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A drought is a period dur ing which you can get the dresser drawers open. VOLUME 28—NUMBER 37. One reason they put men's faces on money is that women are sat isfied just to jet their hands on it. NEWBERRY, £. C. 29108 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1964 ♦ $2.00 Per Year AN UPLIFT There are times when it seems that this great America is in such a chaotic state that trying to do anything about it appears a§ hope less as trying to tear down Stone Mountain with a pen knife. These periods of depression come and the task seems too hard to tackle; then a word of encour agement—not necessarily person al—comes through and gives one faith to keep on trying. There is a television station in Raleigh, N. C. which has often been quoted here, WRAL-TV. It is called “The Voice of Free En terprise" and it truly has lived up to its slogan during four years of telecasting editorials. On December 21, WRAL-TV reached the 1000 mark in its five- times a week editorial telecasts. Ordinarily the editorials are de livered by Jesse Helms, vice- president for news, public affairs and programming for the station. Mr. Helms speaks the truth and lets the chips fall where they may. They frequently shower on the monopolistic newspapers of the area. By its editorials, WRAL-TV brought upon itself an extensive investigation by the Federal Com munications Commission for no reason other than its conservative policy. It's 1000th editorial was tele cast by A. J. Fletcher, president of Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc., which operates the station. Reviewing the past four years, Mr. Fletcher said “Looking back, there comes to mind many in stances where we could have avoided criticism of powerful po litical and economic forces by 'soft peddling’ the issues or com ing out squarely for the obviously popular side. This we have stead fastly refused to do." Like us, Mr. Fletcher confesses “to a feeling of discouragement when we consider the direction in which our government is tending.” But, he concludes: “This station, having placed its hand to the plow, is not turning back. Looking to the future, we have the comfort of knowing that there are many millions of our citizens who think as we think. We reflect also that, however worthy the cause, the Lord does not require you to win—only to do the best you can. The responsi bility is His from then on out. “We will continue to do the best we can for what we believe to be right. On tomorrow we will give you on our TV and radio fa cilities the first of what we hope will be our next 1000 editorials, and whether you agree with them, we ask that you believe that they spring for a deep, heartfelt desire on our part to serve what we con ceive to be the best interests of you, our listeners, and of all the people.” We often tell our girls “you aren’t always expected to win or to be the best at everything. You are only expected to do the best you can.” The same words had to come from another source, however, be fore I realized they apply to me and to you. the only course is to begin pre paring for the next time. So with Mr. Fletcher’s words in mind—that we are only expected to do the best we can—I make only this Resolution for 1965: to con tinue doing the best I can to call to your attention those matters, whether local, state or national, which I believe have an effect on our lives; and to continue working for the election of patriotic Am ericans who believe that free en terprise, not a welfare state, is the only way Americans may re main free. Construction of Shakespeare to begin soon Eagle Construction Company was successful bidder for grading at the sits of the Shakespeare plant near Newberry. Work has already begun and is expected to be completed before the end of January if weather permits. It is expected that construction will be gin immediately upon completion of the grading and the local plant should be in production by the lat ter part of July. The principal manufacturing area of the plant will be 700 feet long and 100 feet wide. Office space in front of the main plant area will be 190 feet long by 50 feet wide, and will be located ap proximately 200 feet from Hwy. 76. The location allows for expan sion in the rear for twice the area of the main plant, and expansion of the office area in front. Located on a 25-acre tract, the layout contains an employee park ing lot which will accomodate 180 cars, and office and visitors park ing lot for 40 cars. The office area contains an