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I N BRIDLED PLE ASI RK There’s nothing like ;; brisk hoj-s*- liaek ride to make voti 1 halter i 1 off. I i OUT OF THE SEA The larger the island of know ledge. the longer the shore line of wonder. VOLUME 30 — M M HER 13. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1900 *2.00 Per Year BY THE WAY NOT REALTY Two \v( <-ks aj^o I madt- men tion of the maple tree on the new parking lot now under construction hy the city. 1 was not really serious about think ing the maple tree might t>e destroyed. Ken Riebe had told me from the beginning that it definitely would NOT be. so i was just joking—but he sort of took it. seriously. He showed me the blueprints for the park ing lot and there was the tree —even with park benches ar ound for weary motorists. And even though 1 didn’t think the tree would be cut down, it was nice to see the plans being made not only to retain, but to improve its effectiveness. The city manager also said that since one-way traffic has ! been put into effect at the al- j ready established parking lots, the parking spaces now can be placed at an angle. The reason for not doing this at the beginning, he said, was because of the two way traffic, which makes sense. $ suppose. Anyway, hope it will be done soon. WHAT'LL THEY SAY bleeding Wonder what the hearts will have to say about punishment for tin* killer who maliciously, cold bloodedly, murdered eight young girls m Chicago last week ? Will they claim that capital punishment is too severve — that there's a “better way”? No doubt they will. If the man is found guilty and receives the death penalty, the “do-goders” am ong the clergy and in left-wing organizations will no doubt be petitioning and picketing the Governor to pardon the crim inal. They already have their excuse built in— the poor soul had an unfortunate childhood— broken home and all that sort of rot. It will be interesting to watch. By DORIS A. SANDERS kked best. Aft< . a thought, *'athernn gav-- ; sensible )'• ply, “ H um Ground be broken for Ocoma plant (.roundbreaking c e r e - monies for the ne« Ocoma Roods plant, to be located near the Owens-Illinois plant, will be held Saturday morning at 9:30. according to Dave Morison, executive director of the Newberry County Development Board. A number of officials of Ocoma and Consolidated Foods wil’. be on hand for the ceremony, including James S. Richardson, presi dent; Harold Wendt, vice president; Gerald Manne- man, local plant manager; Joe Kelly, advertising man ager, of Ocoma; and John Holbrook, vice president of Consolidated Foods. Local and state officials and Development Board representatives will also be present. Council authorizes bond issue of million dollars In a session which dragged on for over four hours, city council Tuesday night authoriz ed issuance of one million dol lars in revenue bonds; consid ered cable television for New berry; accepted a piece of prop erty, Wells Japanese Gardens, for use as a public park;; and transacted numerous less pro- '• found, though lengthily discus- ; sed, items of business (see stories elsewhere in this issue.) The first hour of the meet ing was spent in executive ses sion as 10 or 12 citizens, seek ing audience with council on various matters, cooled their heels in city hall lobby. The bond issue, which had previously been discussed by Council in executive sessions, is manly to provide utilities to the new Ocoma Turkey Proces sing plant. One half million will be spent for this purpose. The JULY HEAT Mention was made of the in tense heat last week down on the Gulf of Mexico, but I don’t believe it was a bit hotter than it was on Thursday afternoon in Newberry when we return ed, and Friday morning. The cooler days of Saturday and Sunday were certainly wel come. Our trip remained pleasant (though hot) throughout and we saw many things of inter est. In Biloxi, which we were informed is pronounced Biluxi by the natives, there is a “Shrimp Train” which isn’t a train at all, but supposedly re sembles one. We took a trip around the city and among the more interesting sights w r as Keesler Air Force Base. Any airman lucky enough to get stationed there shouldn’t mind being in the service. It more nearly resembles a country club with air conditioned buildings, classrooms, etc., and beautiful homes with expansive lawns for officers and enlisted men. Although we had time to just take in the highlights, we enjoyed the visit to “Beauvoir” where Jefferson Davis spent the last 12 years of his life. The home, located on a bluff overlooking the Gulf of Mex ico and surrounded by trees, is magnificent and exquisitely furnished, most of the furnish ings being those used by the Jefferson Davis family. The home was purchased