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The world would he a lot hotter if everyone would spare a few min utes now and then to make the area surrounding him a little better. The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain in finding the so lution. VOLUME 29—NUMBER 52. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1966 $2.00 Per Year BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS LIBRARY WEEK Library Week was a most op portune tine- for Postmaster Harry E. Moose to turn over the keys to the old Post Office building' to the Newberry-Salu- da Regional Library. Don't ex pect an immediate move, how ever. Extensive renovation work needs to be done before the building can be used for library purposes, and the delegations of Newberry and Saluda ( ounty will have to get up off the purse strings and come up with the funds to do the work. During Library W eek, we congratulate Miss Tanner, Mi's. Shinn and the other fine per sonnel of the X-S Library for the efficient manner in which they conduct library affairs in very cramped quarters. We hope there won’t be too long a delay in getting their new lo cation ready for them. PLEASE STOP BY Judge and Mrs. S. C. Griffith invite the public to stop by and enjoy their flower garden, at the rear of their home on John stone Street. Mrs. Griffith said “just feel free to get out and walk around—we’d like for ev eryone to enjoy the flowers.’ Certainly the flowers are beautiful all over town and it is a shame they can’t be effec tively photographed in black and white. Only where there is a profusion of white will the flowei-s show to any extent. In this issue are a couple of shots. The dogwood trees are those growing on the bank at the Newberry water plant. The lawn and flowers are at the home of Mrs. Bob Lominack on Harper Street. This is a very small sample of the beauty of Newberry in the Spring. dinner meeting in New ’York City April 28 in tribute- to Her bert Aptheker, a leading com munist theoretician. Mr. Apthe ker has been active in the Com munist Party for many years. Recently be traveled to the capital of Communi.-t North Viet Nam in defiance of L. S. law. Mrs. Simkins has been given an important place on the Aptheker dinm-r program. Her address will come between the speeches of Gus Hall, head of the Communist Party 1 SA, and Eugene D. Genovese, the Rutjgers University professor who has wished for a commun ist victory in South Viet Nam. Mrs. Simkins is seeking {tub- lie office in Columbia on the Democratic ticket. We wonder what leaders—and followers— of the South Carolina Demo cratic Party think about a Democratic candidate having associations with leaders of an other party—the Communist Party. It seems to us that explana tions are in order. Ur doesn’t anvone care? Mrs. V. W. Rinehart, center and Mrs. Ralph P. Baker, right, present a volume of biographies of Newberry County physicians to the Newberry-Saluda Regional Librarian, Miss Mary Catherine Tanner. See story below. FUNDS HELD UP An item in the News & Cour ier of several days ago reveals that funds for Head Start kin dergartens in county are being held up. The reason ? “Absence of an integrated staff is believ ed to be holding up federal ap proval for a grant of $250,000 . . .” The director of the center said “W ; e have to have meaning ful integration’’ and that about the only way to meet the prob lem appeared to be to shift some white staff members to centers which have a prepond erance of Negro workers. Does this give you an idea of what will happen in our schools next fall ? On industry seeking trip Dave Morison, executive sec retary of the Newberry County Development Board, will join 33 other industrial developers from throughout South Carolina on an industry-hunting trip to New York Sunday. The trip is sponsored by the State Develop ment Board. Mr. Morison stated that the group, which will be in New York through Thursday, expects to make about 1000 contacts to interest prospective industry in locating in this state. He noted that there are several areas in Newberry County which will be excellent for industrial devel opment. In behalf of the Newberry ('ounty Medical Auxiliary, Mrs. ' Y. W. Rinehart, incoming Pres ident of the local Auxiliary and Mrs. Ralph P. Baker, Councilor 1 from South Carolina to the Woman’s Auxiliary to the Southern Medical Association, presented to Miss Mary Cath erine Tanner, Librarian of the Newberry-Saluda Regional Li brary, a collection of biogra phies of deceased physicians of Newberrv countv. ! This special project of the Newberry Auxiliary was begun by the late Mrs. E. H. Moore (Narvice Brown), a charter member of the Auxiliary, while she was serving as Historian in 1951. At the State convention of the Woman’s Auxiliary to the South Carolina Medical As sociation in 1952, Mrs. Moore was given special recognition for having researched 76 biog raphies. At the time of her death in 1953, she had gathered information on a total of 102 deceased physicians from this county. This is a continuing project of the Newberry Auxiliary. Since Southern Medical Aux iliary devotes its