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Dowaqer, in the bar of the sinking Titanic: I know I ordered ice, but this is ridiculous! titt The only successful man these days is one who can think up ways of making money faster than the gov ernment can take it away. OLUME 28—NUMBER 16. NEWBERRY, S. C. 29108 THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1964 ♦ $2.00 Per Year Bj'T he-W ay By DORIS A. SANDERS I<,f- which .-lip nroefreading pitt- caruta irci i r ■ rrect ]< ‘fi. I } hell* it ! ; ! I.- THE rOl HT There are many forces at work in America today dedicated to | fee] much better i Nou* bringing about a chance in our- He- [ week. The Sun isn t the worst. I publican form of governmerit. J have learned. r Hiring the past Ranging from the Communist , week 1 had occasion to rea»l a Party down through the front or- ! daily newspaper which ordinarily ganizations, to mistaken do-good- ; I do not see, and day after day, er.-, thev either openly advocate j column after coiumn wa, filled the overthrow of our system ol with errors. To me there i cuse for such sloppiness or government, or unwisely under mine the system by advocacy of programs which could lead only to socialism. There was a time when this country had a bulwark to protect , itself from changes which would TH E REACH destroy Constitutional government] j went with Fra.-ier last to Mvrtle Beach, wirere h* daily, but I am told i that way for years. This doesn’t exeu.-e us, does make me feel a bttb t targe las been —an intelligent Supreme Court which based its decisions on the Constitution. In recent years, the Court has become little more than a dictatorial body, issuing sweep ing decrees with little or no ( on- stitutional basis. In recent months, more and more was attending- the Cuidance Counsel ors workshop at the Ocean Forest Hotel. Since the weather was so miserable, 1 passed th>’ time going to the workshop sessions, and thO is to serve notice on Ralph Wat- j kins that I am now oualified as a : informed sources are speaking otit j i j uri ; ( , r High Cuidance Counselor, about the usurpation of power by j ()f course there are a few the Court, and the dangers inher- j thing's like a college degree and ent therein. I would especially ^ roaster's degree, etc., that would urge that you read Manion h orum j m -event niy being able to accept and Looking Ahead in this week s | SU( .p a position, plus the fact that issue. Be sure, also, to read Fom Anderson's Straight Talk which doesn’t deal with the Supreme Court, but with the future of America. our Junior High does not even have a guidance program. This is a shame and places our district far behind many schools in the state. By far the greatest percen tage of “drop-outs” occur during the Junior High grades. Dr. Hol ler, head of the division of in Date Department ..'of Education, says that the num ber of dropouts has greatlv de- HOW TO VOTE Several people have called re>a- ; tive to voting the Republican tick- ! struction of the et in the November general elec tion. There is apparently a good . , . f rom I creased since tne inauguration et resulting .. ..... . about S time ‘ guidance programs m many Junior High Schools. But to get back to the beach, as 1 said, the weather was miserable. This will be verified by Supt. and Mrs. J. V. Kneece, Mrs. Ruth Hipp and Mrs. Sara Lister, who were there for the full week, and by Jim and Becky Abrams, who were there three days. Jin, represented Newberry College on panel dis cussions of college admissions. One nice part of the trip, how ever, was an opportunity for a visit with Ed and Bert Blackwell. We found Ed in his office at City Hall, and it took only one look to see that the salt air and nis posi tion as Myrtle Beach city manager agree with him. After chatting with Ed for a while, we drove by bit of confusion items in state newspaper a “full ticket.” This is merely a state or local matter and has m bearing on ,voting in the Presi dential election. The Presidential ballot for No vember 3 will contain electors for the Democrat Party, the Republi can Party, and should sufficient petitions be presented to the Sec retary of State, any independent slate of electors. Since (iOv. George Wallace has withdrawn from the race, it is expected that only the Democrat and Republican electors will appear on the state ballot. They will be clearly mark