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Ups and Downs One of the dangerous men in public | life is the orator and writer who is sent j on a mission at public expense, and who j returns with a false report. — K. W. Howe. Today’s downfall comes in try ing- to keep up with the upkeep. VOLUME 29—NUMBER 49. BY THE WAY Rv DORIS A. SANDERS OVER PROTEST Over the prote.-t of her par ents, there appear.' in this P- .-Uf a picture and a story con cerning a younp' lady who won the Northern Regional piano contest, and second place in the state contest sponsored by the S. T . Music Educators Associa tion. Had any other younp lady or( g-entleman) won this honor, her picture and a write-up would have boen in order; be cause this one happens to be the daughter of the publisher should not be reason to penalize her. She deserves recognition, for she has worked hard for the honor she earned. Congratula tions are in order for her, as well as for the first place state winner — another young lady who spent her early years in Newberry, Miss Valerie Blalock. We’re mighty proud of these Newberry youngsters who make good! My apologies ry ('ounty Earn missing what I wonderful tour .o the Newbct- Bureau for know was a .f the egg' in- dustrv and a delicious lunctieon last Tue.'dav. 1 had made ail nan.- to uo, ) u •arlv Tuesday ALL FOR NOTHING Those of us in the PTA's who have been working hard the past few years to try to build up our school libraries must have the feeling now that it was all for nothing. Word comes from the county office of education that good old Uncle Sam has come up with funds to bring all libraries up to the standard of seven books per pupil—the number needed for accreditation this year. (None of our elementary schools is accredited by either the State Department of Edu cation or the Southern Asso ciation of Schools.) There is a little hitch to this library mon ey, however. It comes under what is known at “Title II” of one of these various education acts but cannot be spent until other school libraries, far un der accreditation standards are brought up to date. Uncle Su gar has provided a hundred thousand dollars or so for that in this county. But when the white schools can get their hands on some $14.000-odd dol lars, Boundary’s share will be $618.45, against over $7,000 for Park Street in Whitmire; $2,627 for Speers St. and almost $2,000 for Junior High. I have headed fund-raising projects for Bound ary PTA for the past two yeai-s —and a rough estimate is that the PTA in those two years has given the library in the neigh borhood of $1500 besides some money given previous to the past two years. Do you wonder that I have served notice that I do not intend to serve on any more fund-raising projects? I have no regrets, how r ever, that the PTA spent its money in the w j ay it did. At least our children have had the pleasure of those books that they other wise would not have had. MISCELLANEOUS Someone mentions that the traffic lights in town are so dirty it’s hard to tell w'hether they’re showung red, amber or green . . . perhaps this is caus ed by all the dust settling around from the Scott building which is being razed . . . My thanks to the subscriber who says “When you write something, it’s worth reading . . . not EVERYONE feels that way, friend. Jimmy Coggins, reviewing a book over the air the other morning, read a quotation some thing like this: “Integration has been the law of the land since 1954 ...” I get sick of hear ing that “law of the land” busi ness. The 1U54 Supreme Court decision had to do wdth one law suit and the decision pertained only to that one lawsuit. The liberals, integrationists, sociol ogists and news media are the ones who have been successful in making the public believe that that decision—and others handed down by the Supreme Court since—is the “law of the land.” While I’ll admit it is treated as such and that the Su preme Court has taken upon itself to write law, it has no such authority; only the Con gress can make the “law of the land”. The Court makes decis ion in individual cases; and while there is no doubt that all cases of similar nature would be decided in the same manner by the same Court—this still does not make a Supreme Court de cision the “law of the land”. morning \vv b urned of a death j in the Sandt rs family. I had to he out of town Wednesday, ; which necessitated my trying to ■ get some Wednesday work done | on Tuesday, thus missing the i event, i was fortunate enough, howeve'-. to have a personally j conducted tour to most oi the j same (or similar) places while ! working on tin “egg issue'’ The Sun published last March. The egg producers and marketers have one worry after the other and we feel for