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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1965
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
PAGE THREE
Looking A. bead
7 ...by Dr. Georg# S. Benton
PRESIDENT—NATIONAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM
Saarcy, Arkansas
A CONSTITUTIONAL CAUSE
The arguments for and against
.state legislature re-apportionment
via U. S. Supreme Court edict
■were brought out plentifully last
June, when the famous 6-3 decis
ion was announced. It brought
visions of changing political bal-
snce to residents of many states,
pleasing particularly the big city
machine manipulators. Many ser
ious students of politics and his
tory began to study a fresh the
background for this decision and
the consequences of it. It is cer
tainly time for the issue to be ex
amined widely and thoroughly.
Congress must be confronted with
Jiis problem very soon.
Among interested citizens doing
considerable home work is Claude
Cifford, as associate editor of
Farm Journal, whose address to
the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
on the topic the Journal has dis
tributed. Mr. Gifford has examined
colonial law-making all the way
back to the Mayflower compact
and Jamestown looking for pre
cedent for the decision. He found
none. But he did find apportion
ment in factors other than popu
lation—by counties or other geo
graphical, historical, or political
ji nes —from 1700, 87 years before
we had a national Constitution.
TTiw historical treatment helped put
the consequences of the high courts
decision in perspective.
The People’s Power
Mr. Gifford has the idea that
action in Boston harbor in 1773
bad something to do with repre
sentation—or lack of it. Partly, at
least, a more populous Britain in
sisted on having her way. When
the “free and independent” states
began to form constitutions N,ew
^Hampshire at the head of the list
set up two houses so that one
would check on the other. Its up
per house consisted of one person
:from each of 12 counties, a senate
based on area apportionment. And
so it went with one state after
another, until there was exper
ience enough for aC onstitutional
convention.
After “four hot months and
1,840 speeches,” Mr. Gifford notes,
the best from the 55 practical men
who had more experience in cons
titution making than the rest of
the world put together, came
■forth. The Constitution arose from
the practice of 29 colonial charac
ters or constitutions, 17 revolu
tionary constitutions, and 23 union
plans—in all, 69 various forms of
actual or contemplated govern
ment. In brief, the people made the
Constitution, and reserved to them
selves power to change it. Each
state was guaranteed “a Republi
can Form of Government.”
And Who Can Change It?
But, on last June 15, six major
members of the Supreme Court
said: seats in both houses of state
legislatures must be apportioned
solely and equally on population;
political equality means, “one
person, one vote;” citizens in big
districts are denied “equal pro
tection;” and the U. S. Senate
Is no sound example for state leg
islatures to copy. Dissenting vig
orously, Justice Harlan said: “It
is difficult to imagine a more in
tolerable and inappropriate inter
ference by the judiciary.” Added
Justice Stewart: “I do not under
stand why the Court’s constitu
tional rule does not require the
abolition of districts and the hold
ing of all elections at large.”
Unprecedented Power
To summarize in less legal
words, said Mr .Gifford, “we can
see that the Supreme Court ma
jority of six is claiming that the
Court, not the people, has juris
diction how state legislatures will
be set up . . . By this action, the
majority Court declared that they,
six men, can amend the Constitu
tion—not only of the United
States, but of the 50 states as
well. The framers of the Consti
tution were careful to give this
amending power to the people a-
lone.” These six, for proposing in
1787 that the Supreme Court be
allowed to amend the Constitu
tion,, would have been run out of
Franklin’s town, added Mr. Gif
ford.
The farm editor said further:
“The Court did not say to states
who were admittedly delinquent
in apportioning their legislatures:
“Live up to your state constitu
tion and apportion as the people
wish.’ Instead, the six said: ‘Live
upto our ideas of what we think
your constitution and apportion
ment should be.’ The six .have
roped off state reapportionment
as an area fo rtheir judgment a-
lone. The lower courts, they ,say,
are going to be their agents ..as
the sole authority for what is
‘proper’ apportionment and repre
sentation. Not the people; ; not the
states; but the courts!’’
