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What a pleasure to work for a bass who knows when a job is well done. The electronic computer saves a lot of guesswork, but so does a Bikini bathing suit. VOLUME 28 — NUMBER 50. THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1965 $2.00 PER YEAR Doctors Honored THE OTHER SIDE A Democratic friend of mine said the other day “I have a clip ping - to show you—you might want to use it in your column." T h e clipping was an editorial from The Charlotte Observer, well known for its liberalism, entitled “Unhappy Outlook for S.C. GOP I’m sure happy to learn that the Observer of North ( arolina is so concerned with the future of the Republican party in SOUTH Car olina. I guess those of us who call ourselves Republicans, after read ing this, had just better fold our tents and silently slip away. The article, in its entirety, fol lows: If any organization has more dubious prospects for a long and happy life than the Republican Party of South Carolina, is is not immediately apparent. The gloomy outlook is alleviated only by prospects that the party s two well-known former Democrats —Albert Watson and J. Strom Thurmond, will win re-election. Watson stands an excellent chance of returning to Washing ton in June as the vindicated mar tyr of an attempted “purge” by Democrats. But even if he wins in a w r alk, he will merely become the tail-end Republican in the nearly impotent opposition in the House of Representatives, with little power and no patronage. something until they get it, then they are too apathetic to use it. WHAT OTHERS SAY The remainder of this column this week will be mostly devoted the w'hat others have to say about various topics. AN OPEN SEWER ( By Dr. L. Nelson Bell in The Presbyterian Journal, March 31.) If it were discovered that your city water supply was contaminat ed by an open sewer you w r ould become alarmed and do something about it immediately. But every city and town in Am erica today has something worse than a cess-pool emptying into its water supply. In almost every magazine stand and store, books are now - available—and they are being bought and read by our young people—that are so un speakably filthy that a perverted imagination alone can take in what is being said. There is no literary art here— just a portrayal in the rawest and frankest terms of seduction, pro miscuity, prostitution and sexual perversions. These books are in fecting our young people, w h o read them and discuss them, with the lowest possible concept of sex and morals. They are infinitely worse than an open sewer pouring its filth into a city water supply Wiles attends conference SPARTANBURG. — A. G. D. Wiles, president of Newberry col lege, is a participant in the first national Conference on Year-round Operation in High Education be ing held at Converse College this week. Approximately 130 college and university administrators, trus tees and faculty members from 35 states, the District of Columbia and Canada are meeting to dis cuss phases of the operation which promises to help meet the needs of the increasing number of stu dents seeking college educations. The Lilly Endowment, Inc., is underwriting the Conference with a $35 thousand grant. Dr. James W. Wiggins, associate dean of Converse’s College of A rts and Sciences and professor of Sociol ogy is Conference director. The number and types of insti tutions initiating or planning the change to year-round operation have increased rapidly in the past few years. Many participants in the Conference have already ex perimented with various types of year-round operation and numer ous other institutions throughout the country are examining the possibility that this pattern may help solve some of their own prob lems. Building boom is evidence: Newberry begins to grow Sen. Thurmond is regarded by | because their effect is on the souls South Carolina Republicans as a | of young people. Mrs. Ralph Barr Baker and Dr. A. G. D. Wiles examine a book presented to the college by the Woman’s Auxiliary to the Newberry County Medical Society. The book, “A History of Medi cine in South Carolina 1670-1825” by Joseph loor Waring, M.D., given to the college in commemoration of Doctors’ Day, w as bright new gem, but it is already obvious that the stone sits verv loosely in its setting. Thurmond s rather amazing definition of the state party’s purpose, given in his keynote address at the State convention was enough to shock true Republicans everywhere. No need to build