The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, January 07, 1965, Image 1
Adolescence is when you think
you II live forever. Middle age is
when you wonder how you ve
lasted so long.
Perhaps the average American
man is going soft, but he can still
outrun the average woman for the
last chair in a restaurant.
VOLUME 28 — NUMBER 38.
NEWBERRY, S. C. 29,08 THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1965
♦ $2.00 Per Year
By^The-Way ... By doris a. sanders
CORRECTION
In the Christinas issue of I he
Sun there was a recipe for “Haw
aiian Hot Bread . 1 his is just a
warning ru, t to try it—at least
not without altering the recipe
slightly—unless you like heavily
salted foods. The recipe calls for
one tablespoon of salt. Hood cooks
would KNOW that was too much
salt, but I’m not a good cook.
However, Puppycat didn’t seem
to mind, although her consump
tion of water increased after eat
ing Hawaiian bread.
ACK NOW LEDO M EN T
I know many of your chilren
enjoyed Santa Clans and his rein
deer, led by Rudolph, the Red
nosed, on ou*' lawn this holiday
season. The credit goes to Mr.
and Mrs. O. M. Cobb, who were
kind enough to let us borrow the
decoration.
From the time our girls were
old enough to enjoy the Christ
mas decorations around town,
each year w’e would drive by the
Cobb home numerous times so
they could see “Rudolph.’ Mr.
Cobb made the set when their
son, Mac, was two years old, and
I’m sure thousands of youngsters
have enjoyed it since.
On behalf of your youngsters
and ours we are grateful to the
Cobbs for letting Rudolph and
his friends come to visit us in
1964.
THERE ARE SOME
Even though it sometime.^ seems
that no <me cares what happens
to this country, I know that isn’t
trio—and a good example of peo
ple who IK) care may be seen
elsewhere on this page, in the an
nouncement that the Exchange
Club of Newberry is presenting
the “Freedom Shrine" to Newber
ry High School.
A letter to the club from the
National Club states:
“The FREEDOM SHRINE is
the affirmative answer to Com
munism. By establishing Freedom
Shrines, your Exchange Club does
more than brand a false and al
ien doctrine. Your effectively and
dramatically show the evolution of
our American freedom. Here is
your opportunity to present in a
positive way the principles which
have made this Nation the last
best hope of earth.
“Every high school should lie
the medium through which stu
dents come to know and cherish
the priceless heritage which is
theirs by learning the patriotic
lessons which the Freedom Shrine
depicts . . .
“At no time in our history has
it been so imperative that Amer
ica’s youth be awakened to the
tremendous opportunities and ad
vantages which they enjoy by
reason of their inheritance of free
dom.”
Our congratulations to the
Exchange Club on this outstand
ing project.
RETRACTION
In the sfory in last week’s Sun
about City Council meeting was
the statement that Councilman
Shealy, chairman of the budget |
committee, had signed the com
mittee’s budget report. The copy
of the budget I had contained a
cover report at the bottom of
which was typed Mr. Shealy’s
name. My assumption was that the
original had been signed, but Mr. !
Shealy tells me that he hid not
Sign the report.
My apolog ; es to Mr. Shealy.
MESSAGE
I have a message for President
Lyndon B. Johnson. He may have
been speaking for 179,999,999
Americans, but he wasn’t speak
ing for me when he said the peo
ple of America would like to see
the butchers of Moscow on Ameri
can television. The possibility is
the best excuse I’ve yet heard to
get rid of a TV set.
And the idea of “exchange”
television visits is about as ab
surd as anything I’ve heard yet.
This would give the godless com
munists an audience of almost
(excluding me) 180,000,000 Am
ericans. Wonder how many Rus-
rians have TV sets ?
It was bad enough when this
country belittled itself by invit
ing Nikita K. (I never can spell
that last name) to this country;
now the president proposes to in
vite over more Red officials and
wine and dine them on YOUR tax
money and MINE—never mind the
fact that they have promised to
bury us, and rear our children un
der the Red flag.
