The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, May 27, 1965, Image 1
MANY A MAN thinks he is fol
lowing his natural bent, when he
is just too lazy to straighten up.
VOLUME 29 — NUMBER 6.
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1965
WHEN ONE WORD leads to an
other it generally ends up in a
quarrel, a speech, or a dictionary.
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By~The-'Way ... By dor/s a. sanders
JOY BELLS
If we still had school bells, they
would be joy bells tomorrow, ring
ing for the final day of classes at
schools throughout the county—
and most students will look for
ward to a carefree summer while
some will worry for another week
about that inevitable report card
and the story it will tell.
We wish them a happy summer;
and especially we wish future
happiness to our high school and
college graduates. I don’t know
whether it is legal to use the
works of Rudyard Kipling without
permission, but I’m going to take
a chance and print his poem, “If,
as a word of advice and, I hope,
encouragement to the graduates:
IF
If you can keep your head when
all about you
Are losing theirs, and blaming
it on you,
If you can trust yourself when
all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their
doubting, too;
If you can wait and not be
tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't
deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way
to hating,
And yet don’t look too good
nor talk too wise;
If you can dream and not make
dreams your master.
If you can think, and not make
thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with triumph
and disaster,
And treat those two imposters
just the same;
If you can bear to hear the
truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make
a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave
your life to, broken,
And Stoop and build ’em up
with worn-out'tools;
If you can make one heap of
all your winnings,
And risk it on one turn of
pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at
your beginnings,
And never breathe a word
about your loss;
If you can force your heart and
nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after
they are gone,
And so hold on when there is
nothing in you
Except the will which says to
them: “Hold on!”
If you can walk with crowds
and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings—nor lose
the common touch.
If neither foes nor loving friends
can hurt you,
If all men count with you,
but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving
minute
With sixty seconds ’worth of
distance run,
Yours is the Earth and
everything that’s in it.
And—which is more-—
you’ll be a Man, my Son!
—Rudyard Kipling
DEMANDiSD
Please read the following quo
tation carefully:
“At times the frustrations and
anger of these people deprived
of life’s most basic necessities,
i. e., housing, equal education,
well-paying jobs, are understand
ably Jx>iling over into violence. At
times feelings are barely kept in
check by the hard work of dis
ciplined and Christian leaders like
Dr. Martin Luther King and the
strong faith of many Negroes.
Moreover, the intolerable condi
tions endured by minority groups
have resulted in a burden of guilt
and remorse felt by sensitive peo
ple, and threatens to divide a na
tion against itself. Action is de
manded 1) by all people of good
will, urging their congressmen to
vote FOR the civil rights bill, and
2) on the local scene acting cour
ageously, even sacrificially, to
create justice.”
Now, who do you suppose wrote
that? Roy Wilkins, head of NAA
CP? Eugene Carson Blake? Hu
bert Horatio Humphrey? Lyndon
Baines Johnson?
Well, it was written by one Iso-
bel Letts and was distributed by
Lutheran Church Supply Stores,
2900 Queen Lane, Philadelphia,
Pa. 19129 (or any branch store)
for the price of ten cents, written
for Lutheran Church Women,
same address and is a portion of
what I presume to be a Lutheran
Church Women program entitled
“Change is a challenge.”
And how are you to act cour
ageously on the local scene? Well,
let’s see:
“Since people differ in temper
ament, talents and resources, each
one must find her own niche and
then act. Those with money could
give scholarships for local high
school or college minority stu
dents. Those with time can work
on committees to win acceptance
for integration in schools, contact
businesses to open jobs or provide
training for Negroes. Those with
teaching ability could persuade
pastors and Church Councils to
open churches for remedial classes
after school hours to prevent
“drop-outs” or to hold nursery
schools for children of deprived
homes or working mothers. (She’s
kind enough to let you include
whites on that one)
“The more aggressive may join
in non-violent demonstrations for
job opportunities or better hous
ing after talks have proven unsuc
cessful, or take part in ‘pray-ins’
‘sit-ins’ and offering to ‘work-
with’ minority people at their
place of business.”