ed as such and there should be no confusion on the part of voters once they see the ballot. Chances are that sample ballots will be published in newspapers in ad vance of the election, so that all voters will know exactly what to | with Beit. SENSATIONAL NOVELTY PLATE-SPINNING ACT: The Aus tins, an exciting duo featuring plate-spinning and other novelty acts are set for their trip to Newberry to appear with other pro fessional acts at Newberry Electric Cooperative’s Annual Electric Fair and Business Meeting. The Austins have thrilled audiences in man\ countries throughout the w r orld. One of their most recent appearances was on “International Showtime,” viewed by televis ion audiences throughout the country. Co-op plans for annual meeting The annual meeting of the New berry Electric (’o-opei\.iuve Inc. will be held Thursday, August 13 at 8p.m. at Newberry County Fair Grounds, and it won’t all be busi ness, according to Hugh M. Ept- ing. Co-op manager. On hand for the entertainment of co-op members will be The Cas- : sidy Dancers, The Grimaldis mu- I sical comedy team, Willard and ! Company Illusionists. The Austins Novelty Plate Spinning act, and Lois Shirley, organist. Some business will be discussed, i however, and among items on the ' agenda will be election of Co-op following have been expect when they go to vote. THE GREMLINS The Gremlins got into our Lino type machine again this week, so we beg you to overlook the fact that a number of the letters “e” and “s” appear to be a little lar ger than usual, for indeed they are. I sometimes shudder when I see the number of typographical er- If those few people who forced the city manager election three years ago thought they were hurt ing Ed Blackwell. I can assure them they did him a hie- favor. The Blackwells are happily situat ed, away fro mthe sniping of a few disgruntled individuals, and are well liked by the folks at Myrtle Beach. As the old saying goes, Newberry’s loss is Myrtle Beach’s gain. STRAIGHT TALK By TOM ANDERSON AN EDITOR of The Saturday Evening Post collared me at the Republican Convention and said: “We don’t understand all of this. How do you explain this seemingly fanatical devotion to Goldwater?” “Well,” I replied, “the most charitable thing I could say about the Post (and Life, Time, Look, Newsweek, Frontley and Pinkley, etc.) is that you DON’T under stand it.” There is a burgeoning grassroots rebellion in this country. Millions of awakened and alarmed Ameri cans have now gone to work to save our Republic from becoming a Socialist-Union-Welfare dicta torship which is surrendering piecemeal to the communist-dom inated United Nations. Neither Barry Goldwater nor the Republi can party can save our country. It will not be saved by one man or by one political party. It will be saved not from the top down but from the bottom up. It will be saved by the people. Goldwater is not the power-hungry leader trying to take over. He is the somewhat reluctant candidate im pelled by his innate courage, hon esty and patriotism to try to re store our constitutional Republic. Goldwater is a shock to the poli ticians and press mainly because he is THE HONEST DEAL. The peacemongers, who are surrendering us on the install ment plan to the Communists, call Goldwater a trigger-happy “Dr. Strangwater” who would bring on a nuclear holaeaust. The SURE way to bring on a nuclear war is to let the enemy jknow that we can’t or won't fight one. Disarmament helped cause World Wars I and II. Dis armament brings war, not peace- Goldwater is for Preparedness AND PEACE. “Goldwater is unfit to be Pres ident,” says Henry Sabot Lodge, the man who accused the great and good Senator Taft of trying to steal the 1952 nomination. Goldwater is unfit, but Rocke feller is not! Why is Goldwater unfit? Because he “shoots from the hip”? On the subject of unfit, we haven’t had a president who was morally fit to hold the job since Herbert Hoover. Hatemonger Hatfield, Governor of Oregon, in his keynote speech attacked the Communist party, the Ku Klux Klan and the John Birch society. Rantin’ Scranton demand ed that the Republican platform condemn the John Birch society. Wouldn’t it have been more ap propriate for the platform to condemn a candidate who took another man’s wife away from him? Nelson Rockefeller decries “the immorality of discrimina tion.” Rockefeller pursued h i