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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1965 THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE THREE THE “SPECTATOR’S” COLUMN I quote an informative editor ial from Aiken Standard and Re- -view: “Science today is writing one of the great chapters of history. Scientific discoveries and follow- through have catapulted us into an age of incredible progress -where that which seemed impos sible three or four decades ago is now frequently brought to reali sation. The most startling advances are occuring in medical science. Not even space science is progressing 'faster than medical science. It can be truly said that we are liv ing in the golden age of medicine. Within the past quarter of a century more advances have been made in medicine than in all pre- -vious centuries. And continuing advances are being made at an ever-accelerating pace. Medicine has found ways to overcome and soon may eradicate many of yesterday’s dreaded dis eases—smallpox, polio and dip- theria, for instance. It has made great inroads against many other once common killers—pneumonia, influenza, tuberculosis and rheu matic fever—to name but a few. In the pharmaceutical laboratory new drugs have been produced which perform an increasing num ber of useful tasks. At least 75 percent of them were unknown 10 years ago. What! No more, calomel, ipecac and soda ? How about nux vom ica? Today medicine is searching for ways to conquer arteriosclersis, cancer, birth' defects, < metabolic diseases and many other health enemies. And there are exciting new vis tas of medicine. Modern surgery, with its intricate heart-lung ma chines and other imaginative new tools, has made it possible to per form life-saving surgery, to re place or repair damaged blood vessels and even to successfully transplant limbs, kidneys and other vital organs in man. Equally significant are new LOAN AGENT WANTED TO MAKE 2nd MORTGAGE DEBT CONSOLIDA TION EQUITY HOME LOANS. FULL OR PART TIME. GOOD FOR $10,000.00 COMMISSION PER YEAR. Write CAMCO, P.O. Box 1351, Greenville, S. C. medical developments which have made it posible for physicians to bring diabetes, hypertension, men tal illness, salt and pland imbal ances and many other diseases under control, thus enabling vic tims of these diseases to lead nearly normal lives. Before the discovery of insulin in 1921, for instance, the person with diabetes had little hope. To day, the disease can be controlled so successfully that the nearly 1,800,000 known diabetics in this country, by taking the necessary extra care of themselves, can ex pect to live full, productive lives. In recent years there has been unparalleled progress in medicine and drbg therapy. Deaths from many diseases have been drastic ally reduced. Deaths from acute polio have been reduced 75 per cent; from acute rheumatic fever, 83 per cent; from syphilis, 89 per cent; influenza, 90 per cent, whooping cough, 96 per cent, and from diphtheria, 99 per cent. As a direct result of this vast array of medical progress, the life span of Americans has been greatly enlarged. The average life expectancy for the child born to day is 69.9 years. In 1937 it was only 60 years and, in 1900, but 17 years Millions of living Ameri cans would be dead had the 1944 death rate prevailed. Reduction in mortality between 1935 and 1956 accounted for a 1960 contribution of $10,400,000,000 to the gross national product.” “Corn has come a long way. On October 12, 1492, Christo pher Columbus set foot upon the New World in his search for { new route to the riches of India He found no sign of gold but did see carefully cultivated fields of maize, a plant new to him. To the first corn growers of America the origin of maize was no mystery. It was a gift of the gods. In the gardens around the ;he corn temple in Cuzco, Peru, INSURED There’s a Lot of y i ■ Satisfaction in Service You Can Trust Service is not built over night. It takes years of effort to build good will. We have been here at Newberry Federal more than 30 years, building ser vice. Serving you in a way that will win your confi dence has been our constant aim over the past years. Federal requirements, with Savings Insured to $10,- 000.00 we have built an enviable reputation for fair dealing and progressive management. We now have assets in excess of $23' -i Million Dollars. We are growing daily. Let us serve you when you want to save or bor row money. BRANCH OFFICE—BATESBURG, S. C. gold and silver implements were used in tilling the corn. It was the staff of life to the Indians. It is generally believed that corn originated in the Western Hem isphere probably in the foothills and plateaus of Central America. From there it spread to two con tinents. Certainly it was grown as a food crop before Christ. The first English settlements in America would have failed but for corn. Indian corn was all that stood between the colonists and starvation that first winter. They and later settlers found that com was the only crop they could count on to yield a food supply within a short time. Tales of the great com harvests in the rich farm lands west of the Ap- palachains helped lure more than a million homesteaders to the area in the first 20 years of the 19th century. Homesteaders slept in corn- husk pillows and mattresses and trod in com husk mats and rugs. Their children played with corn- husk dolls. Corncobs provided fuel. On the frontier corn even became a medium of exchange. For a decade after the Civil war the Atlantic states continued to supply most of the meat for local consumption. Then in 1879 G. T. and E. C. Swift sent a ship ment of corabelt-finished beef to Boston. That was the beginning of the end of the New England beef industry and start of the great new industry in the West. Cora helped Herbert Hoover to feed the straving millions of Eu rope after World war I. It fed them again after World war II. Today a crop of com is matur ing somewhere in the world every month of the year. It grows be low sea level in the Caspian Plain and at altitudes of more than 12,- 000 feet in the Andes. But we Americans still grow and eat more com than any nation on earth. Christopher Columbus eventu ally did find enough evidence of gold in the New World to satisfy Queen Isabella. But maize, the golden grain, has long since prov ed to be a far greater treasure than all the gold Spain harvested in the Americas.” Sll YOU! LOCAL