I thought it was bad enough
that some members of the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church US (South) tried to con
done civil disorder by a resolution
which said “The individual’s sense
of the Word of God, which must
be for him the great ordering
Word, comes to him in many ways,
clarified, we believe, by the words
of the Bible and speaking finally
through the voice of conscience. If
this voice speaks clearly, he should
follow it, though against the
world.”
In other words, if your con
science tells you to go rob a bank,
why it’s perfectly all right.
But the Lutherans apparently
already have that idea, and had it
long before the Presbyterians
brought it up for debate. I find
in the LCA Sunday School Series,
Term Three—Adults the state
ment: “As Lutherans we believe
that the freedom of the gospel
rules out the making of strict
codes of moral conduct.” There we
go with that “called to responsible
freedom” again.
Now the United Presbyterians,
USA (North)—at least some of
them—have brought forth more
light: some interracial marriages,
they say, are brought on because
there are laws against interracial
marriages. Therefore to cure this
evil, they propose a resolution
banning laws against interracial
marriages.
I cannot—I will NEVER be able
to understand why church people,
Christians, sit idly by hearing, see
ing, condoning by their silence,
the vulgarity and socialism, the
piece-by-piece, inevitably total de
struction of the Bible. WHY can’t
they speak out?
If you are afraid to let your
self be heard, then speak silently
by withholding your funds—or at
least do what some others are do
ing: make your pledge, give your
check, payable when YOUR church
gets out of the National Council
of Churches and returns to the
faith of your fathers.
CONGRATULATIONS
A group of seniors at Newberry
High school got together at the
beginning of this school year and
decided to try a project. It was
not an assigned project; it was
just something they wanted to
try. It is encouraging to see
youngsters (though they probab
ly don’t like being called that for
they will soon don cap and gown)
take upon themselves a responsi
bility like this, and bring it to such
a successful conclusion.
With Barry Shealy as editor,
Karen Kirkegard as assistant edi
tor, and Ellie Felker, Rey Lomin-
ack, Linda Anderson as staff
members, these seniors produced
a 38-page literary magazine,
“NHS Literary Notes.” They pro
duced it all the way down to typ
ing the stencils, and putting the
magazine together physically as
well as literally. Contributors came
from each of the high school
grades, and help and advice was
given by Mrs. Margery William
son.
A public who hears so much of
“these terrible teen-agers” should
get a copy of this magazine. It is
amazing to see the thought, the
maturity, the reverence expressed
in some of the articles and poems.
The staff of this first issue of
NHS Literary Notes hopes it will
inspire succeeding classes to not
only continue, but to improve up
on a literary magazine for the
high school. It is one of the most
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Poppy Day observed
Poppies be sold this weekend
More than 6000 disabled war
veterans were given employment
making memorial poppies for the
American Legion Auxiliary this
year, reports Mrs. M. F. Bowler,
president of Unit 24 of the Auxil
iary, Newberry.
Working in veterans hospitals
and convalescent workrooms, they
have produced an estimated 20,-
000,000 of the little crepe paper
flowers to be worn in remem
brance of their fallen comrades
on Poppy Day Saturday, May 29.
“The disabled veterans who made
theflowers are the only paid work
ers in the Auxiliary’s poppy pro
gram,” said Mrs. Bowler. The
rest of us are all volunteers.”
“The work gives the veterans
the encouraging experience of
earning money again, many of
them being long-time patients. It
is also considered beneficial as
occupational therapy, giving them
something constructive to do to
help pass the slow hospital hours.
In some places the Auxiliary op
erates convalescent workrooms
where the v eterans outside the
hospitals but unable to do other
work can make poppies.”
