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VOLUME 28—NUMBER 17.
NEWBERRY, S. C. 29108 THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1964
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By-The^Wciy .. . b y doris a. sanders
NONE DARE
•‘None Dare Call It Treason,”
by John A. Stormer, is a book
which every American, interested
in the future of this country,
should read. The little paperback
book costs only 75c and may be
ordered from Liberty Bell Press,
P. O. Box 32, Florissant, Mo. The
little book discloses in as few
words as 1 have seen yet, the
total communist conspiracy, the
smear tactics used aprainst those
who would try to preserve our
Constitutional form of govern
ment; the manner in which the
churches and schools are being
used to brainwash the population
into accepting the theory of ac
commodation with communists
butchers. Those who are inter
ested in the communist menace
have perhaps read most of what
is contained in the book from
various other sources, but the im
pact on even those who have stud
ied the subject is great when all
the main facts are presented in
one compilation.
I expect to be quoting from this
book from time to time, and the
following excerpt is from the
chapter “Subverting Our Religious
Heritage.” As you know, if you
have read this column with any
regularity, I have no respect for
the National Council of Churches.
In 1960, a controversy developed
over an official U. S. Air Force
Reserve Training Manual which
warned Air Force personnel that
communists, their dupes and sym
pathizers had infiltrated into the
churches. Church groups protested
and Congress investigated. Rich
ard Arens, staff director of the
House Committee on Un-Ameri
can Activities, testified during the
hearings as to the evidence of
communist activity in the relig
ious field. As quoted from “None
Dare Call It Treason,” Mr. Arens
said:
“Thus far of the leadership of
the National Council of Churches
of Christ in America, we have
found over 100 persons in lead
ership capacity with either Com
munist-front records or service to
communist causes. The aggregate
affiliations of the leadership, in
stead of being in the hundreds as
first indicated, is now, according
to the latest count, into the thous
ands, and we have yet to complete
our check, which would certainly
suggest, on the basis of authorita
tive sources of this committee,
that the statement that there is
infiltration of fellow travelers in
churches and educational institu
tions is a complete understate
ment.”
Also from the book:
“The National Council of
Churches, its subordinate organi
zations and the leaders of many
of its affiliated denominations and
their publications consistently par
allel or follow the Communist par
ty line, as exposed by J. Edgar
Hoover. The collaboration is par
ticularly evident on such issues as
disarmament, recognition of Red
China and its admission to the
United Nations, opposition to the
committees of Congress which in
vestigate communist infiltration,
subversion and agitation, anti-
anti-communism, and in the pro
motion of visits to America hy
Communist ‘churchmen’ from be
hind the Iron Curtain.”
On July 20, Sen Strom Thur
mond, who has been striving in
vain to have the tax-exempt sta
tus of the NCC revoked because
of its lobbying, called the atten
tion of the Senate to several ar
ticles which have recently been
written about the NCC. Among^
these was one from The State
newspaper of July 5, written by
W. D. (Bill) Workman. Mr.
Workman’s article follows:
A grave threat to church mem
bership in the South is a sociopo
litical action agency with the high-
sounding but misleading name of
the National Council of Churches.
The hierarchy of that organiza
tion includes a host of compulsive
meddlers who are undertaking to
reorder both the thinking and the
conduct of American citizens. The
assertion that they are backed by
some 39 million church men and
women of the United States is
a gross distortion of fact and ab
use of position.
Unfortunately, a considerable
number of Protestant and Eastern
Orthodox denominations of Am
erica are affiliated with the nat
ional council. Even more unhap
pily, many leaders within those
separate denominations do sub
scribe to the principles and poli-
r .
cie> of the council, sometimes us
ing it as a forum to expound views
they might not advocate within
their own more democratic bodies.
But the rank and file of church
membership, especially among
Southern Protestant churches, dis
agree violently with the National
council’s ultra-liberal views and
resent the constant and calculated
inferences that they are repre
sented by the council. At long last,
the time seems at hand for these
Southerners to make a clean and
clear break with tne national coun
cil if they are to preserve their
individual self-respect, their con
gregational identity, and their
ch u reh ly effectiveness.