them—just hope that ALL segments of the in dustry will continue to be prof itable and that Newberry Coun ty will be able to retain its number one position in the state in egg production. My sincere thanks to Dick Neel, Frank Senn and Annie Lou Fanning for their kind invitation to at tend—these folks do a wonder ful job at the County Farm Bu reau in promoting not only eggs, but all farm interests of the county. A WORRY A mention was made above of | school accreditation. At this 1 time I believe all high schools in the county are accredited, none of the elementary schools, j and at this point, they seem a LONG, LONG way from being I accredited. A for-instance: ’n I order to be accredited Boundary | Street (in which I have been | most interested for the longest 'period of time) will have to have: a full time supervising principal who holds at least a Master’s degree; a full time secretary; a full time librarian. This is just the beginning. 1 can’t put my hands on that little accreditation book at the moment, but it has all sorts of requirements, like school nurses, playground space, limited num bers in classrooms, number of janitors required, etc., etc., as well as a group of fancy new courses (including social psy chology, heaven forbid!) which must be added to the curricu lum. Well, Boundary has a teach ing—not a supervising principal this year. A change is to be made and its value is question able. Boundary has NO secre tarial help; Boundary has 1/3 of a librarian per week. The way I gather the action of the County Board of Educa tion last week, Ed Beck is to become “supervising principal” of Boundary and Speers. There are more than 15 teachers at each school. Accredita tion standards call for a FULL TIME SUPERVISING principal at each school with that num ber of teachers. Since Mr. Beck cannot pos sibly be two places at once, w r here does supervision come from when he isn’t at one school or the other? I’ve spent enough time around schools to know that crises are not going to wait until a principal is around. It would take two and a half days a week even with the help of a secretary to keep up with parent interviews, rec ord keeping and report making, so what time does that leave for supervising? And with the situation our schools are appar ently going to be in next year, is it going to be to the best benefit of students and parents to have ANY of our city schools without a full time principal? I honestly believe if the peo ple of Newberry County were told the whole story of w r hat is needed in the schools they would be willing to pay for it. In the present situation, I am quite sure that most taxpayers—at least parents and grandparents of school children, would be happy to have their taxes doub led if only the county board of education would throw the fed eral funds back into the faces of the HEW. While on that subject, you will see a story elsewhere in this issue about a letter going out to the parents from the county school office. You may as well take it at face value, fill out the appropriate form and return it as requested. It will do you no good to call the county office to see what is go- NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 196B $2.00 Per Year Parents to be advised of school desegregation plan Wins honors in piano contests Miss Carol Armfield, a sen ior at Newberry High school and a piano student of Prof. Darr Wise, won second place in the state contest for ad vanced piano students, sponsor ed by the South Carolina Music Educators Association. On Thursday of last week, Carol competed in the North ern Regional contest at Win- throp college, Rock Hill, and was awarded first place. The judge in this contest made the following remarks on her per formance : “Brahms—you have a good understanding of the content of this piece, and a good grasp of Brahms style . . . and I like the way you treat the rich inner melody when it needs to be heard. All in all, a very music- ianly performance, successfully getting across the reposeful quality so essential to this work ...” “Debussy—a fine imagina tive performance, poetically and colorfully done.” “Bach — good enthusiastic spirit and vitality in your play ing here. You project the anti- phonal or concerto-grosso feel ing of this movement quite well. Good clear finger action of the type needed for this piece ...” “A fine performance, thor oughly enjoyable. Let me offer sincere and hearty congratula tions to you and your teacher for such careful work and such a musical approach to all three pieces.” Carol competed Saturday against winners of the South ern and Central Regions at the University of South Caro lina. First place in the state contest went to Miss Valerie