by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and is maintained by fees paid by visitors to the shrine. The girls had a look at the newest attraction on the Gulf —“Marine Life” at Gulfport, with its 40-foot deep aquarium containing a variety of sea life; its trained seals and porpoises. At the moment, I believe that was the mighlight the trip for them, although oti^er things will mean more as they grow older and begin a study of United States his tory. When we returned to New berry, we felt like young Catherine Baker. Catherine, with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Baker and her four bro thers and sisters, returned re cently from an extender trip to Europe. When they came home, her grandmother asked Catherine which place she Leaders talk possible use Title 1 funds Education, business and civk- leaders gathered at council chambers Monday morning to discuss the possibility of ini tiating a “Community Service Program” under Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The program would be of an educational nature, with New berry College providing facili ties and leadership. The gathering was called by Dr. Robert C. Farb, vice presi dent of development for New berry College. Dr. Farb, with B. O. Long, business manager, James Abrams, registrar and Dr. Conrad Park, academic Dean, had been appointed by Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, president of the college, to investigate possibilities of conducting such a program. Funds would be on a matching basis, 75 per cent federal and 25 per cent local. Dr. Farb said that $162,000 was available in South Caro lina for the 1966-67 fiscal year and thus far only three institutions, Furman, Winthrop and the University of South Carolina, had indicated inter est. Title I describes the Com munity Service and continuing education programs which could be conducted as “design ed to assist the people of S. C. in the solution of community problems such as housing, pov erty, government, recreation, employment, youth opportuni ties, transportation, health and land use.” A survey of those present indicated the most pressing problems locally were housing and youth oppor tunities. Dr. Wiles stated that he was “exceedingly interested” in this program. “I think we are living in a period of twilight in States’ rights,” he said. I don’t think we can turn back the clock. I think it’s too late.” With decrease of states’ rights, he said, comes increase of interest of the Federal gov ernment. “I see something good in this,” Dr. Wiles continued. “I would like to see Newberry in on the ground floor. It will la bel us as forceful, thoughtful, and give us a position of lead ership in this type movement.” A considerable amount of time was consumed discussing exactly what kind of education could be offered under the Title. Dr. Farb and his com mittee were of the opinion that seminar type study groups for community leaders, and ad vanced courses to “teach people to teach other people” were the programs that would be approved. Dr. Wiles believed that more practical courses could be made available—secre tarial and business manage ment, as an example. This point was never resolved and (Continued on page 2) Janies A. Cobb, second from left, vice president of Owens-Illinois’ forest products division, presents a check from O-I for $7500 to Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, president of Newberry College. At left is Deward B. Brittain, local O-I plant manager, and at right. Dr. Robert Farb, vice-president for development at New berry College. (Photo by Nichois.) Owens-Illinois gives $7500 check to Newberry College Cable television proposed in city Wells Garden is deeded to City City Council Tuesday night accepted the deed to Wells Jap anese Gardens on Lindsay Street, which is being given by W. Fulmer and Henry B. Wells as a memorial to their mother and father, the late Henry Bur ton and Mary Fulmer Wells. The donors retained a life int- esest in the property, which is approximately triangular shaped with 298.2 on Lindsay Street, 146.8 feet on one side and 244.4 feet on the other. The city will provide adequate water and lighting. The deed provides that if the city dis continues use and maintenance of the property as a garden, it will revert to the donors or their heirs. Council called for a new an nexation election in the Kate Street area after receiving authorization from the Govern or. The first election, which was contested, ended in a tie among voters in that area. Since the acceptance of the area into the city was overwhelmingly ap proved by city voUrs, no furth er election will be held within the city limits. The Commis- soners of Election were asked to set a date for the balloting and it was