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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAY 5, 19S6 1218 College St.. Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Carolina. Paid at Newberry, Soutfl SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance :Six Months $1.25. State soldier be featured on TV program A national color television special to be shown Sunday, May 8, Monday- May 9th, and June 12 will be of special inter est to local citizens. Entitled “I Am a Soldier”, the program is illustrated by the career of Captain Theodore Danielsen of Batepburg, a nephew of Mrs. Jack Senn and Mrs. Hubert Kinard of Newberry. The TV program is a study of the reasons a man becomes a professional soldier in the 20th century, and is one of a “Saga of Western Man” series on ABCJ-TV. Ted, as is known to his friends, is cdfnpany commander of a First Cavalry Division in Viet Nam. The program will focus entirely on his role, and through him, the roles of those around him. Cameramen and crew of ABC spent three months in Vjet Nam filming actual gue^lla warfare. Nothing was staged and it is a true documen tary,, film with Ted acting as narrator, with only his voice during the filming. Ted return ed Wednesday to Batesburg and left Saturday by plane for Viet Nam to complete his tour of duty. On .Sunday evening, May 8, kins - Newberry, and Mrs. Dow Mrs.Bedenbaugh rites Tuesday Mrs. Leila Harmon Beden- baugh, 74, wife of the late Wm. Bedenbaugh of Prosperity, died Sunday at the Columbia hospi tal. Mrs. Bedenbaugh was born and reared in this county and was the daughter of the late John S. and Eliza Robertson Harmon. She was a member of Grace Lutheran church. Mrs. Bedenbaugh is survived by one brother, Simpson Har mon, Prosperity; four sisters, Mrs. Oscar Wessinger, Prosper ity; Mrs. Berley Hawkins, Sr., Newberry; Mrs. Ben F. Daw- Looking A head' y ... by Dr. G«yrg« S. Bemon PRESIDENT-NATIONAL j EDUCATION 7ROGRAM S+arcy, Arkansas RED CHINA NO THREAT the film 'will be 'shown from 8 to 9 p.m. on WOLO, Channel 25 of . Cpl^iHibia^^ and WLOS Channel ol-* sAsheville. On Monday night- May 9, it will ap pear on* Channel /> pi Augusta beg^feti&igiii 3T pJttJOn June 12 it will re-run on Channel 25 and Channel 13 from 4 to 5 o'clock. Ted graduated from the Batesburg - Leesville High School in 1964, attended Clem- son College for two years and graduated in i960 from West Point. Following ranger school at Ft. Benning and paratrooper school at Fort Bragg, he volun teered for dfitjp in Viet Nam where he spent 13 months be fore. 1 retaining ’in 1963 as an advisor at ’iFort Benning. At Benning, r he Was assigned to Air Assault which is the now famous First Cavalry Division (Airborne). In 1965, he volun teered agaifi fpr duty in Viet Bedenbaugh of Kinards. Funeral services were held on Tuesday from Grace church in Prosperity with Rev. J. A. Keisler conducting the service. Active pallbearers were Er nest Pinson, Ben F. Dawkins, Jr., Berley Hawkins Jr., Joe Bedenbaugh, Richard Cook and Robert Harmon. Honorary escort were mem bers of the LCW of her church. Mrs. Brown’s sister dies Miss Lois Creech, 55, of Barnwell, died Thursday at a Columbia hospital. Miss Creech was the daugh ter of the late J. J. and Mrs. Creech of Olar where she spent most of her life. For the past several years she had lived with Nam where ^de returned for an-1 her sister, Mrs. O. K. Brown of othdr i2'' ;.JHe is the re heard gram. He has been cipi^iH of tpef'bronze star. It was in^A^gikt^965 that he was contacted by the Department of the Army which chose him to do the film, “I Am A Soldier.” The film was shot in about on the hour-long pro- se ven thousand locations with the ABC crew traveling along with the troops, suffering the in New York since March 15 re-doing the commentary because of the many interfeiences occuring Candidate Cards 3 COMMISSIONER DIST. 1 I hereby announce myself a candidate for nomination to the office of Commissioner District 1 in the Democratic Primary and pledge myself to abide the results of said primary. LUKE HART FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives from Newberry County and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic primary elec tion.. D. P. (Jabbo) FOLK FOR PROBATE JUDGE I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Probate Judge, and pledge myself to abide the re sults of the Democratic primary election. FRANK H. WARD FOR COMMISSIONER