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FAIR PLAY—It was bound to hap pen. One of the suburban stores is opening a downtown branch. Don't Go Now—Pay Later: Short change your education now and you may be short of change the rest of your life. VOLUME 29—NUMBER 4 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, i966 $2.00 Per Year BY THE WAY URBAN RENEWAL City Manage) Kt j n Riebe U'lls me that I just don’t understand fully the story of urban renew al. I’ll ayree with him: I don’t. It’s impos.-ible to keep up with the many p.ive-away prop-rams the government devises to spend your tax money. Anyway, I promised to read through the vast amount of literature he has between now and the time the populace will vote whether to give the city council addi tional authority to condemn. I say additional authority be cause Manager Riebe gives me to understand that Council al ready has condemnation pow- ers. There is one hitch: if Coun cil condemns property, it must be in order to put that property to municipal use. The city could condemn, I am told, property on which to place a municipal building, or a public housing project to be run by the city, etc. What the new proposal would do would be to allow Council to condemn property which could then be turned ov er to private investors for housing projects, etc. (I say turned over; I assume it would be sold to the private inves tor). As I told the city manager, I am no longer so concerned a- bout the federal aid portion. The government is going to tell you how to do business, federal aid or no federal aid— and this will continue until the people of this country finally wake up to what is happening. That probably won’t be for a few years yet, but one of these days the time will come. In the meantime, I cannot see—as I told Mr. Riebe and Mayor Layton, giving any more con demnation power to any city council, much less the one now sitting, heavens forbid! What is even more disturbing, the way the city manager reads this urban renewal business, city council would have auth ority to condemn property outside the city limits. I won der how this strikes the prop erty owners in outlying areas— say for a three mile radius of the city limits? I wonder if those “outsiders” are going to be given a chance to vote on whether they want to allow the Newberry city council to condemn their property? * Of course there is no way that this small voice in the wilderness can stop the legis lature from passing the bill in troduced by Rep. Folk, which would allow a vote on the issue. By DORIS A. SANDERS HEADLINE “Church Council Urges Seat in C. X. for Red Chim-e.'’ First paragraph: ‘‘The National Council of Churclies’ General Board urgvd Tuesday that Red China be admitted to the United Nations and that the United States study diplomatic recognition for the Communist country.” A reader out in Tulsa, Okla homa, was kind enough to send me the editorial reaction of die Tulsa Daily World to this lat est announcement. It follows: Church Aid—For Whom? We can hardly be surprised that the General Board of the National Council of Churches has called on the U. S. Gov ernment to help seat Commun ist China as a member of the United Nations. Certainly this follows the line of the religious busybodies who have committed the Council to a never-ending list of social, economic and political stands that range far afield from the primary purpose of churches. A spokesman for the Council, for example, gave what amoun ted to an endorsement of the repeal of Section 14(B) of the Taft-Hartley Act before the House Subcommittee when that issue was before Congress last year. Later the Council condemned the war in Viet Nam, called for an end o fbombing of North Viet Nam for a cease-fire— without any word as to the need for some kind of response from the Communist side. Such gratutitious advice for solving all kinds of problems is now more or less expected from the .Council—no matter how much some of its members may disagree with the philos ophy of moving into every con troversial arena. But what really disturbs us is the constant implication that the national organization speaks for some 30 denominations and 40 million individual church members. Does this do any harm? Well, it sickens a lot of those individ ual members who abhor the Council’s pronouncements and by no means want it to speak for them. They are here in Tul sa as well as in congregations throughout the nation. That is bad enough, but there is more. The constant interven tion by the Council into non religious matters is a source of The newly-organized Southern Methodist Church of