s Happy-ness by breaking up two families. How has he got the gall to talk about immorality? Nelson Rockefeller denounced the Communist party and the John Birch society and other “extremist” groups. Commun ism is a criminal conspiracy, and all American Communists should be arrested and deported. On the other hand, John Birchers as a group are the most relig ious, courageous, dedicated Am ericans of any group I have ever known. Grouping Commun- (Conti need on page 3) the beautiful new home they have | “F built in Myrtle Bench for a vWt i “Ute'f by a nominating commit- tee to be voted on by members: Zone 1, Elmer R. Baker, Wilbur E. Epps; Zone 2, David C. Wald rop, P. T. Harris; Zone 3, Sam Pat Hawkins, Ralph P. Shealy. Other nominations may be made from the floor by members. Only one director will be elected from each zone. Members, their families and friends are cordially invited to at tend. The primary purpose of the meeting is “to conduct necessary business and to give membership information that is essential for the continued growth and useful ness of the Co-operative.” In a message to members, the Co-op President George E. Stone said, “. . . It is your responsi bility as members to keep your selves informed and to know the facts concerning the problems of your Cooperative. “Propaganda and adverse criti cism against he rural electric program is ever increasing. Our membership must know the true story and each member must as sume the responsibility of getting the truth to our fellow citizens who live in our towns and cities. “For the past several years the big power companies operating in our state have attempted to dis credit the electric cooperatives in our state in the minds of the pub lic by proclaiming through the press, over the radio and televis ion that to he able to borrow mon ey from REA at 2 percent inter est is an unpardonable imposition on the general public. The truth of the matter is the general public has benefitted tremendously as a result of the rural electrics. For a number of years to come many of the electric cooperatives must have a source from which to bor row money at a low interest rate, el se they will find themselves in a difficult financial position. To permit the destruction of the el ectric cooperatives in our state would, in my opinion, he economic suicide to many of our fine citi zens. “Fortunately, your cooperative has not had to sign a note for a new loan with REA since the year 1952. We have been able since that date to operate, maintain, improve and expand our system with out- own funds. We are proud that we should it become necessary to bor row funds, your board will borrow at as low an interest rate as is possible.” Manager Hugh Epting, in his report, give members a look at what has been done by the New berry Coop during the past year, and states “Your cooperative is a two million dollar enterprise . . . You own all of it except about $300,000 which is still owed REA. You have been reducing the in debtedness to REA for a number of years and unless catastrophe strikes or very unusual system ex pansion is demanded, we believe for the next several years we should be able to continue to re duce our indebtedness to REA. “Without the good will and friendly attitude of the Coopera tive’s members, guidance of a har monious board of directors and the assistance of capable, well- qualified and loyal employees,” Mr. Epting continued, “it would be impossible to accomplish the work that is being done at your electric cooperative.” Members of the current Board of the Coop are R. M. Blair, W. E. Epps, L. Berley Bedenbaugh, Da vid L. Ruff, George L. Stone, Hugh M. Epting, Harold F. Long, David Waldrop, C. T. Smith an«i Ralph Shealy. Folk To Head MH Campaign The annual “Bell-Ringer Cam paign” for the support of Mental Hpaltn programs will this fall be directed by D. P. “Jahbo” Folk, it is announced by Dr. W. H. Beck, president of the Newberry Coun ty Mental Health Association. Similar campaigns will be con ducted throughout the state and nation during the last two weeks of September. Funds collected in each county are devoted to the support of various essential serv ices on local, state, as well as na tional levels. As Newberry County Represen tative in the Legislature, Mr. Folk has showm a deep and active con cern for the various bills before the Legislature to extend