I sometimes wonder if there is
nothing left to this country but
weaklings who had rather be red
than dead.
In the perhaps not exactly ac
curately-quoted words of Patrick
Henry, “I know not what other
men may choose, but as for me,
give me liberty or give me death!”
A. H. Lester
Service Today
Allen Hawkins Lester, 65, of
1524 Caldwell Street, retired busi
nessman, died early Wednesday
morning at Newberry County Me
morial Hospital following a linger
ing illness.
Mr. Lester was born and reared
in Prosperity, a son of the late
Willie Frank and Anna Hawkins
Lester. He was a member of St.
Luke’s Lutheran Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Pauline N. Lester; two sons, Fred
V. and Willie Frank Lester, both
of Newberry; three daughters,
Mrs. Thelma Dominick and Miss
Joyce Lester of Newberry and
Mrs. Bonnie Culclasure of Fred
erica, Md.; three brothers, George
Lester, Newberry, Robert Lester,
Whitmire, and William Lester,
Prosperity; four sisters, Mrs. Ja
nie Cannon, Columbia, Mrs. Myrtle
Mendenhall, Thomasville, N. C.,
M rs. Minnie Thomas, Duncan and
Mrs. Willie Mae Amick, Newber
ry; and eight grandchildren. A
son, Jimmie W., died on November
7.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed this (Thursday) afternoon at
3:30 at St. Luke’s Lutheran
Church by Rev. J. Hilton Roof and
Rev. Thomas Suber. Interment wfll
follow in the church cemeterv.
BASKETBALL
FOR ADULTS
All adult men and women, 17
years of age and over, who are
interested in playing basketball
are asked to report to the Speers
Street Youth Center tonight
(Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. accord
ing to P. K. Fuller, Recreation Di
rector. Mr. Fuller says it is im
portant that registration be made
tonight so a schedule can he plan
ned and initiated bv January 18.
lit ,S»*
Sen. Jesse Frank Hawkins and
Mrs. Eiina Feagle discuss welfare
business in the new offices of the
Newberry County Department of
Public Welfare on College Street.
The county bought the vacant
honm last year and completely
renovated it for use by the Wel
fare Department, which had b^n
crowded into space in the Agri-
culture Building for many years.
The house has been refinished in
side with paneling throughout and
the outside has been veneered
with brick. Mrs. Feagle, director
of the department, and all welfare
department employees expressed
gratitude to the county delegation
for making the new quarters
available.
The members of the County
Board of Public Welfare and the
staff members invite their friends
and all others interested to an
open house at the Department’s
new quarters at 1328 College St.
Friday, January 8 between the
hours of 4:00 and 5:30 p.m. En
trance to the building may also be
made on Lindsay Street, where
there is parking space available.
(Sunphoto)
WITH THE SUNSHINE drying out the ground a little, work is
again underway on tiie off-street parking lot being constructed by
the city on the half block across from the Newberry post office.
Shoppers are looking forward to the completion of this area in the
near future. (Sunphoto)
Teacher of earth sciences in the
8th grade, and sponsor for the
Junior Beta club—those are the
duties of Mrs. Dorothy C. Amick
at Newberry Junior High School.
Certified to teach home economics
as well as science and elementary
(‘duration, Mrs. Amick taught
Home Ec at Newberry High be
fore transferring to the Junior
High school several years ago.
Holder of an advanced, perma
nent professional teacher’s car-
tificate, Mrs. Amick did her col
lege work at Winthrop, from
which she earned the Bachelor of
Science degree. She has done grad
uate work at the University of S.
C. and has attended all in-service
training sessions and workshops
offered by the county.
Mrs. Amick is the former Dor
othy Clary, daughter of J. Richard
and the late Estelle Caldwell
Clary. She is married to Carl L.
Amick, Sr., an overseer at the
Moljohon plant of the Kendall
company. With their children, Le-
grand, age 19 and Gail, age 16,
they live at 1811 McHardy street.