recommended that if the vote on annexation were favorable, the area be annexed on January 1, 1967. The city manager was auth orized to use city employees to do that part of Mower Street improvements which it can ac complish, subcontracting the re mainder of the work. He was also instructed to investigate the possibility of help in pav ing driveways at Oakhill apart ments. Council passed a resolution authorizing rental of a safe de posit box to store the city’s val uable papers. Installation of lighting on Newberry Mills parking lots was given the go-ahead at an estimated cost of $2,000. The plant will pay the usual month ly service rate for the lights. A number of wholesale and retail petroleum dealers came before council protesting the manner in which their business license cost was determined. They felt that in considering gross revenue, the 11 cents gasoline tax should be omitted, as well as sales by wholesalers outside the city limits, even though they do not pay busi ness license elsewhere, for such sales. Council agreed that the 11 cents should not be included, and voted to refund that por tion of the business license to those who had already paid it. A motion to have the mayor appoint a committee to study other aspects of the business license ordinance for the fis cal year 1967 was approved. A petition 'vas brought be fore council protesting the change in traffic pattern at the intersection of Main and Drayton Street. A recent change, approved by council, made Main Street a stop street at the intersection with Dray ton with traffic one way from that point on Mainn. The change was recommended by the City Safety Committee because of lack of visibility of motorists approaching the business sec tion on Main as well as poor visibility for motorists travel ing on Drayton from Boundary to Main. Council back-tracked on its recent decision and ap proved a motion to restore two- way traffic on Main, eliminate parking on that portion of Main, and install four-way stop signs such as now exist at the intersection of Glenn and Har rington. The long evening ended with a debate as to what constitutes a “normal” trash pickup. While the city picks up, without charge, reasonable trash piles such a limbs, leaves, etc., it charges for pickups which re quire extra time of city em ployees to remove. The com plainant in this case was W. E. Turner Jr., who was charged $16.00 for removal of limbs from his property. Some members of council felt that the citizens were ig norant about the matter of trash pickups, and asked the city manager to come up with a description of a “normal” pickup. Mrs. Shealy’s mother dies Mrs. Leslie Shealy Derrick, 83, of Leesville died Saturday at the home of her daughter. She was a daughter of the late Stanmore and Mary Der rick Shealy, and was the widow of S. Fred Derrick. Among her survivors is a daughter, Mrs. G. O. (Oveeta) Shealy of this city. Funeral services were held Sunday at Wittenburg Luth eran church with interment in Ridge Crest Memorial Park. Mr. and Mrs. James McCord have moved to 1701 Evans St. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie R. Set- zer are now making their home at 1138 Summer street. In accepting a $7500 gift on behalf cf Newberry College, Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, president, termed the benefactor, Owens- Illinois, a “big brother” to the {College and to the community, j Presentation of the gift was made at the Friday meeting of the Newberry Rotary club, pre- | sided over by L. E. Gatlin, the president. The check was given to Dr. Wiles by James A. Cobb, vice president of forestry-pro ducts division for Owens-Illi nois. In his acceptance, Dr. Wiles said the gift would be applied to the A. G. D. Wiles Chapel fund. Dr. Wiles, who was introduc ed by Dr. Robert C. Farb, vice president for development at Newberry College, told Rotar- ians and their guests that in dustry and the independent college are becoming partners, because “both wish to pre serve and intensify the things that have made America great.” First, said Dr. Wiles “there is the concept of individual freedom and of free enterprise. Although we all know the value of tax-supported educa tion in America—for vocational and technical training especial ly—w T e also know, from his tory, what happens to nations that provide only tax-supported education.” He gave Hitler’s Germany and Communist Rus sia as examples. The second reason for be coming partners, he said, is that “there is the matter of considerable spiritual ground ing in the development of Am erica—hard competition . . . also considerable conscience or iented ‘grouping on that great altar stairs that slopes through darkness up to God.’ “We all know.” Dr. Wiles said, “that the spiritual need not die in a tax-supported in stitution, but we also know that many, if not most of our independent colleges are church associated and that modern public law cannot restrict their efforts to develop the student spiritually as well as mentally. The independent college may say the Lord’s Prayer in gen eral assembly . . . without fear of restraint ...” “I believe,” he said, “that these are the main reasons why Owens-Illinois looks with fav or and friendliness on Newber ry College, and offers aid to this email college . . . that seeks to make a significant contribution to its community, its state and its nation.” Deward B. Brittain, general manager of the Newberry plant of Owens-Illinois gave some insight into the modem business establishment of the present. “Today’s businessman must not only understand his own company and its internal man agement but must also be able to see his company as it fits (Continued on page 3) Two cable television compan ies appeared before council Tuesday night to ask for a franchise to operate in the city, and a third made request by letter to appear. Eugene C. Griffith, represent ing Midlands Cablevision, Inc., told council that his company v r as locally owned with the ex ception of Robert E. Hanna Jr., a former Newberrian, now an engineer with NBC in New York City. Owners w r ere listed as John F. Clarkson, James F. Coggins, David Sokevitz, R. E. Summer Jr., W. F. Wells, Han na and Griffith. Griffith stated that the prod uct to be offered by cable tele vision (CATV) was a superior picture, especially on color sets. He listed channels to be avail- Local students take course in cheerleading Seventeen students from Newberry County are among 247 girls on the Newberry Col lege campus this week attend ing an American Cheerleader Association camp. They are‘ Trudy Todd, Jan Cromer, Susan Jones, Ginger Kirkland, Brantlee Price, Pa tricia Shealy, Jo Ann Smith, and Pam Stutts, New’berry High School; Jeannie Armfield, Tami Cooper, Jackie Elrod, Becky Gilliam, Lana Gregory, Susan Lake, Nancy Renwick, Debra Sparks and Jane Young, Whit mire High School. The camp includes instruction in subjects of cheerleading such as psychology, pep rallies and faculty-student relation ship. Emphasis is placed on leadership. able as 40 in Anderson, 29 (ETV) in Greenville, 8 and 9 in Columbia, 13 for music and weather, and 11 for local serv ice programs. He stated that charge to cus tomers was anticipated to be $5.00 per month for the first set, with no initial installa tion charge. He proposed that the company pay a franchise fee, in lieu of taxes, as determ ined by the city, noting that the national average fee was two percent of gross revenue. He said the company would also pay for use of poles on which cable is strung. Mr. Griffith said that the company proposes to make stock available to any one who wishes to buy it. Bill McDonald, representing Newberry Cable TV Company, presented much of the same in formation but stated that his company proposed to pay five percent of gross revenue for a franchise, $3.00 per pole used per year, and also pay city taxes. He said the estimated cost to consumers would be $4.95 per month for the first set in each home, $1.00 for ad- titional sets. Channels to be of fered were 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 29 and 40, with channels also provided for music and weather, and local service. Manager Riebe advised coun cil that he has recently received a request from Jefferson Stand ard Broadcasting Company to appear on the same matter, and council withheld action un til representatives from that Company came before it. 0E0 office to plan programs The Newberry-Saluda office of Economic Opportunity is sues no purchasing certificates, no money, no food and no prop erties to persons in the com munity, according to N. Ellis Vandegrift, director. The OEO office is in a pro gram of planning and develop ment. The office personnel will direct elections through demo cratic procedures to form com munity policy committees, Mr. Vandegrift said. These com mittees will be elected during July and August, and will formulate proposals for funds to meet the needs of the com munity in solving community problems. All proposals developed by the advisory committees will be evaluated and approved or disapproved by an evaluation committee prior to being mail ed to the OEO office in Wash ington for possible funding, the director said. The evaluation committee will be designated from membership within the Newberry-Saluda economic op portunities commission in the August monthly meeting. Mrs. R. Derrill Smith is reported to be improving at Newberry Memorial hospital where she is undergoing treat ment. BIRTHDAYS July 23: Tommy Tindall, Sandra Kay Burns, Mrs. Carrie