Promoting Strife
The straw that may have bro
ken the back of long-suffering
Southerners was tne national coun
cil’s sponsorship of the Ohio train
ing school which is dispatching
hundreds of young men and wo
men, black and white upon trou
ble-making missions into the
South. The disappearance of three
such workers in Mississippi seems
not to have any sobering effect
upon the national council, and the
expeditionary force continues to
move south.
The National Council of churches
in effect has declared war upon
the State of Mississippi and pre
sumably upon the rest of the
South where racial separation is
either practiced or preferred.
The council is deliberately fo
menting discord and civil disob
edience ,and doing so in the name
of Christianity. The action is con
sistent with earlier positions taken
by the council and its constituent
agencies.
Earlier this year, the Council’s
Emergency Commission on Relig
ion and Race sponsored a youth
ministry consultation on race at
Nashville. Meeting at the head
quarters of the Methodist General
Board of Education, the delegates
were told that young people should
become involved (one said ‘blood
ed’) in demonstrations for racial
equality.
Dabbling In Politics
But the National Council’s ada
mant stand for racial mixing is
not the only position it has taken
in an effort to influence political
decisions and governmental action.
In a brazen repudiation of the tra
ditional American concept of
church-state separation, the coun
cil has maintained lobbyists, spon
sored demonstrations, stimulated
letter-writing campaigns and in
general rallied the full force of
its organization in support of the
civil rights legislation adopted by
the 1964 Congress.
As far back as 1957, one of the
council’s agencies described segre
gation as “a tragic evil that is
utterly an-Christian.”
But despite this presumed con
cern over Christian conduct, ano
ther council agency (the Fifth
World Order Study Conference)
favored our diplomatic recognition
of Red China and the admission of
that godless, anti-Christian, Com
munist country to the United Na
tions.
Hunting For Headlines
Put the bill of particulars a-
gainst the National Council nei
ther starts nor stops with the ci
tations above. The council, its
officers or its agencies have of
fended the sensibilities or the con
victions of countless churchmen
with such pronouncements or posi
tions as the following:
A requeet (by Dr. Eugene Car-
son Blake when president of the
National Council) asking general
financial support for the legal de
fense and educational fund of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People.
The selection of the Rev. Martin
Luther Xing as the author of the
council’s 1957 Race ReVations Sun
day message. j
A condemnation of right-to-work |
laws.
Opposition to the movie “Opera
tion Abolition” which portrays
Communist-directed efforts to ab
olish the House Committee on
Un-American activities.
Promulgation of a “reading
list” containing authors identified'
with pornography, atheism, or
communism.
There may be areas of activi
ties in which the National Council
renders a genuine service to
Christianity. But when it indulges
in pressure politics, sociological
meddling, international appeas-
ment ,and domestic trouble- mak
ing, the council forfeits whatever
right it might claim to speak for
American Protestants, especially
those of the South.
The Board of Directors of the
Newberry Electric Cooperative,
Inc. are looking for a record at
tendance at the annual Co-op Fair
to be held tonight (Thursday) at
the Newberry County Fairgrounds
Members of the Board shown
above are, from left, R. M. Blair,
W. E. Epps, L. Berley Bodenbaugh,
David L. Ruff, George E. Stone,
Hugh M. Epting (Co-op manag-
er), Harold F. Long, David Wal
drop and C. T. Smith. Absent when
the picture was made was Ralph
Shealy.
In addition to hearing annual
reports and electing three new
directors, the co-op members will
enjoy a full evening of entertain
ment, featuring The Cassidy Dan
cers, The Grimaldis musical com
edy team, Willard and Company
Illusionists, The Austins Novelty
Plate Spinning act, and Lois
Shirley, organist.
Members, their families, and
friends are cordially invited to at
tend the fair.
United Fund To
Be Discussed
A meeting was scheduled for this
(Thursday) moming at 7:30 at
the Wiseman Hotel to consider or
ganization of a United Fund for
Newberry County.
For the past two months, con
siderable work has been done by
a local group of citizens interested
in eliminating the many individ
ual drives which take place in
Newberry throughout the year.
