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ft Half the Hattie—The United Nat! en- has not been able to keep the poare o* the world, but then it did ran start any wars. tU-tt Rare Quality—To be capable of re spect is almost as rare as to be worthy of it. VOLUME 29—NUMBER 31. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1965 $2.00 Per Year BY THE WAY Bv DORIS A. SANDERS i HARD TO BELIEVE After hearing so much left- winfr propaganda on the major radio and television networks for the past few years, it was hard to believe that I actually was hearing someone on a national network defending the free enterprise system the oth er night. While switching the radio dial around to find out what was going on in other parts of the country, I came across a commentary by Arthur God frey. He was reading statistics to show how little the youth of America is being taught about the system of free enterprise and bemoaning the fact that the younger generation seems to feel the government owes them a living. It could 1-e said, 1 believe, without fear of contradiction, that the radio and TV networks have much to do with this at titude among young people. When they hear of the billions being handed out to no-good bums in some fancy LR.J give away program, what else are they to expect? If one can live better by doing nothing, why should one put forth the effort to nroduce and make a living for themselves? Perhaps the famous Mr. God frey can persuade the GBS net work, at least, that it should de vote a little of its time to tell ing the young people the truth . about the administration's give away programs, and about the profit system which has made : America great, but which is i gradually fading away because of the vote-grabbers in Cong ress who sell their country out for a mess of votes. Police Sergeant Ray E. Schumpert receives a plaque and congratulations from Mayor Ernest I>ayton upon his com pletion of the Police Officers administrative course, spon sored by the International Association of City Managers. (Sunphoto) Miss Buzhardt service to be held today Miss Louise Buzhardt, New berry High school librarian, died Tuesday night in a Col umbia hospital after a short illness. Miss Buzhardt was born in Newberry, daughter of Mrs. Eunice S. Buzhardt and the late Walter L. Buzhardt. She taught school in Monticello for seven years before joining the Newberry school system. She was a member of Colony Lu theran Church. Surviving in addition to her mother are a sister, Mrs. John R. (Bonnelle) White of Winns- boro, and a brother, Thomas Buzhardt of Newberry. Funeral services will be con ducted this (Thursday) after noon at Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. Paul McCul lough. Interment will be in the Colony Lutheran cemetery. Post office in new building Jon. 3 m -su-Vl -D 1 ' ^ . , v ' T v/U" - ^ v mm Hi C\ ' A Mb m -■, >■ sss x ' ' i PM iig m « MM mi n- MMsI m ■.« 11 v'-' ■■ > r *-.i j M MM; ' v, ■ Council considers bike safety |aw A NEW ONE A new city council will be taking over the reins of govern ment in January, and it is a council which willl bear close watching by the public if New berry is to continue the prog ress it has begun in the past few years. Some of the members who will be sitting on Council have been on there a number of years, and have been obstruc tionists from the beginning of their so-called “service” to the City. I hope that some of you will pick yourselves up out of your lethargy and attend some of the Council meetings—then you will see for yourself what I am talk ing about. The stupidity of some of the discussions emanat ing from the honorable gentle men sometimes is almobt too fantastic to believe—you’d have to hear them before you would believe that the men you elect ed to council could actually be so ignorant. As I have said before, this certainly does not apply to all members, past, present or fu ture. Fortunately there have been enough level-headed gen- City Council in session Mon day night voted to proceed with an engineering study of a proposed electrical substation on College Street; approved a petition for tax abatement by Waldrop-Senn Feed Mill; and heard first reading of an ordi nance which proposes safety measures for bicycle riders on the city streets. During