Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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('hat ixdtc, of whom havr nr oliablv known x\. l . 1 or A ug ust P ; him for many ye ars and have TH E E1) D ( 'AT ION < Z AR not the slightest doubt of his Wx- ar e gra xd’u in a .'! ■angx- eana hilitv. | 'i>rt oi way to ( onimiss ioner W ith Dr. Kinar d heading the | of ha luxa it ion Hat add How X‘ 11. school, no parent need be con- j He h a s made the pu int motv cerned about the type of ed- ! plainl i r y t ban \\ e h a vx‘ eVel been ucat on his child will rex • e i V e | a b 1 e 11 < i o It, tha F< tiera Aid at N 'ewberrv A rat lemy. We are j to ex luc; 11 i o n me a ns F x‘ xleral inde* ■d fortunate that Dr. Kin- contr< d xd ed ueat ion. Mr. ! i ard was willing to g i v X ‘ i p a Howe ’s w h i p 1 isli apt noax- h to ; long -held position to takx on the u SeS oi ‘ x'dt o al aixi has j the uncertain, a id not easy hrou g iit man v ne ‘oplx now to j task of building i schoxd. But the p lac ■ wile re hey are ask- i 1 now we have no dxuibts a tout mg ii \\ e are n< t p; x y i n y txm ! its s uecess. high a index- sn t ret ■dom of x-hoixx' in * xxd iang e f. o a feW i wm -i he pi^ilrP 11 Enthusiastic group meets Academy’s President be President of Academy Dr. James (\ Kinani, \vi(iely | known scholar, educator and , enthusiastic yonip of businessman has accepted the | j.arents whose children will at tend Newberry Academy, Inc. ai l HONORED AT LANDER {jrofession of nursing. It is Miss Phyllis Dawkins Eddy i fhven by the local unit of the ' Xowherrv received the As- ! South Carolina Medical Auxil- gree during summer com mencement exercises at Lan der t'ollege Sunday, and also received the Me dical Auxiliary HOOD REASON? I read that Rep. William Jennings Bryan Dorn says that he couldn’t even think of join-I pose et the nublie sciieel> is million del las s. ! nually to the student How e has made it clear that j show > premise of making to nel •\'e inane n cieai mat ; shew .' premise el the primary pur-j vatost centrihutien who the tne M iss Eddy is shown at left above with Ruby Elaine Rye of Eastover, who received the Mamie E. Cobb Award and Dr. William S. Brocking- lon, president of the medical staff at Self Memorial Hospi tal. le ing the Republican party lie- cause he was named for a “great Democrat.” William Jennings Bryan made a name for himself, there’s no doubt about that, but not everyone considered him the “great Democrat” that the Congressman charac terizes him. I wonder if Cong. Dorn has ever read what some others have had to say about William Jennings Bryan—perhaps if so, he wouldn’t he boasting quite so much. H. L. Mencken, the "writer’s writer” of a few decades ago, covered the famous Scopes “monkey” trial in ■dm 1 ttia' me ma n mmsiun of the j x'xiuea tors is not te tx-aeh x hilii- | ren, ! Hit to hi ing about t h e greatx ■st pos si bli mixture of races within the SX' hoo 1: and distric t s; a n < ! that Fexlera aid is not being usexi to help loea 1 schtiol s with their urgent j i ixib- lems, so mux •h as to bind geon them into complyi ng with ar- bitrary staml arils t Irawn u P by Howe himself. It has not been easy to con- vince people that Fedxral aid is a very mixe xl hies 'ing. School s acros s the count \ have Tenn. and wrote stories ox the trial for the Baltimore Sun. He was anything but delighted with William Jennings Bryan. pressing needs for more money and more facilities, the Fed- Davton, oral government has billions of dollars it can divert to these purposes if it wishes to do so, i and so it has seemed to many people a natural way out to put the two together. But now was ternoon, August 21 at 5:00 p.m. at Willowbrook Park. All former members are in vited to attend and to partici- . pate with the band if they concluded. Mencken wrote | ou,: with statements that show I (} esitV- the autocratic control is going j The Newberrv Concert Band Bryan collapsed and died, as I recall, shortly after the trial i Commissioner Howe has con e Concert Band to have concert on 60th birthday The Newberry Concert Band ! Concert Band, which is believ- will celebrate its (50th Anni- | ed to be the only one in the versary by presenting a joint I country. concert with the 24(5 Army i The list of engagements and, SCNG, on Sunday af-j played by the band would consume a volume. One of the band’s highlights during its ! colorful history was the Geor- gia-Carolina Fair engagement at Augusta, Ga., when Presi- position as President and act ing headmaster of Newberry j atu , ndL , (i a mt , etink , Academy, Inc., according to ! an announcement made this j week by the private school’s ! three directors, Eugene Grif fith, Maxcy Stone and Dr. W. W. King Jr. News of the acceptance by Dr. Kinard came as a welcome surprise to all who are inter ested in the success of the Ac ademy. Dr. Kinard has always been recognized as one of the foremost educators of the Southeast, is credited with leading Newberry College through its lean depression years to attainment of mem bership in the Southern Asso ciation of Colleges and Secon dary Schools. Dr. Kinard serv ed the College from which he graduated with top honors for 38 years—14 as head of the Department of Natural Scien ces and 24 years as president. He retired from the position in 1954. Prior to accepting his new position, Dr. Kinard was con nected w r ith the State Depart ment of Public Welfare. Of this position he said: i, , r . u ii . . , , i tober first, out that he would It is with extreme reluct-'. ... , . ance that I sever my officia at Com munity Hall Tuesday night and were introduced to Dr. James C. Kinard, President and acting- headmaster of the Academy. Dr. Kinard said that “mu tual confidence and trust” is the spirit that will motivate the academy. He told the group that the directors ami faculty “shall trust you for your sup- port, and we will be constantly on the alert to merit your con- fidcnce. ” The President said the school proposes training to meet the highest academic standards. Rather than trying to harm the public school system, as some critics have charged, Dr. Kin ard said “we are going to co operate with the public school system, because we know we have one of the best systems to he found.” Dr. Kinard noted that he would he working in the same school 'building where he en rolled in the first grade “sever al years ago.” Because of his duties, he said he could not as sume full time duties until Oc- an obituary of Bryan and this, in part, is what he had to say: “It is a national custom to sentimentalize the dead, as it is to sentimentalize men about to he hanged. Perhaps I fall into that weakness here. The Bryan I shall remember is the Bryan of his last weeks on this earth—broken, furious, and infinitely pathetic. It was impossible to meet his hatred with hatred to match it. He was winning a battle that would make him forever in famous, wherever enlightened men remembered it and him. Even his old enemy, Darrow, was gentle with him at the end. That cross-examination (referring to the Scopes trial) might have been ten times as devastating. It w f as plain to everyone that the old Berser- kei Bryan was gone—that all remained of him was a pair of burning eyes. “But what of his life? Did he accomplish any useful thing? Was he, in his day, of any dignity as a man, and of any value to his fellowmen? I doubt it. Bryan, at his best was simply a magnificent job-seeker. The issues that he bawled about usually meant nothing to him. He was ready to abandon them whenever he could make votes by doing so, and to take up new ones at a moment’s notice. For years he evaded Prohibition as danger ous; then he embraced it as profitable. At the Democratic National Convention last year he was on both sides, and dis trusted by both. In his last great battle there was only a baleful and ridiculous malig nancy. If he was pathetic, be was also disgusting. “Bryan’s career brought him into contact with the first men of his time; he preferred the company of rustic ignoramu ses. It was hard to believe, watching him at Dayton, that he had traveled, that he had been received in civilized soc ieties, that he had been a high officer of state. He seemed on ly a poor clod like those around j to he more sweeping than im agined during the years we have been warning against Federal aid to education. The education czar lets it be known that he will not be sat isfied with mere integration of faculty and pupils within ex isting school dstricts. If they no not reach the racial mixture that he considers desirable, the boundaries of the districts will be designed in Washington. In a speech at Columbia Un iversity, he served notice that he will not stop there. Most of the suburbs, he said, have too is under the direction of Chas. P. Pruitt and the manager of the hand is F. K. Jones who is the only charter member still with the band. The band is sponsored by Newberry Mills under the management of L. E. Gatlin Jr. Under the leadership of Pruitt, the band through the efforts of Manager Jones and the cooperation of Mr. Gatlin and Newberry Mills, has pur chased new uniforms and sev eral instruments and is now working under a budget for dent Taft was a visitor. Other highlights were at Greenwood when Marshall Foch toured the United States; at Colum bia when