At one time, Newberry had a
Community Chest, but because a
number of agencies dropped out
of the program, the Chest effort
was dropped. Since then, there has
been often-expressed dissatisfac
tion with the seemingly endless
fund drives.
The meeting today was to dis
cuss the matter and decide wheth
er it would be advisable to go
ahead with organization of a
United Fund.
Changes made in
schools’ faculties
Several changes in faculties of
city and county schools will be
evidenced when school doors open
on August 31 for the 1964-65 ses
sion, according to Ralph Watkins,
county director of schools.
Two new members of the high
school faculty are Jim Walter
Nelson, a coach, and Mrs. Carol
H. Sanderson, who will teach bi
ology.
Fred G. Staton has accepted
the position of principal at Jun
ior High School. He will also
teach three classes of 8th grade
Mathematics. Mr. Staton has been
principal of the DAR School at
Tamassee.
Also new on the faculty at Jun
ior High will be Mrs. Elizabeth
Way, who will teach 7th grade
English, replacing Mrs. Elise P.
Bowler, who retired.
Ralph H. Setzler, who for sev
eral years has been principal at
Junior High, will go to Boundary
Street School as teacher of 6th
grade mathematics. He will take
the place of Mrs. Elizabeth Gra
ham, who retired.
Mrs. Helena Hewitt replaces
Mrs. Doris Suber as 6th grade
reading teacher. Mrs. Suber has
moved to Greenwood. Mrs. Evelyn
Sanders will take the Special Edu
cation class which Mrs. Hewitt
taught last year.
Mrs. Geneva Campbell joins the
faculty of Speers Street School as
an additional fifth grade teacher.
New faculty members at other
schools are:
Whitmire High: Hazel J. Gil-
liana, Geraldine Haycock.
Park St. Elementary: Elaine S.
Lemmon, Cleone Swittenberg,
Jennie C. Walker.
Little Mountain Elementary:
Barbara Stuck, James Hale.
Drayton Street Elementary:
Mildred Chaplin, Carolyn Hend
rix, Mary C. Smith, Ethel M. Reed.
Gallman High: Benjamin B.
Boozer, Clemmett J. Garmany,
Georgiana R. Kirksey, Genice C.
Mclver, Ilethta C. Thompson, R.
M. Walker, Nura H. Matthews.
Carver Elementary: Christine R.
Floyd.
Garmany: Viola H. Simuel.
All principals and superintend
ents remain the same as last year,
with the exception of the Junior
High Principal.
The complete list of teachers,
other than those named above, fol
lows:
NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL
J. V. Kneece, Supt.; Earl Boaz-
man, George P. Boozer, Mrs. Geo. j
P. Boozer, Miss Louise Buzhardt, t
Mrs. Martha Dixon, Mrs. John R.
Floyd, Hamilton Folk, Coach Har
ry H. Hedgepath, Miss Claire
Henry, Mrs. Claudia S. Hinson,
Mrs. Alvin G. Hipp, Mrs. Virgil
E. Irons, Mrs. Philip T. Kelly Jr.,
Mr. Geo. Kinard, Mrs. J. V.
Kneece, Donald Layton, Miss Re
becca Livingston, Mr. L. Hubert
Long, Mrs. Martha M. Mathis,
Mrs. P. M. Nichols, Miss Lorraine
Paris, Benjamin H. Phillips, Wal
ter C. Pinson, Mrs. Hubert Setz
ler, Mrs. Furman Sterling, Miss
Ila Mae Suber, Mrs. Velma Turn
er, Emerson E. Westwood, Mrs.
Ralph H. Whitaker, Mrs. Margery
P. Williamson.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
R. E. Beck, Supt.; Naomi R.
Epting, Alice Nobles, Evelyn S.