the meeting, the Mayor also award ed several certificates to city employees. The cost of the engineering- survey voted by Council was estimated at $4,900, to be paid from construction bond f umb Council authorized the city manager to secure bids on the purchase of a backhoe, at an estimated $18,000 and a lowboy and truck with hoist for pipe lifting, estimated at $7,000. This equipment would be used to construct small water and sewer lines in the city, rather than have this work done by contract. City Manager Riebe felt the city could accomplish the work more economically by doing such construction. The money for this equipment also would come from bond funds. Mr. Riebe noted that if the a- mount of $25,000 is approved for this equipment and $86,000 for the proposed substation, there would still be sufficient funds in the bond account to take care of one of the installa tions for the Oakland and Wise tlemen on Council to prevent a take-over by the obstruction ists. The new council, however, is still a question-mark, and will remain so until some question of importance arises. Then we shall see! Street areas, the latest annex ations to the city. Council approved first read ing of an ordinance pertaining to bicycle safety. Noting- the numerous bicycles being operated on the streets, and that the safety of indivi duals, usually children, who op erate bicycles is “of prime im portance to the Council and to the City” the ordinance also points out that the City Traf fic and Safety Committee has made “intensive investigation into the matter and returned to Council recommendations ap proving the es-ablishment of bicycle safety programs.” The ordinance would require that any person operating a bi cycle on the city streets ob tain a license on or before the first of March 1966; that to qualify for a license the person must attend at least a one hour bicycle safety class and pass a safety examination; that each bicycle must pass a safety ex amination and have the neces sary safety equipment; that each person so qualifying shall receive a license seal to be plac ed on the bicycle and a regis tration card; that a registra tion fee to cover the cost of the seal shall be paid; and any bicycle operated in violation of the ordinance may be removed from the streets and the per son operating the vehicle in violation of the ordinance shall not be permitted to operate the bicycle on the city streets for a period not exceeding 30 days. Mayor Layton presented to City Firemen W. A. Smith, Jr. and C. W. Partain Certificates for completion of the three- (Continued on page 5) Garner dies in Columbia Carlton Leroy Garner, 59, of Boundary Street, died Tuesday in a Columbia hospital after two months of illness. Born in Atlanta, son of the late James Monroe and Maggie Wright Garner, he retired as service foreman after 38 years with Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. He moved to Newberry in 1962. He was a member of Trinity Methodist Church the Telephone Pioneers, the Silverstreet Ruritan club and the Silverstreet Volunteer Fire Department. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lalla Belle Griffith Garner; 2 sons, Carlton Leroy Garner, Jr. of Huntsville, Ala., and James Franklin Garner of Charlotte, N. C.; and four grandchildren. Funeral services were con ducted at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday at Trinity Methodist Church by Rev. Ralph P. Lowrimore. Bur ial was in the church cemetery. iSi mm m mmw mm m mm jx < wmmeSm&s m ilplii: iflill > >' - 1 Wm Mfe mmm The new postal facility on College Street will be ready for service to patrons on Monday, January 3, according to Post master Harry Moose. The postal annex on Caldwell Street, used for the past sev eral years by carriers, will be closed on December 31. Opera tions for January 1 and 2 will he from the federal building, (the old post office). There is to be no mail delivery on Sat urday, January 1, as that is a legal holiday, said Mr. Moose, and during the weekend, eq uipment will be moved from the old building to the new structure. Mr. Moose said that a com plete complement of post of fice personnel will be on duty at the new location early on Monday morning, January 3, to help lock box customers lo cate their new boxes and to