Mrs. Amick is a member of
the Lutheran Church of the Re
deemer where she is superinten
dent of the Nursery Department
of the Sunday School and is a
member of Circle 10 of the church.
She also belongs to the Daughters
of the American Revolution, Nat
ional, State and County educa
tion associations.
(No pictures are available for the
following teachers:)
MRS. EVELYN LANGFCRD
Mrs. Evelyn S. Langford is a
native of Batesburg, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Shealy and
now lives at 2306 Osborne Avenue
in Newberry. Hep husband, James
C. Langford is a furniture sales
man. Their one daughter, Dorothy,
is 24 years of age and is now
Mrs. Paul Cone.
M rs. Langford earned her A.B.
degree at Newberry College, and
has attended health education
workshop, summer school and ex
tension classes at the college. She
is certified to teach elementary
education in the fields of English,
French and history. She now
teaches 7th grade literature at
Newberry Junior High.
Mrs. Langford is a member of
the Lutheran Church of The
Redeemer and the Lutheran
Church women. She enjoys read-
(Continued on page 3)
Mrs. Naomi R. Epting is a
teacher with many interests both
inside and outside the teaching
profession. Among the organiza
tions to which she belongs, and
in which she is active, are local,
state and national education as
sociations; Alpha Delta Kappa
Teachers’ Honorary Sorority, Bu
siness and Professional Women’s
Club; S. C. Conservation Educa
tion Council; College Women’s
Auxiliary; Newberry College Al
umni Association; Lutheran
Church of The Redeemer and Lu
theran Church Women; American
Legion Auxiliary, which she serves
as education chairman; Newberry
County Safety Committee, which
she serves as secretary; she also
serves on the Constitution and By-
Laws committee of the S. C. Ed
ucation Association.
Teacher of 7th grade social
studies at Junior High, Mrs. Ep
ting received her Bachelor of
Arts degree from Newberry Col
lege, earning 168 semester hours
although only 128 were needed
for graduati-i*. She has complet
ed 37 semester hours of work
since graduation, 21 of these be
ing in graduate work from the
University of South Carolina. In
addition she has attended the U.
S. C. Resource-Use Education,
Wagner College, N. Y. Teacher’s
Conference Workshop. She holds
a permanent professional teacher’s
certificate in science, social stu
dies, English and mathematics.
Bom in Newberry county, the
daughter of Holland H. Ruff and
the late Mrs. Ruff, she is married
to Elmer E. Epting, who is con
nected with the Soil Conservation
Service, Department of Agricul
ture, in Newberry county. Their
one child is a son, age 24.
(Pictures of the following teach
ers not available)
MRS. BETTIE SUMMER
Mrs. Bettie B. Summer, who
teaches 8th grade literature at
Junior High school, is a native of
Newberry who received her for
mal education at Winthrop col
lege, from which she earned the
Bachelor of Arts degree. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson Brown of Newberry, and
is married to T. Roy Summer Jr.
They live at 1225 Calhoun street
and their children are Betsy, 17
years of age and a college fresh
man; and Ann, 9 years of age, a
(Continued on page 3)
Administrator
of hospital
praises MOD
The importance of the March of
Dimes to Newberry County has
been stressed in a letter from L, A.
Richardson, administrator of New
berry County Memorial Hospital,
to Mac Fennel, National Founda
tion County Chairman.
“I suppose we, here at the hos
pital, are more fully aware of the
wonderful assistance that has been
rendered by the National Founda
tion,” Mr. Richardson said. “How
ever, I am sure that all of us re
call the polio epidemic that we ex
perienced in this county only a
few years ago, and how preven
tive drugs were administered free
of charge to the county popula
tion . . .” Mr. Richardson referred
to the mass dosage of three types
of Sabin Oral Vaccine given dur
ing and following the Type III
polio epidemic during which over
20 persons were stricken with po
lio and at least one death occured.