Langford, Marion W. Felker, Jose
phine Layton, Elizabeth B. Sum
mer, Dorothy C. Amick, Claudie
H. Golden.
BOUNDARY STREET
Evelyn McGraw, Sarah McWhir-
ter, Marie Mills, Frances Beck,
Martha Bouknight, Ruth Feagle,
Ruby Abrams, Prin., Annie Mae
S. Cromer, Clara L. Buddin, Sal-
lie Lee Cromer, Nina C. Price,
Ruth S. Pugh, Mary Nell Eargle,
Miss Juanita Hitt, Sarah B. Ruck
er, Elizabeth Chandler, Marion
Boozer.
SPEERS STREET ELEM.
Annie D. Cromer, Prin.; Nettie
K. Boulware, Maude H. Matthews,
Edna W. Ringer, Annie Abrams,
Virginia L. Reagin, Katie L. Shea
ly, Sarah Boozer, Mary D. Dawk
ins, Harriett Burnette, Matilda
Crooks, Sarah Lucile Eleazer,
Carolyn Lane, Lou F. Lide, Gloria
A. Parks, Julia Tindall.
SILVERSTREET ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
J. G. Long, Supt., Florence
Parnell, Sarah Folk, Marguerite
Havird, Lillie Mae Workman, La-
zelle F. Werts, Clifford Coleman.
BUSH RIVER ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
Charles E. Wise, Supt., Jessie
Mary Derrick, Rebecca T. Gowan,
Edith M. Walker, Helen Folk, Be-
ra Glenn, Deree Abrams.
POMARIA ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
W. R. Lominick, Supt., Mary H.
Britton, Annie L. Crooks, Julia
Kate Sease, Elizabeth S. Lomi
nick, Mary H. Britton, Juanita F.
Sease, Donald Satterfield, Jennie
B. Hentz, Frances P. Suber.
LITTLE MOUNTAIN ELEMEN
TARY SCHOOL
L. D. Bunton, Prin. Mabel
Boozer, Evelyn Cooper, Carrie
Wightman, Bertha Ruff, Eliza
beth Crowell.
MID-CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL
H. M. Bedenbaugh, Prin., J.
Boyce Caldwell, Virginia H. Cul
bertson, Donald E. Davis, Jenny-
lee C. Foster, Elizabeth P. Fulmer,
Lucille P. Hancock, William D.
Kight, Myrna W. Killian, Sara C.
Lister, Rebecca K. Lominick, Dor
othy Lovelace, Ruth McCrackin,
Sarah R. Morris, H. G. Rhodes,
Robert J. Shannon, Willie F. Ruff,
W. E. Zoble.
PROSPERITY ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
G. L. Halfacre, Prin., Juanita
S. Black, Elizabeth B. Smith, Lu
cille S. Metts, Mosby S. Ruff, My
ra B. Fellers, Faye E. MacArthur,
Carolyn S. Cope, Henry C. Day.
WHITMIRE HIGH SCHOOL
N. P. Robinson, Supt., Gordon
H. May, Prin., Eleanor G. Abrams,
Allene H. Aughtry, Martha Bled
soe, Neil Browning, Kenneth L.
Coleman, Mabel W. Douglass,
Virginia Dufford, Rosalie Elliott,
Dorothy W. Hodge, William O.
Johnson, Betty D. Suber, Julian
L. Welling.
(Continued on Page 3)
Explains Plan
To Exchangeites
The proposed traffic flow plan
for Newberry was the subject
of a talk by City Manager Ken
Riebe at the meeting of the Ex
change Club last Tuesday.
Acting under authority of the
city council to inform the public
about the plan, Manager Riebe
will be speaking to a number of
public groups and clubs in the
next few weeks.
The manager emphasized that
Council is not, at the present
time, considering the adoption of
a permanent one-way street traf
fic flow plan—at least not until
such a system has been thoroughly
tested. The backing of citizens is
sought for a 90-day testing per
iod of the plan so that its effec
tiveness may be evaluated, and
after that time the decision would
be made as to whether the plan
would become permanent, whether
adjustments would be needed, etc.
The proposed 90 day testing
plan would begin in November and
continue through January. This
period was selected, Mr. Riebe
said, because of the Christmas
rush and because it is believed
that the heavy traffic conditions
will provide a real test for the
system.
It is expected that parking
within half a block of Main Street
will be available before the test
ing is put into operation.
