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Wall sign in paint store: Hus bands selecting colors must rave a note from their wives. THE ROAD TO SUCCEESS IS ALWAYS UNDER CON STRUCTION. VOLUME 28—NUMBER 4. By'The-'Way ... By doris a. sanders OUGHT TO KNOW As long as I have been in the business of newspapering, I should know enough not to publish that something is happening unless I know that it’s happening. I took a chance last week, perhaps be cause I w r as so anxious for the brickwork to get started on the Boundary Bell foundation. But the bricklayer had to finish another job so he didn’t get to our project until Monday—now the founda tion is complete and he should be able to finish the walk and steps with a few more days good weath er. The plaque, which will be mounted on the fence surrounding the bell, has arrived. Both bell and fence will be installed early next week. We are still short of reaching our goal of ahout $700, so if you are among those who intend to make a donation but just haven’t gotten around to it, please do so as soon as possible. The bills are beginning to come in! Incidental ly, an accounting of expenditures will be published, right down to the last penny. In an effort to raise money, the committee is sponsoring a turkey dinner at Boundary School Friday night, May 22. Most of the tick ets have been sold but a few' are still available. Today (Thursday) is the absolute deadline for sell ing tickets, so if you would like to have one, call me this afternoon between the hours of 4 and 6 at 276-0848. I’ll be glad to let you know if any are left at that time. GOOD FOR US We claim to be the City of Friendly Folk, but sometimes I wonder if we really are, so when I hear an outsider express such an opinion, it makes me feel much better. K. W. Riebe’s broth er, E. L. Riebe and Mrs. Riebe from Spokane, Wash., are visiting Ken and his family on Cornelia St. When Mrs. Riebe was asked if she had any comments about our fair city, her reply was “Only that this is the friendliest town I’ve ever seen!” Thank you, Mrs. Riebe! That makes us feel better. WHY MAKE THEM? I wonder why Council bothers to make laws if it intends to “amend” them every time someone makes a complaint? At Council meting Tuesday night. Councilman Clarence Shea- ly, -who voted in favor of the zon ing ordinance last year, proposed that the ordinance now be chang ed. This stems out of a public hear ing before the 'Board of Adjust ment fche previous week. Floyd Mills, who is a brother-in-law of Clarence Shealy, wanted to add a garage to the side of his house. To do so would have left only 7 feet side yard on his property. The ordinance requires 10 feet in that district. Five members of the Board of Adjustment, who serve without pay, met to hear Mr. Mills’ appeal and anyone else Mr. Mills wished t« present as witnesses. He was accompanied by Clarence Shealy, who did not testify. Mr. Mills was given all the time he wished to present his case. The ordinance provides that the Board may rule in favor of the appellant if not to so rule would cause undue hardship. Mr. Mills was asked if not being allowed to build a double garage at that point would cause undue hardship. His reply was “Well, 1 just don’t want a single garage.” (A single gar age would have kept the building within the 10-foot requirement.) In ruling, the Board gave the following reasons for denying the appeal: 1. Allowing a seven-foot side | yard would be a clear violation of Section 4.21 of the Zoning Ordin ance. 2. Sufficient space wculd be available on this lot to allow con struction of the garage at another point with slight alterations to property owmer’s plans. 8. Denying the appeal would not w r ork undue hardship upon the property owner. I can understand and sympa thize with Mr. Mills, just as the Board did, but their ruling was fair. Other Councilmen expressed their views on this matter with out first hand knowledge of what went on at the Board meeting, for Mr. Shealy was the only council man there. As I recall, there was a series of public council meetings to fully explain this ordinance before it was passed—yet Tuesday night, Councilman McCutcheon said he didn’t know just what all the or dinance involved. If this portion of the ordinance is changed, what is to happen when a property owner nants to build within five or four feet of the line? What happens when someone tells the Board he has a lot in a residential section and has planned for years to build a business establishment