provide keys. All boxes in the new building are the lock-and- key variety. Box holders will be notified of the number of their new boxes prior to January 3rd. A formal dedication of the new building will be held with in the next three months, the postmaster said. Yuletide mail in billions i Road paving contract let Aw-arding of a $117,486 con tract for road grading and sur facing in Newberry County was announced this week by the State Highway Department. This contract was awarded to Satterfield Construction Co., Inc. of Greenwood on the basis of a low bid, according to S. N. Pearman, Chief Highway Com missioner. There were five bids entered ranging as high as $149,614. Included in this project are 7.3 miles of secondary roads in 1 and adjacent to Newberry and Whitmire. The contract calls for the use of bituminous surfacing and re inforced concrete pipe for cul verts. Date of the successful bid was September 14. till mm m mi m ' ill mm m MM m FM, 1 ■m m m Certificates of completion of North Carolina State College Firemen’s Pump course were presented by Mayor Ernest Layton to two members of the N wherry Fire Department during Council meeting Monday night. Receiving the certificates a e, at right, Claude Par- tain, and W. A. Smith Jr. (Sunphoto) Wilhite dies in hospital G. B. Wilhite, 74, died Mon day night in a veterans hospital in Columbia. Born in Clayton, Ga., son of the late Clayton and Emma Phillips Wilhite, he lived in Newberry more than 40 years. He operated the Oakland Mills commissary before retiring, was a member of Calvary Bap tist Church and a veteran of World War I. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bertha Owings Wilhite; five daughters, Mrs. Carille Grant, Mrs. Helen Barr and Mrs. Fran ces Duncan of Columbia, Mrs. Mabel Bouknight and Mrs. Clarice Taylor of Newberry; a brother, Eustice WiP’te of An derson; and 12 gran aiMren. Funeral services wen. con ducted Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church by Rev. James Bruce and Rev. Kenneth Tompkins. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. With the nation’s economy booming at an unprecedented pace, Postmaster Harry Moose is predicting a dramatic rise in mail volume over last year’s Christmas “rush”. “Literally billions of pieces of mail will be delivered be tween now and Christmas. If every one were to wait until the last week to mail their gifts and greetings, there is a possibility that the postal sys tem would be literally swamp ed in a sea of mail. More im portant, special messages of good will would not be delivered on time. Public cooperation is the key to fast and on-time mail delivery at this time of year,” he said. “In the past, the public has been very helpful. We have not reached the peak days of this mailing rush but are preparing to handle the load.” The postmaster’s plea was short and to the point: “Shop early, mail early and use ZIP codes.” College will begin holidays Newberry College students and faculty will begin their Christmas holidays Friday af ternoon. Christmas recess begins at 1 p.m. Friday, and classes resume at 8 a.m. Jan. 3. Dormitories are scheduled to close at 5 p.m. Friday and reopen at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 2. Administrative offices will be closed from noon Saturday through Dec. 27 and on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 31 and Jan. 1. Prosperity elects first Republican YULE PROGRAM AT LEBANON CHURCH A Christmas program will be h e Id at Lebanon Methodist Church Sunday, December 19, at 6:30 p. m. Immediately fol lowing the program, Santa will make his annual visit. The pub lic is cordially invited to at tend. AMAN TO ATTEND CONVENTION Dr. John A. Aman is to at tend the annual convention of American Economics Associa tion in New York City Dec. 28- 30. He is head of the Depart ment of Economics and Busi ness Administration at New berry College. Wins trophy in Arizona The November 17 issue of the Huachuca Herald, publication of Fort Huachuca at Sierra Vista, Arizona, contained a pic ture of Herbert B. Bridges, un der which was the following caption: “Herbert B. Bridges, 2 7 Wolfe St., Sierra Vista, is win ner of Fort Huachuca’s Sug- gestor of the Month trophy for October and $50.00 in cash for a suggestion on copying maps