equipment room, tower, engineer ing and drafting room, lunch room with vending machines, as well as a number of private offices. It is expected the plant will begin manufacturing antennae for ships, cars, airpianes and other transportation; standoff for elec tric lines; poles for tools used in working on power lines; cross arms and insulation for power poles. According to Dave Morison, executive director of the Newber ry County Development Board, the plant will initially hire a^out 100 employees, about 60 percent of which will be male, the remainder female. City employees get raise; new areas formally taken into city Top news story of 1964: GOP victory There were many fine people in this city and county who had their first real taste of politics during the recent national election. They worked long, hard hours and most of them, while overjoyed with the local results, were thoroughly despondent at the national out come. Those who saw in Barry Gold- water a beginning point to get this country back on the right road were bitterly disappointed— ready to give up. And while I ad mit to occasional despondency and have to be jerked up, I was “born and bred’ in politics. Even so, it took a long time to learn that tears of disappointment will not revive a defeated candidate; that CD alert to be next week The Civil Defense office is sued notice today that the civil defense alarm system will be tested Wednesday, Jan uary 6 at 1 p.m. There will be three alarms—fire, alert and take cover—each about thre minutes in duration. B. F. Gilbert dies suddenly David Gilbert, 74, of 2404 Main St., died suddenly Monday night at his home. Born in Gaffney, son of the late Rev. A. A. and Mrs. Mary Buz- hardt Gilbert, he lived here sev eral years. He was a farmer and a veteran of World War I. He was a member of Central Metho dist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Martha McCombs Gilbert; two sons, David Lee Gilbert of West Columbia and Allan Joseph Gil bert of Newberry; a brother, Fred C. Gilbert of Newberry; and a sis ter, Mrs. Beaufort M. (Mary) Scurry of Newberry. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Whitaker Funeral Home. By DORIS A. SANDERS Most Newberrians would be quick to agree that the top news story in the county during the year 1964 was the overwhelming majority by which Barry Goldwat- er led Newberry County in the National election, making this a Republican County for the first time in the memory of most vot ers. A very close second to that was the announcement that finally, after so many years of work on the part of many people, Newber ry was to have a new industry. The word came at a luncheon giv en on October 13 by the Newberry County Development Board, that the Sh^. pspeare Company would build a pi*. *■ on the Joanna High way. The word was greeted with enthusiasm and called a turning point for the industrial develop ment of the county, as officials announced that several other in dustries have an eye on the coun ty for the future. But politics would naturally take the lead since there was hardly a person in the county of voting age (or under voting age) who did not have a firm opinion and personal interest in the Presi dential election. Republican leaders predicted victory; Democrats give them a fighting chance, but almost every one concerned was caught by sur prise at the tremendous majority rolled up by Barry Goldwater: 5563 to 3215 for his opponent. Gay Suber of Whitmire was coun ty chairman of the Goldwater campaign, and hundreds of voters admitted they had never consider ed voting Republican before, but would in 1964. The results proved they didn’t change their minds, once in the voting booth. Prior to the Shakespeare an nouncement, another evidence of faith in the future of Newberry was confirmed when The Kendall Company announced a $3.5 million modernization program at its Oakland Plant. This news came at a country club luncheon in May, attended by state officials and in dustrial leaders. A newly-sworn in City Council had a busy year approving a num ber of large projects and selling almost a million dollars of bonds to finance them. There were water and sewer expansion programs, purchase of two half blocks and a full block in the business section for off-street parking, and approv al to run water, electric and sewer facilities to the Shakespeare plant location. Council, however, put a firm ve to on a one-way traffic plan, de vised by city planners, to relieve traffic congestion on the city’s principal streets. In its last meeting of the year, Council