The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, November 12, 1964, Image 1

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A conscious effort to make a good impression often pro- duces a bad impression. titl As our income increases our ex travagances become necessities, and we discover mw follies. VOLUME 28—NUMBER 30. NEWBERRY, S. C. 29108 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1964 ♦ $2.00 Per Year By-The-Way ... By doris a. sanders f \ t NEW INDISTKY The announceim-nt t.hat the Shakespeare Comjvany would hu:l<l a plant in Newberry was o! yreat impoi'tanee, hut it has not yet been mentioned in this column for one reason only. It came at a time when I felt that this corner should be used almost exclusively to t information to readers about the importance of, and the issues in, the Presidential campaign. Well, we didn’t accomplish our “breakthrough” on a nationa' scale on November 3rd but we did locally—and locally, we hope the announcement of the Shakes peare Company will be the begin ning 1 of an industrial breakthrough for our community. We are delighted that we are to have the Shakespeare ( ompany in our midst. This, gives a diversifi cation which Newberry badly jigpds. The whole economic futuie of our county is—as it has always been—dependent upon the textile industry. While faith for its future is shown by the Kendall modernization program at Oak land, this could still be a precar ious business with the increasing development of synthetic fabrics. The cotton textile researchers have kept on their toes, however, and are doing things with cotton that we wouldn’t have thought possible some years ago. Our main task as citizens of this community is to back our in dustry, especially against outside influence— and I’m sure 1 don t have to spell out what I mean for the benefit of Ed McConnell. If we fail in this task, especially with the Shakespeare company, we might as well apply the trite ex pression, ‘‘That’s all Brother! We welcome the Shakespeare Co. to our community and hope it will never have reason to regret its decision to locate here. And to give credit wheire it is due, no one worked harder and worried more to bring this plant to Newberry than John Clarkson. I don’t know how he did it, but apparently when he became a member of the State Development Board, he was able to convince the folks down there that Newber- rians could be trusted to support an industry ,and for once the State Board smiled, instead of frowned on Newberry. This smile no doubt helped influence Shakes peare officials. Many people have worked thru the years to try to develop New berry county industrially, but the two who have done the most are, from what I have observed, John Clarkson and Bob Lake. Bob and I don’t agree on poli tics, but when it comes to seeking industry, I’m sure he feels as I do. At the luncheon for Shakespeare officials, before they announced their decision to locate here, Bob asked “Where’s your Goldwater button?” My reply was “I don’t know whether these folks are Re publicans or Democrats, and I’m certainly not going to do anything to scare them off now.” I don’t worry that Bob will go around preaching liberal Demo crat philosophy to a conservative, Republican industrial giant. i> well known, but perhaps hi: proude~ 1 achievement was organ ization OJ 1 he ('. Football Offi- ials Association. IF- was interest ed in seeing that tin* game he lov ed was played m th* right way, and officiated in the right way. My deeper admiration tor Dad, thougai, wa- in iiis love of coun try. For years, he had been con cerned about the >01 ialistic trend in this country, and he didn't mind saying so. He was intensely interested in the ^residential el ection just past. Dad would cer tainly have been proud of his county and state! Some few months ago, I wrote about a kind deed of Dutch Mac- Lean many years ago, when he picked up our huge German police dog—almost as big as he was and brought him to bur home af ter the dog had been hit by an automobile. This is the kind of man Dutch was until his death. When he was elected to the S. ( . Hall of Fame, I referred to him at a “runt” when he played foot ball. His reply was “I don’t object to being called a runt, but you aren’t exactly an Amazon your self.” Actually, our weight and height were just about the same. “Coach Runt” had his share of illness to bear, but it didn’t get him down. He kept going un til the very last—he would not have had it any other way. This display of courage, together with his always friendly humor, en deared him to all with whom he came in contact. Our communitv