up the party “from the court house to the State house,” said the senator. Don’t fool with lesser candidates. Just support a few “selective” candidates for higher offices— starting with Thurmond and Wat son, of course. In sum, Thurmond never was really a Democrat and he never wall be a real Republican—only first, last and always, he is a Thurmondcrat. Assuming the party chooses to go the Thurmond route, ignoring the leadership of Chairman Drake Edens, it will become an organiza tion that exists solely for the purpose of keeping in office two men who can do little or nothing for the state, for the party or for any of the party’s members. But these are not all of the party’s woes. Even the most conservative ele ments of the National Republican party are looking in directions that hold small attraction for most white South Carolinians. Consider these recent events: Dean Burch, Goldwater’s chair man, warned the party not to ap peal to racism, either openly or secretly. A Negro insurance executive was installed as special assistant to the state chairman of the party in Virginia, no less, where both parties are now wooing the Ne gro vote. A pro-Goldwater officer in the Young Republicans said it w r ould be a good idea to nominate a Ne gro as the party’s candidate for vice president. The Republican Coordinating Committee declared it was “out raged’ by” conditions at Selma. Sen. Everett Dirkson and other leading Republicans are pushing strongly for new civil rights leg islation to insure that Negroes get to vote, and Dirksen himself had a hand in drafting President Johnson’s voting bill. The bill itself, almost certain of passage after some slight alter ations, will drastically increase the number of Negro voters in many parts of the South, including South Carolina. And how many of them will vote for Sen. Thur mond in ’66 ? Or any other Re publican who does not see the handwriting on the wall as Goldwaterites of the North West have seen it? the and WHERE WERE THEY? The Charlotte Observer editors seem to think the Negroes down this way haven’t been allowed to vote. Now, as I recall, there are some 2000 Negroes registered in one ward alone in Columbia. Won der where they were—if they’re so anxious to vote—during the Democratic primary last week? Had they turned out in force they could easily have nominated their champion, John Bolt Culbertson. There’s certainly no denying that this is ONE way Negroes and whites are alike—they scream for Emboldened by decisions of the Supreme Court which seemed to support such literature, writers and publishers are now spewing out for Americans filth such as none of us would have believed possible. These books capture the minds of those who read them, particularly young people, for lewdness, obscenity, prurience and sexual immorality in any and every guise. Much is being said today about the “new morality.” Make no mis take, this is immorality at its rawest—immorality of the kind which made the name “Sodom” synonymous with moral degrada tion. ACTION BY INACTION (The following are excerpts from WRAL-TV Viewpoint, by Jesse Helms, Raleigh, N. C., and refer to action taken by the State Baptist Convention last Novem ber. A committee of the conven tion proposed a resolution that the Convention “call on the Federal government to increase its control over broadcasters.”) “ . . . The moving hands of the committee wrote, and having writ ten, moved on to a slumbering, disinterested convention which, with machine-like detachment, voted aye. The Baptist State Con vention, in one grand sweep, voted approval of something it neither understood nor had considered. “It boggles the imagination to contemplate so large a group so manifestly unaccustomed to pub lic thinking. One hardly dares to imagine w'hat other kinds of res olutions might have been slipped under the door to win the ap proval of such a sleeping giant of a group. Such is the work of a committee; such is the frustration of a convention. ‘“ . . . It was, all in all, a re markable performance. On one hand, the Baptist State Conven tion rejected federal aid on the valid grounds that it would lead to federal controls. On the other, it struck a blow against freedom of speech, by inviting further fed eral controls to silence voices with which some few Baptist conven tion committee members personal ly disagree. The total picture is a study in awkward absurdity, a spraddle-legged attempt to walk on both sides of the street at one time.” This is the North Carolina Bap tist