adopted a budget giving city employees a three percent wage increase effective with the new year, and accepted into the City of Friendly Folk two areas, annexation of which was approved in a December 15 referendum. The Oakland and Wise Street commun ities will become a part of the city January 1, 1965. Serving as new members of council were James Longshore, Ward 1; C. A. Dufford, Ward 2; Jack Senn, Ward 4, Gerald Taylor, Ward 5. Holdover members of Council were Mayor Ernest Lay- ton, Councilmen Clarence Shealy Jr. and E. F. McCutcheon. Mrs. Winifred Culclasure began her du ties as Clerk and Treasurer, re placing Clarence Wallace who had retired. Many community-wide projects were undertaken during the year. In addition to the usual fund-rais- . ing projects, there were observ ances honoring the county’s egg industry; Fire Prevention Week; Farm-City Week, and others. The Jaycee-ettes undertook sponsor ship of entering Newberry in a na tional “Cleanest City” contest, and had everyone “clean-conscious” during weeks of observance in Ap ril and December. The observance featured, among other things, a parade, and the scrubbing of city streets with a popular detergent. Talks about the feasibility of a United Fund began in August un der the leadership of John F. Clarkson, and quickly culminated in organization of a United Fund for the county, with a drive begun in October under campaign chair man Rev. Robert L. Addy, who re ports participating agencies will be paid 100 percent. Another community effort re sulted in mounting the bell from the old Boundary Street School building on the front grounds of the new building. Begun as a simple project tef preserve the bell from oblivion, the mounting ended with the bell suspended on a plat form of brick matching the school building. The platform is sur rounded by an iron fence on which is a plaque stating the bell is a tribute by the citizens of Newber ry to all teachers, and dedicated to Miss Gertrude Reeder, who ex emplified the finest traits of the teaching profession. A six - foot brick sidewalk leads from the street, around the platform and to the school building. In addition to several hundred dollars in labor given by the city, as well as do nation of some brick, other sup plies and architectural services, the project cost $1168.26. Most of this was given by individual do nations ranging from 50 cents to $25; some by clubs and business firms, while the remainder was profit made on a turkey supper. The bell dedication on May 24 was enhanced by the presence of Miss Reeder, long-time principal of the school, and Miss Annie By num, whose service to Boundary as a teacher extended over sev eral decades. Also present was Mrs. Eloise Welch Wright, who along with Miss Bynum and two others, was a member of the first class to graduate from the Bound ary Street school. After months of hard work and anticipation, the Newberry High School Band, directed by Miss Lorraine Paris, boarded buses in early February to go to New Or leans, where the band performed in Mardi Gras parades. A STEP (Special Training for Economic Progress) school, after a rocky beginning, got underway in the old Mollohon school build ing, training the unemployed in new skills. To attract more industry thru- out the county, the Newberry County Water Authority was formed. It has recently received a federal “planning” grant to help map out a county-wide system of water distribution. John F. Clarkson became a mem ber of the State Development Board and in so doing, relinquish ed his position as president of the County Development Board, a job ably taken over by Robert C. Lake Jr. of Whitmire. Mrs. Margaret Kelly took over the reins of the South Carolina Edu cation Association at its March convention in Columbia. Following on the heels of the formation of the State Palmetto Outdoor Drama Association, in terested citizens of the county got together and formed a County Historical Society which has al- (Continued on page 4) Ignoring the recommendations of the budget committee, four members of council, including the committee chairman, voted to increase salaries of city employees by three percent beginning Janu ary first. Following several meetings, the budget committee, composed of Clarence Shealy, chairman; Jack Senn and C. A. Dufford, agreed to underwrite the cost of hospital insurance for all employees, and to make an effort to raise salaries on July first by three to five per cent. The budget was submitted to council by Mr. Shealy, who rec ommended its adoption, then re versed