misses all of its good people who have gone to their reward. These three, because of the special places they held in the hearts of others, and because of the closeness of their deaths, have left vacancies in our com munity life which will not soon be filled. I I SLAPSTICK Just a few more elections, and Winston Jones will b< ready for | a lead role in slapstick comedy, i As you know, Winston lived in j Newberry a few years ago and is | now in Easley. Perhaps you saw j his picture in the Greenville News the other day. Seems for the sec ond time a friend lost an election bet to him, and Winston’s winning- reward was to toss a pie in his friend’s face. How are you betting on t h e Senate race in friend? I'll make a bet with you now—if Strom Thurmond doesn’t win as a Republican) you can come down and do the pie act with me as your target. .. -V TOO MANY As a rule, I shy away from men tion in this column of our citizens who have died, except in very special cases. I do this because there is something good that can be said about almost everyone, and just because a person is well- known does not necessarily mean that his life has been any more effective than that of another whose name would be familiar only in his own little circle of family and friends. I mention today T. B. (Dad) Amis, Allen W. Murray and F. D. (Dutch) MacLean for reasons of respect, admiration and affec tion. It was never my good fortune to know Mr. Murray very well, but I do know that he, in his quiet way, accomplished much for the betterment of our community. He was a man who did not seek honors and headlines, but who worked quietly behind the scenes. An evidence of his generosity oc curred when we were working on the Boundary Bell project. Seeing the treasurer on the street one day, he said “I want to give you something on that bell.” With one exception, his contribution was the largest individual one the pro ject received. This was the kind of man Mr. Murray was—doing good, but seeking no praise. Dad Amis had become such a familiar figure walking up Col lege street past the office that I still look up occasionallly, expect ing to see him there. Dad’s fame in the athletic field This is National Education week and in the high schools of t?ie na tion, another special week is be ing observed: National DEC A week. November 8-14 has been set aside as the week of recognition for the Distributive Education Clubs of Newberry, and is being celebrated locally by the DE Club at Newberry High school. There are l‘J 11th and 12th grade students in the DE class at Newberry high. Their teacher is Donald Layton, and the students are learning the practical facts of business life in the community. In the classroom, they are taught methods of salesmanship, mer chandising, business accounting and other pertinent subjects. This knowledge is put into practice as the students work for the local employers during after-school hours or on weekends. Goals of the DECA are to pro mote understanding and apprecia tion for the responsibilities of citizen hip in a free, competitive enterprise system, and to develop a respect for education in market ing and distribution which will contribute to vocational compe tence. “Developing future leaders for marketing and distribution” is the motto of National DECA week. The sign on the grounds of Newberry High school proclaim National Education week and Nat ional DECA week. Adding empha sis to the DECA observance are four DE students and their teach er From left are Mr. Layton, San dra Long, Dianne Lee, Gwen Snipes, and Ricky Perry. Sandra and Gwen are 12th grade students, Dianne and Ricky are in the 11th grade. (Sunphoto). Criminal court jurors named Court of General Sessions (crim inal) will convene at the county courthouse Monday November 22 with Judge James B. F*ruitt of An derson presiding. Grand Jurors will report on the opening day of court at 9:30 a.m.; petit jurors listed below will report Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 9:30: Newberry: Edwin C. Adams, L. ' M. Wood J. T. MeCrackin, William K. Smith, Jefferson H. Long Marvin O. Sanders, Miles C. Hawkins, J. R. McLeod, Johnnie Boozer, William I. Click Grady F. Graham, John H. Shealy, Louis F. Mazza, John W. Graham, H. J. Looney Rudolph Martin, James P. Bishop, Sidney E. Gilliam, J. Ralph Williams Charles Ernest Kinard, Frank Lominack Jr., H. D. Phillips, Charles W. Morris Bloomer F. Hawkins. Whitmire: B. B. Senn, Talmage Leon Taylor, William Ansel Prince, Dupree W. Stone. Pomaria: Joe V. Graham, Har vey Berley, Thomas A. Harmon. Silverstreet: Carl E. Long. Prosperity: Leroy C. Pugh, O’Neal