The one-way streets and off-
street parking are parts of an
overall central business improve
ment program. Other phases of
the five-point program include on
street parking improvement, re
development and improvement of
private properties, cooperation in
merchandising and downtown
parks and public beautification.
Giving as one reason for the
need for an improved traffic
plan the increase in retail sales
in Newberry, Mr. Riebe said that
the city had an increase of over
27% in retail sales between 1954
and 1958 and that figures project
ed to 1970 show that by that time,
Newberry County will govern 42%
of all retail sales in the area
composed of Newberry, Edgefield,
Abbeville, Fairfield, Saluda and
McCormick counties. “We must
plan now to be ready for o.»is po
tential” he said.
He cited improved traffic flow,
as well as adequate parking facili
ties, as necessities in attracting
more customers to Newberry’s
business establishments. He also
said that prospective industries
are reluctant to place additional
burdens on already overburdened
city.
The speaker gave a full descrip
tion of the overall traffic flow
plan, which involves approximate
ly six square blocks in the heart
of the city.
A question and answer period
followed Mr. Riebe’s talk.
Council again rejects live
broadcasts of its meetings
Merchants To
Meet Tuesday
There will be a call meeting of
the Newberry Merchants Associa
tion at 9:30 A.M., Tuesday, Aug
ust 18, 1964 in the Council cham
ber of the City of Newberry. The
purpose of the meeting is the pre
sentation by City Manager Ken
neth W. Riebe of the details of
the Central Business District Im
provement program, including the
proposed one-way traffic pattern.
Opportunity for full discussion
will be provided. Plans for decor
ating down-town Newberry for
The Christmas season will also be
considered.
Public Meeting
Set To Discuss
Traffic Plan
A public meeting has been sched
uled for Monday, August 24 at
7:30 at the Community Hall, so
that citizens of Newberry will
have a chance to inform them
selves about the proposed traffic
flow plan for the city according
to K. W. Riebe, city manager.
The meeting is being sponsored
by the Civic League in the interest
of informing citizens about the
traffic plan, as w r ell as the city
beautification program. The
League has worked for some time
with the city on the latter pro
gram: however, it emphasizes that
no official action has been taken
by the League with reference to
the traffic plan and its sponsor
ship of the meeting is in the com
munity interest.
The overall central business
improvement program will be dis
cussed, with especial emphasis on
the traffic flow plan and off-street
parking.
The public is urged to attend
the meeting.
High School
Rental Dates
Newberry High School students
are urged to rent text books and
locker keys at the school between
the hours of 9-12 and 2-4:30 on
the following days:
Ninth grade, August 21; Tenth
grade, August 24; Eleventh grade,
August 25; and Twelfth grade,
August 26.
If it is not possible for students
to rent books and keys on the
aoove dates, they may do so dur
ing the same hours on August 27
or 28.
Five Guardsmen
Are Promoted
The following men in Headquar
ters Battery, 163rd Group S. C.
National Guard, have been pro
moted to the rank indicated, ac
cording to Capt. Dick M. Vaughan
Jr., Battery Commander:
To be Specialist Fourth Class:
John C. Billingsley, Jr., Carroll
E. Tinsley, David D. Williams.
To be Private First Class: Jas.;
B. Carter and Frank G. Summer
Jr.
BE PROMOTED
TO ADMIRAL
Captain Robert Hayne Hare has
been named deputy assistant to the
Navy’s judge advocate general in
the Pentagon, and will be promot
ed to rear admiral, according to
a recent announcement.
Captain Hare is a son of former
Congressman Butler B. Hare of
Saluda and a brother of former
Congressman James Hare. He at
tended Newberry College and
was graduated from the law school
of the University of South Caro
lina in 1935.
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Ringer are
spending their vacation this
week with their sons, James Rin
ger and family in Walterboro and
Carl Ringer and family in Colum
bia.
College Honor
Students Named
Dean Conrad B. Park announced
that 40 students met necessary
requirements for the Dean’s list
for the Spring semester at New
berry college.