Continuing, the hospital ad
ministrator mentioned the equip
ment which was loaned by the Na
tional Foundation to the hospital
to help treat the victims of polio,
and said “several thousand dol
lars were given to this hospital on
hospital bills for these patients,
and I understand a considerable
amount was paid for treatment of
Newberry County people at other
hospitals.” Some of the epidemic
victims were transferred to the
Medical College of Georgia Hos
pital in Augusta, as well as to
other hospitals for treatment.
“We have in our possession
now,” Mr. Richardson said, “two
pieces of equipment worth several
hundred dollars that were given to
us by The Foundation.” Mr. Rich
ardson concluded by ^rTFering best
wishes for a “successful campaign
in 1965”.
This year’s March of Dimes is
being sponsored by the Newberry
Jaycees, and Clarence Shealy Jr.
is serving as chairman. Several
events are scheduled to raise the
g 1 of $5000, according to Mr.
Shea y.
On January 3, a road block was
held by the Jaycees, during which
$185 was donated to the cam
paign. Another road block will be
held January 17, and other events
planned are a Bridge benefit,
sponsored by the Jaycee-ettes, and
the Mother’s March to be held at
a date to be announced later.
Mrs. Ray Holiday is serving as
chairman of the drive in the coun
ty, and Mrs. Bernice Rutherford is
County chairman for the colored
division.
The drive will end January 31,
according to Mr. Shealy.
In line with the national policy
of the National Foundation, the
local chapter did not join in the
Newberry County United Fund.
George Hanna
dies suddenly
Funeral services for George
Frank Hanna, 52, of Rt. 1, New
berry, Mt. Bethel-Garmany Road,
who died suddenly Monday night,
were conducted Wednesday at 11
a.m. at Whitaker Funeral Home
by Rev. E. L. Bland. Burial was
in Rosemont Cemetery.
A native of Laurens County,
son of the late John W. and Alice
Calhoun Hanna, he was a member
of the ARP Church and was an
employee of Clarence T. Summer
Hardware, Inc.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Margaret Sease Hanna; two
daughters, Miss Mary Sease Han
na of Columbia and Newberry and
Miss Linda Hanna of Charleston
and Newberry; a brother, Nathan
Hanna of McCormick; an a sister,
Mrs. Bert B. Williams of Char
leston.
FROM FLORIDA
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Briggs and
family, of Ocala, Fla., visited Mr.
Briggs’ mother, Mrs. A. J. Briggs
on Hunt Street during the Christ
mas holidays. The Briggs’ chil
dren are Anita, a student at
Florida State University, and Jack,
Bill and Bob. The three boys are
all Scouts, and Bill at age 14 just
received his Eagle Scout Award.
A newspaper in Ocala featured
the award ceremonies, showing a
picture of Mrs. Briggs pinning the
badge on her son as Anita watch
ed; and other picture showing the
three Scouts giving the Scout sa
lute to the Flag. Jack has just
entered the Scout rank, but his
brothers have been in Scouting a
number of years.
Thurmond to be speaker at
Freedom Shrine Ceremony
Senator Strom Thurmond will be
dedicatory speaker when the
Exchange Club of Newberry pre
sents the “Freedom Shrine” to
Newberry High School on Friday,
January 29th, at a time to be an
nounced.
Exchange president Gordon Les
lie made the announcement fol
lowing the Exchange Club meet
ing Tuesday night. The Club vot
ed in September to present the
Freedom Shrine to the high school
as a part o f its public service pro
gram. The Shrine was purchased
with proceeds from a seat cushion
sale held last summer.
The Freedom Shrine Project was
conceived in the Educational De
partment of the National Ex
change Club and born with the
adoption of a resolution by the 31st
convention, calling for the estab
lishment of Freedom Shrines
throughout America. It is a pro
gram in which all Exchange Clubs
are invited to participate.
The 28 historical American doc
uments comprising the Freedom
Shrine are exact copies photo
graphically reproduced directly
from the priceless originals by ex
perts of the National Archives and
the Library of Congress. Among
the documents are the Declaration
of Independence, Bill of Rights,
Washington’s copy of the Consti
tution. The Star Spangled Ban
ner, The Monroe Doctrine, the
Gettysburg Address, The German
Instrument of Surrender, World
War II and the Instrument of
Surrender in the Pacific, World
War II.