Blalock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Blalock of Holly Hill, formerly of Newberry. Valerie is the granddaughter of Mrs. Julia M. Blalock of this city. Carol, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Armfield, Jr. has studied piano for ten years. She began her instruction at Newberry College under Miss Mary Margaret Pope and Prof. Kernie Wessinger. Later she studied under Mrs. Sybil Speltz and Andy Price and has been a student of Prof. Darr Wise for over five years. For several years she has been accompanist for various choral groups conducted by Miss Juanita Hitt and a mem ber of the Newberry High School Girls Chorus and Sex tette. She has been pianist in the Sunday School of Aveleigh Presbyterian church for a number of years and a mem ber of the church choir. Carol has also accompanied voice and instrumental soloists in con tests and in performances. She is a member of the Beta Club at Newberry High school. Mrs. Reba D. Cromer has ac cepted a position at Carolina Remnant Shop on Main St. ing to happen. They would be only too happy to tell you if they knew, but they don’t. In other words, they simply can’t make a move until they get the word from Washington. Now will those persons who said “federal aid doesn’t mean federal control” please • come forward ? Approves sale of city park Newberry City Council Mon day night approved the ap pointment of a city director of finance. The name of a pros pect and a salary for the po sition was not disclosed. In other action council: Approved the sale of the Marion Davis Park in down town Newberry with the stip ulation that funds received be placed in escrow for securing additional playgrounds and up dating present parks. Authorized City Manager Riebe to purchase a two ton truck a, cement mixer and a boring machine at an estimated cost of $6,800. Accepted as information a report from B. P. Barber and Associates on sale of water to the Newberry County Water Authority. Final rites for Marvin Summer held Saturday Marvin Otis Summer, 73, died Thursday night at the New berry County Memorial hospi tal after a short critical illness. Mr. Summer was born in this county, the son of the late G. B. and Trannie Schump- ert Summer. A retired furniture dealer, he was vice president of the Newberry Federal Savings and Loan Association, a mem ber of the local Board of-Di rectors of S. C. National Bank, a member of the Board of Di rectors of Purcell’s. He was a member of Central Methodist church and had "‘served on the Board of Stewards for many years; past president of the Lions Club; a veteran of World War I and -was a charter mem ber of the Newberry American Legion. He is survived by his "wife, Mrs. Louise Kinard Summer; one daughter, Mrs. M. N. (Pau line) Sprouse of Knoxville, Tenn.; one brother Adrian Summer Sr. of Newberry; two sisters, Mrs. R. M. Lominack, and Mrs. A. M. Eargle, both of Newberry; and two grand children. Funeral services w r ere con ducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. S. M. Atkinson. Interment was in Rosemont cemetery. Active pallbearers were Hen ry Lominack, T. Roy Summer, Dave Hayes, John Earl Smith Jr., Adrian Summer Jr. and Keitt Purcell. Serving as honorary pall bearers were Keister Willing ham, John Clarkson, Waldo Huffman, Ned Purcell, Ralph Watkins, Harvey Kirkland, For rest Lominack, George Domi nick, Dr. Elbert J. Dickert, Dr. B. M. Montgomery, Jack Raf- field, Harold Folk, James Smith and C. M. McAlister. Mrs. Shealy, 75, dies Tuesday Mrs. Cora Wessinger Shealy, 75, widow of P. H. Shealy, died Tuesday afternoon in a local hospital after several weeks of illness. Born and reared in Lexington County, daughter of the late Austin and Eady Shealy Wes singer, she lived most of her life near White Rock and was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church of White Rock. She was married twice. Her first husband was the late Au gustus Bickley. Surviving is one brother. Rev. J. S. Wesiinger of Newberry. Funeral services were con ducted Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Bethel Lutheran Church at White Rock. Burial was in 'Beth el Cemetery. Pallbearers were Jim Chap man, Bunk Koon, Andrew and John David Stockman, Harry McCartha, Joe Wessinger and H. D. Tindall. Parents of Newberry’s school | children will get information concerning the public school de segregation plan this weekend, j The Department of Health, Education and Welfare has or dered the school district to mail to each parent of children pres ently enrolled in school a let ter explaining the plan, a “free dom of choice” form, and a no tice which “tells you how to ex ercise your rights under the plan, and tells you how teac hers, school buses, sports and : other activities are being de segregated.” The