NO. 1 I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Commissioner of District No. 1 and pledge my self to abide the results of the Democratic primary election. BEN F. DAWKINS COMMISSIONER DIST. 2 I hereby '•announce myself a candidate for nomination to the office of Commissioner District 2, arid pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic primary. ROSS GEORGE FOR COMMISSIONER I hereby announce myself a candidate for nomination to theoffice of Commissioner Dis- trist .;1 in the Democratic pri- mary^ and pledge myself to abide the results of the Dem ocratic primary. SEASE DOWD same hardships, walking, fly ing, and going into action with themC- h a film which will be viewed by TV watchers over the nation, but especially by the people of this section of South Carolina. The First.,Cavafy’s duty in Viet*-Nam- is' to provide recon naissance and security for lar ger units,” participate in sta bility in low and mid-intensity operations and control an area including its population and re- sourc^^When the film is shown, Captain Danielsen will be again in Viet Nam with the First Cavalry -which has been involv ed in some of the biggest fights, most notably the battle in the la Drang Valley. Captain Danielsen, the son of Mrs. Helen Danielsen and the late Heyward Danielsen, former Newberrian, is married to the former Miss Cynthia Lane of Myrtle Beach. He has two bro thers, Danny, who is manager of the Columbia Ambulance Service, and Allen, who is in Polaris submarines of the U. S. Navy, stationed at Charleston. And what does Ted think of the service? He has been a sol dier for six years and in his words, 1 ‘I’m going to stay in for 30, and if I like it, I might make a career out,of it.” Newberry. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Cleo C. Duensing of St. Matthews, and two brothers, R. W. Creech of Columbia and J. R. Creech of Blythewood. Julius Rhett infant son of Wa&et^Jand Willie Mae F. Slice, died Supply afternoon in palf|litfii ar^^u^ brothers, Os car?Hay, I jJfttoes Luther, John Car?^^d :WIilie i .P. Slice, , of Chapin; twc? ^sipjers, Patricia Ann and Retty ’jean Slice, of Chapin; jpatemal grand-parents Mr. and Mrs. Olife L. Slice of ChapUf-anxL maternal grand parents, Mr. jmd Mrs. Willie Rae Free prosperity. Graveside services were con ducted Monday at the Slice f-near Chapin by Rev. JohaL Wessinger. FLORENCE’S ISlIT SHOP * m and Knit- ruction with All types Knittin ting Supplies. Fr purchase of supplie; Located on High near Willingham Br Open Tuesday, W 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; a.m.-7:00 pm* ; Closed Saturday, Sunday, Monday Mrs. Florence Addison '8L By-Pass age. .Friday , 10:00 Mrs. Bundrick dies Wednesday Mrs. Annie Pitts Davenport Bundrick, 62, died Wednesday after a short illness. She was twice married, first to Thomas J. Davenport, and second to J. Van Bundrick, both preceded her to the grave a number of years ago. Mrs. Bundrick was born and | reared ir\ the county, daughter of the late David R and Annie Longshore Pitts. She was a member of Trinity Methodist church. Mrs. Bundrick is survived by three sons, Sgt. James T. Dav enport, Big Springs, Texas, Hugh B. Davenport and Reeder P. Davenport, both of Newber ry; four daughters, Mrs. Mil dred D. Young, Joanna; Mrs. Dorothy L. Boggs, Wayne, Mich.; Mrs. Annie E. Grogan, Simpsonville, and Mrs. Faye D. Franklin, Clinton; two sisters, Mrs. Eva Johnson and Mrs. Veta Dorroh- both of Silver- street; seven brothers, Hugh F. Pitts, Newberry; L. Floyd Pitts, John L. Pitts, J. Herman Pitts, Jesse Pitts, Wm. Pitts, and Milton Pitts, all of Silver- street. Funeral services were held from Trinity church with Rev. R. T. Lawrimore and the Rev. Phil Jones, conducting the ser vice. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Final rites for Mrs. Chapman Mrs. Ira Bessie Stuck Chap man, 75, wife of G. E. Chap man, of Little Mountain com munity, died Tuesday at her home after a long illness. A native of this county, she was the daughter of the late J. W. andyMinnie Ellisor Stuck. She was a member of Staint John’s Lutheran church. : Besides her husband, she is survived by three sisters, Mrs. ‘Ben L. Wessinger of Chapin, Mrs. Harvey Chapman of Little Mountain, and Mrs. Ernest Ep- ting of Columbia; four brothers, Charlie B. and Japheus Stuck, both of Pomaria; Bennie M. and Ansell Stuck, both of Little Mountain. Funeral services were held Wednesday from