Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

READY OR NOT You can say this for the ready niixc.' —the next generation i-n't e'oitiy to have any trouble niakiny cakes mother used to make. 1 i k - ABOUT AVERAGE If a man stands with his right foot on a hot stove and his left foot in a freezer, some statisticians would assert that, on the average, he’s comfortable. VOLUME dO—NUMBER lb NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY, AUGUST 11. 1966 $2.00 Per Year BY THE WAY isPE( IAUSTS By DORIS A. SANDERS If there is one area in which ' off to war together, anil even- the Newberry city council is es- tuaily found themselves in the pecially efficient, it iin the | midst of th«- fighting in Norfh art of backtrackng. | Africa. After returning from] Time and gain the counei 1 j ae‘i vo duly, ’i'om remained; has passed iaw< or mad*- rul- with th*- National liiiai’d and ings about various matters—i ••tided that career as a Colonel, hhsth Signal ransferreti to only to backtrack when one ! commanding tb person complained. This would | Croup. Me was be funnv if it weren’t for th e I the fact t ha, the backtracking’ is at the expense of th*- majority of the city’s taxpaying eiti/.- em . It is ind'-ed amazim quickly this council will pass over a matter like spending a Army Reserve- and holds the rank of Brigadier Ceneral. Some of the names mention ed in the letCy are men still living in Newberry, some of h, vv | thern 'Mil in the Cuard. Other names vou will recognize as j being of national importance. million dollars, then quibble for j bat here is the b'ttet, viita-n hours about some administra- M) the then publisher oi 1 he five detail. It is funny (ha-ha funny) that council authorizes the city manager to negotiate ten a million dollars in bonds, sup ervise tremendous construction projects, et cetera, yet it doesn’t give him credit for having the intelligence to de termine what is a “normal” trash pickup. The latest round-about by the council was on this busi ness of city licenses. After complete and thorough study and discussion, a business lic enses ordinance was adopted in 1964. There had neen few, if any complaints registered a- bout the ordinance by business firms. And it was not until the city started checking up— bv wav of information furnish- Sun, (). F. Armfield, Sr.: “Since my last letter ,writ- some months ago, I have often thought of you and my other friends at home hut have not had much time for personal correspondence. Now that the Tunisian Campaign is over, we shall have more time for such things and 1 hope to write more often. { “You will be interested to j know that we saw active front- j line duty from the last of Feb- j ruary until the* surrender and 1 that not a man from New berry was hurt. All of them are | getting along fine and acquit!- | ed themselves well under fire, j A second meeting was held Thursday at Council Chambers to discuss the possibility of Newberry College and the com munity cooperating in a program with funds from Title I of the Higher Education Act. Among those taking part in the discussion were, from left. Dr. Robert C. Farb, chairman; Col. John J. Powers, state coordinator of the Title I program, and Dr. A. G. D. Wiles, Newberry College president. After more than an hour of discussion, the group present decided to appoint a smaller “projects” committee to outline plans for possible programs to be carried out in Newberry. Col. Powers explained the types of programs which would no approved for funding under the title. (Sunphoto.) Dick Vaughn rites Thursday ed by the State—and found that some businesses were not properly i*eporting their in come, that the furor arose. There was justification in the complaint of petroleum wholesalers and retailers that they should not be required to include gasoline tax as part of their gross income. Rightly, I think, council deducted this part at the last council meet ing—but at that time, just two weeks ago—council said they should pay on the remainder of gross income. Petroleum dealers were not the only ones who had report ed gross incomes inaccurately, although I am told that differ ences in other amounts re ported were rather small and in one or two cases, were hon est errors. But council did an about face. Council in a special meeting last Tuesday night said that those people