new guidelines set forth by the HEW Department re quire that every student or his parent choose the school he wishes to attend for the 1966- 67 school session. No school is any longer to be considered a “white” or a “Negro” school— a parent or child may take his choice from among 13 elemen tary schools, one Junior High school and four high schools. Parents and students will be given a 30-day period, which will end April 30, 1966, in which to indicate their preference of schools. The Department of j Health, Education and Welfare ! has made a ruling that no pref- I erence will be given to those whose forms are returned early. School officials were at a loss to explain what would take place should more students reg ister for one school than the building was capable of hand ling. The HEW has also instructed that no one connected with any school shall attempt to influ ence students and parents in making a choice. Spring concert by Singers to be Sunday The Newberry College Sing-! ers will present their annual spring concert Sunday, April 3, at 3:30 p.m. in MacLean Gym nasium. The public is invited to attend. The program will feature Schubert’s “The Mass in G,” an ancient form of worship of the Roman Catholic church com posed of five parts. Modern sacred music by Hanson, David Foltz and Randall Thompson are to be included on the pro gram also. Soloists will be Gail Phillips, Newberry; Millie Keefe, Fort Motte, sopranos; Jas. Clark, Lancaster, tenor; and Steve Lovelace, Prosperity, and Chas. Holmes, Spartanburg, bari tones. Dr. Milton Moore, head of the Department of Music, is direc tor of the Singers. Organ ac companist will be Prof. Darr Wise. Will conduct ETV program Mrs. Judith McKellar Nielson, dihector of Public Relations and Information for the S. C. Edu cational Television agency, will be discussion leader for the ETV training school for law enforce ment officers tonight (Thurs day) at 7:30 at Newberry Jun ior high school. Mrs. Nielson is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, and worked from 1956 to 1964 with the South Carolina Highway Department as an as sistant specializing in news writing and radio and TV scripts. She became associated with ETV July 1, 1964. She is listed in American Women in Radio and TV and is a member of the Pilot Club. Her husband is John Doar Nielson. This is one of a series of ETV programs designed to bet ter inform law enforcement of ficers of their duties and respon sibilities under state statutes. The discussion leader for other sessions is Sgt. Ray Schumpert of the Newberry City Police Department. Mrs. Ralph L. Wilbanks of the Isle of Palms, formerly of Newberry, visited friends here during the past weekend. Law enforcement officers of Newberry County gathered at Werts Cafe last Friday morning to officially begin the “B.A.C.” campaign in the county. On hand for the kick-off of this portion of the Easter Seal Campaign were Julia Ann Moody, State Easter Seal Child, and her mother, Mrs. Claude J. Moody. B.A.C. buttons, being sold by the officers from now until Good Friday, “Coffee Day,” mean “Buck-A-Cup, Brace-A-Child”. Purchasers of the buttons may drink coffee free at any cooperating restaurant on Good Friday. Shown in the photo from left are Mrs. Elizabeth Gray, Policeman Carl Tay lor, Prosperity Police Chief Dallas Willingham, Policeman J. P. Lever, Highway Patrolman D. E. Abrams, Chief Colie Dowd, chairman of the BAC campaign, holding little Julia Ann; Mrs. Moody, Harry Moose, chairman of the local Crip pled Children’s Society; and City Manager Ken Riebe (Sunphoto). Urban renewal measure passed by State House Amended versions of legisla tion involving creation of a Newberry County Zoning Com mission and three separate ref- erendums on slum clearance in Newberry County got General Assembly action Tuesday. Sent to the Senate were three joint resolutions, amended on third reading in the House, pro posing referendums on state constitutional amendments to allow slum clearance projects in three Newberry County munici palities. Rep. D. P. (Jabbo) Folk’s amendments provide that pow ers of eminent domain may not be exercised by governing or other bodies over property al ready devoted to public use. Otherwise municipal govern ing bodies or housing or rede velopment authorities in the three areas concerned would be able to take private property essential to slum clearance or redevelopment plans. Predominantly slum or blight ed property, under the proposed act, could be prepared for re use, and sale or other disposi tion to private enterprise for private use or to public bodies for public use. Voters in Prosperity, Whit mire and the City of Newberry will decide in separate referen dums in the November general