U. f. MARINK RRCRUITII Dr and Mrs. David E. Roache are now residing at 1447 Calhoun street. fOR MEN ON THE WAY UP! Cooper and Cobb in Who’s Who list Two Newberry College students from Newberry are included in Who’s Who Among Students In American Universities and Col leges this year. They are Roberta Cooper, daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. L. G. Cooper, 1800 College St., and McClentis Orr Cobb Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Cobb Sr., 808 Boundary St. Miss Cooper, a senior English major, is editor of “The Newber- rian,” college yearbook, a student representative of the Extracurri cular Activities Committee and Religious Activities Committee, and a member of the Newberry College Singers. She was a mem ber of the Women’s Council for two years, and has served as vice president and program chairman of Student Christian Association. She is chairman of Religious Em phasis Week which has just been observed. Cobb, a senior biology major, is a member of Blue Key, Kappa Phi, social fraternity. South Caro lina Student Legislature, chairman of the Dance Committee, and is serving his second term as a mem ber of the Men’s Council. He was president of his freshman class and vice president of his sopho more class. Who’s Who selections were made by the Newberry College faculty on the basis of scholarship, lead ership and cooperation in educa tional and extracurricular activi ties, general citizenship and prom ise of future usefulness. Fourteen other Newberry stu dents are also listed in Who’s Who this year. Mrs. Bowler also announced that the next meeting would be held at the home of Mrs. R. B Baker on December 21 at 4 o’clock with Mrs. Ralph P. Baker and Mrs. Walter Summer, co-hostesses and that Mrs. Watson was invited as honor guest. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Mrs. Westwood read a “thank- you” note from Mrs. Green and one from Mrs. Wilson thanking the two chapters from Newberry for the wonderful cooperation giv en at the State Convention.. Mrs. W. E. Shealy stated that Miss Beth Baker had won first place in State and National con test on the “Life of Jefferson Davis.’ and that Miss Martha Jean Smith had won second place in State. Drayton chapter met Tuesday The Drayton Rutherford Chap ter UDC met November 2 at 10:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. A. J. Briggs with Mrs. T. B. Lester and Mrs. W. E. Shealy associate hos tesses. A social hour was held and delicious refreshments were enjoyed by all. The President, Mrs. E. E. West- wood, presided and called the meeting to order. The chaplain, Mrs. R. B. Baker led in the salute < to the flags and the UDC ritual.! The program was turned over to the Historian, Mrs, M. F. Bow ler who presented Mrs. Jack Jen kins who gave a most interesting and informative program on “Wo man’s Role In The Confederacy.” Driver warning: watch your step : November, with its sudden changes from mild to cold and from wet or icy weather is one of the most dangerous months id walking, the South Carolina High way Department said today. In bad weather, people hurry af the expense of caution. Footing is often poor and pedestrians are usually so well bundled-up their vision is sometimes blocked. .There were 1,058 pedestrian ac cidents in South Carolina last year, resulting in 170 deaths and 944 injuries. Of these fatalities, 15 w0re in November. In the last four years 645 pedestrians have been killed and 3,881 injured Of the 170 pedestrian deaths in South Carolina > last year, 56 per cent came about when the victims were crossing roadways between Intersections; 9 per cent were walking in the roadway WITH traffic and seven per cent were walking**in the roadway against traffic. Twenty-eight per cent of those killed were children in the 5-14 age'gitoup. There have already been 127 pedestrian ' deaths this year in South Carolina and safety advis ors are urging those who walk to observe all pedestrian safety rules, Especially when crossing the roadway. Always cross at marked crosswalks when they are avail able, but when not, use extreme caution and’ always yield the right-Of-way to automobiles. Moto^sts- should be alert for pedestrians, children and adults especially in congested areas where they may dart out unsus pectingly .‘from between parked cars or other places blocked from the driver’s view. AIR FORCE SEEKING PRIOR SERVICE SKILLS Columbia’s Air Force recruits ers, shifting their attention to ex- servicemen, have already enlisted more men with past military ex perience this fiscal year than they did all last year. This fall, the Air Force trip- pled the ’number of career fields very sensitive to the body warzetBi of a nearby warm-blooded crea ture. A rattler can rise one half of his length and strikes in 1-24 of a second! open to ex-servicemen and in creased the number of vacandea accordingly. The Columbia Air Force recpiiting sector could talc# only 13 prior servicemen all laat year, but it has accomodated 2d since July. Each, prior serviceman enlists for a specific vacancy. He and his reemiter telephone Air Force per sonnel headquarters and review the list of openings for an assign ment the applicant likes. The large number of vacancies and op en career fields make it likely an ex-serviceman can enlist for aK most any base he chooses, accord ing to Master Sergeant William T. Daniels, supervisor of the Col umbia recruiting sector. . • -n gs NEW A J Fall Materials 60 inch WOOLENS ^ ^ $2.59 to $3.79 per yd. 4 'V'' \ Other Fall Material from $1.19 per yd. QUILTED MATERIALS for Robes and Skirts '■ < j $1.89 and $1.98 per yd. BROCADES in all colors for Christmas dresses. ,; • v f • v • ■ • . , • , V.. One lot of PRINTS 3 yds. for $1.00 • , ' ' rvt ... " . Simplicity apd Butterick Patterns .- * ' * ■.»«■.* _ • • ( - • : - • •■v Carolina Remnant Shop avijyos Ajsri> Loan Association ‘ <- v i n r. •. I,, JOHN F. CLARKSON M. O. SUMMER * .. ‘ 4 - W. C. HUFFMAN •*»»■», rowaaMT. a. DIRECTORS , ,, J. K. 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With a Newberry County Bank Savings Club, you decide the amount of cash you will need for Christ mas, and leave the rest to Newberry County Bank. Before Christmas you will receive a check for the amount you have saved. It’s easy to save by mail or in person. Ask one of the friendly people at the friend ly bank how to start your account. ;t n Bank NEWBERRY, S. C. ot’i ,idco?: v> ’ find hidi *o to JOANNA, S. C.