Newberry elected a steering com mittee at a business meeting on March 12. Members are, from left, T. P. McCullough, A. M. Dominick, chairman; Edwin Boozer, Robert Epting and Adam Mayer. Services will be held at the American Legion Hut at the fairgrounds Sunday, March 20, with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and worship services at 11:00. Rev. W. D. Shealy is serving as supply pastor. To represent Farm bureau in state contest Saturday Egg Month will be observed with tour of county industry Scurry to seek senate seat But perhaps those of you who | an d comfort to the Com object to it, perhaps those who j munists. live outside the city might' not even be able to vote on it, could make your voice heard. And in the event the bill does become law, I still promise to read the information about ur ban renewal and report what the city manager believes are the “good things” about urban renewal. NOT AGAIN A reader wants to know when I’m going to start writing ag ain about the benefits and pay raises the legislature is voting itself this year. I don’t expect to—I’m too disgusted. My feel ings were pretty well summed up by an item in the “Ashley Cooper” column, “Doing the Charleston,” in a recent issue of the News & Courier. Lord Ashley says thus: “I wonder if the South Caro lina Legislature realizes how its image has suffered this year. “First came the naked self ishness and sickening filibus ters of the special session, dom inated by the relatively few lawmakers who really ought to be put out to pasture, anyway, “Then came the greedy (on the part of some) grab for re tirement and pay raises for the legislators themselves. “Along with this came the wrangling and lobbying over insurance and small loans. “And finally the daily, week ly, monthly deadlock in the purely political manipulations to elect, of all things, a justice of the State Supreme Court.! “Many counties, including Charleston, have excellent leg islative delegations. But the overall picture, gentlemen, is depressing indeed.” How do we know? Let’s look at the Dec. 7, 1965, issue of the “Worker,” Communist news paper published in New York City. The big headline: Church Council Demands U. S. End Escalation.” And the story: “The National Council of Churches, representing Pro testant and Eastern Orthodox churches of 30 denominations with a membership of 40 mil lion condemned the escalation of the war in Viet Nam over the weekend ...” Further in the story: The Council, in effect, placed loy alty to God and peace before loyalty to the White House and war.” Isn’t that a. clear implication that anyone who agrees with the Administration’s policy is disloyal to God and peace? Then there is the editorial: “A Heartening Plea,” which says in part: “The significance of the policy statement by the Council on the Viet Nam war lies in the fact that it summons its clergy and lay leaders to involve themselves in the work of enrolling their 40 million members in activity in behalf of bringing an end to U. S. ag gression in Viet Nam.” (Italics ours.) Is that aid and comfort to the enemy ? It isn’t anything else. We think it’s about time the member churches call for some kind of ceasefire to stop the National Council of Church es from bombing the United States. Senator F. G. Scurry an nounced today that he is offer ing for election as Senator from Senatorial District No. 22, comprised of Lexington, Saluda and Newberry counties. He, along with many fellow Sena- (By Annie Lou Fanning) If you catch your favorite supermarket manager boning up on how to talk to a teen via a “Hipster’s Dictionary”, don’t be too surprised. He’s preparing for National Youthpower Week March 27-April 2. And the point he, and the en tire food industry, will be at tempting to reveal is that ap proximately 40 to 60 percent of the youngsters in the teenage group eat inadequate meals. In a recent survey at Newber ry High school by Pat Shealy, 38 Home Economic students were surveyed. Of the 38, only 11 indicated they ate a good breakfast. The other 27 indi cated they did eat breakfast, though inadequate, a portion of the 27 indicated their break fast consisted of pepsi-cola and toast. These facts become al arming when made public be cause of the health hazard im posed upon our youth as a re sult of a poor diet. Other surveys among teen agers have shown that: Three out of ten girls and two ou tof ten boys skimped on breakfast. Forty percent of the boys and 30 percent of the girls had a breakfast that might be term- youth. She has also toured and studied the egg and dairy in dustry in the county and has learned that Newberry County is producing an abundance of two goods, milk and eggs, that are essential to every teenager and diet, and urges them to eat plenty of both. The National meeting brings together nearly 200 top teens from over 20 states. For four days the youngsters will meet with leading educators, nutri tionists, economists, and food industry executives studying all of the many facets of the total food picture. Special emphasis is given to nutrition, career op portunities in food and econom ic facts about food. tors have been deprived of two , ade ‘ te years of a term for which he , c . c CI ‘ , . 