St. John’s church with Rev Donald Load- holt conducting the serivce. In terment was in the church cem etery* ■■■’, — j* os. a Hnr ■*»» H*. M*. mquh Right or left ** $435 mST- SSL 25 ■** la. Bad, J? Mail wferti dM Is. front chlldri? jftwwt part «f Spnelfr rifht, laft or doubt*. NEWBERRY DRUG CO. Newberry, S. C. 29108 If our plans in Viet Nam are founded on a fear of Commun ist China entering the w a r as they appear to be, then Am ericans face another tragic page in hostory, in which tens of thousands of our young men will be “expended,” our re sources drained, and the long- range security of our nation further jeopardized — without having administered a defeat on North Viet Nam, Red China, or the Communist world. U. S. Ambassador Arthur Goldberg has clearly stated that our pur pose in Viet Nam is not to win the war but to prevent North Viet Nam from winning. Such an unreal war policy, imposing terrible, needless sac rifices upon the American pub lic appears to be based upon a fear of all-out war with Red China—which fear I believe is totally unwarranted. China. If it is indeed a genuine fear, there are many facts sug gesting that it is fraudulent. For China alone, although vast in geography and with a mas sive population, is neither a major military power nor a powerful nation. Communist China’s industrial and economic power, her capac ity to produce armament, to equip, and feed, and transport an army and keep it supplied, is scarcely any greater today than it was in 1960, when I was in Hong Kong and had op portunity to talk with many well-informed Chinese who had just escaped through the Bam boo Curtain and could tell the true story. The “Great Leap A Paper Tiger A great many American cit izens seem to share the fear however, of involvement of Red Forward” in truth never got off the ground. Th Q so-called “steel mills” that were reported to be operating in the thous ands were jokes and have been largely abandoned. lu truth, after 15 years under the Com munists yoke, Red China has scarcely any highways or all- weather roads, very limited air capacity, no navy capable of attack, no atomic bombs, no in tercontinental missiles, and would find it utterly impossi ble to maintain logistics in any protracted war, especially so far away as Viet Nam. Population Would Revolt The anguished Chinese some of whom I had known intimate ly in my 11 years mission in China, were in agreement that 94 per cent of China’s popula tion would turn upon the Reds if they saw a chance to defeat them. They said that if Chiang Kai Shek’s forces were to ach ieve an effective beachhead on the mainland most of the popu lation would join him in oust ing the Reds. The Red leaders are aware of this situation and their fear is real. This is a gen uine deterrent to a direct Com munist China involvement in Viet Nam. Yet America apparently re mains a sucker for Communist- inspired propaganda which to day seems to be dictating mili tary and diplomatic decisions pinning us down in South Viet Nam, withholding our full mil itary power as the Reds stream down from the North to kill our soldiers. We appear to stand fearfully in awe at the Red China “threat.” It was propaganda, likely of Commun ist origin, that led us to be lieve that Mao Tse-Tung was “a good agrarian reformer” who would be better for China than Chiang. And so we placed an arms embargo against Chiang and thereby effectively contributed,to his defeat. Later President Kennedy called this “one of the greatest blunders in history.” But the lesson wasn’t learned. Victims of Propaganda Castro, So the propaganda led us to believe, was agood re former; so we withheld arn|| from Batista and permitted the later-to-be-revealed Red revo lutionary to get American artlk ament—and Cuba today is & Communist fortress. In the Ko rean war we were made to be lieve that Russia might come in if we took the necessary steps to win; so we did a holding op* eration, followed by a truce and an uneasy “peace” which still requires 55,000 American sol diers to guard. Will we forever be fooled —over and over again—while the leaders of world Commun ism rub their hands gleefully at what’s happening in Viet Nam. We could upset the Com munist blueprint in Asia if, having made the commitment, we now wo.uld go forward with whatever measures are neces sary for victory in the war. | PROPERTY TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 G. K. Dominick to Emerson