Those listed from Newberry
county include Charlsie H. Counts,
Mildred E. Derrick, Charlene Gol
den, Robert L. Tutas, Mary Edna
Wynn, Mrs. Barbara Wood Briggs,
Brenda K. Campbell, James Wayne
Dowd, Nancy Deree Abrams, Ro
berta V. Cooper, Judith Half acre,
Katherine F. Kelly and Dale R.
Kinard.
Mrs. Richard Briggs left Sun
day for Germany, where she will
join her husband who is stationed
in that country with the U. S.
Air Force. Until her departure, she
had made her home for the past
year with Mr. Briggs’ mother,
Mrs. A. J. Briggs, while attending
Newberry college.
City Council refused a request
to resume broadcasts of its meet
ings, refused to give moral sup
port to the cities of Anderson and
Calhoun Falls in their efforts to
have a federally financed dam
built in that area, heard a com
plaint about speed and excessive
noise of Main Street traffic, and
discussed a number of other items
in a lengthy meeting on Tuesday
night.
A letter from James F. Coggins,
owner of station WKDK, asked
that council reconsider its action
of two months ago and allow
meetings of council to be broad
cast live. He wrote that the broad
casts were of no expense to the
city and were provided by the sta
tion as a public service for those
who were not able to attend the
meetings. He said that many peo
ple had asked when the broad
casts would be resumed.
Councilmen Shealy, Longshore
and McCutcheon favored resuming
the broadcasts, while Senn, Taylor
and Dufford opposed, giving as
their primary reason the fact that
it was too easy for the public to
misunderstand discussions and
statements made by councilmen.
Mayor Layton, breaking the tie,
voted against resumption of the
broadcasts.
Council acted quickly and unan
imously to ignore requests from
Calhoun Falls and Anderson that
council pass a resolution favoring
construction of Trotters Shoals
Dam, a federal power project. Ob
serving that it had previously
passed a resolution favoring con
struction of the Mead Paper Cor
poration plant and a Duke Power
facility in the same area, counc’ 1
received the requests as informa
tion. The Trotter Shoals dam was
a main issue in the recent con
gressional race with Bryan Dorn
strenuously opposing its construc
tion. Dorn won the race by an
overwhelming majority.
Attorney Eugene C. Griffith,
representing a number of property
owners on Main street between
Glenn and the By-Pass, asked re
lief for his clients from speed and
excessive noise of traffic in that
area.
Mr. Griffith pointed out that
Highway department surveys
showed traffic in the area had
about doubled since 1960 during
which time Main street became
i the principal access route to In
terstate 26. He said that in 1960,
3000 to 3500 cars were using Main
street, between Hunt and Glenn,
during a 24-hour period. “The
most recent survey shows it is
almost twice that,” he said, “and
there is no reason to assume it
is going anywhere but up.”
Mr. Griffith also asked for in
creased surveillance to apprehend
speeders, and requested that po
licemen patrolling the area dur
ing the night turn down their ra
dios, if possible. Mr. Griffith felt
that a great deal of the sleep-
disturbing noise would be elim
inated with the crackdown on
speeding drivers. He suggested
that in considering an over-all
traffic flow plan, some means
might be worked out to divert
some of the traffic from Main
street to other routes.
Council promised to take the
matter under consideration, noting
that the proposed traffic flow
plan wall eliminate a small amount
of traffic and that by-passes pro
jected for the future should take
much of the through traffic from
Main street. City manager Ken
Riebe came to the defense of the
police department as to apprehen
sion of speeders. “With the equip
ment they have, they have done
very well,’* he said.
This led to the next item on the
agenda, the request to solicit bids
for a radar control meter. Mana
ger Riebe said the electric timing
device now in use requires two
men for operation and that it h ■ t
been necessary to return R to the
factory four or five times for re
pair. He recommended purchase
of the radar meter with locking
device at a cost of about $1200.
Council authorized the drawing
of specifications and securing of
bids for the meter.
Council authorized tearing down
the buildings on Nance street be
tween the Opera House and the
Fire Department, and the estab
lishment of a parking lot in this
area, instructing the city manager
to see that tenants (Dennis Shoe
Shop) are given adequate time to
find new quarters without suffer
ing undue hardship.