Dimes and Dollars dropped into
the contribution boxe* of the Am
erican Legion Auxiliary’s Poppy
Day volunteers on Friday and
Saturday will remain largely in
this city to meet the needs of local
war veterans and dependent child
ren, according to Mrs. W. Roy
Anderson, Poppy Day chairman.
After the cost of the poppies is
paid to the S. C. Department of
the Auxiliary, the remainder of
the contributions go into the Re
habilitation and Child Welfare
funds of the local Auxilary unit.
The Auxiliary’s Slogan for the
Poppy Day is “Honor the Dead*-?
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Memorial Day
program Sunday
A short Memorial Day program
will be held at the pavilion at
Rosemont Cemetery on Mary 30th,
National Memorial Day, at 6 p.m.,
according to Henry T. Fellers,
Chaplain of the Legion Post for a
number of years. Mr. Fellers will
be in charge of the program.
“On Memorial Day,” said Mr.
Fellers, “we honor our war dead.
Memorial Day was originated af
ter the War between the States.
On May 10th, the Confederate
Veterans were honored. Confeder
ate flags were placed on their
graces on that day.”
After the Sunday program, the
American Legion will place a flag
on the graves of all veterans of all
dther wars, even as far back as
the Revolutionary War.
The public is invited to attend
the program. “Especially do we
wish that members of the families
of deceased veterans attend,” Mr.
Fellers said, noting that over 250
veterans are buried at Rosemont
cemetery. Rev. Edward L. Bland,
pastor of the Newberry Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church,
will be the speaker.
During the day of May 30, com
mittees will visit all cemeteries
throughout the county and place
flags on the grave of each veteran.
Garvice Taylor
rites are today
Garvice L. (Sug) Taylor, 60,
of 616 O’Neal Street, died sud
denly late Tuesday afternoon at
his heme.
Born and reared in Newberry
County, he was the son of the
late Ira L. and Daisey Alewine
Taylor. He was a veteran of W. W.
II. He was a member of Mayer
Memorial Lutheran church where
he taught the adult Sunday school
class.
Mr. Taylor was a member of
the Newberry Exchange Club and
Teachers given
local increase
The 1965-66 budget for the
Newberry county school system
has been tentatively approved by
the County Board of Education.
The new budget provides for a
$100 raise for teachers.
Ralph Watkins, director of
county education, said the budget
totals $1,686,326. He said the bud
get is subject to possible revis
ions by the education board.
Watkins said the $100 pay raise
is a local supplement for teachers
in the district in addition to the
five per cent raise provided by the
State Legislature.
Watkins said that a proposed
10-mill tax increase for the school
system has been rejected by the
county legislative delegation. The
delegation reported that no addi
tional revenue is available this
year and that the tax levy could
not be raised, Watkins said.
Watkins indicated that addition
al funds could be provided for the
schools in the 1966-67 school year
through a property re-evaluation
program approved by the delega
tion recently.
Scholarships
are awarded
Ruth D. Kinard, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Kinard, Rt.
2, and James W. Addy, son of Rev.
and Mrs. J. V. Addy ,Graniteville,
have ben awarded $300 scholar
ships by Lutheran Brotherhood,
Minneapolis-based fraternal insur
ance society.
Miss Kinard is a junior at New
berry college, where she is maj
oring in English. Mr. Addy is
also a junior at the college, study
ing history.
The education director said a
county group representing the
federal program “Operation Head
Start” appeared before the board
and asked assistance in the pro
gram locally. The “Head Start”
program was established to en
able pre-school children to attend
kindergarten sessions in order to
prepare for the start of first grade
in regular schools.
Watkins said he would advise
the board of trustees and the coun
ty group after he attends a ses
sion in Columbia concerning the
subject.