himself and voted for a three percent raise beginning on January 1st. Councilman Senn, while express ing every concern that city em ployees be given a salary increase as soon as possible without jeop ardizing the financial status of the city, stated that he and other members of the budget committee had agreed that the budget as presented was proper and he felt obligated to stand by the recom mendations of the committee. The other member of the committee, Councilman Dufford, was unable to attend because of illness. The report of the committee, signed by Mr. Shealy, recommend ed “that the City Manager be in structed to review the Budget in June for the purpose of raising employees’ pay from 3 per cent to 5 per cent starting July 1965.” Included in the committee rec ommendation and adopted was the city payment of employees’ hospital insurance, in the amount of $7,812 per year. In his message accompanying the budget. City Manager Ken Riebe stated “the budget as pre sented does not reflect any rev enues which might be derived when the Shakespeare plant starts its operation; neither is the cost or revenue projected for the two annexations^. . . It was our hope to program at least a 3 per cent salary increase for all city em ployees but again because of the intangibles we felt it is unwise to attempt this at this time. How ever, we feel quite strongly that this could be accomplished by July 1, 1965. At that time it may be possible to increase as much as 5 per cent. ...” Mr. Riebe pointed out that es- With sincere appreciation for your friendship dur ing- the past year, we extend to your our warmest greetings for a New Year filled to over flowing with health, happiness and prosperity. WE look forward with you to another year of pleasant association in 1965. THE SUN FAMILY Babson sees no chance of war with Russia next year Promising the people of the United States “peace and pros perity”, President Johnson was carried to victory last November on an overwhelming landslide. Al so, he is deeply sincere in his de sire to accelerate the economic growth of this country and to wipe oat poverty. But we must not forget that both Woodrow Wilson and Frank lin Roosevelt promised to keep America out of 'foreign” wars. And already the British financial crisis has forced the Federal Re serve to raise its discount rate to 4 per cent—-despite President Johnson’s dislike of higher money timated carry-over for 1964 in rates Therefore, as we look for- the amount of $44,598.42 will be ( war( i to 19**5 from our more then exceeded and will be approxima tely $80,000. Of interest to many citizens will be the news that among the ma jor projects programmed this year is the repair of the Opera House, including repainting of the roof, windows and doors, and re pair of the coping around the top. Mr. Riebe said the coping had de teriorated to the point that it has become dangerous. He also re ported that the removal of the building between the fire depart ment and the Opera House has been scheduled and when that is accomplished, the exterior of the Fire Department will be painted Mr. Riebe thanked Council for its cooperation during the year, and urged members to “be ready to meet the challenges of tomor row.” Noting that problems will get bigger as the years pass, the city manager said “We must plan now for the future.” The proposed budget called for expenditures of $961,739.59, and estimated revenue of $986,768.42, leaving a balance of a little over $25,000. With the three per cent raise becoming effective January 1, however, the estimated balance will be cut about $11,000. The tax millage, 47 mills, remains the same. Council formally accepted the annexation of the Oakland com munity and the Wise Street areas, which were approved by voters on December 15, and authorized tak ing of a census of the new areas. 60 years of experience in forecast ing and analysis, we emphasize once again that the great rolling tides of economic fundamentals and social currents are likely to have a greater impact on what is to un fold than will the campaign prom ises of successful candidates. 1. There will be no war with Russia during 1965. The Russian people want some of the “peace and prosperity” that President Johnson promised our citizens. 2. Watch Russia’s satellites in 1965. They will try to make a deal with the Moscow Administra tion which will involve more trade and prosperity and less politics. Following Khrushchev’s fall, the satellites will aim for more con sumer goods for their people ra ther than for more personal free dom. 3. Russia will not bring the Berlin issue to a crisis in 1965. The tendency will be to soft-pedal the talk about Berlin until Red China’s course of action becomes clearer. 