Convention, but it reminds me of the same sort of action taken at least twice by the South Caro line Baptist Convention in con demning Sunday drills by Nat ional Guardsmen. Those resolutions were probably prepared by a “committee” and unthinkingly were given approval by the Convention—most of whose delegates probably knew absolute ly nothing about Sunday Guard drills. So often people are overcome by the grandeur of a convention they will come home speaking in glowing terms of things they op posed before going. Maybe the time has come to organize a “front”—a conservative front that is. It could be named CCAC (they must all have initials)— Citizens Committee to Abolish Conventions. March 30. (Newberry College Photo.) In observance of Doctors’ Day, .March 30, the Woman’s Auxiliary to the Newberry County Medical Society presented to Newberry college the book, “A History of Medicine in South Carolina 1670- 1825,” by Joseph loor Waring, M.D. The book is a 1964 publica tion of the South Carolina Medi cal Association. Mis. Ralph Parr Baker, alumna of Newberry college, presented the book to Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, pres ident of the college. She is the South Carolina Councilor to the Woman’s Auxiliary of the South ern Medical Association. Doctors’ Day was adopted in 1935 as a project of the Woman’s Auxiliary to Southern Medical As sociation (SMA). Membership in SMA is drawn from 16 states and the District of Columbia. Doctors’ Day was suggested by the wife of a Georgia physician, and is an annual observance to honor members of the medical profession, both living and dead, with some act of kindness, gift, or tribute in remembrance of these men and women, who, by daily devotion to their duty of ser vice to humanity, minister to the health and welfare of people. March 30 was chosen for the ob servance because on this date in Know your Teachers Census shows decrease in service sales Business in Newberry county’s 121 service establishments de creased in the past five years, ac cording to information released by the United States Department of Commerce. The 121 establishments had to tal receipts of $1.8 million in 1963, a decrease of one per cent from 1958. The service trades in the cen sus of business included those pro viding personal services to indi viduals, miscellaneous business services, auto repair and other 1842 ether was first used as an ' auto services and other repair ser- anesthetic agent in a surgical op- vices. Also included were motion eration. picture production and distribu tion businesses, motion picture theatres, other amusement and recreation services, and hotels and motels. The selected service trade es tablishments in the county em ployed 182 persons, exclusive of proprietors, and had a payroll for the year of $353,000. The state as a whole included 10,449 establish ments with receipts of $253.6 million. Another flower-lover among the teachers at Speers Street school is Miss Sarah Boozer who lives at 1617 Harrington street. Mi ss Boozer is a native New- berrian, daughter of Mrs. Jacob L. Boozer and thv late Mr. Boozer. She attended the city schools, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Newberry col lege. She has attended summer schools at Newberry and has done graduate work at the University of South Carolina. In addition, she has attended arithmetic and read ing workshops sponsored by the local school district. Miss Boozer holds a permanent professional certificate in elemen tary education, and teaches third grade at Speers Street school. She is a member of Central Methodist church, and in addition to working with flowers, she en joys reading when she can find the time. Mrs. Lou Frances Lide, a grad uate of Furman University with a Bachelor of Arts degree, teaches (Continued on page 4) Miss Katie Shealy, who lives at 1229 Hunt street, is a member of the Lutheran church of The Re deemer where she is a primary teacher in the church school, and belongs to the Lutheran Church Women. She holds a certificate in ele mentary education, and teaches second grade at Speers Street. Miss Shealy is a native of Cha pin, daughter of Mrs. H. L. Shealy and the late Mr. Shealy. She was graduated from Newberry college with the Bachelor of Arts degree, and has attended workshops in the “new mathematics” now being taught all county school children from first grade up. Miss Shealy is a member of Speers Street PTA, Newberry County, South Carolina, and Nat ional Education Associations. wmm mm Double rites for Ezell couple