there? Do we change the ordinance again? Or suppose Mayor Layton wants to increase the size of Layton Brothers store, do we change the ordinance so he can do so? If the ordinance is to be chang ed in this case for the rf^nefit of one person—who does not even say that not to do so will cause him undue hardship, then Council will save members of the Board of Adjustment time, and the city money, by scrapping the zoning ordinance in its entirety. C. B. Spinks, 88, Died Tuesday Cary B. Spinks, 88, of Newberry died Tuesday afternoon at the Lowman Home, White Rock, af ter an extended illness. A native of Dallas, Ga., son of the late John W. and Mary Jane Bullock Spinks, he owned and operated a clothing business here and was a member ot the Luther an Church of the Redeemer. Surviving are three nieces, Mrs. Irene Lawrence of Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. M. F. Camp of Dallas, Ga., and Mrs. Joe Moon of Hir- man, Ga., and a half-sister, Mrs. Gay Gurley of Macon, Ga. Funeral services will be con ducted today (Thursday) at the Whitaker Funeral home by Dr. Henry A. McCullough and Rev. Kenneth Webb. Burial will be in Rosemont cemetery. The family will be at the home of Luther Long, 1127 Hunt St. ON VISIT HERE Miss Ethel Boozer of Charlotte is spending a few weeks with her sister-in-law, Mrs. R. Derrill Smith on Main Street. Miss Mary Ruth Armfield, junior at Newberry High School, was presented checks last Friday morning totaling $15 for being first place winner at Newberry High, and third place county winner, in the National Employ the Physically Handicapped Essay Contest. The presentation took place at school during chapel exercises. In the photo are, from left, J. V. Kneece, superintendent; Miss Arm- field, Jimmy Coggins, chairman of the county NEPH committee who made the presentation, and Pearce Davis, committee secre tary. (Sunphoto) NEWBERRY, S. C. 29108 THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1964 ♦ $2.00 Psr Year Cotton Week 1964 L. Hart Jordan, right and Joe Pool, manager and superintend ent respectively of the Oakland Plant of the Kendall Company, are justifiably proud of the company’s products, some of which are on display at the Oakland Plant Office. Newberry Mills, Inc., as well as Oakland, Mollohon and the Cotton Buying Office of the Ken dall Company, have messages elsewhere in this issue as a salute to National Cotton Week, May 10-16. (Sunptoto) Bell Foundation Is Ready; $515 Given A meeting was held Monday night at the Community Hall to discuss the possibility of forming a County Municipal Association. Each municipality in the county was represented and the group acted favorably on the suggested organization. It was decided that each town would, within 30 days, select a representative to serve on the County Municipal Association. Mayors or their stand-ins attending the meeting for the organization were, front row, from left. Dr. Hammett Joe Smith, Peak; C. A. Shtaly Jr., Newberry; Murray Sheppard, Silverstreet; Bob Lake, chairman of the Newberry County Development Board; J. A. Williams, Prosperity. Back row: Sam Derrick, Little Mountain; Sen. J. F. Hawkins, Rep. D. P. Folk, Arthur Sparks, Whitmire; S. P. Bolund, Pomaria. and J. B. McAdams, Chappells. First Complaint In, City Council Proposes Ordinance Be Changed Work was scheduled to begin last Thursday on the Boundary Street Bell foundation, but was delayed until Monday. By Mon day evening, however, the found ation was almost completed and the finishing touches were put on Tuesday morning, including the iron structure to hold the bell. With the foundation finished, work began on the sidewalks which will be paved of brick of a sandstone color to blend with the building and bell foundation. Final plans for the dedication ceremony are being made, and will be published next week. The short ceremony will be held at the school at 4 P.M., and will be out doors if weather permits on May 24th. A turkey dinner toraise funds to help meet the $700 expense of the bell and sidewalk will be held Friday night, May 22 at the Boundary cafeteria. Treasurer Bill Kibler reported receipt of a check from the fac ulty and students of Boundary Street school in the amount of $70.65. Of this amount, $10 was given by fifth grade students taught by Mrs. Nina Price and Miss Sallie Lee Cromer, in honor of Miss Annie Bynum, who for many years was fifth grade teach er at Boundary. A very generous donation has also beer received from Miss Annie Bynum, according to