the National Corn Show was held in the South; five summer programs at Lake Junaluska; at the first Tex tile Exposition in Greenville; at various county fairs around the state; and at every im portant function in the county. Its history is studded with notable events. Ten members have furthered their musical' , the purchase of more new in- many w-nte c ildten and n °t 1 s t ru ments, new music, instru- nTiculinp' 0 ^ w Chlld rrV A /i ter 1 ment re P air and the charterin £ : . v., . k 1 ' ay tliat of buses for out-of-town trips, i secre t s G f the band’s success suburban dwe lers have chos-i a • * . , • • • t>ecieis ox me nanus success. nave enus i Anyone interested in joining this organization, please con tact Mr. Pruitt or Mr. Jones. Refreshments will be served careers after they were given, a start by the band’s compe-j ^ >r - Kinard’s appointment, T'* 1 1 l , fV-»oA tA r\ w-» c* n « ,-1 a tent leaders. Regular rehear- en, he went on to say, “if I have my way”( those are his very words) the suburban sals and the policy of never refusing an engagement within f reason are just two of the Among those who received their fundamentals in music school distiicts will be After the concert to the bands mandered so that they reach an(1 the public attending. 1 n ° ^ '" ner u * aru AAude j Though faces have changed some o e s unis. And of through the 60 years since its course, the process will he i • j ... 1 uc ! organization, the spirit and worked in reverse to gerrv- ' • ^ ^ u , . ... intent of the band has remain- mander city districts to take I j i ed constant. The band was or- in suburban areas. Let us xjuote again Mr. Howe’s exact words: “If I ganized in 1906, sponsored by the Newberry Cotton Mills, one . , Af the first textile plants in have my way,- schools wi be A • rp. , , . , u..:w ^ xi this section. Tne band gained who are now furthering their j ls a mos t fitting way for careers for themselves are J ^ ae sc h 0 °l to open. He is the Dr. Jack Pruitt, Supervisor of j ^ ype P er son w r e d like to built for the primary purpose of social and economic inte gration.” He could hardly have stated in plainer words that public wide reputation under its directors, the late W. A. Wherry, the late Van Lewis, and the late J. S. Pruitt. Upon the death of Pruitt, J. Boyd schools exist first of all to Rob e r t SO n, a member of the *_ „ 1 J _ A A X 1 I 9 mix children, not to teach them. And if any community does not like his personal re districting, he will use the same old club on them—take away their Federal aid. So if Mr. Howe “has his way” that Federal money will be used to increase the quan tity of integration rather than the quality of education. And those who are beginning to ask whether the price is too high can be grateful to him—in a strange sort of way Mr. and Mrs E.d Judy have moved to 2423 Armfield xAve. in the house they recently pur chased. band for a long time became director. After his retirement in 1961, Charles P. Pruitt, son of the late J. S. Pruitt, became director of the band and the band has continued under his leadership. In 1949, when the ownership of the mill changed hands, the band’s sponsorship continued under its successor, Newberry Mills, Inc. The band meets on Thurs- | day nights for rehearsals and has marched in every Christ mas parade held in Newberry. Manager Jones says that years ago there were 18 industrial bands in the state. Today there is but one, the Newberry Music, Greenville County; Charles P. Pruitt, Assistant Professor of Music, Newberry College; Professor James Pritchard, Music Department and Band Director, University of South Carolina;Toni Mc Cullough, Band Director, Wade Hampton High chool, Green ville; Walter Leopard, Band Director, Blue Ridge High School, Greenville; James Leo pard, Band Director, Pageland ! High School, Pageland Walter Counts, Band Director, Green ville High School; Harry Bouknight, Band Director, Sal isbury High School, Salisbury, N. 0.; Vernon Bauknight, Shrine Club and Bohemian Club Bands, Oakland, Calif. Also, threee of the former members are ministers; Rev. H. A. Bouknight, Rev. Ernest Kinard and Dr. Donald Cook. In addition to five directors there have been three manag ers: Frank Jones, who has been with the band in some capacity since its inception in 1906, is the present manager. Jones has been one of the most faith ful and ardent members of the band and was given a re ward by the sponsor., of the ne “in and out, and keep in ac tive close touch.” "I’m glad I’m coming hack home,” Dr. Kinard concluded, “where Mrs. Kinard and I can he more closely associated with our fellow Newberrians who mean so much to us.” Eugene