Swygert. Little Mountain: Harvey Duane Dominick. Council signs $500,000 bond issue; awards contract Coach Dutch MacLean succumbs to illness CHANGE NEEDED Have you ever heard Dr. Bergen Evans’ radio program? He is Pro fessor of English at the University of Illinois, I believe and is quite a character. The other night he was talking about the need for sensible spelling of the English language, I’m not shur that I wood ever be abl to folo this sort of spelin. Whil I don’t pretend to be an ex pert speler I find it difikult to not spel words the wa I lernd to spel them. Gess it wood hav to be dun lik this modern math—start with the first grade and never lern anythin els. If the tipeseter has manajed to get this far I had beter stop. If he is havin as much truble on the linotipe a s lam havin on the tipewriter he’ll soon be ravin mad. I’ll stick to the old type spell ing, thank you. Tribute paid T. B. Amis With feelings of deepest regret we must record the passing of one of our most valued members, our beloved and esteemed associate, Thomas Broadus Amis, always so affectionately known by his host of friends as “Dad Amis.” Because we sincerely recognize the measureless benefits which have come to the entire county through his devoted service as Chairman of the Newberry County Rural Fire Commission and be cause we realize the worth of his life as an efficient public servant, a Christian gentleman and a genial friend; be it resolved, that w r e ex tend to the family our sincere sym pathy. We pray that our heavenly Father will comfort them in their sorrow. May these words of gen uine appreciation and high regard serve as a solace in the years to come. S. C. Paysinger, Chairman, Hugh M. Epting, Vice-Chr., R. C. Neel, Sec., M. 0. Mayer Fred D. (Dutch) MacLean, 7(’>, former Newberry college athlete and coach, died suddenly Wednes day night at the Newberry County Memorial hospital. He had been in declining health for the past several years. Mr. MacLean was born in Pitts burg, Pa., the son of the late Ed gar Lewis and Emma Charlotte Pianette MacLean. He attended school in Youngstown, Ohio; Biown University, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi; and graduated from Newberry college, vhere he was head coach and i .aught for 18 years. He was superintendent of the Episcopal Children’s Home in York until 1957, when he returned to Newberry to make his home. Until his death, he was Execu tive Secretary of the Indian Club of Newberry College. He was a veteran of World War one. Mr. MacLean entered Newberry college in 1913, where he fashion ed an athletic career that was to bring him much statewide fame. He was a member of the first football team at Newberry college, a team that won five and lost two, and in the first game he played at Newberry “Dutch” MacLean scored 17 touchdowns. The New berry College basketball team warn the state championship two years while “Dutch” was a member. He was named to the All-State foot ball team one year and to the All-State basketball team for two years. He coached one year at South High School in Youngstown, Ohio, before returning to Newberry Col lege in 1921 as coach. He served as head coach at Newberry College for 17 years, then he went to Por ter Military Academy at Charles ton as athletic director and head coach. He was there until January of 1941, at which time he went to the Episcopal Home for Children in York. Among the many honors that have come his way were the nam ing of MacLean Gymnasium at Newberry College in his honor in 1955; and the addition of his name as a member of the South Caro lina Athletic Hall of Fame in 1962. He was a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and was active in all phases of church work. He was a former Senior Warden and Vestryman , a member of the Standing Committee of the Dio cese of Upper S. C., a member of the Executive Council, a delegate to the Second Triennial Conven tion, a past president of the New berry Kiwanis Club and a past Master of Amity Lodge No. 87. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Woodie Bowman MacLean; one j son, Major Fred D. MacLean Jr. of Columbia; two brothers, Hugh A. MacLean of Hutchinson, Kans., and W. P. MacLean of Napa, Cal.; one sister, Mrs. James T. Merritt of Montpelier, O.; and two grand children, Fred D. MacLean III and Marjory Wood MacLean, both of Columbia. Funeral services were conducted at 3 p.m. Friday at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church by Rt. Rev. John Pinckney, Bishop of Upper S. C., and Rev. Robert Long, his former pastor. Burial was in Rose- mont Cemeteiy. The family suggests that those so desiring may send contribu tions to the Episcopal Children’s Home in York as a memorial. College will be host to high school students Teenagers from all parts of the state will visit the Newberry Col lege campus Saturday for the an nual observance of Newberry Col lege High School Day. There are 249 high school students — 111, girls, and 138, boys—registered to date. The Day’s activities include two afternoon programs, lunch and dinner in the college cafeteria, visits to classes, conferences with faculty members, private auditions by the Music Department and campus tours. The visitors will be guests of the college for the New berry-West Carolina football game in Setzler Field Saturday night. Greetings are to be extended by Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, president of the college, and Richard Roberts, St. Petersburg, Fla., president of the student body, at the first af ternoon program which is to be gin at two o’clock. Entertainment will be provided by the Newberry College Singers, College “N” Or chestra, and folk singers during the afternoon sessions. A filmstrip, “A Matter of Choice,” which depicts life at New berry College, will be shown for the first time at the second after noon program which begins at 3:30 o'clock. Dr. C. B. Park, vice president for academic matters, is to speak at the conclusion of this program. China painting by Miss Hitt be on exhibition China painting of Miss Juanita Hitt will be on exhibition at the Columbia Museum of Art from December 6, 1964 through January 3, 1965, according to an announce ment made by museum officials. Miss Hitt, supervisor of music in the Newberry City schools, gen erates an enthusiasm for the art of china painting that is infectious. A dedicated and inspired musi cian, Miss Hitt pursues china painting as a hobby. She has prov en that such a hobby can be a fascinating and rewarding pas time. China painting, either as a hob by or for profit, makes an inter esting and absorbing pursuit. In spite of the fact that china paint ing is centuries old as an art, all the answers are still not known. Firing the china correctly is an art all its own. No matter how well the painting* has been done on the china, if the person who fires is inclined to be careless the chances of spoiling the china are good. Most designs require at least three firings, however some require many more than three, ac cording to the design. In the exhibit shown by Miss Hitt will be several beautiful Ger man cake plates, including the lovely Arabella style painted in a white rose design; a four piece coffee set done in pine cone and branch design; a large wine tank ard with wild grape design; a punch bowl and six cups decorated in a holly design; a set of three bon bon dishes done in turquoise color with pink rose design; lem onade pitcher with branch of lem ons and blossoms on the design; and many other smaller pieces of delicately designed china. The public is cordially invited to attend the exhibition. VACCINE AVAILABLE Types I, II and III of the oral Sabin polio vaccine are being given this week at the Newberry County Health De partment. Those who have not had all three types may get the vaccine between now and Saturday. Band champions at college game Two South Carolina high school marching bands will be honored at Newberry College Band Day Sat urday. Trophies are to be presented to Chester High School Band and Palmetto High School Band, both runners-up in the 1964 Marching Band contest sponsored by the Band Directors Association of South Carolina. The bands will perform at halftime of the New berry-West Carolina football game in Setzler Field Saturday night. Herbert Tyler is director of the Chester band which placed second in the double A competition in the Marching Band Contest. The band also won first place in competition at the Spartanburg County Fair, and performed at the World’s Fair in New York. Robert McKowen is captain of the 71-member band; Nell Nichols is drum major. The Palmetto Band, directed by Marvin Chidister, placed second and third respectively in Class AA competition in the contest. It con sists of 65 members) a drum ma jor, Eddie Collins; and five ma jorettes. Kenneth Owens is cap tain of the band. The Newberry College marching band will provide a pre-game show Saturday night; but will not par ticipate in halftime activities. Council in regular session Tues day night awarded a contract for paving of a city parking lot, auth orized the issue of $500,000 utility bonds an 1 heard first reading of two proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance. Biown