Power men win
safety award
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Ten years without a disabling
injury has won the Newberry
Duke Power Company Production
and Transmission Operating De
partment special recognition by
the Southeastern Electric Ex-
cheing’c*
R. F. Dorton, P & T District
Superintendent, praised the men
of Newberry for their fine record
and said “This award recognizes
the men who, by their record,
show that they stress the import
ance of safety and safe work prac
tices.”
The Newberry Substation is part
of the P & T Spartanburg Opera
ting Division. W. A. Kennedy is
the Supervisor at Newberry and
J. M. Nivens is the Divisional
Superintendent in Spartanburg.
LEGAL NOTICE
April 12, 1965
The Newberry County Board of
Education hereby publishes its
policy which removes race as a
factor in pupil assignment in the
public schools of the district for
the school year 1965-66. This pol
icy was adopted July 28, 1964 and
revised March 1, 1965.
Criteria for the Newberry Coun
ty School plan is similar to that
of desegregation plans approved
by U. S. District Judge J. Robert
Martin in suits against schools in
Greenville, with the exception of
item No. 6 pertaining to school
bus transportation.
Applications will be considerec
“ . . . without regard to race, color
or creed.” Applications are avail
able for parents of any child in
school to request transfer to ano
ther school. Transfer forms are
available at the Area Superinten
dent’s or Principal’s office where
the child resides,. Completed ap
plications will be acted upon with
in 30 days of their receipt by the
County Board of Education.
Applications after May 1, 1965
(and April 1 on succeeding years)
will be limited to pupils establish
ing residence in the dictrict, or
moving from one area of the dis
trict to another.
The full statement of policy
follows:
“The following policies and pro
cedures with respect to assignment
and transfer of pupils in this dis
trict are hereby adopted.
A. The assignment of pupils
seeking enrollment in the system
in an elementary school for the
first time or in a junior or senior
high school for the first time shall
btf made upon conditions of the
following criteria and without re
gard to race,' color or creed:
PROPERTY
TRANSFERS
Newberry No. 1
Eugene C. Griffith to Elizabeth
D. (Mrs. E. G.) Able, one lot $5.
M. L. Trotter and H. O Trotter
to Paragas of Newberry, Inc. five
lots $15,000.
Newberry No. 1 Outside
Charles.,®. Turner to Harmon
Turner, 9.8$ acres, $5 love and
affection.
Carolina Butane Gas Co. to M.
L. Trotter and H. O. Trotter, five
lots $15,000
Walter B. Wallace to Catawba
Lumber Co., 40 acres $5.
Little Mountain No. 6
Russell *B. Koon to William
Lindsay Koon, 88 acres $5 love
and affection.
Prosperity No. 7
Rachael Hunter Sharp, to E.
Hayne Hunter, Betsy Hunter
Hipp, Sam Hunter, Walter Hun
ter, J. C. Hunter, Vera Hunter
and Claire Hunter Darby, 168
acres 5.
W. M. Harris to: H. C. Beam,
one lot, $3000; John Moran Wil
son, one lot, $2250; Larry Calvin
Knott, one lot ,$3000; Howard A.
Duncan, one lot $2250; Joseph H.
Sassaman and Ruth M. Sassaman,
one lot $2250.
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1. The preference indicated by
the pupils application.
2. Whether the educational
program of the pupil can be
met by the school to which
assignment is sought. In
the determination of the
suitability of the program
in the school to which trans
fer is sought, consideration
of the following factors will
be made.
a. The curricular offerings
in the school to which as
signment is sought and in
the previous school attended,
if applicable.,
b. The grade level attained
in previous school attended,
if applicable.
c. The chronological age
of the student.
d. Results of standardized
tests.
e. Professional consultation
and/or exchange of infor
mation between the princi
pal of the school to which
assignment is sought.
f. Personal interview with
pupil and parents by an
official designated by school
board.
3. The capacity of the school
to which assignment is
sought.
4. The availability of space in
schools other than the
school for which entry is
sought.
5. The distance the pupil lives
from such school.