efforts to the history of medicine and to the honoring of physicians, Mrs. Baker, who is in her second year as Councilor to Southern, has done further research, has indexed, and arranged the bi ographies in a manner suitable for permanent reference. This collection which now contains 12 biographies is being placed in the local library as a con tribution to the Research and Romance of Medicine project of Southern Medical Auxiliary. SIMKINS CASE I’m sure you read the stories in the daily papers about Mrs. Modjeska M. Simkins but I thought you might enjoy the editorial which appeared in the April 14 issue of the News & Courier about this affair. It follows: The Columbia Record has per formed a useful service by bringing to public attention a forthcoming speech by Mrs. Modjeska M. Simkins of Co lumbia. Mi's. Simkins recently ran third in the Democratic primary field of six to nominate candidates for Columbia city council. She is currently seek ing Democratic nomination for the House of Representatives from Richland County. “Mrs. Simkins is reputed to influence and control a large bloc vote,’’ The Record report ed. “An elected Richland County official once said, ‘A candidate for public office in Richland County would find it difficult to be elected without Mrs. Sim kins’ approval’.” The significant news is that Mrs. Simkins will address a Thanks people for helping suppress fires District Forester Legare M. Duke of the Newberry District S. C. State Commission of For estry, wishes to express his appreciation to all indivduals and organzations who gave such splendid help and cooperation in suppressing forest fires dur ing the recent bad fire weather. Duke stated that there were numerous persons who volun teered their assistance when ever needed to help suppress fi res. Without this assistance the losses would have been much greater. Everyone is urged to con tinue to be careful in burning for the next few weeks. We will continue to have bad fire weather until spring growth has begun and the high winds subside, stated Mr. Duke. Finalist in competition Robert W. Anderson of New berry, son of Dr. and Mrs. E. M. Anderson, will be one of five finalists in the Concerta-Aria Competition to be held Satur day, April 23 in Drayton Hall on the University campus in Columbia at 8 p.m. Robert, a rising senior at the University of South Carolina, is a clarinetist with the Univer sity marching band, concert band, and the Columbia Festi val Orchestra. A music major, he is a member of Phi Mu Al pha Sinfonia, national honorary music fraternity. This year the Concerto-Aria Competition will include final ists in piano, voice, and the clarinet. The program will be open to the public. organ recital Julia Richardson, Newberry College music student, will pre sent her senior organ recital at 8 p.m. April 21 in Holland Hall auditorium. The public is invited to attend. She will play works by Bach, Franck, Muss- iaer and Widor. Miss Richardson, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Rich ardson of Gaffney, has a major in applied music. She is an or gan student of Prof. Darr Wise. Lt. Mountain lots be sold Building lots will be sold at a public auction on the north ern end of famous old Little Mountain in lower Newberry County, all day, Saturday, Ap ril 29. There will be a free barbecue, refreshing drinks and entertain ment, at the sjte behind Little Mountain School, at the foot of the hill. Little Mountain used to be the site of family reunions that met at the well-known mineral springs which have been cover ed over with brush until recent ly. The spring has been cleaned out and fresh, cool water flows where young “sports” used to draw water for the horses pull ing the carriage in which their sweethearts rode. Cancer Society helps patients in this area | What does the American Can- j cer Society do for the cancer ! patient ? j This question was answered 1 today by Mrs. M. Q. Roberts of the Newberry County Health Department, who serves as ser- : vice chairman for the Society’s i Newberry County unit. For the patient who is medi cally indigent—certified by the County Department of Public Welfare or by his own physi cian as being unable to take care of his medical bills with out undue hardships on his ba sic needs of food, shelter and clothing—the Society offers medicines, drugs and hormones prescribed in specific dosages by the physician; free medical treatment and care through the nearest state-aid cancer clinic (Newberry patients use The Co lumbia Hospital or Richland County Clinic); transportation to and from this clinic; house keeper care in cases of this need, and use of the many items | from the county unit’s loan closet. Loan closet items are not re stricted to medically indigent patients but may be used by any cancer patient who applies for them, Mrs. Roberts explain ed. Currently in 'he closet are many bandages, dressings, tow els, sheets, alcohol, soaps and other items useful tothe cancer patient. Such articles as wheel chairs, hospital beds and other equipment are also made avail able on request. Mrs. W. C. Koon, Pomaria, is loan closet chairman. The