4. Red China made the biggest news in 1964 by exploding a nu clear bomb. In 1965, Communist China’s greatest effort will be to gain admission to the United Na tions. World leaders cannot ig nore this awakening giant with its 700,000,000 people. We believe there is a 50-50 chance that the Red Dragon will get into the UN in 1965. 5. However, Communist China will not risk all-out war in the year ahead. She has neither ' a sufficient stockpile of nuclear bombs nor adequate means of de livering them in quantity. Red China’s biggest use of her new found nuclear power will be to “blackmail” the West. 6. Regardless of what hap pens in the next few months, we look for President Johnson to compromise on the situation in South Vietnam sometime during 1965, and move toward “neutrali zation.” 7. Conditions in Cuba are not likely to change radically in 1965. The Russians will do nothing to handicap Castro; neither will they do much to help him. Thus Cas tro will be unable to deliver the economic help he has been prom ising other Latin American na tions. And with world sugar prices down, the Cuban chieftan will try to make a deal with the United States before the end of 1965. 8. Cutbacks in defense spend ing will not result in radical un employment in the U. S. in 1965. Companies and regions seriously affected by the loss of “conven tional” defense work will shift to meet the rapid changes due in our system of defense during the next few years. 9. Our defense department, un der Secretary McNamara’s lead ership, will increase efforts in 1965 to produce new super-wea pons. It is realized there would be no Maginot “line” to protect any country in future wars. Control of space will be the new aim of defense people. 10. Intensified emphasis on new space-age defenses will pro vide more jobs in 1965 than the closing down of obsolete installa tions will eliminate. 11. The stock market will con tinue to be a paradox in 1965. The Dow-Jones Industrial Average may push 1000 before any real turn-around takes place. Many stocks, however—^including num bers of issues oriented to conven tional warfare and defense—will still do little or nothing. Look for Special birthday greetings are extended to D. E. Schumpert, who will celebrate his 91st birth anniversary Friday, January 8. Mr. Schumpert, a native of Newberry, has resided in Con way for a number of years. His many friends here extend best wishes to Mr. Schumpert on this occasion. greater selectivity in stocks next year. 12. 1965 may be an advantag eous time for investors to put very small sums of money into “space” stocks. These are out right speculations, but so were the ventures of Columbus, Magel lan, and other explorers of the past. If there were no risk-takers there would be no progress. Such “investments” however, should be well diversified and limited to amounts you would be prepared to- lose. 13. Cash dividend payments should increase in 1965, although at a much slower rate than has been the case this year. 14. No assessment of finances in the United States can be made without carefully weighing Brit- (Continued on page 2) Jan. 3: Carter Abrams, E. K. Lominack, Dick Neel, Warenette Walton, Sam P. Boland, Charlie S. Cromer, Mrs. Mary Ringer. Jan. 4: Howard Clark, Mrs. John Pappas, Murray Hawkins, Claude Sheppard, Elaine Brown, Paul Shealy, Mrs. Wilbur J. Ringer, Debra Smith, Steven Fuller. Jan. 5: Miss Juanita Hitt, Johnson Hagood Clary, Christine Livingston, William K. Lathrop, Dianne Livingston, Jimmie Bow ers, Horace Lee Boozer Jr., Mrs. Pauline L. Sheely, J. J. Ennis, D. L. Ruff. Jan. 6: Henry Edward Cous ins, R. T. Feagle, Mrs. Arthur Ballentine, Mrs. Grady Ringer, M. O. Fulmer, Branders Shealy, Dessie K. Keeler, Evelyn D. Da vis, Saliy Berry. Jan. 7: J. D. French, John Rex North III, Mrs. J. R. North, Jerry Richardson, Virginia Jones, Ervin D. Ricardson, Mrs. James D. Crooks, W. L. Shealy, Mrs. David Luther Ruff, Robert S. Forbis. Jan. 8: Emory H. Bowman, Mrs. D. L. Andrews, D. E. Schumpert, Mrs. D. E. Half acre, John Davis, Glenn L. Hamm, Nellie Wicker, Mrs. Au drey Rowe, Mrs. D. F. Senn, William Lietzsey, Mrs. H. M. Harman, Mrs. J. W. Fuller, Miss Louise D. Suber, Claude Counts, Vickie Koon, Pat Shealy, J. Robert Wilson. Jan. 9: Edward Oswald, Mild red Boinest, Mrs B. H. Hamm, Virginia Rose Franklin, Earl Worthy, J. D. Berley, Susan Cousins, Harold Stockman.