mental health facilities and service 7 hi each community. He is thus week attending a special workshop be ing conducted in Columbia for county and city directors of the coming campaign. Arrangements are now being made to contact every family in the county not only to support this program, but to supply helpful information on available services. Since the Rev. Robert Long, president of the county associa tion during the past year, moved from Newberry, the presidency has been assumed by Dr. Walter H. Beck, Professor of psychology at Newberry College, who prev iously served as vice-president and chairman of the Education committee. Other officers of the county association include F. Scott I Elliott as secretary, and II. A. Kemper as treasurer. A county wide group of 21 representatives serves as the Board of Directors. The regular quarterly meeting of the Board will he held on Aug ust 24 at 4:30 p.m. in the Agricul ture building; arrangements will then be completed for the annual general-open meeting to he held in September and for the annual Bell-Ringer campaign. Local Guard replaced by New Mexico unit in Army maneuvers have b< Inquest To Be Held Tonight Coroner George R. Summer has scheduled an inquest for tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. in the court house to inquire into the death of Mrs. Ethel Adams Schumpert. Mrs. Schumpert was fatally in jured Friday afternoon when the automobile which she was driving was in collision with a tractor- trailer truck on By-Pass 121 near Newberry. The accident occurred near Martin’s Retreading Company. Mrs. Schumpert died shortly after the accident at Newberry county Memorial hospital. Investigating officers reported that the truck was driven by New ton Cromer of Kinards, and was owned by Wilson Brothers Sand company of Greenwood. It was loaded with gravel at the time of the accident. Officers saN Crom er was not injured. Patrolman Alen D. Re’ghley, who investigated the wreck, said that both vehicles seemed to have been going in the same direction. x-en VACATION AT MAGGIE VALLEY Mrs. Holland Wilson and daugh ter, Mrs. Rosine Longshore and Mrs. Longshore’s grandson, Tom my and Cam, recently spent sev eral days vacation in the moun tains of North Carolina and Tenn essee. They made their headquar ters at Maggie Valley, visiting o fortunate; however,' points of interest in both states. Car Wrecker Still Sought Law enforcement officers were combing the woods near Kinards late Tuesday night for a man wearing a U. S. Army corporal’s uniform, who wrecked a stolen car and fled about 9:30 p.m. According to Sheriff Tom Fel lers, the man still had not been apprehended Wednesday morning. Police said a white male in an Army uniform wrecked a 1960 Chevrolet, reported stolen in Aik en earlier in the day. The State Highway Patrol dis covered the wrecked Chevrolet near Kinards when they were call ed to investigate the wreck. Bloodhounds from the State Law Enforcement Division were called from Columbia about 10 p.m. to aid in the search. State Highway patrolmen, Jo anna policemen and members of the Laurens and Newberry County sheriff’s forces were assisting in the search. According to one un confirmed report, the man was armed. Homecoming At Bachman Chapel Bachman Chapel Homecoming Service will be at 11:00 a.m., and Sunday School at ten o’clook on Sunday, August 9, at which time Dr. L. Grady Cooper will bring the message for the day. At the service there will be a number of items blessed, one of which will be 25 Service Books and Hymnals. After the service, a picnic lunch will be served on the grounds from the baskets of members and friends. The dedication of the parson age will follow at 2 p.m., at which time the Rev. Garth Lee Hill, pas tor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Little Mountain, and president of Newberry Distzict, will dedicate the parsonage. The Rev. William H. Link was installed on March 15 of this year is the first full-time pastor of •Bachman Chapel Lutheran Church, which had been in a parish with other churches during its lifetime. Not long after deciding to go it alone, the members began to build a parsonage with the hope of se curing a pastor. The parsonage is across the road from the church. After the Homecoming service and picnic lunch, there will be an open house at the new parsonage from 3-5 p.m. All members and friends