Mr. Kibler. Others who have donated since the last list was published include: G. C. Paysinger, Pete Coleman, Duncan Johnson, Thomas H. Pope, Fay Murray Gray, Mrs. Julia M. Tindall, Newberry Drug Company, S. C. National Bank, Dr. J. E. Wiseman Jr., J. Frank Gilfillan, J. Howard Cook, Jr., Garvice Taylor, Carl Amick, H. C. Smith, Woodrow Lathrop, Jace M. Hove, Clifton Hattaway, Robert Odell, Frank Culclasure, Jack O. Goree, Gordon S. Leslie, Jr., Irvine B. Leslie, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sum mer, W. H. Sterling; Also, Mrs. Josie McAlhany, Mrs. W. H. Tedford, Miss Minnie Morris, Mrs. Mildred Davis, Mr. and Mis. Homer Schumpert, Oak land Plant of the Kendall Com pany, Mrs. Geneva Bickerstaff, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon N. Clark son, Mrs. Nelle Stewart, Memory of Troy Lee Rogers, Mrs. Louise Rogers Cox, Mrs. Dorothy Gam ble, Mr. and Mrs. Hart Jordan, Mrs. Charles Jeremias, and one anonymous donation. Total donations to date $515.40. Those who have not yet contribut ed may make checks payable to Boundary Bell Fund and send to Bill Kibler at S. C. National Bank. MOVE TO CLINTON Mr. and Mrs. John J. (Billy) McSwain and children, Tracy and Neal, moved Saturday to Clinton where Mr. McSwain has accepted a position with Gray Funeral Home. Their address is Smallwood Acres, Clinton. Their other daugh ter, Becky, will remain in Newber ry with relatives until the end of the school term. Ben Cockrell Rites Monday Benjamin Manning (Ben) Cock rell, 53, Newberry city policeman, died Wednesday in the Newberry County Memorial hospital after a brief illness. Born in Batesburg, son of the late Broadus C. and Bertha Rey nolds Cockrell, he was employed as a city policeman almost fifteen years ago. He was a member of Bethlehem Baptist church, Bates- buig and had served in the army. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Frances Young Cockrell; a son, Robert L. of the Navy in San Frpncisco, Calif.; three daughters, Miss Marlene Cockrell, Mrs. Peg gy Cockrell McElrath, and Mrs. Brenda Burch of Newberry; four brothers, Louis and Chester, of Batesburg, Leon of Elgin and Rondel of Gilbert; four sisters, Mrs. Melba Amick, Mrs. Geraldine Amick and Mrs. Iris Wessinger, of West Columbia and Mrs. Ruth Risinger of Maggie Valley, N. C. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday at Hunt Memorial 'Bap tist church by Rev. Charles H. Lucado. Burial was in the Beth lehem Baptist church cemetery. Active pallbearers were the members of the Newberry county Rescue squad. Serving as honorary pallbearers were the members of the New berry Police departtment, Mayor Ernest Layton, City Manager K. W. Riebe, members of city council, Sheriff Tom Fellers and the Sher iff’s department. Coroner George Summer, members of the New berry County State Highway Pat rol, members of the S. C. Law En forcement Division, members of the Newberry Fire Department, members of the Whitmire Police Department, the magistrates of the county, B. Eugene Shealy, Frank Ward, V. L. Huffstetler, Dr. Ralph P. Baker, Dr. Elbert J. Dickert, Clarence Wallace, Mrs. Frank Culclasure and T. M. Mar- ier. ON CRUISE Mr. and Mrs. Guy V. Whitener Jr. ane enjoying a two-weeks Ca ribbean cruise. Annual Scout Camporee Be Held May 15-17 The annual Newberry District Boy Scout Spring Camporee will be held May 15, 16, 17 at Mace donia Lutheran church which is below Prosperity. A full weekend of activities is planned and a lar ger attendance than last years is expected. On Friday, Scouts will begin checking in at 3:30 P.M. The rest of Friday afternoon will con sist of setting up camp, eating supper, leaders meeting, troop ahd patrol vespers. Saturday morning activities will b«gin with reveille followed by breakfast, clean up, and prepare for inspection. After inspection, each troop will be responsible for demonstrating the technique of “How to teach skill.” This will consist of using a compass, lash ing, measuring, cooking, fire build ing (flint and steel) bandaging, splints, transporting injured, ground beds, packs and packing, knife and ax. The afternoon activities will be devoted to competitive skills and j games which will consist of skin the snake, antelope race, rope climbing, running broad jump, ten peg relay, sit - ups, push-ups, tire relay. After supper, there will be a camp fire program and each troop will be responsible for putting on a skit, game or song. After breakfast Sunday mora- ing, Rev. W. Earl Jernigan of Macedonia Lutheran church, will