election on the proposed consti tutional changes. Amended by Sen. Jesse Frank Hawkins was a bill creating the Newberry County Planning and Zoning Commission. Hawkins’ amendment changes the name of the commission to planning and zoning instead of planning and development. It also strikes a section which provided that present members of the County Development Board and County Planning Commission shall constitute the new commission and serve until July 1. The amendments provide that board members shall be appoint ed by the governor on recom mendation of the County Devel opment Board and the legisla tive delegation. The bill was returned to the House, where no opposition is expected on the amendments. Nearing final approval in the Senate was a bill creating a county government system for Newberry County. Be soloist in concert Gail Phillips of Newberry will be featured as a soloist in the Newberry College Singerg annual Spring concert on Palm Sunday afternoon. She r. sings soprano. Miss Phillips la- the daughter of Mi^. Leila Phillips, 2705 Johnstone street.--'' Good Friday services to be at Redeemer The seventh annual Good Friday Three-Hour Service sponsored by the Newberry County Ministers’ Association, will be conducted at the new Lutheran Church of the Re deemer on April 8. The observ ance began in I960* The Service will begin at 12 noon and conclude at 3:00 P.M. commemorating the three hours that Jesus was on the cross. “The Seven Words” spoken by Christ from the cross form the framework of seven devo tional periods of 22 minutes each. Each period will be con ducted by two ministers, one leading the devotions and the other speaking briefly on a Word from The Cross. Congre gational participation is in re sponsive readings, prayers and hymns. Members of church choirs in the larger Newberry area will provide leadership of the music for the periods, and Prof Darr Wise of Newberry College will be the organist. Each year this service is held in one of the downtown Newberry churches in order to give greater opportunity for attendance by business people at one or more of the devotional periods. Between the periods is a five-minute intermission which will permit entering and leaving as desired. Each year there are those who attend the entire service because of its deep significance. A cordial invitation is ex tended to this worship oppor tunity at the most meaningful time of the year, in preparation for celebrating the true mean ing of Easter. Church service in Prosperity The Southern Methodist Church of Newberry will hold services this Sunday in the for mer Associate Reformed Presby terian Church building in Pros perity. Sunday school will be at 10:00 a.m., worship services at 11:00. Rev. David Clark, a student at Bob Jones University, will conduct worship services this Sunday. REGISTERED FORESTER Bennett S. Rose Jr., of New berry was among 12 foresters licensed by the S. C. State Board of Registration for Foresters at its recent meeting. Cancer kickoff to be tonight The kick-off supper for the 1966 Cancer Crusade of New berry County will be held Thurs day evening, March 31 at the A.R.P. Church at 7:30. All offi cers, lieutenants and volunteers of the Newberry Crusade are urged to attend this meeting. Anyone interested in helping who has not been contacted is asked to dial 276-2233. Mabry to be principal of Newberry high William P. Mabry, principal of Seneca Junior-Senior High school, has bean named princi pal of Newberry High school, succeeding J. V. Kneece. Kneece will retire in June and Mabry will assume duties at Newberry July 1. Mabry, native of Union and son of Mrs. J. T. Mabry and the late Mr. Mabry, is a Wofford College graduate and formerly taught at Manning and Marion. He is married to the former Dorothy Willard of Union. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Senn and Mr. and Mrs. George Senn spent several days last week at Nas sau in the Bahamas. BIRTHDAYS April 2: Fred Hayes, Oliver Cromer, Mrs. Sam J. Shan non, Grace EL Harmon, Jackie Gray. April 3: Mary Ruth Arm- field, Mrs. J. B. Harmon, Meredith Harmon, Marjorie Graham, Nancy Eskridge. April 4: Miss Rebecca Lom- inick, Mrs, Herman Halfacre, J. H. Cook, James Edward Plampin, Mrs. J. EL Wiseman, Anne Bruner Griffith, Miss Myra Hardy, Johhny Myers, J. Howard Clark Sr. April 5: Mrs. Arthur Dwy er, A. C. Ward, John Francis Scurry, Jackie Goodman, Mrs. L. A. Black. April 6: Phil Plampin, Mrs. Jasper Amick, Connie Arm- field Sanders, Virgie Ellis Shealy. April 7: Mrs. John Thomas, Wava Billingsley, W. F. Smith, Bobby Burner, Philip Carl Trefsgar, Barbara Ann Kesler, Elizabeth D. Epting. Apiri 8: Mrs. LeWi§ Am mons, Albert D. Coleman III, Jake Crossland, Harriette Hedgepath, Ruth Dawkins.