Each document is permanently
laminated to an individual plaque
of non-warping board. Gold mask
ing surrounds each of the docu
ments and the composition board
mountings frame them in a va
riety of handsome wood grain
finishes.
The documents of the Freedom
Shrine illuminate the great prin
ciples upon which the nation was
founded.
In addition to the documents,
the presentation will include the
Freedom Shrine plaque, a cast
bronze plaque stating that the
Shrine was presented by the Ex
change Club of Newberry.
Information as to time of the
presentation will be published as
soon as definite arrangements are
made.
iN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER J. C. NEEL,
who is retiring as Deputy Sheriff on January 15, is shown with
Sheriff Tom Fellers, center, and Andrew Shealy, who will succeed
Mr. Neel. (Sunphoto) 1
Deputy Sheriff retires;
will remain active
Robbery is
reported at
Sanders store
George Sanders, operator of a
combination grocery store-service
station located between Silver-
street and Chappells, told law of
ficers Tuesday that he was robbed
of $700 while putting gas in a
customer’s car.
According to Sanders, a young
couple stopped there about 2 p.m.
and purchased gasoline. The driv
er, described by Sanders as being
small and about 28 years of age.
asked to stay in the store and
warm his hands. He paid Sanders
$1.10 for the gasoline and told
him he had been in North Caro
lina but was on his way back to
his home in Florida. He was ac
companied by a young woman.
Sanders described the car as a 1955
or 1956 black buick with a Florida
license tag.
Some 30 minutes after the car
drove off, Sanders discovered $700
missing from a cash box under the
counter. He called the county
sheriff’s office and a statewide
description of the young couple
was broadcast to law enforcement
officers. The couple had not been
found early Wednesday morning,
according to Deputy Sheriff J. C.
Neel, who assisted in the investi
gation.
Funds granted
for new dorm
Deputy Sheriff J. C. Neel, long
time law enforcement officer for
Newberry County, will retire on
January 15 according to an an
nouncement made this week by
Sheriff Tom Fellers. Mr. Neel bas
been a sheriff’s deputy for 28
years, 24 of which were served
Under Sheriff Fellers.
In making the announcement,
the Sheriff said: “I regret very
much that J. C. is retiring. He
has been a top investigating offi
cer. We have known each other all
of our lives, and our association
in the Sheriff’s office has been a
most pleasant one. I am grateful
that he will still be closely asso
ciated with this department.”
Mr. Neel, upon his retirement,
will become building and grounds
custodian for the County, accord
ing to Sen. Jesse Frank Hawkins.
This is a newly-created job, and
consists of much of the work the
deputy has done in the past, in
cluding keeping the lawn and
murt house building in good re
pair. He will also be in charge of
this work at other public build
ings of the county.
Born in 1900 near Prosperity, a
son of the late J. C. and Alice
Wallace Neel, Mr. Neel was
foreman of a C, C. Camp before
becoming deputy sheriff in 1936.
Probably better known than any
other man throughout the coun
ty, the retiring deputy expressed
his appreciation to the people for
cooperation with him, adding that
the people of Newberry County
were the best to be found.
Mr. Neel is married to the for
mer Gladys Bedenbaugh. They are
parents of three children, George
William, who is in the armed for
ces, and John C. Jr., a State High
way Patrolman; and Mrs. Collene
Sweet of Gainesville, Ga.
Mr. Neel will be replaced by
Andrew Shealy, a member of the
City Police department since 1957,
and an employee of the Market
Basket prior to that time. Mr.
Shealy is a- native of Newberry,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Shea
ly. He is married to the former
Miss Joyce Owen and they have
one daughter, Renee, age seven.
Tindall Infant
in Charleston
Thomas Clyde Tindall III, nin^-
month-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas C. Tindall Jr., died
denly Monday njg&t.