are invited to come see this new building. Tht* 4th Automatic Weapons Battalion, New Mexico National Guard, will replace the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the S. C. Na tional Guard on “Project Team” maneuvers with the regular Army in October. The announcement of this change came from the Adjutant General 1 of South Carolina, Major General j Frank D. Pinckney, after a sur vey of availability of men from • the 1st and 2nd Battalions to take j part in the maneuvers, j The state National Guard will still play a role in the maneuvers, however, and Lt. Col. Gerald C. O’Quinn, executive officer of the j 163rd Artillery Group, has been S named by General Pinckney to I serve as Project Officer for South ! (’aroiina’s role in the maneuvers. Col. O’Quinn stated this w r eek that the S. C. National Guard wdll furnish logistical support to the 4th Battalion from New Mexico, by supplying all vehicles neces sary for the Battalion’s use during the 17 days of maneuvers. In addition, Col. O’Quinn said, most of those members of the lo cal guard units who wish may still participate in the maneuvers. The Battalion from New r Mexico will furnish a list of vacancies which will need to oe filled and it is expected that 50 to 75 local guardsmen will participate. The maneuvers in which the lo cal gua. d units were to have tak- « n part will begin on October 11. At that time, personnel of Head quarters and four firing batteries of the 4th Battalion will be air lifted from New Mexico to McEn- tire Air National Guard Base, Eastover. Prior to their arrival, vehicles for their use, furnished by the S. C. National Guard, will be on hand at McEntire, and the Battalion wall begin its convoy to Camp Mc-Coll, N. C., where it will I participate with the 82nd Airborne i Division in the w r ar games, i Commenting on the withdrawal j of the 1st and 2nd Battalions from participating in the maneuvers, Col. O’Quinn said the decision had been reached by the Adjutant Gen eral after a survey of National Guardsmen and their employers. “\Yo have always had wonderful cooperation from employers in re leasing men for field trainig,” he said. “After surveying the em ployment situation, however, real izing that this would be one of the busiest times of the year for for most employers, the Adjutant General felt that it would not be to the best interest of the Guards men or to the communities in which they were located to order the men into service for two weeks.” Col. O’Quinn stressed the friend ly relations which have always existed between the National Guard and employers of National guardsmen. “We realize,” he stated, “that to call the men to active duty at this time w T ould create a hardship on employers, as well as on many members of the Guard. Rather than do this, the Adjutant General decided to withdraw the two Bat talions from participation in the maneuvers.” Only one unit of the S. C. Na tional Guard will take part in the maneuvers as a unit, according to Col. O’Quinn. That will be the 384 th Radar Maintenance Unit under the command of Chief War rant Officer Arehart of Columbia. The 384th is attached to the 163d Group, and trains in Newberry, although most of its personnel live in Columbia. Col. O’Quinn said that about 300 Guardsmen from the 1st and 2nd Battalions would have been able to participate in the maneuvers voluntarily. About 225 of these were from Newberry, the remain der from the 2nd Battalion with units located in the upper part of the State. A minimum of 610 men, 90 percent of Battalion strength, was needed for the maneuvers. The local guardsmen who take j part in the manuevers wdll do so on an entirely voluntary basis, and will be required to attend an nual field training next summer, Col. O’Quinn said. After 42 years work with the Oakland Plant of the Kendall Company, P. E. King retired on August 1 from the spinning de partment of that plant. In the picture a»>ove, Mr. King, left, is receiving his Certificate of Participation in the Kendall Retire ment Plan from Grady Carter, office manager at Oakland. Mr. King lives at 2811 Hunt Ave. His wife is employed in the spooling department at Oakland. They are the parents of six chil dren, who are widely scattered about the country. James is in Cal ifornia; Marion, Atlanta; Mrs. Betty Gault, Union; Mrs. Patsy Shealy, Newberry; Charles, Panama City, Fla. and