15.8 percent had an adequate was elected from his native county. He w r as re-elected in 1964 for a 4-year term to end in 1968. Under the court-ap proved interim reapportionment plan, he is having to run again for a two year period. Scurry is completing his 10th year in the Senate, longest in the history of his native county. He is a member of the Agri culture, Education, Finance, Fish and Game and Forestry, Medical Affairs, Penitentiary, and rules committee. In addi tion, he is Chairman of the special joint Legislative Com mittee studying the small loan industry in the State. Senator Scurry is married and the father of three children. He is 42 years old, a veteran of World War II. Scurry is a graduate of Spartanburg Junior College and Newberry College. He received a BS degree from Newberry College in Business Administration. MARRIAGES David N. Wallace and Vir ginia Riddle, of Chapin, were married on March 5 at New berry by Probate Judge Frank H. Ward. ATTENDING NAVY SCHOOL Jacksonville, Fla. — Marine Private Richard S. Floyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Floyd Sr., of 1604 Park View Court, is attending the Aviation Elec tricians School at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Jacksonville, Fla. He is studying fundamentals of electricity, electronics, air craft electrical and instrument systems, troubleshooting, and repair of aircraft electricial parts. He is also receiving re fresher courses in mathematics and physics. SCURRY OUT AGAIN B. M. Scurry is able to be out again after being confined to his home for three months with a broken ankle. breakfast and 5.5 percent con sumed their recommended daily servings from the four basic groups. The poorest fed member of the family is the teenage girl. The reason lies in the fact that the female needs about one- third less calories than the male. Consequently, her diet must contain all of the import ant nutrients or there are not enough minerals, vitamins and proteins. The Youthpower Program is designed to point out the impor tance of good nutrition for teen agers and also to stress career opportunities in the food indus try field. The sponsoring group on a national basis is the Na tional Food Conference which represents the food industry. In South Carolina the pro gram is sponsored by local food { industry and other interested groups and coordinated by the South Carolina Farm Bureau. Representing Newberry Coun ty Farm Bureau in the State Youthpower Congress in Co lumbia this Saturday, March 19, at 10:00 o’clock, at the Farm Bureau Headquarters in Cayce will be Miss Pat Shealy, daugh ters of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Shea ly, who presently holds the title of Farm Bureau queen from this county. One boy and one girl will be selected from the 16 con testants to represent the Pal metto State in the National Youthpower Congress to be held in Chicago on March 30-April 2nd. In addition to the survey at Newberry High School, Pat has been seeking to promote good nutrition among the teenagers alerting them of the dangers that lie ahea4:for the poorly. fed Revival be held at West End Baptist Church The West End Baptist church will hold revival services March 20-27. Rev. D. W. Satterfield, a former pastor in Newberry at the Hunt Memorial Baptist church, will do the preaching. Services will he held each evening during the week at 7:30. There will be special mus ic each evening by the Adult and Junior choirs of the church. A nursery will be provided for the small children. The church is conducting cot tage Prayer Meetings this week in preparation for the Revival. The church and its pastor extend to the public an invita tion to attend these services. Dr. Harmon, 81, final rites held Dr. George Waddell Harmon, 81, retired dentist and former chairman of the Prosperity School Board of Trustees, died Tuesday in a Newberry hospi tal after a long illness. Born in Prosperity, son of the late W.P.B. and Martha Mc- Nearly Harmon, he was a 1906 graduate of Newberry College and received a doctor of dental surgery degree in 1911 from Emory University. He had practiced dentistry in Prosper ity since 1911, retiring in July, 1960. He was a former member of Prosperity Town Council and of the official board of Wightman Methodist Church, where he served as secretary of the Sun day school 30 years. He was past president of the Central District of the South Carolina Dental Fraternity, a life mem ber of the American Dental As- sociaion and the South Caro lina Dental Association and had been a Mason more than 50 years. During World War II, he was a member of the Selective Service Board. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ruby Wallace Harmon; a son George Wallace Harmon of Dal las, Tex.; a daughter, Mrs. F. T. (Martha) Bradley of Al buquerque, N. M.; and three grandchildren. FunerP services were con ducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Wightman Methodist church by Rev. Raymond E. Brock. Burial was in Newberry Memorial Gardens* Active pallbears were Dan Hamm Sr., W. C. Barnes Sr., George Wise, R. K. Wise, Birge Wise, Mower Singley, Hunter Fellers and Keister Wheeler. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. S. W. Bradley and members of Wesley Bible class of Wight man Church. MISS GLAMOUR Diane Holmes, sophomore from Edgefield, is “Miss Glam our” at Newberry Colleg-e. She was selected from five finalists the editorial staff of The Indian, campus newspaper. Miss Holmes is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Holmes of Edgefield. Interest is increasing in 2 senate seats Timothy Pyle rites Monday Timothy Wayne Pyle, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Pyle died early Sunday morning at the- Newberry County Mem orial hospital. He is survived by his parents and grandpar ents. Funeral services were held Monday from the graveside in Newberry Memorial Gardens with Rev. John A. Sanders conducting the service. Olin W. Fnck service Olin Winfred Frick, 70, of 608 Glenn St., died Tuesday in a Columbia hospital after a long Illness. | Born in Lexington County, son of the late .Joe and Jose phine Stillwell Frick, he was a barber many years and was a inember of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lillian Stone Frick; four sons, Huiell Frick of Tulsa, Okla., Wyman Frick of Charlotte, N. Kenneth Frick of Columbia ^nd Frontis Frick of Olive Hill, Ky.; a daughter, Mrs. Virginia Indian Sport Camp be held this summer The “Indian Sport Camp” for boys at Newberry College will begin Monday morning, June 6 and will terminate Friday, July first. The Indian Sports Camp will be under the experienced direc tion of Coach Horace Turbe- ville and will start promptly at 8:30 A.M. each weekday and will end at noon each day dur ing the four week session. The campers will be in grades one through 12 and will be grouped according to age, size and abil ity. Individual instruction will be given each camper. Fundamen tals will be taught and there will be plenty of competition and recreation for just plain fun. Thefee for the four week session is $10 per week, which includes insurance, tuition and miscellaneous costs. This does not include camp T-shirts which can be obtained for a nominal I charge. Applications will be accepted in the order they are received. Further information and camp registration blanks may be ac quired by writing “Indian Sports Camp, care of Newberry College, Newberry, S. C. or by calling 276-1109. Camp activities will include Baseball, Football (no contact), Basketball, Track, Swimming, Tennis, Badminton, Volley Ball, Physical Fitness and Recrea tion Sports. Abercrombie of Laurens; a brother, Jesse Frick of Lexing ton; three sisters, Mrs. Maude Shealy and Mrs. Mae Bouk- night of Chapin and Mrs. Lois Amick of Columbia; and nine grandchildren. Funeral services wiH be con ducted at 3:30 p.m. today (Thursday) at Whitaker F*»n«- eral Home by Dr. H. A. McCul lough.. Interment will be in Spring- dale Cemetery. . >. < Interest increases in the Dist rict 22 state senate race, with two Democrats and two Repub licans having announced inten tions to seek the two seats al lotted to the counties of New berry, Saluda and Lexington. First to enter the race was Rep. Albert J. Dooley of Lex ington, a Democrat. Incumbent Senator Fred J, Scurry of Sa luda has also announced that he will seek re-election. Floyd Spence, unsuccessful Republican candidate for Cong ress four years ago, has an nounced his candidacy to run on the Republican ticket as has Eugene C. Griffith of Newberry. It is expected that the Lexing ton, Newberry and Saluda Re public County Conventions will reconvene