Paving Company of Lex ington, N. C. was awarded the contract for paving the parking area across from the post office building. Work is expected to be gin immediately. The contract was for $15,548. The $500,000 utility bonds were purchased by Crawford Invest ments of Columbia. The bonds were issued to cover expense of extending water and electric serv ice to the Shakespeare Company plant on the old Clinton Highway. The estimated cost of this project is $300,000. The remainder of .he bond money will be set aside for future use. In connection with the Shakespeare project, Council auth orized securing of options on two sites on College Street extension for a pumping station and water tank site. One of these sites is ad jacent to the forestry building near Calvary Baptist Church, the other near the intersection of Col lege Street extension and Highway 76. Cost of the two lots is $4300. Robert Shealy, zoning admini strator, explained two proposed amendments to the city zoning ordinance in a first reading of the amendment. One of the changes is to regulate trailer and trailer park locations in residential areas, the other provides for a small portion now designated as resi dential to be changed to business area. This area is on By-pass 76 near Faith Lutheran Church. Ac tion on the two amendments will be taken at the December meeting of council. Marvin Bouanight and F. H. McConnell appeared before coun cil in interest of the annexation petition from the Oakland area. City Manager Riebe reported that the County Auditor would com plete the che Y of the signatures Wednesday and the petition would be turned ovei to the city attor ney for further action. The gentle men requested that an election be heid prior to the first of the year, if possible, so that if the area is annexed, the annexation could be come effective January 1, 1965. A petition for annexation of an area including Wise Street, Bene dict St. Extension, Eleanor, Hol loway and one-half of Johnstone Street was presented to council for information, then withdrawn in order that the petition might be drawn in legal form for later pre sentation. Mayor Layton read a letter from Richard R. Higgins, chair man of the Board of Kendall Company, expressing appreciation for the gift presented to him by City Council during his recent visit here. Mr. Higgins also stated in his letter “The news that the Shakes peare Company is planning to lo cate one of its plants in Newberry seems to me to be a very import ant step for the city, and all of the men who worked on this proj ect should be thanked for their efforts”. The mayor also read a letter from Louis C. Floyd, secretary- treasurer of the Rosemont Ceme tery Association. Mr. Floyd’s let ter follows: “On behalf of the Board of Trustees of Rosemont Cemetery Association, I am taking this op portunity to thank you and the City of Newberry for your very generous donation that has made possible the paving of the main thoroughfares of Rosemont Ceme tery. “It is our opinion that this job has been done well and we hope you will take time to visit the ce metery and see all of the improve ments that have been made there in the past several months. It is the board’s desire to have a ce metery of which the entire citizen ry of Newberry will be justifiably proud. “Again thank you very much. Your continuing interest in the cemetery is solicited.” An executive session followed the regular meeting of council. Several matters were discussed but no action was taken. Mrs. C. Benton Burns of Sumter, president of the Woman’s Auxiliary to the S. C. Medical Association, shown in the pic ture on the right, discusses the local medical auxiliary pio- gram with its president, Mrs. Kemper D. Lake of Whitmire, center, as Mrs. Davis D. Moise ol Sumter, state convention chairman, looks on. (Sunphoto) „ ^ Last vear 105 loans amounting to Mrs. C. Benton Burns of Sum ter, president of the S. C. Medi cal Auxiliary paid an official visit to the Newberry County Medical Auxiliary Tuesday. The luncheon meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Guinie Summer with Mrs. Robert E. Livingston Jr. as host ess. SPEERS STREET PTA Parent-Teacher Asociation of Speers Street school will meet to night (Thursday) at 7:30 P.M. in the cafetorium. The program will be a panel discussion on school problems. All school patrons are urged to be present. The Executive committee is ask ed to meet at 7 P.M. Mrs. Burns spoke on the AMA Auxiliary theme for the year, “Better Health — Better World”. Toward this goal the Auxiliary on the local level is striving for “Bet ter Health — Better