who wrongly reported their income, whether by design or by error, would NOT have to pay the additional required on the busi ness license. And furthermore, if some had seen the error of their ways and had paid up, Mrs. Setzler dies Wednesday at age 88 I spent two nights with them I Dick Morehead Vaughn, 56, last week and found them in i died early Wednesday morning good spirits. j at the .Medical College Hos- “ Jerry O’Quinn was given j pital in Charleston after a: a battlefield promotion from i short illness. j Mi's. Ena Lake Setzlei, 88, 1st Sgt. to 2nd Lieutenant a; Mr. Vaughn was horn in “001 College Stieet, died eaily few days ago. At the same | Darlington, the son of the late : ^ e 0 nes< I a V afternoon at the time Staff Sgt. George Cone j Rev. (’hristopher C. Vaughn j B owra . an Home after a lingei- of Hampton was given a sim- ; and Katherine M o r e h e a d ilar promotion. Both are good soldiers, have done splendid jobs, and deserve the recog nition their work received. We are proud of them and I know their friends at home will he. “While in the Sicilia sector in February, Capt. Arthur Wel ling recognized some Newhcr- rians in one of the gun crews, stopped, and telephoned me. That night he ate supper with us and the following night we had supper with Capt. Billingsley. Believe me, we had a grand reunion and real ly swapped the news from home. I haven’t seen him since, as the next afternoon orders arrived sending me and two batteries to the 8th division. “We immediately moved to our new locations in the Kass- erine Pass-Thelepte area and for the next two months op erated with the 8th division. The others operated with the 34th division and soon moved that money would be refunded, into the Foudouk Sector, while It all comes down to the simple fact that a business firm, honestly reporting its gross income, was penalized, while those who reported their incomes inaccurately, accord ing to the ordinance, were re warded. Is there any reason that every license-purchasing firm in Newberry shouldn’t request a refund, pro-rated on a per centage these other firms weren’t charged ? There is one point about this thing that needs to be stressed: although the vote was said to be unanimous—and was unan imous among the councilmen— Mayor Ernest Layton made it clear that he did not approve of the action. “We passed a law' in 1964,” he said, “We thought it was a good law and I still think it is a good law. If it needs modifying, then steps should have been taken to do so. But as long as it is the law, adopted by this coun cil, it should be observed. It is not fair to penalize the ma jority for the sake of the few.” FROM THE PAST Last week mention was made of a letter from the battle grounds of World War II which I believed you would find in teresting. The writer is a Newberrian who has always been superb in spoken, as well as the written word. Tom Pope graduated from The Citadel and, as I recall, was the first commanding of ficer of the first National Guard unit organized in New berry—and I’m reaching back in memory—I believe it was a battery of the 107th AAA (AW) Battalion. Anyway, Tom and many Newberry boys went we went into the El Guettar Sector. “One of the outfits for which my detachment furnished anti aircraft protection was com manded by Lt. Col. Childs Westmoreland, of Pacolet, a West Pointer. Since he and I were classmates at The Cita del for a year and since his father and I had served on the Board of Visitors of The Cit adel together, I was naturally glad to see him. He is an out standing officer and has one of the best units 1 have seen. “We saw considerable action at El Guettar and Foudouk and for the first time experienced artillery fire and land mines. Hostile air attacks were heavy but we came out all right, ac counting for 13 planes in one week and preventing serious damage to the troops we were protecting. “Following the campaign in the south, I was transferred to II Corps Headquarters and made assistant anti-aircraft of ficer. Although I like my du ties and find them interesting and varied, I regretted having to leave the officers and men with whom I served for over two years. There is no finer group in the army. The Com manding Officer is able and conscientious and has certain ly developed a fine organiza tion. My associations there were pleasant, and the friend ships I made will always be cherished. Fortunately for me, I have been able to visit them every week or so and am able to keep up with them. “After a few days, we moved secretly and quickly to the North and launched the drive on Bizerte. As you know, the German defenses collapsed (Continued on page 3) Vaughn. He was a rural mail carrier and a member of Bush liver Baptist church. He was secretary and treasurer of the Newberry Country Club. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sea se Dominick Vaughn; two sons, Dick M. Vaughn Jr., ing illness, Mrs. Setzler was born in this county, the daughter of the late M. E. and Emma Koon Lake. Before her retirement she taught in Newberry City Schools for 30 years. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of The Redeemer. Her Joanna, and T. C. (Judge) | husband, Dr. Edwin B. Setzler Vaughn, Kinards; two daugh ters, Mrs. Joan Vaughn Adair, CITY COUNCIL LICENSE ISSUE IS REVERSED Substantiating reports that there would be opposition to City Council’s recent action dealing with business licenses in the city, a delegaton of busi nessmen were on hand for the regular council meeting Tues day night. Action taken at a special meeting of council on August second exempted a number of merchants from paying license fees on the difference in gross sales they reported to the city, and the amount of gross sales reported to the State of South Carolina. One business man told coun cil that he was one of those who had not paid the proper maount of license. When noti fied, he said “T paid the addi tional amount and was glad I was not charged a penalty.” He told council he thought their action in exempting others was unwise and unjust. He propos ed that council rescind action taken at the special meeting, and enforce the ordinance. The merchant expressed a feeling that council was “stampeded” into its recent decision by a small group of men, and that they had made a serious error in judgment. He asked that before another license ordin ance is adopted that hearings be held and changes made at that time if deemed necessary, but that this year’s ordinance stand as enacted by council. After lengthy discussion and remarks by a number of other merchants, Mayor Layton recommended that council re scind previous action, and the license be administered as writ ten. Councilman James Long shore moved that this be done with the provision that the 11 cents per gallon tax be exempt ed from gross sales. The mo tion carried with four voting for the motion and two against. OTHER ACTION Upon recommendation of the Newberry Merchants Associa tion, Mayor Layton named R. E. Summer Jr. to the City Planning Commission, bring ing the committe its seventh Parents of prospective students at Newberry Academy, Inc. get ready to start clean-up operations in anticipation of school opening in September. Ready with the brooms and paint brushes are from left, Mrs. Frank Sligh, Frasier Sand ers, Mrs. H. B. Kirkegard, Mrs. Phill Brooks. On either side are two neighbor hood children, helping in the clean-up activities. (Sunphoto.) died in 1939. Surviving are two sons: Dr. Clinton, and Miss Catherine j Edwin L. Setzler of Lenoir- Irene Vaughn, Kinards; one i Rhyne College, Hickory, N. C. brother, C. C. Vaughn, Colum- J and Prof. Hubert H. Setzler of bia, and six grandchildren. 'Newberry College; one sister, m g m ^ er Funeral services were con- j Mrs. J. C. Smith, Waterloo, S. | ducted Thursday at his home j C.; five grandchildren and four Heard another proposal for in Kinards by Rev. T. G. Daum. | great grandchildren. franchise to operate a Commun- Burial was in Prosperity cem-1 Funeral services were con- ^y Antenna Television system etery. , ] ducted Thursday at W r hitaker ^ rom the Jefferson Standard Active pallbearers were Grif- | Funeral Home by Rev. Henry fin Langford, Allan Barron, I A. McCullough and Rev. Ken neth Webb. Interment was in Rosemont cemetery. Active pallbearers were Tom mie P. Setzler, Carl B. Setzler, Ralph H. Setzler, James S. and James Addison, Theo Albrecht, Watson Wright, Louis Floyd, and Gene Griffith. Serving as honorary pall bearers were Judge Steve C. Griffith Sr., Steve Griffith, i Setzler, John D Setztler Judge C. C. Wyche, Dr. Ralph ^ G. V. Setzler. Baker, Dave Hayes, William C. Milam, Walter Wallace, Tom Pope, Pinckney Abrams, Dr. Robert Livingston, Dr. Van Anderson. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Kyzer have moved to 403 Crosson St. Mrs. Frankie D. W’uelfjen is now making her home at 2133 Oak street. WILSON REUNION TO BE SUNDAY Broadcasting Co. The firm was represented by Fletcher Mann, an attorney of Greenville. Council accepted the propos al as information to be consid ered when a review will be made of two previous propos als. Authorized City Manager Riebe to place an order for ma terials for electrical distribu tion lines to the Ocoma food plant not to exceed $70,000. Awarded a contract to Tay- Carter Wilson and Susan Oxner Wilson reunion will be lor Piedmont for 118 poles for the Ocoma project on a low bid held August 14 at Mt. Bethel Garmany school house, the old homestead. All relatives and friends are invited to come and bring well-filled baskets and sweetened tea. of $3,462.86. Approved advertisement for bids for a skyworker and re lated equipment necessary to service high voltage lines now ms* x‘:U>v?v * \ N k - Mp. nNi ■•wyyyxowx tty* -S < Q&tf rv -.v. v i§|s ^ i Frank Senn, right, shows a visitor how the new Southern Breakfast Egg plant will be laid out. Construction of the building to house the Waldrop-Senn egg plant, now located in the Trinity Community, is underway just off Pope Street adjacent to the Waldrop-Senn Feed Mill. These industries not only employ a number of county residents, but provide an outlet for the millions of eggs produced annually by Newberry County producers. (Sunphoto.) Indenpendent school meet Headmasters from the 28 member schools of the South Carolina Independent School i Association, including one in Georgia, will meet at Wade Hampton Academy in Orange burg on Wednesday, August 10th. With student enrollment at the schools for the fall term almost trippling enrollment figures of last year, the Hea^r masters will discuss academic and administrative problems encountered by such a tremen dous growth rate. “Enrollment of member schools totaled a- bout 1600 in 1965-66 and the latest figures for 1966-67 re veal a combined enrollment of approximately 4500 students,” stated Tom Turnipseed, Exe cutive secretary of the Asso ciation. Besides holding an organiza tional session, the administra tors will continue discussions in other academe areas which were begun at the initial Headmas ters Conference held last March. Dr. T. Elliott Wannamaker, President of the Association, Dr. George D. Grice, Chairman of the Board, and Commander C. E. Dwens Jr., Headmaster of the Beaufort Academy, will make short talks to the leaders. The 28 member schools of the Association are fully tax exempt, both State and Fed eral, which allows donors a tax deduction for gifts. All the schools feature basic college preparatory curricuum with smaller than usual classes to insure more individual atten tion for students. Examples of success in their educational purpose are found at 2 mem ber schools that completed their second year of operation in June. The College Prepara tory School at Charleston had every one of their 9 Seniors accepted at Colleges and Uni- versaries, while Wade Hamp ton Academy at Orangeburg placed 16 of 18 graduating sen iors in Colleges and Universi ties along with 2 Juniors who will enter college this Septem ber on the basis of their Col lege Entrance Examination performances. The Colleges and Universities to be attended include most of the South Carolina schools, as well as Duke in North Carolina, and Agnes Scott in Georgia. In attendance at the confer ence will be several men rec ently appointed to Headmaster positions who will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and educational concepts with other leaders having many years of experience in private education. being used in the city utility system. Authorized the City Mana ger to issue a short term note of $35,000 if needed, to. spell the city until tax maney starts coming in. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Dav enport plan to move this week to 1147 Reid street in the house they recently bought. Milk processor paying more Edisto Farm Dairy will be gin paying higher prices to milk producers in order to keep their milk in South Caro lina, General Manager R. P. Kapp has announced. He said that the increased payments to Edisto’s dairy farmers wiuld be effective or September 1 at a level that would be competitive with pro ducer prices in North Carolina and Georgia. “Because of the rapidly growing nationwide shortage of milk, buyers from other Southeastern states have been actively soliciting milk in this state,” Kapp said. The out-of-state buyers are offering prices higher than those current in South Caro lina, and in some cases guar anteeing the higher prices for at least a year. “In order to keep South Carolina milk in the state, and continue to supply our custo mers, it is necessary for Edis to to raise its prices to pro ducers in order to be compet itive,” Kapp said. Edisto Farms Dairy’s ap proximately 75 producers are located in Richland, Aiken, Union, Bamberg, York, Saluda, Spartanburg, Orangeburg, Lee, Newberry, Lexington, Chester, and Fairfield counties. Civitan council to meet here W. Glenn Kennerly, vice president of Civitan Interna tional from Greensboro, N. C., will be the featured speaker at the South Carolina District Council meeting of South Caro- dina Civitans which will be held at the Newberry Civitan clubhouse, Sunday, August 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Albert B. Jolly of Greenville, governor of South Carolina District of Civitan Interna tional, will preside as this council iheeting. Pufessor F. Scott Elliott Sr. C,. Furman Garner, and Lewis Shealy will be in charge of arrangements. A committee of local Civan- ettes consisting of Mrs. Pat Hughes, Mrs. Furman Garner and Mrs. John Earl Smith, will be in charge of entertainment for Civitan wives and families during the session. Deer season opens Monday COLUMBIA—The deer sea son opens in 16 South Carolina counties Monday, August 15th, for those hardy or hungry in dividuals who are willing to risk insect bite, snake bite, poison ivy and heat prostration for a chance at getting some venison, or just listening to the hounds. The counties of Aiken, Cal houn, Lexington, and Richland in Zone Three and Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper, Orangeburg and Williamsburg in Zone Six. The open season runs, through January 1, the longest deer season in the na tion. Thirteen counties have a September 15 opening. Deer are on the increase in practically all sections of the state and special doe hunts will be held in many areas, although the killing of bucks only is allowed on a state-wide basis. Reunion set The Templeton Clan will hold its 38th annual reunion Sun day, August 21 at Camp Fel lowship, the Presbyterian As sembly grounds on Lake Greenwood. A redwood sign, “Camp Fellowship” marks the entrance to the road leading to the grounds from the Green- wood-Clinton highway—a short distance north of Cothran Bridge. Shelter is available in case of rain. Grounds are avail able from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All Newberry County Civi tan members and their wives are urged to attend. BIRTHDAYS Aug. 13: Micky Jenkins, Rosalind Werts, Tom Wick er, David Waldrop, R. C. Hunter, Alfredia Livingston, Mrs. F .C. Hentz, Barbara Alice Amick, Henry David Warren, Mrs. D. M. Shull, Mrs. Gloria A. Parks. Aug. 14: Tip Hargrove, Mrs. Clay Ballentine, Carroll Loo ney, Loris Boland, Deborah Brady, Dudley Dominick, Miss Sudie Dennis, Patricia Lake, Ike Dennis Jr., Debbie Lipscomb, P. K. Fuller, Rev. Paul Petty, Mrs. N, R. Ruff. Aug. 15: Mrs. James Mills, Miss Sadie Bowers, Mrs. Wm. Partridge, Mary Lane Chap man, Mrs. Ruth Walton, Ann Leopard, Mrs. Arthur Eargle, Charlotte Pelham, Gary Pope, Dow Bedenbaugh, Josephine Anne Tindall, Ce cil E. Merchant, Ella Rae Blake, Rev. Bob Long. Aug. 16: Price K. Harmon, Mrs. Holland Sligh, Barney Yates, Billie Dickert, Cyn thia Sue Merchant, Martha Folk, Mary Katherine Stone, Mary Bedenbaugh, Cathy Graham, Mary Anna Long, Clyde Livingston Jr., Mary Baker. Aug. 17: Mrs. M. P. Davis, Mrs. Seth A. Meek, Leila Kay Singley, Frank Gilbert, Rodney Outz, Jeannie Arm- field, John Earl Smith, Boyd Hobson Parr, Mrs. Bobby Hawkins. Aug 18: Griffin Coleman, Mrs. G. F. • Hawkins, Mrs. Richard Kenan, Billy Vand- erford, Michael Cameron Johnson, Clarence B. Hazel, Eugene Smith, Eunice Haw kins, Tom E. Longshore. Aug. 19: Jimmie Ringer, Jimmy Timmerman, Anita Myers, Blanche C. Leslie, Frances S. Dufford, W. C. Wallace, Mrs. Ernest O. Wicker, Sandra Cubbage, Robert Folk.