Kinard, Wayne Mc Cullough, Mrs. Homer Long, Marion Walton, Jewel Wal drop Dr. R. A. Goodman, Mrs. Louis Brossy, Richard Lominick, Chuck Sharpe, Mrs. Dorothy Price, Carol Minick, Mrs. Clyde Wilson, Mrs. Iva Rice. July 24: Mrs. W. A. Atta- way, Alberta Wicker, Roy Long, Mrs. F. C. Wicker, S. Gordon Brown, Miss Elsie Gilliam, Tom Lewis, Tommy Bedenbaugh, Sloan Walace. July 25: David Summer, Mrs. I. M. Smith, Lucy Bouknight, R. Davenport, Charlie Dukes. July 26: Olin Lominick, Nan Oxner Wilson, Joyce Mer chant, Martha H. Brown, Mrs. C. E. Berley, Sylvia Boozer, Paulette Word. July 27: Mrs. D. D. Darby, Anette Young, Mrs. Ada Livingston, Miss Allene Graham, Bobby Hawkins, El sie H. Creekmore, Mike Dar by, Mrs. C. C. Lominick. July 28: Mrs. BiU Stuck, Thomas H. Pope, C. B. Parr Jr n Louis Ray Ringpr, Mrs. E. E. Epting, Robert Hipp Copeland, Neal Dickert, Cla ra Coleman, Jackie Boaard, Mrs. George P. Hawkins, Woodie Livingston, Robbie Anne Creekmore, Hugh E. Merchant, Miss Bertha Gray Gallman. July 29: D. L. Wedaman, Welch Wilbur, Horace Cro mer, Mrs. G. K. Dominick, Tommy Milton Folk Sr., Doris Goree, H. T. Oxner, Clarence DeHart, W. C. Wil liams, Fran Amis, Marsha Neale Cubbage. remainder of the money will go for various utility it_ms which were characterized by City Manager K. W. Riebe as, being urgently needed. Water facility extension to Ocoma Foods will cost an esti mated $132,000. Expense of con struction of an oxidation pond will be borne equally by the city, the federal government and Ocoma Foods, the total be ing $300,000. Manager Riebe said Ocoma will amortize its one-third share over a 20-year period by paying a service charge, plus bond interest cost. Ocoma will further pay for op erational cost of the facility, plus regular domestic hook-up charge. Construction of electrical feeder lines and a substation capable of delivering 2000 KVA will cost an estimated $70,000. Total for the Ocoma plant ex penditures is estimated at $502,000. Other projects to be accom plished under the bond issue, and estimated costs, are: Install water lines to service Oakland and Wise Street an nexed areas, $85,000; construct new 500,000 gallon elevated wa ter storage tank in the Mollo- hon area, $100,090 This would replace the three tarks located on Main, and Player Streets and at the Newberry Lumber Company; install additional pump at the water plant and modify present pumps, $20,000; Construct necessary electrical subtransmission lines and sub station for Newberry College, $100,000; construct electrical subtransmission and primary distribution lines and install transformers to extend 24,000 KVA service from College to Adelaide St. and that portion of the city east of Glenn St., $40,- 000; this service is to meet the demand of the county hospital and related areas; purchase el ectrical distribution system, Wise Street area from REA, $18,000. Re-light City streets through out Newberry, $100,000. All lights will be changed from in candescent to mercury vapor. Total cost of these projects, $463,000. A $10,000 contingent fund, legal and engineering, brings the total cost of utility expansion and improvement to $1,000,000. The bond issue would be paid over a 24-year period from re venue of the joint utility sys tem. This would extend the present debt service obligation by three years. No tax increase or utility rate increase is anti cipated at this time. In addition, to the above ex penditures, the city manager estimated that by 1970, a new water plant will be required. The plant, he said, would be built at the Saluda River pump ing station site and the pres ent 16 inch raw water line pres ently serving the city would be used as a distribution line, with a complete looping of the city required. The manager suggested that the city may want to consider a j'hnt ven ture with the Newberry County Water Authority in carrying out the construction of this facility. Riebe told council that in ad dition to the million dollars to be realized from the bond issue, the city ha* $100,000 invested in a Certificate of Deposit with the S. C. National Bank and about $30,000 in the construc tion fund. These amounts are earmarked for present sewage construction project, utility building and relocation of the 16 inch raw water main re cently approved by council. It is anticipated that Newber ry will recover one-third of the cost of constructing the waste water treatment facilities for Ocoma from the government. This would be about $100,000 which, Riebe said, could be placed in a contingent fund and used later to make improve ments to the system. On the advice of several bonding companies, council vot ed to negotiate, rather than place on bid, the bonds to save money. It was estimated that the cost would be 4.25 percent.