6. The availability of public
school bus transportation.
B. Pupils shall be assigned to
the schools which they attended
the preceding year except those
eligible for promotion to a differ
ent school, or those transferred
because of overcrowded conditions.
Notwithstanding, however, and as
a matter of absolute right, appli
cation may be made by the parent
or legal guardian of such pupils
for placement in another school
specified in the application there
for, in which case the reason for
the requested transfer must be sta
ted. Such application shall be con
sidered under the direction of the
Superintendent and acted upon in
the light of the criteria set forth
as items 1 ,2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 in par
agraph A herein above without re
gard to race, color, or creed, with
in 60 days from its receipt.
C. For pupils who are enrolled in
Newberry county schools prior to
April 1, the deadline for applica
tion for transfers which are to
become effective in August or
September (i. e. the beginning of
the school term) will be April 1 of
the year in which the transfer is
to become effective. Application
forms for transfer, as well as ini
tial enrollment, are presently av
ailable in the office of the princi
pal of each high school in the
District; said forms will be de
livered only to pupils, parents,
legal guardians or persons in loco
parentis of applicants. All appli
cations must be made on official
forms.
D. Transfer application forms to
be used on behalf of pupils estab
lishing residence in Newberry
County Schools after April 1 of
each year will be available at the
office of the Superintendent and
should be filed with the Superin
tendent on behalf of such pupils as
soon as practicable. All appli
cations shall be considered nnder
the direction of the Superinten
dent and acted upon within 60
days.
E. All other rules and regula
tions and administrative proced-
J. Pat Koon, 81
dies at clinic
J. Pat Koon, 81, died late Fri
day night at Mills Clinic in Pros
perity after several days serious
illness. He had been in declining
health for the past several years.
Mr. Koon was born and reared
in Chapin and was the son of the
late Noah P. Koon. Since his re
tirement he had made his home
with his daughters in Newberry
and Prosperity. His wife, Mrs.
Maude Hendrix Koon, died in
1948. He was a member of Saint
Peter’s (Pinneywoods) Lutheran
church.
He is survived by three sons,
Julius W. Koon, Killeen, Texas,
and Ashley W. Koon, Tocomo,
Wash; Noah H. Koon, Aiea, Ha
waii; three daughters, Mrs. Carroll
Hawkins, Prosperity; Mrs. Chas.
Howard, Charleston; Mrs. Ray
mond Dominick, Columbia; one
brother, John Koon, Portsmouth,
Va.; one sister, Mrs. Gloria Liv
ingston, Peak; 20 grandchildren
and 10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday from St. Peter’s with
Rev. John Zeigler conducting the
service. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Robert
Hawkins, Mike Summer, George
Slice Sr., James Ira Hamm, Donn
elly Koon, Q. L. Shealy, Robert
Koon.
Honorary escort was members
of St. Peter’s church council.
Building Permits
Building permits were issued by
the City of Newberry during the
past week to Boyd Franklin, locate
mobile home, 1405 Drayton street;
D. S. Jennings, erect dwelling,
Harrington street; John W. Smith,
repairs to dwelling, 602 Glenn
street; W. J. Clamp, repairs to
dwelling, 1323 Pearl street; Mrs.
Louvena Spearman,, addition to
dwelling, 615 Coats street; John L.
Epps, repairs to dwelling, Sum
mer street; Mn Turner, repairs
to garage, 2435 i'air avenue.
Value of this construction, ac
cording to permits obtained, is
$11,975.
Winston Jones’
brother dies
Albert J. Jones, 46 of Route '3,
Union, died Monday at a Union
hospital after a brief illness.
A native of Union county, son
of Mrs. Lula Gallway Jones and
the late A. P. Jones, he was a
member of Tabernacle Baptist
church .He was a member of the
American Legion Post No. 22 and
was employed as a textile worker
at Excelsior Woolen Mills.
Among his survivors is a bro
ther, Winston Jones of Newberry.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday at his church and bur
ial followed in Union Memorial
Gardens.