Albert Herman Ezell, 70, and his wife, Mrs. Julia Dickert Ezell, 60, died Friday at the Aiken coun ty hospital. Mr. Ezel Idied after several years of declining health. He was born in Chesnee, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ezell. He had served in the United States army during World War I. Mrs. Ezell died suddenly at the Aiken hospital. She was born in Newberry, the daughter of the late Jacob L. and Effie Counts Dickert. For several years she was clerk of the Aiken County Select ive Service Board. She is survived by her step mother, Mrs. Annie H. Dickert of Newberry; three brothers, Forrest Dickert, Dr. Jesse Dickert, and Coke Dickert, all of Newberry and five sisters, Mrs. Anna Hawkins, Mrs. Elbe Ringer, Mrs. Blanche Dickert, and Mrs. Ruby Trice, all of Newberry and Mrs. Alice Folk of Columbia. Double funeral services were conducted Sunday from Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. J. W. King, Jr. Interment followed in Rose- mont cemetery. Serving as active pallbearers were Dr. Elbert Dickert, Neil Dickert, Ray Dickert, Carl Ring er, James Ringer, Douglas Ringer, Charlie Bowers, James II. Davis, Heyward Davis, Jabbo Folk, Gil der Cromer, P. K. Fuller, Otis Whitaker and Dr. Drayton Nance. There was a time not too many years ago when the construction of one new house in the city was “something to talk about.” Today one can ride on almost any street in Newberry or its outskirts and see signs of a building boom. On College street, there is much activity in the block located north of Harrington street. Land scaping is underway at the newly renovated Welfare Office building while nearby, on the same side of College street, a house has been razed for a new building which will house Maxwell Brothers and Lindsay Furniture store. Across the street, one of the houses at the site of the new postoffice building has already been demol ished with the second scheduled for the same treatment. Off College street, on Evans, spadework has begun for the new men’s dormitory at Newberry college and plans are being made for a Chapel and Little Theatre, a new women’s dormitory and a Music building. On out College near the cut-off, a sign points out “The future home of Kemper Chevrolet” and across the highway, what appears to be a missile ready to blast off is the beginning of an elevated water tank to serve the Shakes peare plant. The new Lutheran Church of The Redeemer is taking shape on Boundary street and around on Calhoun, the old St. Luke’s Epis copal rectory is undergoing face lifting and will be used for offices of Farmers Mutual Insurance As sociation. Down town, Summer’s Hobby and Sport Shop has moved to a new location, which was formerly the lobby of the Newberry hotel. Carpenter’s store has begun work to open an attractive entrance to the new parking lots and it is ex pected that other businesses whose property adjoins the lots will follow suit. It is expected that the lots will be paved as soon as weather permits and will be ready for formal opening in May. Work is now underway to build the Shakespeare plant, and soon will start for the Owens-Illinois plant to be located on By-pass 121. And all over town houses are being built, developments which were hare land only a few years ago now are covered. with beau tiful homes, and more develop ments and subdivisions are offer ing lots for sale. Out behind the hospital, the Newberry County Nursing Home is near completion and personnel for its staff is being sought. The hospital itself is again bulging at the seams with patients in the halls, although it was only two years ago that the new addition was completed. Renovation continues at the Oakland plant of the Kendall Co., with addition of the air condition ing towers and modernization of the inside of the plant. There is little doubt that finally Newberry is on the move. To paraphase a statement about South Carolina made last week by Rep. Rex Carter, speaking at the Poultry and Egg breakfast, “ . . . Newberry is on the thres hold of its greatest growth. We can be where we want to be in the next ten years. The only thing that will keep us from growing is a lack of imagination on the part of our citizens.” Nearing completion is the Newberry County Nursing Home at the corner of Kinard and Harrington Streets, behind the New berry County Memorial Hospital. (Sunphoto) Destruction for Progress: The old Dickert hjme on College Street comes down to make way for the new Post Office build ing which will be located on this site, adjacent