Mrs. Brunell Linder, Nevada. Mr. King says he might get a job and go to work again later, but right nov/ he is busy keeping up with his garden and doing work that needs to be done around the house. (Sunphoto) Guard Personnel Changes Are Announced Several changes in officer and enlisted personnel of the 163rd Artillery Group, S. C. National Guard, were announced during the w r eekend by Col. Lew Hoyt, group commander, and Capt Dick Vaug han, commander of the Group’s Headquarters Battery. Chief Warrant Officer Drayton L. Minick, now serving as Motor Officer for the Group, is being transferred to the position of com manding officer of the 383rd Sig nal Detachment, Radar Mainten ance Repair Unit. He will replace CWO Hallman of Columbia, who recently resigned. The change wi’l take place August 16. Replacing CWO Minick as Mo tor Officer wdll be R. Frasier Sanders. Mr. Sanders, now a Master Sergeant serving a s Group Sergeant Major, will b e reinstated as Chief Warrant Of ficer. He served as Warrant Officer for six years prior to re organization of his unit four years ago, at which time a number of Warrant Officer positions were eliminated. Master Sergeant Thomas J. Longshore, who has served for ten yeors as First Sergeant of the Group, will become Sergeant Maj or, and will be replaced by Master Sergeant James E. Stone as First S< rgeant. All of these changes will be made effective before the next drill of the Group in September. FROM MIAMI Dr. Roy DeVore, principal of Ilileah Elementary School in Mi ami, Fla., arrived in Newberry Tuesday night for a weeks visit with his mother, Mrs. Frank De vore. his sister, Mrs. Elliot Dawk ins and family, and other relatives ! Metts Receives Service Pin Dunn?* a staff conference of Soil Conservation Service person nel held recently in Chester, Cal vin E. Metts, received a certificate and lapel pin in recognition for 20 years Federal service. Presenting the award was James L. Wilson, Area Conservationist for the Ches ter Area. Metts is a Little Moun tain native. He is assigned to the work unit staff of Soil Con servation Service in Newberry. He assists the 1300 farmers cooper ating with the Newberry Soil Conservation District in applying conservation practices on their land. Miss Estelle Hightower has moved to 1103 Amelia street in the apartment in the home of M iss Martha Vance Ellesor. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Walter Nel son are now making their home at 1101 Fair St. Joe B. Eargle Gets Promotion Joe B. Earle, a South Carolina native and Clemson Colle., grad uate, will become the new state conservationist for Louisiana Sept. 27. Earle has worked for the Soil Conservation Service since 1941. He served at various posts in South Carolina and was assistant state conservationist there from 1957 to 1961. During his work in this state, Mr. Earle frequently visited Newberry and was well known here. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Aug. 9: Mrs. James S. Price, Mrs. O. D. Glenn, Regie Brooks, Karen Boozer, Alice Julia You- mans, Mrs. Gettis L. Coats, Anne Graham, Beth Harmon. Aug. 10: Katherine Rebecca Truesifell, Tommy Chappells, Joe Roberts Sr., Mrs. Dove P. Connelly, Sue Harmon, Mrs. Doris Brooks, N. C. Shaver, Jessie Dandy, Linda Cook, Mrs. Virginia Berley, Rodney Cook Outz, Larry Creekmore, Mrs. Frank Reddick. Aug. 11: Leonide Reagin, Mrs. Jeff Suber, Ned Danielson, Ju- nelle Livingston, Peggy Bowers, Nina Ann Sheppard. LuEUen Neel, Miriam K. Leslie, Mrs. J. A. Chasteen, Keith Wicker, Jer ry and Terry Koon. Aug. 12: Clarence Kinard, J. Dave Caldwell, Pat Rayfield, Clyde Livingston, Bill Stuck, W. Ernest Merchant, James Duffie. Aug. 13: Mickey Jenkins, Roea- Bnd Werts, Tom P. Wicker, Da vid Waldrop, R. C. Hunter, Al- fredia Livingston, Mrs. F. C. Hentz, Barbara Alice Vmick, F. J. Kennerley II, Henry David Warren, Mrs. D. M. Shull, Mrs. Gloria A. Parks. Aug. 14: Tip Hargrove, Mrs. Clay Ballentine, Carroll Looney, Loris Boland, Deborah Brady, Dudley Dominick, Sudie Dennis, Patricia Lake, Ike Dennis Ir., Debbie Lipscomb, P. K. Fuller, Rev. Paul Petty, Mrs- N. R. Raff. Aug. 15: Mrs. James Mills, Miss Sadie Bowers, Mrs. Wil liam Partridge, Mary Lane Chapman, Mrs. Ruth Walton, Ann Leopard, Mrs. Arthur Ear gle, Charlotte Pelham, Gary Pope, Dow Bedenbaugh. Jose phine Anne Tindall. Cecil E. Merchant, Ella Rae Blake, Rev. Bob Long.