D. Jones, one lot, Higgin^ St. Circle and Clarkson Ave $5. W. Fulmer Wells to Luther an Church of The Redeemer, one lot 1-2 interest $5. Newberry No. 2 Porterfield Crump to Richard C. Crump, 125 acres and one building, $5 love and affection. Bush River No. 3 L. K. Bedenbaugh to Henry E. Bickley, 3.13 and 4.04 acres $5.00. Pomaria No. 5 William L .Sease to D. Q. Sease, one acre and one build ing $5 love and affection. Little Mountain No. 6 E. T. Nelson to S. Wyman Boozer and D. P. Bouknight, one lot $5. Prosperity No. 7 Richard D. Knudten and Mary S. Knudten to Jones H. sons, one lot and one building, Parsons Jr. and Gladys Par- Holland’s Landing $5. Walter Foster and Mary B. Foster to Alfred Crocker and Ethel A. Crocker, two lots and one building $5. S. C. Electric & Gas Com pany to Bessie Inez Boozer, 8.28, 10.13, 0.78 and 9.80 acres, $1.00. G. R. Werts to G. T. Werts Jr. and Cornelia L. Werts, ten acres, $5 love and affection. Mac Zeigler Jr to Nell B. Zeigler, one lot $5 love and af fection. J. B. Brock and Elberta M. Brock to Leroy White Sr. and Blanche White, one lot $5. SIS YOUI LOCAL V. 1 MARINI MCtUITU Logic and facts strongly sug gest that Red China would scream but not act; and if she acted, the forces of Chiang Kai Shek could rally the Chinese millions, stamp out the Reds, and, together with the United States, swing the whole course of history back toward freedom. Earl H. Waites dies in wreck Earl H. Waites, 42, was killed instantly in a head-on auto ac cident near Whitmire early Thursday morning. Mr. Waites was born and reared in this county and was a son of the late Brady E. and Lena Dominick Waites. He had made his home on Route 1, Po maria for a number of years and was a member of New Hope Methodist church. He was employed as superintendent at the Carlisle Finishing Plant at Carlisle. Mr. Waites is survived by his wife, Mrs. Faye Waites, Po maria; three sons, Billy, Brady and Ricky; one daughter, Miss Ann Waites, all of the home; one sister, Mrs. Daniel Graham; two brothers, Edgar Waites and Jacob Waites, all of Pomaria. Funeral services were held Friday from his church with Rev. John Griffith and Rev. Kenneth Tompkins conducting the service. Interment was in the church cemetery. Local man’s mother dies Mrs. Bessie Mae Cannon, 73, died Tuesday morning at her home in Clinton after four years of declining health. Among her survivors is a son- Clyde Cannon of Newberry. Funeral services will be con ducted this (Thursday) after noon at 3 p.m. at Calvary Bap tist Church by Rev. J. W. Spill- ers and Rev. J. Gaynor Phillips. Burial will be in Rosemont Ce metery. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Raysor Bruner of Newberry, South Carolina, announce the engagement of their daughter, Betsy Livingston, to Robert Wallace Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Isadore Taylor of Laurens, South Carolina. / The wedding will take place on August 27 in Central Methodist Church, Newberry, South Carolina. \W //jNMW/f/A GREEN LIGHT ON CHINA The question pops up on ev ery news program, and in the daily paper. It is debated in the halls of Congress. Nearly every public figure has had something to say about it dur ing the last few months. That question is this, should Red China be admitted to the United Nations? It is no coincidence that this topic should suddenly become so widely discussed. Proponents of Red China’s admission to the U. N. have been waging a highly-organized campaign to convince the public over to their viewpoint. The campaign includes television shows, books, lectures, and films. One movie now being shown all over the country is called “China.” It was produced by Felix Greene, a British citizen who lives in the U. S. The mov ie attempts to show Red China as a nation full of nice people who would love to make friends with the United States. “China” was produced, says Mr. Greene, with the co-opera- (Continued on page 4) CHOOSE FROM OUR WH>£ SELECTION GIFTS rat v 5 M-mmmmm is for our wonderful her present is from C , _ serves only the best. We'll May 8th f . V 1 for Mom! And when e telling her she de- it too! The big day is 4*yi ir t • «» * In addition to the iten||^|ftj|ifil|| 'j^ AMigest-luuMaL.,,, glovesi dresses, towels, slippers, and many other beautiful and useful gifts. ri-mM a 1? /* •. *''*/v ‘i0U '•> : Z‘i.'l* :% 5 ^ .7 .4':4KG mTfoitsscf'ji abrfcf- '.i'iSH' ... 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