American Cancer Society traditionally conducts its educa tional-fund raising crusade dur ing the month of April which officially designated cancer con trol month by act of Congress. Purpose of the drive is to edu cate everyone possible to can cer’s danger signals so that more people will go to their own doctors for regular phy sical checkups so that more early cancers may be detected in their curable stages. Pink and white dogwood, azaleas and other Spring flowers and shrubs bloom in abundance throughout the city. Examples of the many lovely scenes about town are shown in the combined photo above. (Sunphoto.) W. J. Raffield and W. E. Monroe are among those who will attend the S. C. Admissions and Budget Committee of Caro- linas United Community Serv ices at the Wade Hampton hotel in Columbia May 5. The purpose of the meeting is to review the budgets of five state and eight national agencies. BAG sales net over $2,200 Police Chief Colie L. Dowd, chairman of the “Buck A Cup” Coffee Day campaign for the benefit of crippled children and adults for Newberry County has reported a total of $2,212.25 derived from the sale of “Cof fee Buttons” and canisters which were sold and distributed by county and state law en forcement officers and co-spon- Sored by the S. C. Restaurant Association. Sheriff Tom Fel lers assisted Chief Dowd as co- J hairman of the campaign. In speaking of the sale to- £lay, Chief Dowd thanked all law enforcement officials and restaurant owners who assisted and cooperated in the venture and gave especial thanks to all citizens who purchased buttons and otherwise made donations to the cause. Harry E. Moose, Newberry County Chairman of the Crip pled Children’s Society express ed thanks to Chief Dowd and his assistants for the fine work they had accomplished. Moose Said that the mon$y from the Coffee Day Button Sales is al ready being used to assist New berry County patients with therapy and treatment at the Easter Seal Clinic and the Speech and Hearing Clinic in Columbia every week. “The en tire Easter Seal Campaign this year has been most successful,” Chairman Moose reported. He further stated that an up-to- <|ate report to the people of the county would be made within a few days of the total campaign to date. County residents are weekly receiving benefits from the Eas ter Seal funds, according to Chairnnan Moose, and he re quested medical personnel and others who have knowledge of persons in need of these services to contact him so that the ser vices can be rendered to all who have need of them. T. P. McCullough, of Whitmire, and Tommie Rawls, of Pomaria, proudly show the new sign at Reformation Southern Methodist Church at Proseperity. This church formerly was known by the temporary natne of Newberry Southern Methodist church. Services are held each Sunday at 10 A.M. (Sunday School) and 11 A. M. (Worship) at the former ARP church at Prosperity. Guest Pastor this Sunday will be the Rev Legrande Adams of Clinton. Beautification program gets underway here By MRS. A. H. COUNTS A clean-up and beautification campaign in Newberry County was launched here Monday at a meeting of more than 100 per sons representing businesses and organizations throughout the county. A garbage disposal plan for county citizens was outlined by State Sen. Jesse Frank Haw kins. Two large trenches will be opened in about six months for disposal of garbage, the sen ator said. Sen. Hawkins and Rep. D. P. Folk emphasized that all ef forts will be made to keep coun ty highways clear of litter and trash removal programs will be accelerated. Folk said the programs are to insure better health condi tions in addition to beautifica tion of the county. The New berry Jaycees will provide lit ter bags for cars and distribute the bags to service stations. The Champion Paper and Fiber Co. has offered dumping sites in the county and will pro vide a bulldozer to cover land- I fill areas. The two city dumps j will be open May 1-7 for dispo sal of trash by any persons, city manager Kenneth Riebe said. Presiding at the meeting was Mrs. Richard L. Baker, a past president of the South Carolina Garden Club and current chair man of the Newberry County Beautification Committee. A. F. Busby, county farm agent, is co-chairman; Mrs. Ray Holliday, county home demon stration agent, is secretary, Martyn Cavanaugh, treasurer, and Mrs. Gerald Hester, publi city chairman. The commission is not re sponsible to any county agency. It was organized by county cit izens in January in an anti litter campaign effort. The campaign is expected to extend throughout a period of one year. Civic League meets Tuesday Newberry Civic League will hold its monthly meeting at the Community Hall, Tuesday af ternoon, April 26, at 4 p.m., ac cording to Professor F. Scott Elliott Sr., president. Mrs. Sue Peters, executive director of Congaree Girl Scout Council, will present the Girl Scout film, “The Round-up.” She will be introduced by Mrs. C. M. Smith Jr., chairman of the Civic League Youth Com mittee and program chairman for this meeting. Mrs. William S. Hentz and Mrs. J. E. Wiseman Sr. will present