conduct worship sei-vices. At 8:30 A. M., the Scouts will leave so that they may return home in time to attend their own church services. If inclement weather pre vails, camporee will be postponed until > jne 5, 6, and 7. Rev. McGill Rites Yesterday Rev. James Ira McGill, 65, re tired Baptist minister and father of Mrs. Mattie Hamrick of New berry, died Monday night at Lake side Rest Home in Lexington. Rev. McGill was born in Gaston, Lexington county, son of the late Rev. James F. and Mattie Corley McGill. His father at one time was pastor of West End 'Baptist Church. Rev. McGill was well known in Newberry where he and his wife, the late Mrs. Myrtle McGill who died in 1959, owned and operated Myrtle’s Flower Shop for a num ber of years. He is survived by one son, James Furman McGill of Colum bia; five daughters, Mrs. Earl Hamrick, Newberry, Mrs. Robert Brewer, Charlotte, N. C., Mrs. S. F. Cooke Jr., Rock Hill, Mrs. Mil- ton E. Pate, Oak Ridge, Tenn., Mrs. J. W. Braziel Jr., Winns- boro; also three sisters and one brother. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 4 p.m. from Steven Green Memorial Baptist Church of which he was former pastor for 15 years. Interment was in Cres cent Hill Memorial Park, Colum bia. GET SCHOLARSHIPS The University of South Caro lina has announced the award of 65 scholarships to upperclassmen at the university. Two of these went to Newberry County stu dents: Charles Emerson Ragland Jr., the William Schell Reamer scholarship, and James Everett Kibler of Prosperity, the Norman Murray Smith scholarship. MEETS TONIGHT Boundary Street Parent-Teacher Association will meet tonight (Thursday) at eight o’clock in the school cafetorium. The program will be Fai'ewell to Sixth Grade. The executive committee is ask ed to meet at 7:30. City Council here Tuesday night requested the Newberry Planning Commission to recom mend for council’s consideration an amendment to city’s zoning or dinance to allow more flexibility in construction of additions to present buildings. This would be the first amend ment since the zoning ordinance was adopted a few months ago. Councilman Clarence Shealy made a motion asking the com mission to propose an amendment that would allow decreasing the required distance between existing buildings if adjoining property owners agree. Shealy said such an amendment would give the board of adjusters a guideline for more flexibility in granting variances to the ordin ance. Councilman E. F. McCutcheon said he believed persons now own ing homes shotild be allowed to make necessary additions to the dwellings. McCutcheon said if a person knows what the ordinance is when he builds a new home, he will take into consideration space needed for possible additions. The consensus of opinion of council members was that the zon ing ordinance should apply pri marily to new structures and not penalize owners of existing build ings. City Manager Kenneth Riebe told council that the city is going to spend between $9,000 and $12,- 000 to extend its electric distribu tion system to include three new users, two of them commercial. He said the main expense will be for installation of new trans formers. The extended service will supply a feed mill, a lumber com pany and the Newberry County Nursing Home. Council voted to pay for the project with money left over from the recent sale of utility bonds for water and sewer improvement. City Recreation Director P. K. Fuller recommended that council approve a $671 expenditure as the initial expense in establishing a ceramics program. Council approv ed the project which is expected to be self-supporting and will op erate as a part of the municipal recreation program. In other action council: Agreed to place city employees under the new S. C. Retmement System, effective in July. Asked the city manager to study several situations where water is draining from the city streets into private property and report to council what action, if any, should be taken. Accepted a bid of $1,428 from a local firm for police and fire men’s uniforms. The lowest bid, by an Atlanta firm, was $40 under the local firm’s. Heard a request from Riebe that council study a proposed city traffic-flow pattern approved by the traffic division of the State Highway department. Rev. Pettigrew Died Friday At Age Of 87 Rev. George R. Pettigrew, 87, of Chappells, retired Baptist min ister, died Friday at the Allen Bennett Memorial hospital, in Greer. Bom in Florence, he was the son of the late James A. and