Mrs. Henry Parr lifts several first graders atop “OM Jim” as
others in line await their turn. The first grade class of Mrs. Nettie
Boulware at Speers Street School enjoyed a morning at the Henry
Parr farm Monday. Besides Old Jim, who proved to be the most
popular thing around the place, the children visited the fish pond
and pastures by way of a tractor-drawn hay “wagon”, had a look
at a hew foal and its mother and visited the baby calves in their
stalls near the milking house. The outing ended with punch, cook
ies, and a group of tired but happy children. (Another picture on
page 4.) (Sunphoto)
has been employed at the local
post office for 20 years or more.
Surviving are two sisters, Miss
Celeste Taylor of Newberry and
Mrs. Henry Dennis of Anderson.
Funeral services will be held
this (Thursday) afternoon at 5
p.m. at Mayer Memorial Lutheran
church, conducted by Rev. C. K.
Derrick and Rev. D. M. Shull, Sr.
Interment will follow in Rosemont
cemetery.
City pools to
open Monday
Margaret Hunter and McSwain
Street swimming pools will open
on Monday, May 31 at 2:00 p.m.,
according to P. K. Fuller, city rec
reation director.
Both pools will be closed during
the mornings of May 31 through
June 11, so as not to interfere
with vacation Bibles schools. In
formation about swimming classes
can be obtained by calling the
respective pools. Morning sessions
will be used for swimming classes
only ex,cept on Saturday.
Operating hours ars as follows
for both pools: 9-12 Monday thru
Friday, swimming classes; 2-6 p.
m., Monday thru Sunday, open
to public; 7-9., Monday thru Sat
urday, open to public.
Admission: McSwain pool, 12
years and under, 10c; 13 years and
over 25c. Margaret Hunter, 12
years and under, 15c; Junior
teen club members, 25c; adults
35c.
There is no charge for swim
ming instruction except the reg
ular admission charge at the pool.
To open office
supply store
Larry Hatchette, formerly a
partner in the L&L Office Supply
Company of Laurens, and well
known to many Newberrians, will
open an office supply and equip
ment store in Newberry in early
June. The store will be located on
Main Street in the building for
merly occupied by the Hobby
Shop. The building is now being
remodeled and redecorated for the
new business.
Mr. Hatchette said that he will
offer a complete line of office
supplies and equipment, including
desks, filing cabinets, typewriters,
adding and business machines, and
other office needs.' He will also
repair and service office machines.
Mr. Hatchette is authorized ag
ent in Newberry county for the
Underwood-Olivetti Corporation.
Announcement of the opening
date will be made in the near fu
ture.
Plans are announced for
college, high school finals
The next few days will be filled
with echoes of “Dear Alma Mater”
as college and high school seniors
throughout the county take the
final step in one phase of their ed
ucation.
Candidates for degrees at New
berry College will receive their
challenge for the future from
Gen. Mark Clark, U. S. Army re
tired, president of The Citadel, at
exercises Sunday at 5 p.m. on
Setzler Field. About 113 students
are expected to receive degrees.
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On Sunday morning, the grad
uates will gather at Mayer Mem
orial Lutheran church at 11 a. m.
to hear the baccalaureate sermon
delivered by Rev. Kenneth Hewitt,
D.D., pastor of Reformation Lu
theran Church in Columbia.
During the commencement pro
gram, the college will award hon
orary degrees to General Clark
and to John F. Clarkson, presid
ent of Newberry Federal Savings
and Loan Association. General
Clark is to receive the doctorate
of humane letters, and Mr. Clark
son will be awarded the doctorate
of commercial science.
Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, president,
will confer the honorary degrees,
and degrees to graduates, and pre
sent certificates to students who
have completed a two-year busi
ness course at Newberry College.
Dr. Conrad B. Park, vice president
for academic matters, is to present
senior awards.
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Graduating seniors and their
parents are to be guests of the
college at a luncheon in the col
lege dining room from X2:30 until
2 p.m. They will be guests of
President and Mrs. Wiles at a re
ception at the President’s home
from 2:30 until 4:00 p.m.
