Greenwood Business College. He was elected County Auditor for Newberry County in 1936. And, through reelection, held this post until 1963 when he joined the staff of State Building and Loan Association of Newberry, which ho has headed in an outstanding manner since that time. Mr. Abrams has made many valuable contributions to the sav ings and loan industry of South Carolina, having served in many important committee posts and on the Board of Directors of the South Carolina Savings and Loan League for several years. In 1960 he was elected President of the League for the 1960-19(51 term of office. Active in civic and community affairs, Mr. Abrams has served as chairman of the Newberry Demo cratic Executive Committee, is Past President of the South Caro lina Auditors and Treasurers As sociation, Past President of The Newberry Lions Club and Past President of the Newberry Shrine Club. He is a member of the Amity Lodge No. 67 of the Hejaz Temple of the Shrine. Mr. Abrams is an active member of Central Methodist Church, be ing a member of the Chesley Can on Bible Class and serving on the Official Board of that church. He is married to the former Ruby Ruff of Newberry. in Rosemont cemetery. Serving on the South Carolina Pallbearers were T. E. Epting, State Board of Bank Control with I In the solemn dignity of the ! South Carolina Supreme Court Room, a Memorial Exercise and Presentation of Portrait of the Hon. Eugene Satterwhite Blease, i Late Chief Justice of the Sup- | reme Court, was held last Thurs- , day morning at 11 o’clock. | Chief Justice Claude Ambrose I Taylor presided and the special j session of Court was opened with I an invocation by Dr. James C. Kinard, former president of New- | berry college and a close friend j of the late Judge Blease. O. Langdon Long, chairman of | Memorials presided for the South Carolina Bar Association, which presented the portrait. He intro duced Frank B. Gary, president of the State Bar Association who paid tribute to the late Chief Justice. The Eulogy was delivered by Steve C. Griffith, Jr., law partner of the late Judge Blease. Mr. Griffith began his Eulogy ■with a quotation which he later learned was inscribed on the tombstone of Judge Blease’s grandfather: Pinckney N. Abrams, secretary- “Leaves have their time to fall, Miss Porter Dies In Florence Miss Kate F. Porter, 77, died Monday night in a Florence hos pital after an extended illness. A native of Lancaster, daugh ter of the late Rev. James S. and Catherine Livingston Porter, she lived most of her life in New berry, but for the past few years lived in Florence. She was a mil liner and a member of Central Methodist church. Surviving are two brothers, Smiley Porter of Florence and Robert D. Porter of Greensboro, N. C.; a sister, Mrs. J. W. Perrin of Crescent Beach. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. M. B. Fryga and Kenneth L. Hamilton. Burial was Wright Cannon, Louis Floyd, Hen ry Burton Wells Jr., Otis Whita ker, S. D. Paysinger, John F. Clarkson and W. FSjlmer Wells. Eva Jane Price of Newberry was recently inducted into the Beta Tau Cast of Alpha Psi Om ega, national dramatics fraternity, at Newberry College. Mr. Abroms will be: Chairman Jeff B. Bates of Columbia, and members H. M. Arthur of Union, Perry A. Price of Barnwell and J. H. Stanley of Lakeview. Pam Phillips of Newberry has been named to the Coker College student government Social Board. Pam is a rising Junior at Coker. And flowers to wither at the north wind’s breath And start to set; hut ah! thou hast All seasons for thine own, O Death.” Mr. Griffith continued: “This day we are gathered to gether, in the sight of God, to do homage unto the memory of a fellow-man—and to perpetuate his likeness on the walls of this hallowed chamber, by unveiling his portrait. He would not let us share with him the joy of placing this portrait upon these historic walls while he was still among us. It is, therefore, in that sense and spirit that we pay tribute to Eu gene Satterwhite Blease late Chief Justice of this Court. “I heard him say many times, T was born on Main Street in the town of Newberry.’ That was Jan uary 28, 1887. On December 27, 1963, he died in his beloved town of Newberry. “During those almost 87 years, he led a remarkable life .Great honors came his way >ifter he was graduated from Newberry college in the class of 1895, at the age of 18. He had been practicing law in Magistrate’s Courts even be fore that, and upon his admission to the bar in 1899, he argued his first case before this Court. Be fore he became a lawyer, he taught schools in Saluda county, was Superintendent of Education and published a newspaper. Later, he was elected to both the House of Representatives and the Sen ate from that county. He returned to his native county and served as Mayor of the town of Newberry and was elected to the House of Representatives prior to his el ection as an Associate Justice of this Court in 1926. He was elevat ed to the high office of Chief Justice in 1931 and served until October 8, 1934 when, because his health had failed him, and believ ing that he could not continue to carry the heavy burdens of that office in the manner he felt he should, he resigned. One of the great honors to come to him oc curred when members of the Gen eral Assembly, upon learning of his intention to resign, unani mously adopted a resolution cre ating a special committee of the House and Senate to consult with him in the hope that he would reconsider his action. The Gen eral Assembly regarded the re tirement from the Court by Chief Justice Blease ‘as a calamity for the State to lose the services of this distinguished jurist’ and ’that the loss of his services to the State at this time will be irrepar able.’ He had to go personally to the Governor to have his resigna tion accepted. “Happily for me, the advice of his doctors was good, and after his retirement he was able to prac tice law for many years. I was privileged, as was my father be fore me and my brother after me, who bears his name, to share the practice of law with him under the firm name of Blease & Grif fith. “To those of us who were priv ileged to work with him, we could not but note his love of his fam ily, his friends, his State, his Country and his God. His devoted wife, Mrs. Urbana Neel Blease, shared with him his joys, his sor rows and his ambitions. His faithful secretary, Mrs. Maude G. Ross, worked with him for more than forty years. Judge Blease was endowed with those unusual qualities that sep arate men from men and make them truly great. By his own vir tues, he was humankind at its best. “His record as a lawyer and a Judge are forever made perman ent on the pages of the reports of this Court. We can add nothing and neither can we take away. They are there for all to see. But while we take such great pride as beneficiaries of his great legal accomplishments, it is the man that we will remenber. This tri bute is not centered upon his tal ents and successes but on the ‘lovableness’ of th' man himself. “Judge Blease was a strikingly handsome man with a fine sense of humor. He loved to tease. This marvelous man loved people so (Continued on page 2) BIRTHDAY GREETINGS May 10: Mrs. Bill Armfield, Oscar Johnson, Ferd Summer, Jr., Alace Jane MacBeth, Sue Ellen Hipp, Mary Rebecca An derson, Rev. David T. Temple ton. May 11: H. T. Wike, Carol Ann Baxter, Eleanor Amick, Mack Amick, Wallace Moore, N. B. Warren, Jr., Mrs. Ruth Culola- sure, Mrs. Ruth S. Dickert, Ir vin Attaway, Julia Rebecca McSwain, Alice Price, Susie Ogle. May 12: Lottie Boland, Mitzie Ann Stoudemire, Janet Senn, George D. Hentz, Miss Theresa Lightsey, Clarence Duncan, Sr. May 13: D. J. Williams, Mrs. Lois W. Huckaby, Mrs. Press- ley N. Boozer, Eleanor Kirk- gard, Kibler Williamson, Der- ryll Satterwhite, Rhoda Boozer. May 14: Mrs. Floy Hancock, Alfreida Hipp, E. C. Rinehart, Connie King, Harry Hughes, Carol Ann Waters, Patricia Shealy Pryor, Kirk Beckwith, Cliffordd T. Smith, Deedle Wil son. May 15: Mrs. Frank Lominack Jr., Toby Willis, Charles Senn, Sarah Scarbrough, Elmer W. Mayer. May 16: Miss Pearl Amick, Mrs. J. W. Warner, J. Fred Epting Jr., Mrs. H. L. Boul- ware, Jocelyn Darlene Attaway, Mrs. H. W. Dipner Jr.