special music for the oc casion. All Civic League members are urged to attend. Clarkson is club speaker Three students were installed into Blue Key, national honor ary fraternity at Newberry College, at the anniversary banquet of the fraternity held recently". They are Ben T. Anderson, Jacksonville, Fla.; Thomas Col lier, Denmark; and Jack White- sides, Orangeburg. Some 50 Blue Key members and dates attended the banquet held at the Newberry Commun ity Hall. They heard an address on leadership by John Clarkson, president of Newberry Federal Savings and Loan Association and trustee of Newberry Col lege. Blue Key members are sel ected upon the basis of scholar ship, character, leadership, and service. Blue Key chapters are found in colleges and univer sities htroughout the U. S. Seal funds aid the disabled Easter Seal funds aid both children and adults in New berry county, according to Har ry E. Moose, Chairman of the Newberry County Chapter of the South Carolina Society for Crippled Children and Adults. Mr. Moose announced that the Chapter’s most recent grant has been in the amount of $150 to the Rehabilitation Workshop Facility. According - to Mr. Moose: “This facility is in reality a sheltered workshop to help severely disabled people become productive citizens. Many of them never have worked before coming to the workshop. The program is designed . to give a very comprehensive perform ance rating, work evaluation, work performance, and teaches them to perform various job operations. It assists them in their search for permanent em ployment.” The facility began operation 1 on July 5, 1962 and during the first nine months, 58 handicap ped individuals were served. Each of these people went thru an evaluation of approximately 8 weeks at the Workshop, dur ing which time they learned to do several jobs. After the initial evaluation period, many w r ere eligible for employment in outside employment. David Reames dies suddenly ! David Gordon Reames, 46, ; died suddenly at the Newberry | County Memorial Hospital last Thursday. Mr. Reames was born in Sumter County, the son of Mrs. Carrie Alman Reames and the I late Edwin DuRant Reames. I He was a brick mason. He was J a member of Beth-Eden Luth eran Church and a veteran of World War II. Besides his mother, he is sur vived by his wife, Mrs. Sara Franklin Reames of Newberry; one son, David Reames of New- . berry; one brother, William Al- 1 man Reames of Sanford, N. C.; two sisters, Mrs. John C. Brown of Fayetteville, N. C., and Mrs. Lambert Riser of Newberry; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Haw thorne Dixon of Bishopville and Mrs. J. K. Sales of Forest City, Ark. ' ' ? ; I: Funeral services were con ducted at 3 p.m. Saturday at Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. Francis I. Fesperman. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Actie pabbearers were Fred Kunkle, Ellis Kunkle, Howard Morris, Carol Hipp, Melvin Hancock and John W. Davis. Serving as honorary pallbear ers were the members of- Beth- Eden Lutheran Church Council. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Durwood Bost have moved to 1711 Hutto Street. band concert Six Newberry College stu dents from Newberry will play in the Newberry College band concert Monday night in Mac- Lean Gymnasium. They are Katherine Kelly, Tip Jones, Von Sinclair, Mac Cobb, Mary Ruth Armfield, and Dale Kinard. The students are participating in a band tour, which includes concerts at Moncks Corner, St. Matthews and the Charleston area, this week. Coleman gets BATON ROUGE^-Clarence D. Coleman of Newberry has been promoted to the rank of cadet second lieutenant in the U. S. Army ROTC Division at Louis iana State Uuniversity. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Coleman, 1213 Crenshaw St., he is a graduate of Newberry High School. A junior in the College " of Arts and Sciences, be is attend ing LSU on a baseball scholar ship. INSPECTION SCHEDULE SET The bicycle schedule for the remainder of this week is as follows: Thursday (today), Oakland Bill Field, 4-6 p.m.; Friday, Speers Street Field, 4-6 p.m.; Saturday, McSwain Street Park, 9-11 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. U. K. Beasley are now residing at 2127 Nance Street. Postmaster Harry Moose presents the keys to the old Post Office building to Miss Mary Catherine Tan ner, Newberry- Saluda Regional Librarian. Mr. Moose had received authority to “turn over the keys” from the General Services Administration. (Sunphoto.) BIRTHDAYS April 23: Mrs. Betty Gibson* Kenny Cook. April 24: Gloria Cleo Haw kins, J. Ray Dawkins, Frank Culclasuret Hendrix Monts, Ernest O. Wicker, Mac Bart ley. Anri! 25: Fred Gilbert, John Paul Whitaker, Emily Grier, April 26: Mrs William Mil am, Preston McAIhaney, Bill Folk. April 27: Leroy S. Adams, Mrs. Naomi Bauknight, Christine Rister, Margaret Elizabeth Warren. April 28: Batch Culclasure, Jessie Harold Hendrix, Jr., J. Harold Hendrix, T. K. Shell, Baddy Dennis, Helen Susanne Long. April 29: Ann Bowers Neel, Mrs. Ruby Reeves, C. E. Hancock, Dorothy W. Beden- baugh, Susan Marie Brady, Mrs. J. S. Lide.