A joint reunion of 13 classes,
1892, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1900
through 1905, 1910 and 1915 will field o&ndneation.
be held in connection with com
mencement activities Members of
these classes are to be guests of
the Newberry College Alumni As
sociation at a luncheon in the
Newberry Community Hall at 12
noon.
At Newberry High School, some
181 graduates will hear the com
mencement sermon Sunday night
at 8 p.m. delivered by Rev. Ralph
E. Rhyne, pastor of the West End
Baptist church. Also taking part
on the program will be Rev. John
A. Sanders, pastor of Bethany Lu
theran church. Music will be ren
“Teaching Is a rewarding and
satisfying experience, but retire
ment can be equally exciting”.
This the opinion of two Newberry
College professors who will retire
this week after long careers in the
Dr. Walter Ht TBeck, professor
of education and psychology, is re
tiring after 44 years of teaching.
Willard K. Wynn, associate pro-.,
fessor of English, is leaving the
profession to which he devoted
some 30 years.
Dr. and Mrs. Beck will move to
Lakeland Fla., where Dr. Beck
plans to devote much of his time to
mental health and retarded chil
dren groups and visiting people
in hospitals.
As a Lutheran minister, he also
will do some supply preaching.
There will be time to pursue his
dered by the Newberry High | hobbies, of fishing, woodworking.
School Sextette, and a solo, “How
Great Thou Art” will be sung by
Barry Shealy, baritone, accomp
anied by the sextette. Wayne
Folk will sing “My Task”, and
Barry Shealy will be pianist for
the offertory.
Marshals will be Kathy Avedi-
sian, Sara Brooks, Barbara Brown,
Nan Buddin, Jeanette McCullough,
Jeanette Dominick, Rita Harmon,
Sue Jacobs, Polly Livingston, Mar
tha Jean Smith, Dianne Taylor,
and Shirley Warren.
Commencement exercises will
begin at 8:15 Monday night. Sen
ior speakers are Steve Price, La
val Johnson and Susan Frazier.
Honors, awards and diplomas will
be presented by Supt J. V. Kneece.
Mid-Carolina High School be
gins its finals Friday morning at
8:45 with an awards program in
the gymtorium.
On Sunday night at 8 p. m.,
Rev. George Strait, pastor of the
Wightman Methodist church in
Prosperity, will give the baccalau
reate sermon. Rev. Elfred Roof
and Rev. Hilton Roof will also
have part on the program and the
high school chorus will sing.
Graduation exercises will be on
Tuesday night at 8 p.m.
Martha Julia Bowers will de
liver the valedictory address, and
Gloria Jean Boozer is salutatorian.
Senior Speaker will be Mike Haw
kins.
Rev. John P. Griffith and Rev.
Harry Grout will speak the invo
cation and benediction.
Musical selections will be ren
dered by the chorus with Dianne
Fulmer and Margaret Upton, so
loists.
POST OFFICE BE
CLOSED MONDAY
In observance of Memorial Day,
Monday, May 31, the post office
will be closed, along with other
federal agencies in the area.
Postmaster Harry Moose stated
that there would be no city or ru
ral delivery and stamp windows
would be closed. Stamps are
available in vending machines in
the post office lobby. Incoming
mail will be worked to post office
boxes and outgoing mail will be
dispatched on regular schedule.
music, and art—painting in oils
and ceramics.
“Teaching is rewarding in that
one has an opportunity to influ
ence the lives of students,” Dr.
Beck said. “This has been quite
satisfying to me over 44 years.”
In comparing students of today
with those over the 44-year period
of teaching, Dr. Beck said he no
ticed “more lack of feeling of res-
sponsibility for acquiring know
ledge on their own.”
Dr. Beck came to Newberry
College in 1960. Prior to this he
taught at Texas Lutheran College,
Midland Lutheran College, Con
cordia Lutheran Teachers College
and Immanuel College and Theo
logical Seminary. He was a pastor
and teacher at Mt. Zion Lutheran
Church and School in New Or
leans, refugee placement director
and counselor of the Lutheran
Welfare Society of Wisconsin, and
pastor of Faith Lutheran Church
in South Beloit, 111.