used in reports submitted to higher headquarters. Col. Bob H. Glover, director, Test Dir ectorate, presents the trophy. Bridges is air space officer in the Plans and Operations dir ectorate.” Mr. Bridges is a brother of Mrs. Lonnie Gilliam of this city. By MRS. A. H. COUNTS A Republican was elected to a town Council seat in the gen eral election here Tuesday to make the first time in the town’s history that a GOP can didate has won election to any municipal office. Woodrow Bedenbaugh, who was named a Republican candi date by convention, polled 174 votes to win election to a two- year term, according to unof ficial returns. Two other Republican candi dates for council were defeated. They were Earle J. Beden baugh, 103 votes and Leroy C. Pugh, 120 votes. A write-in campaign by Ev ans Long for mayor drew 127 votes, 12 votes less than was needed to tie J. Walter Hamm for the post. Hamm received 139 votes to defeat Long for the mayorial post. Hamm is an incumbent councilman. Incumbent Mayor J. A. Williams lost in his bid for a council seat nomination in the Democratic primary in September. Other Democrats winning el ection to council were incumb ents B. D. Epting, 203 votes, and James C. Mills, 140 votes; and 'Bruce A. Connelly, politi cal newcomer, 170 votes. H. L. Fellers, incumbent Democratic councilman, receiv ed 138 votes and failed to gain reelection, according to the un official tally. . ' The newly elected town offi cers will begin their two-year terms Jan. 1. NAMED ‘SWEETHEART LuEllen Neel of Silverstreet is November “Sweetheart of the Month” for Phi Tau, a social fraternity at Newberry College. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Clark Neel Jr., and a junior at Newberry. Her major is biology. Miss Neel was selected by the fraternity on the basis of per sonality, appearance, dress and poise. EBENEZER TO HAVE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM A Christmas program will be held at Ebenezer Methodist Church Sunday, December 19, at 7:30 p. m. The public is cor dially invited to attend. BIRTHDAY GREETINGS Law enforcement officers shown above are among those who have been appointed by Governor Robert E. McNair to offices in the newly establish ed South Carolina Law Enforce ment ETV Training Program. Pictured left to right are Ser geant R. E. Schumpert of the Newberry Police Department, discussion leader for Newberry County; Fleming Mason, state wide training coordinator; As sistant Chief of Police James M. Barrett of Laurens, assist ant discussion leader for Laur ens county, and Deputy Sher iff Marvin Callaway of New- '~a» ~3*, ' . — berry, assistant discussion lead er for Newberry county. Chief Colie Dowd (not pictured) is a member of the Law enforce ment ETV Training committee. The program is being con ducted by the State Law En forcement Division (SLED) utilizing the closed circuit fac ilities of the South Carolina Education Television Network. The first program is scheduled for December 30 at 7:30 P. M. with a “repeat” on January 4 at 8:00 P. M. The topic for dis cussion by Attorney General Daniel R. McLeod will be a por tion of the South Carolina law on search and seizure. Only officers gathered at designated schools within the area will be able to view the programs. Dec. 17: Jack Workman, Billy Clary* Mrs. Maggie Hartley, Betty Page, Pete Parrott, Richard Cooper, Mrs. D. B. Sease, Judy Lynn MacBeth, Rev. Tracy Ber- nett. Dec. 18. Corrie Crumpton, Joan Louise Dominick, Wal ter James Joye, Mrs. Eliza beth Harris, Marion Eargle, Lorena Lancaster, George Hiller, Jr., J. N. Nicosia, William Helier, Ada Crom er, Gene Sowell, Lamar San ders, William N. Henderson. Dec. 19: Betty Jo Livingston, Mrs. R. C. Neel Sr., Mrs. A. N. Croeson Jr., Judith Mills, Mrs. Cleve Stoude- mire, A. D. Martin, Mike Hite, S. R. Amick. Dec. 20: Mrs. Paul H. Long, Wallace Ruff, Sandy Fret- well. Dec. 21: Mrs. E. B. Purcell, Thomas James Crooks, Der- rill Darby, W. E. Spearman, R. E. Hanna. Dec. 22: Herbert Griffin, Mary Baker, Pi of. Ralph H. Setzler, Janet Murphy, Mrs. O. C. Phillips, Dec. 23: Mrs. Pinckney Ab rams, Claude Buzhardt, Frank Lominick Jr., James Hender son, Martha Jean Longshore, Mrs. Clay Ballentine, Jackie Shealy, Angela Dominick, Bill Workman, Mrs. A. T. Denn's, Betty Jean Crews.