Community.” The AMA has asked that AMA- ERF be one of the three national Auxiliary priority projects this year. AMA-ERF has continued to serve the dual purpose of provid ing financial assistance to medi cal schools and providing funds which can be used for the better ment of public health through scientific and medical research. Mrs. Burns stated that the Woman’s Auxiliary endeavors to explain and interpret to individ uals and groups the current five projects of the foundation: funds for medical schools, Medical Edu cation Loan Guarantee Fund, fel lowship program in medical jour nalism, institute for biomedical re search, and research project on smoking and health. It was noted that nearly one out of every nine medical students in the country now has borrowed under AMA- ERF loan guarantee program. Newberry Mills Arledge joins W. Odell Arledge has joined the staff of Newberry Mills, Inc. as Overseer of the Weaving Depart ment. He assumed his duties as of November 2. Mr. Arledge has been associated with Pacific Mills, Columbia, for 17 years. During his tenure with Pacific Mills he held positions as assistant overseer of weaving, overseer of weaving, and depart mental superintendent of weaving. He is married to the former Hazel Lee Lucas of Pelion. They have two children: Mrs. Barbara Ann Garner of Columbia, and Miss Sandra Lee Arledge, who is a sophomore in high school. They are members of Southside Baptist church in Columbia. Mr. Arledge is a member of the Ma sonic order, Pacific Lodge No. 325 and a veteran of World War II. The family will reside at 725 O’Neal street. Negro hired by city police The City of Newberry has em ployed a Negro policeman, accord ing to an announcement today from Police Chief Colie Dowd. Chief Dowd identified the new policeman as Otis Grier, and said he would begin employment with the department in the near fu ture. Grier, according to Chief Dowd, has had previous police experience. $126,000 were used in this state. The basic legislation program this year said Mrs. Burns, is “Learn and Inform.” The Kerr- Mills bill, now in operation in South Carolina to provide medical assistance to the needy aged, was discussed. Last year under the Ken-Mills bill in Newberry Coun ty, $87,005.17 was spent on medi cal assistance for the aged, hos pitalization outpatient service and convalescent nursing care. The Medical Auxiliary is in favor of “Medicare”, Mrs. Burns said, but not under Social Security which is now $298 billion in the red. Mrs. Burns quoted from the St. Andrew’s Epistle, August ’63 for her closing remarks: “The average age of the world’s great civilizations has been 200 years. These nations progressed through the following sequences: from bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great cour age; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abund ance to selfishness; from selfish ness to complacency; from compla cency to apathy; from apathy to dependence; from dependence back again to bondage. In 12 years, the United States will be 200 years old. This cycle is not inevitable. It depends on you.” Mrs. Burns was introduced by Mrs. Ralph P. Baker, program chairman. Mrs. Kemper Lake of Whitmire auxiliary president, pre sided during the business session. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Murff are making their home at 1622 Col lege St. in the home of the late Mrs. J. W. Smith. Nov. 15: Mrs. Dot Abrams Martin, Larry Shealy, Mary Boyd Oxner, Donald Long, Jimmy Wicker, Mrs. T. D. Pitts, Mrs. W. C. Koon, Kay Bozard, Ned Lovell, James DeHart. Nov. 16: Mrs. D. J. Williams, Mrs. Irma H. Perry, Mrs. Pope L. Buford Sr., Donald Young, Tina Rae Darby, Mrs. T. M. Sanders, Leila Norris, Bobby Dominick, Mrs. W. M. Fennell, Lillie Goree, Hattie Hogge, Nel lie Welbom, O. L. Cook Sr. Nov. 17: Mrs. P. E. Way, Mrs. Mary Livingston, Bobby Morris, Jackson W. Taylor, Paul H. Shull, Stanley Shealy, Jimmie Zobel, Maxcy Stone, Dianne Da vis, Marise DeVore. Nov. 18: W. Henry Lominack, Russell Culbertson, Melvin Hen- cock, Dianne Reeves, Mrs. J. J. Ennis, Laurence D. Chapman, Frances Davenport, Mrs. Ran dolph Crowder, Mrs. Edward Lominack. Nov. 19: R. E. Summer, Doris Hipp, Mrs. John McCullough, J. M. Pool, Mildred S. Martin, Mary Frances McCullough. Nov. 20: Mrs. Frasier Sanders, Mrs. H. O. Newman, Gerry Rutherford, Mrs. Victoria Brad ley, G. D. Wike, Clarence C. Hutto Jr., Reed Marett, George L. Johnson, Dorothy Leaphart, Mrs. Gates Beckwith, Henry Holland Wilson, Robert Wayne Turner. Nov. 21: Argy Chapman, Ben R. Wicker, Josephine Doolittle, Mrs. Robert W. Glymph, Mrs. R. E. Beck, Melvin Price. Mayaeiraaaieifa’i