to Smith Motor Company. (Sunphoto) Refinishing antique furniture is the hobby of Miss Annie Abrams, second grade teacher at Speers Street school. “Miss Annie”, as she has been known by her stu dents for years, also enjoys grow- (Continued on page 4) NOW AT HOME Mrs. R. D. Wright has returned to her home on Harrington street after spending the winter months with her son and daughter-in-law, Capt. and Mrs. Downs Wright at the Naval Air Station, Cecil Field, Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Harvey Dick ert have moved to 1153 Clarkson Avenue. Organ recital to be Friday Julia Richardson, Newberry Rt. 2, will present her junior organ recital at 8 p.m. Friday in Hol land Hall chapel at Newberry Col lege. The recital program includes “Toccata, Adagio and Fugue” by J. 3. Bach and “Sonata in F. Mi nor” by Mendelssohn. The public is invited to attend. Miss Richardson, the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Rich ardson, Newberry Rt. 2, is major ing in music and minoring in reli gion at Newberry College. She is studying organ under the direc tion of Darr Wise, associate pro fessor of music. Summer wins sales award During the Fifth Annual Sales Meeting and Dinner held in Clin ton Monday night, March 29, at Mary Musgrove hotel, Harry Sum mer of Newberry received one of the top ten sales awards of Jo anna Western Mills Company. This award is made annually to the leading salesman in each cat egory of fabric sales. Mr. Sum mer’s award was in the Plastic Coated Division. Mr. Summer, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Leland Summer of 1902 Harper street, Newberry, at tended The Citadel and Newberry college. Before joining the sales organization of Joanna Western 3 1-2 years ago, Mr. Summer was associated with his father in the furniture business. He now makes his home in Macon, Georgia, with sections of lower South Carolina included in his sales territory. This meeting brings together Joanna Western salesmen from all parts of the Eastern United States. Tours of Joanna Cotton Mills and Kaywood Corporation are included on the agenda during the meetings, with a second Aw ards Dinner planned for Thursday night for the second group stay ing in session from Wednesday through Friday of this week. It has been determined that more can be accomplished in the two smaller meetings than the entire number in one big meeting. Fifty- two participated in the first group leaving on Tuesday evening. C of C convention be in Columbia The Sou h Carolina Division, Children of the Confederacy will hold its annual convention at the Wade Hampton hotel in Columbia on April 24. A large delegation from the Eloise Welch Wright Chapter in Newberry is expected to attend. The business meeting will be held Saturday morning, followed by a luncheon at the hotel. In the afternoon, CofC members and adults attending the convention are invited to a tea at the Gov ernor’s mansion. The convention will conclude with a dance Satur day night. Those interested in further de tails may contact Mrs. Ralph P. Baker, CofC director in Newberry, or any of the chapter’s group leaders. FEBRUARY BOND SALES Combined Series E and H bonds sales for February in Newberry county totaled $29,365 reports Joe M. Roberts, county Savings Bonds chairman. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Kenning- ton are making their home at 1526 Caldwell street. Attend meeting Two members of the Newberry College faculty attended the an nual meeting of South Carolina Historical Association in Char leston Saturday. They are Dr. Frank W. Ashley, head of the Department of History and Political Science; and Alexan der R. Stoesen, associate professor of history. Louis B. Wright, di rector of Folger Shakespeare Li. brary in Washington, was banquet speaker. April 4: Miss Rebecca Lomi- nick, Mrs. Herman Halfacre, J. H. Cook, James Edwin Plam- pin, Mrs. J E.. Wiseman, Anne 1 Bruner Griffith, Miss Myra Hardy, Johnny Myers, J. How ard Clark, Sr. April 5: Mrs. Arthur Dwyer, A. C. Ward, John Francis Scurry, Jackie Goodman, Mrs. I*. A. Black. April 6: Phillip Plampin, Mrs. Jasper Amick, Connie Sanders, Virgie Ellis Shealy. April 7: Mrs. John Thomas, Wava Billingsley, W. F. Smith, Bobby Bruner P,hilip Carl Tref- sgar, Barbara Ann Keeler, Eli zabeth D. Epting, April 8: Mrs. Lewis Ammons, Robert D. Coleman III, Jake Crossland, Harriette Hedgepath, Ruth Dawkins. April 9: Olin “Scrap” Berry. April 10: Mrs. Meredith Har mon, J. Brooks Workman, Mar garet Paysinger, Calvin T. Mill- stead.