Fan nie Tillman Pettigrew. During his ministry he served at Cross Roads, Mountain Creek, Damas cus, and Chestnut and his last pastorate was the Chappells Bap tist church, where he served for more than 32 years. He is the last surviving mem ber of his family. Funeral services were conducted at 10:00 A.M. Sunday at Chap pells Baptist church by Rev. Roy Durst. Another service was con ducted at 4 P.M. at Ebenezer Bap tist church, Florence. Burial was in the Ebenezer Baptist church ;.v metery. Active pallbearers we"e John Register, George Pettigrew, Dr. Richard Pettigrew, Ed. Pettigrew, J. B. McAdams, Earl Boazman, Claude Sharpe and Ralph 'Boaz- man. Serving as honorary pallbearers were J. D. Arrington, Brooks Workman, L. E. Werts, W. E. Spearman, John Webb, P. G. Cole man, O. L. Thomas, T. B. (Dad) Amis, Rev. J. R McKittrick, J. L. Holloway, Miller Summer, Rev. Charles Arrington, Rev. Grady Summer, William Webb and M. B. McKittrick. Jaycee-Ettes Thank Public The Newberry Jaycee-ettes, sponsors of the Clean-up Week Campaign—May 4 through May 10—wish to express a well-earned Thank-You to the schools, organi zations, the college and, last but by no means least, the citizens of Newberry who worked so vigor ously to help make Newberry a more beautiful city. Four handsome trophies will be awarded to the school and Boy and Girl Scout Troop doing the most outstanding job during the Clean-up Campaign. Speers, Dray ton and Boundary Street schools will compete for one trophy; Newberry High, Newberry Junior High and Gallman High will com pete for one trophy; the Girl Scout Troops will compete for one trophy and the Boy Scout Troops will compete for the re maining trophy. These projects will be viewed by an out-of-town person selected by Mr. Jabbo Folk. The judgments and awards will be announced at a later date. Office Moves Are Announced The Newberry County Develop ment Board and the Newberry County Civil Defense offices have been moved to their new quarters in the space formerly occupied by the Police Department and city jail. The offices have been com pletely renovated, according to Dave Morrison, executive secre tary of the Development board. Telephone number for the Board is 276-4274 and for Civil Defense 276-5772. Mr. Morrison invites the public to come by and inspect the new quarters. PIANO STUDENTS IN RECITAL Piano students of Mrs. Hal Kohn were recently presented in informal recital at the May meet ing of their music club. Taking part were Beth Dixon, Gene Wicker, George Summer, Ruthie Sanders, Connie Sanders, Bruce Mayer, Suzi Long, Patricia Ruff, Jeanne Underwood, Kathy Roberts, Nancy Underwood, Floyd Mills, Ellenor McCaughrin, Randy Bostic, Karen Lominack, Patti Regnery, Anna Hawkins and Mary Helen Whitaker. IS RECOVERING AFTER SURGERY Mrs. Marilyn Whitener Pate, who underwent major surgery at Baptist hospital in Columbia Fri day, is recovering nicely and will return to her home in Columbia in about two weeks. She is in room No. 264. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS May 17: Bonnie Boland, Linda Allen Martin, Jerry Alewine, Gertrude B. Force; Mrs. Forrest Boozer, Jewel Connelly, R. E. Hanna, Jr., Eleanor Amick, Mrs. Hack Wallace, Karen Atkison, Aldon E. Bedenbaugh Jr., Faye Crews, Mrs. Paul Petty. May 18: Mrs. Olgie Shealy, Mrs. Jackson W. Taylor, David L. West, Mrs- George Spoils, EL F. Lovell, Jr., Bruce Lips comb, Bobby Armfield. May 19; Steve Price, Ralph EL Rowe, Jr., Mrs. Olin Berry, Mrs. Leslie Wood, Lee Mayer, Mrs. Dorothy Schumpert, Mar garet Lipscomb, Durrett Lips comb, Keith Nichols, Pearce Davis, Mrs. Sally Shealy. May 20 James I. Bedenbaugh, Mrs. George T. Davenport, Mrs. Forrest Lominack, J. Walker Schumpert, Jr., Mrs. Andrew Shealy, Joe Davenport, Stuart McBeth, Dale Rickard. May 21: Frances Swittenburg, Sadie Crooks, Mrs. Harvey M. Jordan, Angela Christie Timm erman, Red Evans Franklin. May 22: Mrs. R- W. Culbert son, Mrs. C. W. Bedenbaugh, Mrs. H. W. Shannon. Sr., Mrs. Betty Sharp, David Young, Randy Robert Koon, James G. Clamp. May 23: James Smith, Jr., Mrs. Johnson Hagoon Clary, Gerry Dominick, Bobby Hanna III, Mrs. J. T. Amick. The Junior Class of Newberry High School entertained the graduating class recently with a banquet and a gala dance. Susan Frazier, president of the Junior Class, presided. Others seated at the head table during the banuqet were, from left, Kaye Riley, Eunice Medlock, Phil Trefsgar, Su san Frazier, Bubba Coleman, Laura Summer, Mike Hamilton and Jane Shannon. (Sunphoto)