C. Griffith, one of the school’s three directors, presided and briefly reviewed events of the two previous meetings. Among plans he re vealed was adding grades 9-12 for the next school year if there are enough applications; if not, the school expects to in crease at least a grade a year, so those who begin their edu cation at the Academy now will be able to go through the 12th grade. He also stated that plans are being formulated to erect a new building for the Academy. “ We hope to have 12 grades in a new building by next Sep tember,” he said. Griffith stated that classes will be limited to 25 students each, and applications will be received until the classes are filled. Several classes already have 15 or more enrolled. He told the group that al most new desks for the school had been purchased for $1.00 each from a school where all desks were being replaced. Mr. Griffith also pointed out that there was no desire to hurt the public school system. “We are going to limit each class to 25 and with 12 grades, that would be only 300 students. There are eight to ten thous and students in the public school,” he said, noting that the small number leaving the public schools would hardly be missed. He emphasized that classes will be limited to 25. “We are not going to jeopardize quality of education for those who might want to come in later,” He projects character and the h ®, J said ' ^ P ° in lf d , ° Ut ‘llx ‘ image of a person as it should ch 1 ' ,dr , e " who enrolled ,! n A he ho m i u school this year would have oe in a school where young' ,, preference of enrollment in years to come and parents who “have faith in us now” will be connections with our State De partment of Public Welfare. I have seen first hand the out standing and efficient leader ship which the director, Dr. Arthur B. Rivers is giving the State of South Carolina. 1 have 1 thoroughly enjoyed working with him and my other asso ciates on the county and state levels. I shall always he proud to have been associated with the Department, which in ef fective service ranks among the foremost in the nation. “The Newberry Academy, Inc. offers a challenging op portunity to us all. I am hap py to see such a steadily in creasing interest in it.” In addition to his active life in educaton and business fields, Dr. Kinard has contributed his time and personality to many civic organizations. He has served on the Newberry county Board of Education and as state and county chairman of Red Cross, Salvation Army and Christmas Seal campaigns. He has filled many important po sitions in educational and church organizations and serv ed 12 years as a member of the Executive Board of the United Lutheran Church in America. His ability as a pub lic speaker is shown by the demand for his services. He has made addresses in thirty- nine states throughout the na tion. In making the announcement Four members of Welch Wright Chapter, Child ren of the Confederacy, were delegates to the national CofC convention held last Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the Francis Marion hotel in i Charleston. They were Conii Sanders, member of the Junior High Group shown at left Eloise Chappell to be placed in the Children of the Confederacy Room of the United Daughters of the Confederacy building in Richmond, Va. John, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chappell of this City, served the national CofC as President General several years ago. The presen tation was made by Gordon above; Anne White, member of i Garrett, President of the state the Blacksburg group, right [ Children of the Confederacy. the Academy’s directors said “We have obtained the ser vices of the most qualified man we could think of. This is a challenge for him and for the Academy. We feel as if acquir ing Dr. Kinard for this posi- above, both of whom served as Pages; also Walter Summer and Ruth Sanders. They were accompanied to Charleston by Mrs. C. Walter Summer, co-leader of the High School Group, and Mr. Sum mer; Mrs. Elmer Shealy, lead er of the Blacksburg group, Mrs. Frasier Sanders, leader of the Elementary group, and Mr. Sanders. A highlight of interest to Newberrians was the presenta tion of a miniature of John Brittain to be speaker at commencement During a banquet on Wed nesday night, delegates and visitors to the convention heard Sen. Strom Thurmond call for continued protection of the states rights for which their forefathers fought in the war Between The States. Other activities of the con-r vention in addition to the ban quet and business sessions, in cluded a tour of points of his torical interest, a dance in the Skyroom of the Francis Mar ion, a boat trip