PATIENTS IN
THE HOSPITAL
Mrs. Betty Ames, City.
Charles C. Bedenbaugh, City.
James S. Bedenbaugh, City.
Mrs. Emma Bobb, Prosperity.
Mrs. Estelle Bouknight, City.
Mrs. Nelva Brown, Prosperity.
Miss Annie Bynum ,City.
Mrs. Attice S. Counts, City.
Charlie P. Cannon, Chapin. .
Harold Cromer, City.
Miss Fannie Mae Carwile, City.
Chilton Ellett, Chapin.
Mrs. Bessie Floyd, City.
Master William Fuller, Joanna.
Mrs. Virginia Fulmer, City.
Mrs. Cory Fellers, Prosperity.
Mrs. Alma Force, City.
Willie Mac Frick, City.
Fred E. Goff, Saluda.
Lawson H. Harmon, City.
Mrs. Dovie Hamm, City.
Mrs. Erlene L. Hunneycutt,
Whitmire.
Mrs. Violet Harvey, Prosperity.
Mrs. Mattie Hamrick, City.
Mrs. Dessa M. Layton, City.
Mrs. Janie McCarty, City.
Mrs. Catherine McConnell, City.
Baby Girl Morris, City.
Mrs. Florence Nobles, City.
Mrs. Florence Puckett, City.
Miss Lorraine Paris, City.
Mrs. Sarah Price, Gilbert.
Walter Regnery, City.
Holland Ruff, City.
B. Eugene Shealy, City.
Stephen Shaw, City.
Mrs. Mattie G. Smith, City.
James Fred Thomas, City.
Ira Taylor, City.
Mrs. Maggie Willingham, City.
A. J. Burton, City.
Mrs. Helen T. Goree, City.
Tally Greenwood, City.
Baby Girl Moore, City.
Mrs. Lizzie Mae Moore, City.
Mrs. Marie Daniels Reeder, City.
Mrs. Laura Suber, City.
Mrs. Rebecca Williams, Silver-
street.
ures heretofore existing with re
spect to assignment, enrollment
and transfer of pupils in this dis
trict will conform with the poli
cies as herein stated.”
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Men In Service
24TH INFANTRY DIVISION,
GERMANY (AHTNC)—Specialist
Four John W. Epting, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John D. Epting, Route 4,
underwent extensive Army train
ing tests near Grafenwohr, Ger
many, April 10.
During the tests Specialist Ep
ting took part in weapons firing
and various tactical maneuvers as
part of an annual program to de
termine the combat readiness of
his unit.
Specialist Epting, a driver in
Battery B, 1st Battalion of the
i4th Infantry Division’s 35th
Artillery in Germany, entered the
Army in January 1963 and arrived
overseas in January 1964.
Before entering the Army Ep
ting wa semployed by the Carolina
Wholesale Company, Columbia. He
was graduated from Newberry
High school in 1958 and received
his Bachelor of Arts degree from
Newberry College in 1962.
Shown above is the architectW J toncfcfptfdtt of the new chapel soon to be built on the Newbenry
College campus. The Board of Trustees, pf tjhe College have named this structure the A.GJD. Wflee
Chapel, in honor of the incumbent pvfsid^nL.'Jlie building will be located on College Street adjacent
to Smeltxer HalL The story concerning 4he,bnUding was published in last week’s issue of The Snm.
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By this my Father U glorified, that you hear
much fruit, and to prove to he my diedplee,
—John 15:8
Just as a free planted in the
desert that knows no water shall
never bear fruit, so is it true
that a way of life that does not
embrace Christian principles is
wasted and barren.
God is indeed pleased when we
make Christianity the “motor” of
our lives; when we bring into our
everyday actions and activities
such things as faith, hope, dig
nity, kindness and consideration
for others.
We are, as Christians, disdplee
—or followers. The pathway was
clearly marked in the life and
death of Jesus Christ If we un
derstand this, we understand why
God is pleased when we make
our lives useful and productive.
Read your BIBLE dally
and
OO TO CHURCH
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