to nominate the two GOP candidates. Sen. Jesse Frank Hawkins has stated that he will not seek re-election to the two-year Sen ate term. Sen, F. Beasley Smith of Lex ington has been seriously ill for several weeks and will not seek election. In county races, candidates who have announced to run in the Democratic primary include Rep. D. P. Folk, Probate Judge Frank H. Ward and Commis sioner Ben F. Dawkins. In observance of March Na- mm i lional Egg Month, the New berry County Farm Bureau is again this year joining hands with the producers in saluting this $1,875,090 industry in New berry County, the Number One county in the state in egg pro duction. The Farm Bureau will spon sor a tour of the county poultry and egg industry on Tuesday, March 22, beginning at 9:00 a. m. The morning will be spent touring the various segments of the poultry industry, then the group will return to the Com munity Hall at 1 p.m. for a luncheon. During the morning, the group will visit a hatchery, th»ee poultry producers and will have an opoprtunity to go through the Southern Breakfast Egg plant. Frank M. Senn, chairman of March Poultry and Egg Month, will preside at the luncheon. Welcome to guests will be by Dick Neel, president of the Newberry County .Farm Bureau. Jack Raffield, manager of the local branch of S. C. National Bank, will give facts relating to the Newberry poultry industry and James Fleming, director of Promotions for the State Farm Bureau will briefly review the promotion program being car ried out throughout the state. A highlight of the luncheon will be the naming of “Miss Chic Chick”, by David Sloan, president of the State Farm Bureau.' This title will go to Miss Pat Shealy, County Farm Bureau Queen. Mr. Senn stated that much in terest has been shown by citi zens in the county’s egg indus try, and this interest resulted in. the decision to conduct a tour. “Since Newberry is the Num ber One egg county in the state,” Mr. Senn said, “we urge that county residents help keep it that way—by using more eggs and encouraging others to do the same.” Miss Lula Stigh services Friday Miss Lula Sligh died Monday in Washington, D. C. after sev eral years illness. Born and reared in Newberry county, she moved to Wash ington several years ago. Funeral services will be con ducted Friday at the McSwain Funeral Home by Rev. E. L. Bland. Burial will be in Cannon Creek ARP Mission church cemetery near the city. Students teach for six weeks Eight Newberry county youths are among 49 Newberry College students participating in a student teaching program for the next six weeks. They are: Brenda K. Lester, Route 4, Newberry; Kay E. Singley, 419 Werts St., New berry; Karl Fulmer, Route four, Newberry; Ruth Dale Kinard, Route 2, Newberry; Barbara Youmans, 1241 Crenshaw street; Roberta Cooper, 1800 College street; Judy Sligh, 2711 De- Loach Ave., Newberry; & Kay Nichols, Silverstreet. Miss Lester is teaching 10th, 11th, and 12th grade business at Mid-Carolina High school. Miss Singley is teaching 9th, 10th and Uth grade math at Mid-Carolina High school. < Fulmer » teaching 7th, 8th, and 9th grade math at North- side Junior High school in Greenwood. Mias Kinard is teaching 11th and 12th grade English at Irmo High schooL 1 Miss Yonmans is teaching 12th grade English at Saluda High school. Miss Cooper is teaching 11th and 12th grade English at Un ion High school. Miss Sligh is teaching 3rd grade at Boundary Street Ele mentary school In Newberry. Miss Nichols is teaching 5th grade at Speers-Street BIRTHDAYS .March 19: Raymond Blair, Earl Hayes, Toney Bowers, Pressley N. Boozer Jr, Eu gene Brossy, Mrs. James A. Underwood. March 20: Harry Dominick, William Hardis, C. W. Bow ers, Mrs. EL B. Setzler, J. C. “Fox” Boozer, Mrs. Pope L. Buford Jr., Eleanor Ridge way, Mrs. W. W. Watkins, Mrs. Marvin W. Long, Janice Whitaker, Mrs. P. K. Harmon. March 21: > Dan Bradley, Harvey Richardson, Wade Pitts, Barbara Davis Jones, Mrs. William H. Hawkins, Mary Sue Clary, S. A. Bag gett Jr, Abbie Abrams Mar tin. March 22: Mrs. Willard Bynd, Dan McHargue, Mrs. Hal Kohn, Sr, Mr% J. C. At kinson, Mrs. Sydney Carter, Norman Ruff, Mrs. John A. Lindler Jr, A. A. Cleland, Mrs. Ellen Maddox, Tommy Spotts. March 23: Mrs. L. D. Nich ols, Joyce Chapman, Larry Danielson, Linda Waldrop Keeler, Lather B. Beden- bangh, Mias Jo Shannon. March >24* Mrs. Fred Rich- ardson, Mrs. Jeff Waldrop, Richard Perkins, Hayne She aly, Hobby Busby, March 26: Nancy Stone Mc Donald, Howard N. Parka, David H. Long, Mrs. Helen B. Folk, Mrs. Boyd Livings ton, Jeanette Rinehart, Mar. cna Hendrix, Janice Ringer, Myrle Hgwta. U > U /