Hospital in Charleston. He had
been ill for a few days but became
seriously ill and was taken to the
hospital Monday night.
The baby’s paternal grandpar
ents are Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Tin
dall of Newberry and his paternal
great-grandmother is Mrs. Josie
McAlhany. His mother is the for
mer Mary Clark, daughter of Mrs.
Lesta D. Hollis and the late Mr.
Clark of Camden.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete, pending arrival of En
sign Tindall from sea duty. The
family is at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Tindall in Newberry.
Arrangements will be announced
by Whitaker Funeral home.
IN COLUMBIA
Mrs. Josie McAlhany, who was
a patient at Newberry County
Memorial Hospital for several
days, was transferred Wednesday
to Columbia Hospital where she
will undergo tests and treatment.
at College
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Lewis and
son, Chuck, of LaFollette, Term,
spent Christmas Holidays with
Mr. Lewis’ parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Lewis on Boundary street.
Information has been received
by The Sun in a telegram from
Senator Olin D. Johnston that a
$700,000 construction loan has
been granted by the Housing and
Home Finance Agency to New
berry College for the purpose of
building a three-story residence
hall to house 300 men. The hall
will also contain a three-room in
firmary. Construction is expected
to begin within two months with
completion one year later, accord-
"■ to Senator Johnston.
Mrs. Feagle, 87,
service Friday
Mrs. Frank Leonard Feagle, 87,
widow of Frank L. Feagle, died
early Tuesday morning from a
sudden attack of illness in Atlan
ta, Ga.
She was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church of Atlanta.
Surviving is one sister, Mrs.
Everetc O. Brown of Fitchburg,
Mass., and one granddaughter.
Graveside services will be con
ducted in Rosemont Cemetery Fri-
day^at 11 a.m.
Mrs. E. A. Carpenter and Mrs.
Anne C. Fischer spent Tuesday in
Charlotte, N. C. attending the
spring showing of children’s wear,
and purchasing spring and sum
mer merchandise for the children’s
department at Carpenter’s. Also
attending the show was Frank
Smith, owner and manager of Tots
to Teens, who purchased merchan
dise for that store.
Jan. 10: Mrs Lucy McCartha*
Mrs. H. R. Brooks, Michael
Guy Dwyer, William W. Wat
kins, Martin Anthony Franklin,*
Q. L Shealy, Ellen Williamson.
Jan. 11: Mrs. Van Price, Mrs.
Sadie Ringer, Mrs. Tom Suber,
William R. Brooks, Martha Jean
Smith, Evelyn Wright, Mrs.
William H. Ringer, Joe E. Bick-
ley, Virgil L. Adams, Margaret
Linda Hanna.
Jan. 12: Mary Willis, Linda
Hawkins, Margaret Doolittle,
Jerry Satterwhite, Mrs. M. P.
Derrick, Marsha Minick, D.
Paul Folk, III, Edward Ruff.
Jan. 13: Steve North, Mrs. An
drew Oswald, Henry Livingston,
Mrs. J. G. Long, T. D. Pitt*
Jack Hughes, Henry W. Shealy,
Mrs. Thomas Boozer, Mm. Ger-'
aid Richardson, Marion Crooks,
Brenda Bess Graham, David
Floyd.
Jan. 14: Paul B. Ezell, Mable
Hiller Slaton, Mm Jas. Brown,
Richard I. McWhirter, Mm
Donald White, Frances) E Sims,
Joseph W. Hipp, Nath line
Knight, Richard Henry Raff,
Claudia S. Hinson, Harvey M.
Jordan, Lewis Lipscomb, Jr.,
Alice R- Milstead.
Jan. 15: Mrs. Edna H. Feagle,
Edna Hite Ringer, Ana Work
man, T. D. Pitta, Jr. Mm O. A.L
Felker.
Jan 16: James M. Smith III,
W>M. Buford Jr., Wynonia L.
Terrell, Clifton Floyd, Ellen
Altman.
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