His degrees are the A.'B. from
Northwestern College, M.A., Uni
versity of Wisconsin, ED.D„ Tem
ple University, B.D., Wisconsin
Lutheran Theological Seminary,
and M.S.T., Philadelphia Lutheran
Theological Seminary.
Dr. Beck is married to the for
mer Ruth E. Smyre of Greensboro,
N. C. They have one daughter.
Mrs. Dorothy Ann Voyta, Arling
ton, Va.
“I am quite happy over the
prospects of the future and not un
happy over the past,” Professor
Wynn said in regard to his re
tirement. “If I could plan my life
again, I would choose teaching,
and teaching English.”
He has been at Newberry Col
lege for eight years, and names
this college as the place where he
has most enjoyed teaching. “I
have had a variety of subjects to
teach and have had the freedom to
teach in my own peculiar way,”
Professor Wynn said. “This was
my first experience at a co-edu-
cational school; and I have enjoy
ed having both men and women
students.”
“The most inspirational class I
have taught was an extension
course in vocabulary building at
North Carolina State, ”Mr. Wynn
recalled “About six students came
to my house weekly for three
years, and studied without credit
after the college would not con
tinue the course with credit. This
is the real test of education, when
students continue to study with
out receiving credit.”
Professor and Mrs. Wynn will
move to their home in the moun
tains, 30 miles west of Brevard,
N, C. They bought 65 acres of
land there years ago in prepara
tion for their retirement. Mr.
Wynn built a house on the proper
ty, and has made all of the furni
ture.
In addition to continuing hi«
hobby of woodworking, Mr. Wynn
has a garden, apple orchard, ber
ry patch, hay field and grape vine
yard to occupy much of his time.
He also plans to do some writing.
And there will be time for read
ing, one of his favorite pastimes.
“We have a fireplace with book
cases on either side extending to
the ceiling,” Professor Wynn said.
“Sitting in front of a log fire
with a good novel in your hands
is as close to heaven as anyone
could get.”
Professor Wynn taught two
years at Georgia Tech and approx
imately 20 years at North Carolina
State. He holds the A.B. degree
from Wofford, M.A. in English
from Emory University, and the
MA. in English from Columbia
University.
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BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS
May 30: J. T. Dennis, Mrs.
James Smith, Mrs. F. B. Dawk
ins, Mrs. Ray Nobles, Jack
Lominick, Mike Wiggers, Danny
Wiggers.
May 31: John G. Goggins Jr.,
Susan Nichols, Mrs. J. C. Atki-
son, Mac Cobb, Harriett Schum-
pert. Rev. James M. Aiken.
June 1: Drayton Wicker, Mrs.
J. E. Crooks, Faye Hughes, Anee
Walton, Mrs. J. C. Counts, Ann
Beck, Marie L. Merchant, Lu
ther D. Long, Mittie Y. Sum
mer, Helen K. Werts.
June 2: Neel Long, Dolly Senn,
Mrs. Daisy Lee Graham, E. R.
Fellers, W F.. Mullinax, Jube
Underwood.
June 3: Mrs. Mae A. Aull,
Miss Lois Merchant, F. M. Bax
ter, Mrs. Melvin Hancock, Mary
B. Burns, Jerry Havird, Frank
Stevens Jr., Mrs. Jason Ringer,
Mrs. Margaret McAlhany, A. P.
Coleman, Strother and Alan
Paysinger.
June 4: Shirley Lathrop, Bar
nette Boland, Mrs. Jessie Outz,
Gayle Davis, Wayne Folk, Hayne
Folk, Richie Dennis, Mrs. V. W.
Rinehart.
June 5: B. Y. Abrams, Mrs.
Deleal Boinest, Donna Ann
Lathrop, Ruby Humphries, Pau
lette Whitaker.
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