Council authorized securing
bids on about 300 parking meters
which will be used in off-street
parking areas to be constructed
soon; also authorized securing of
bids for fireman and policeman
winter uniforms.
Mayor Layton presentea Assist
ant Director of Safety J. Ed Hazel
a certificate from North Carolina
State College for the completion
of the The Municipal Fire Admini
stration Course. Mr. Hazel ex
pressed his appreciation to council
for being allowed to attend the
course. The city manager noted
that the course was equivalent of
over three hours credit for college
level course and that Mr. Hazel
is also working to get a certifi
cate from the International City
Managers Association.
The city appears to be in good
financial shape “with only one
more month to get by.” according
to the city manager. He said both
swimming pools were exceeding
expected revenue, both from ad
missions and concessions. He said
the McSwain Street pool revenue
is much better than at the sam i
time last year. He also said that it
appears that utility revenues will
exceed the estimated five percent
increase and one reason is the
increase in building. Mr. Riebe
said in 1963, building totaled
nearly one million dollars; and
that this year, the million mark
was passed in the seventh month
and may reach two million before
the end of the year.
Mr. Riebe reported that the own
er of Clark Wrecking Company is
making progress in clearing the
area around his business estab
lishment.
Council authorized transferring
$3500 from the money earmarked
for airport construction to com
plete renovation of the utility of
fice, and $900 from the same fund
to pay one-third of the cost of re-
roofing a building at the fair
grounds, with the fair association
and the county to pay the remain
der.
Council entered into an agree
ment with the S. C. Municipal As
sociation for collection of delin
quent taxes.
Council discussed the possibility
of purchasing or leasing the va
cant lot on Nance street across
from the fire station to be used
for off-street parking. The city
manager noted that under terms of
the recent bond issue, it would be
impossible to buy or lease the
property unless revenue from the
meters would pay the purchase or
lease price. He was asked to have
the city engineers make a survey
to determine the amount of reve
nue which could be expected from
such a parking area.
BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
Aug. 16: Price K. Harmon,
Mrs. Holland Sligh, Barney
Yates, BfiUe Diekert, Cynthia
Sue Merchant, Martha Folk,
Mary Katherine Stone, Mary
Bedenbaugh, Cathy Graham,
Mary Ann Long, Clyde Livings
ton, Jr., Mary Baker.
Aug. 17: Mrs- M. P. Davis,
Mrs. Seth A. Meek, Leila Kay
Singley, John H. Boozer, Frank
Gilbert, Rodney Ouzts, Jeanrie
Armfield, John Earl Smith,
Boyd Hobson Parr, Mrs. Bobby
Hawkins.
Aug. 18: Griffin Coleman,
Mrs. B. F. Hawkins, Sinclair
Kemper, Billy Yanderford, Mich
ael Cameron Johnson, Clarence
B. Hazel, Eugene Smith, Eunice
Smith, Eunice H. Hawkins, Tom
E. Longshore.
Aug. 19: Mrs. Charlie Ruff,
Jimmie Ringer, Jimmy Timmer
man, Anita Myers, Blanche C.
Leslie, Frances S. Dufford, W.
C. Wallace, Mrs. Ernest O. Wic
ker, Sandra Cubbage.
August 20: Mrs. Clifton Gra
ham, Mrs. H. B. Wilson, Doris
and Lauris Riley, Jeanette H.
Crooks, Virginia Ann Blount,
Mrs. T. Collier Neel, H. T. Car
lisle, B. R. Roton, C. T. Mize,
Derrill Coleman
Aug 21: Mrs. Perry O. Wicker,
Martha Bouknight, Jim Shealy,
Mrs. George Ray Richardson,
Mary Robins Stone, John N.
Livingston, Claudia Setzler, For
rest Summer, Sr., Susan Sligh.
Aug. 21: Mrs. W. R. Reid, Jr.
Mrs. Keith Wilson, Kent Cope
land, Robert Bouknight, Mrs. W,
L. Singley, Mrs. Oscar Jollay,
Jane K. Copeland, James B.
Franklin.