to Fort Sum ter and a Hootenanny Thursday night to conclude the conven tion. have our children study under, i young people are being taught. Ob taining him is nn inspiration to the directors, and all children who study under him will greatly benefit by his charac ter.” Dr. Kinard is married to the former Miss Katherine Efird of Lexington. Their children are James Efird Kin ard, assistant director of ad missions at the University of Virginia ,and Dr. Frank Efird Kinard, research physicist with DuPont at the Savannah River plant in Aiken. Jeanette Allsbrook has mov ed to 1931 Nance street in Apt. 4-B of Oakhall Apart ments. ful service. Jones became man ager of the band in 1945, upon the death of D. B. Chandler. The other manager was the late W. H. Hardeman, manag er of the band when it was or ganized. Tommy Bouknight, who join ed the band in 1910, is the sec ond oldest member of the band for his tireless and faith-1 band who still participates. given first consideration in placing other children in the Academy in the future. The school will open Septem ber 6 and hours have been ten tatively set at 8:30-1:30. The fee will be $6 a week for 50 weeks. Two members of the faculty were announced at the meeting. They are Miss Sallie Lee Cro mer, who will teach fourth grade, and Mrs. Preston McAl- hany, who will teach English and history in the 6th, 7th and 8th grades. It was announced by the di rectors Wednesday morning that Mrs. Roberta Humphries will be teacher of the first grade. Mrs. Humphries is a graduate of Rhode Island Col lege with a Bachelor of Educa tion degree. She taught pre school at Westerley, R. I. Her major is in elementary educa tion, with emphasis in first through third grades. She is a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. She The general manager of the Owens-Illinois plant in New berry, Deward B. Brittain, will be the speaker at New berry College summer com mencement exercises Aug. 19. Approximately 27 degrees are to be conferred. The public is invited to attend the exer cises which will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Holland Hall auditor ium. Dr. Conrad B. Park, vice president for academic matters and director . of the Summer School, will preside and confer the degrees. Brittain, a native of Spar tanburg, began his career with j Owens-Illinois in 1953 as a corrugated box salesman for the national Container Corpor ation, the predecessor of the Forest Products Division of the company. He was named | sales manager of the division’s corrugated box plant in Salis bury, N. C. in 1960. A journalism graduate of the University of South Caro lina, Brittain served as night editor for the Associated Press in Columbia during 1941 and 1942. Following his graduation he completed a Naval Reserve Officers’ .Training School at (Continued on page 4) and her husband, Theron Hum phries, who is a native of New berry, have just returned to this area. Mrs. Humphries comes from three generations of teachers and is well qualified for the po sition. It was also announced that the following teachers have agreed to substitute at the academy: Mrs. Mae Tarrant Epting and Miss Rosabel Thompson. Other faculty members were expected to be announced with in a few days. BIRTHDAYS Aug. 20: Mrs. Clifton Gra ham, Mrs. H. B. Wilson, Doris and Lauris Riley, Jea nette H. Crooks, Virginia Ann Blount, Mrs. T. Collier Neel, H. T. Carlisle, R. R. Roton, C. T. Mize, Derrill Coleman. Aug. 12: Mrs. Perry C. Wicker, Martha Bouknight, Jim Shealy, Mrs. George R. Richardson, Mary Robins Stone, John N. Livingston, Claudia Setzler, Forrest Summer Sr., Sus-m Sligh. Aug. 22: Mrs. W. R. Reid, Jr., Mrs. Keith Wilson, Kent Copeland, Robert Bouk night, Mrs. W. L. Singley, Mrs. Oscar Jollay, Jane K. Copeland, James Franklin. Aug. 23: George Way, Lin da Ray Ruff, Barbara Faye Thomas, Faye Davis, Caro line Wicker, Mrs. Ralph Lancaster, Mrs. Charlie S - Cromer, Mrs. Pete Parrott, Mrs. Mary Sease Riser, J. B. Lindsay, Nat Gist Jr. Aug. 24: Rodney Beden- baugh, Eugene Koon, Mrs. T. S. Humphries, Faye Ear- gle, Tom Gilliam, Leslie C. Hipp, James W. Holland, Clarence Bundrick T. E. Setzler, Janice Allene Rister, Mrs. James Werts. August 25: J. W. Earhardt Jr., J. Boyd Robinson, Wayne Martin, J. W. Warner, Ha Mae Sober, Homer O. Ep ting Sr., Mrs. Herbert Bed- enbaugh. Miss Aminee Dom inick, Jean B. Brown, Don na Shealy, O. L. Cook Jr., Mrs. Sarah Graham Mrs. F. C. Merchant, Billy Nichols. Aug. 26: Bobby Summer Jr. Faye Langford, Mrs. P. G. Blount, Mrs. Effie Hendrix, Charles Cromer, Linda Cous ins Hutson, Delora Patricia Leslie, J. O. Jenkins, Win nie D. Senn, Mrs. T. S. Scarborough, Rev. E. B. Young.