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DU) STANDBY The ol(l-fa."hiom:<l wall le’ephnjiv had its advantages. Fer in>tane..‘. a v.eiman juit talking wiien her lee? g'>t tired. tilt WEAK AT FIGl KES The man who thinks marriage is a ')()-5u ))ro])osition is ignorant of either women or fractions. VOLUME 30—M .MBEK is NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA,THURSDAY. AUGUST 25. 1966 S2.00 Per Year BY THE WAY AVHAT’S rOMINt. ? At a meeting -^evt-rai week.' ago of person.' iate - e «. rganizing .eu ewber: v Aeademv Lie m i e y uung- m an wii use chi Idren a re nut \ <-t . < i f ~e no jI agt. was 1 nuking to the ■ f uture. lie had .'>■ en it le apn ■ (. In sa i d in el tie.- i n the X o i 'th whe re n i a ssive- in tegrati on wa. - e nfore- td. tile educati on w, tandards \Y * 1 re iowc ted hy a t •a > t t w < > gM id*'.'. 11 is fee! kng w . a' that jl \va>- in*- vitahle tha t * ne same \VD aid hap p* n he re. 1 le was quit*' ng ht ar ai al- i eu dy the trend eai D be sed i. Fvi l-m at this poii it — a we< ik be- fur e scheie 4 open ing S1 ehools are dying for ten aehe ‘ i X. Schools wnieh in the past would not think of accepting a teacher who made below “B” on Teach er’s Examination, are hiring ( anyone they can get to fill a classroom. North Carolina an nounced last week that it is short 100U teachers “but the children will have a teacher— classrooms will just be larger.”! These two factors alone quick ly drop the standard of ed ucation— inefficient teachers ! and overcrowded classrooms, j Incidentally, this is not to say j that ALL teachers with lower 1 than Grade B certificates are j poor ones, but it does indicate that most aren’t the excellent quality we have had in the past. The reason for the shortage of teachers ! I hats easy to answer. Many teachers go to the classroom because they WANT to. not because they j have to teach tor a living. ; When a situation becomes un- ; pleasant, they decide that it | Lift worth it—and who can 1 blame them ? Teachers interviewed for I jobs in this county this summer were told “We’ll hire you, but you’ll have to teach where WE send you.” As a result, in some cases, that was as far as the interview went—the teachers looked elsewhere for a job where they could have assur ance of being in a reasonably pleasant situation. 1 know of excellent teachers—men and women who have been By DOKIS A. SANDERS ciliated the ”guid»-l:ne.' ” among the schooi boards nf the South and t'tld them that if they did not agree to integrate their schools to ins satisfaction, he would cut off their federal funds. Piotests were to no av ail. A groun of Sena tot > and (’ongressmen wrote the White House begging that the dicta torial guideline.' be eounter-j manded. Lyndon Johnson j thumbed hi' mn-e at the pro-! tests. A delegation of North I Garolma educators, neaded by! Superintendent of Public In- j struetion ('baric,' 1* . < arroll, 1 went to Washington in an at tempt to reason with Com- mis.'ionet Howe. All tin y got ! for their trouble wa.' a patron-j izing "nothing doing." So. Mr. j Howe’s arrogance stands; N.j schools sadly decided tin y ’ had no choice hut to knuckle under. It has scarcely been men tioned, throughout all of this, that this is the same Harold Howe who went to Washington by way of North Carolina; the Three Newberry county students who graduated during commencement exercises at Newberry Col lege Saturday are shown with Dean Conrad Park and D. B. Brittain, guest speaker. They are, Diane Davis, center; Barbara Clarkson and Charles Harley. i same Harold Howe who came to North Carolina as the per- ! soiiai choice of Terry Sanford, j And certainly it has not been j disclosed that Mr. Sanford per- j sonally arranged for Mr. Howe i More to be paid a salary that ranked ’ Newberry Academy Inc. bv the Academy names more teachers faculty member s for have Board !been announced [of Directors, along with an an- 1 nouncement that a scholarship students has of the among the highest in tlm na tion for educators. In March of Ibti-l, Governor Sanford conducted m his of- ; lice the organizational meet- i ing of what was to he known {as the “Learning Institute of ! North Carolina..’’ By April 17, i Governor Sanford had j decided upon the man i | ed to operate the institute. Mr. j Sanford’s choice was Harold i full and two half scholarships Howe, and Mr. Howe was 1 —$1200—for children w T ho wish permitted to write his own j to attend the Academy but do ticket. On tiiat date—April 17, {not have sufficient funds to do 1004—Sanford wrote Howe | so. The directors have empha- agreeing to pay Howe $27,000 ' sized from the beginning that per year in salary plus $4,000 | no child would he kept out of fund for needy gotten underway. Hollowing a meeting Board of Directors Wednesday morning, Eugene Griffith, Max- cy Stone and Dr. W AY. King- want-j announced that a group of busi- have pledged three i A teacher’s certificate. Her University of South Carolina and holds a Class A teacher’s certificate. She taught second grade at Joseph Keels Element tary School before moving to Newberry. Mrs. Parr also g, aduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in ele mentary education. She has taught four years in the New- b?rry schools, and holds a Grade m-.'' men expense and housing allow ance" for which, as Mr. San ford put it in his letter, "you need not make an account ing. ” Hurthermore. as Mr .Sanford j wrote to Mr. Howe, arrange- I )l1 ’ | ments had (teen made with Dr. fessionally Mailed to teach I Douglas Knight, president of who have gotten out of the pro-; Dukt , University, tor Mr. Howe fession altogether rather than t( than put up with the nonsense hand ed down by the Department of Health, Education and Wel fare. Speaking of the HEW, and seeing the recent headline that our sister state is short of 1U00 teachers, reminded me of | $40,000 per year. Jesse Helms’ Viewpoint (Wit i accepted provided the Academy for lack of ability to {lay tuition. “We. would ex- port the parents to do what they could,” Mr. Griffith said, “but we will not deny a child an education because his par ents cannot afford the tuition.” Others are expected to add to the scholarship fund, the direc tors said. practice teaching was in Columbia City schools. the roceivo anotner $o000 per year from Duke and a similar sum from the University of i Sallie Lee Cromer, North Carolina. The way we grade; Mrs. Preston McAl figure it, $27,000 plus $4000 | hany, English and Social Stud- plus the two five thousand | ies in sixth, seventh and eighth dollar contributions from Duke ! grades ,and Mrs. Roberta Robert Farmer dies after short illness Robert B. Farmer, 23, died Saturday afternoon at the Medical College Hospital of S. C. after a critical illness of several weeks. Mr. Farmer was born in faculty members announced j r p occoaj (j a> kkie son 0 f Hubert in I he Sun last week were Miss , an ^ Faye McFarland Farmer AL-TY, Raleigh) of July 1, this year. It tells how the now well-known Harold Howe, guideline expert of the HEW’, came into his present position. Mr. Howe, you may recall from last week’ column, is the one who said if he has his way, schools will exist primarily, not for education, but for the “social and economic integra tion of the races.” Here is the Viewpoint: One of the state’s newspa pers speculated the other day that former Governor Terry Sanford shortly will move to Charlotte so as to set the geo graphical basis for the 1968 campaign against U. S. Sena tor Sam J. Ervin Jr. As is almost always the case when and Carolina respectively totals Mr! H owe a ppropriate retirement arrangements could be made. So Mr. Howe came to North Carolina, stayed less than two years, then moved to Washing ton where he now controls the distribution of billions of ■federal dollars and, in doing so, proposes to control the op eration of the public schools of the nation. So it may be, as the major newspapers of this state are wont to say, that Terry San ford left his “imprint” upon education. One thing is certain, he moved the dictatorial How r e I Huntersville, N .C., into a position in North Caro-I Montr e a t Junior lina from which Mr. Howe | Queens, and was graduated could step into the job of U. from Erskine College with ma- S. Commissioner of Education, jor in English and History. Fol- Humphries, fourth grade. Since last week, the following have been added to the faculty: Mrs. Anne Bruner Griffith, second grade; Mrs. James N. Parr, third grade, and Mrs. V. E. Shealy, math Jor sixth, sev enth and eighth grades. Mrs. Shealy lives in Jalapa and has had more than 15 years teaching experience. In addition, she has been a substi tute teacher in the schools of Newberry and Laurens County. She is a graduate of Green ville W’oman’s College and has a Grade A teacher’s certificate. Mrs. Me Albany, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Smith of attended College, fourth i ok Aiken. He was Assistant General Superintendent of the Cannon Construction Company of Newberry .He was a mem ber of the Lutheran Church of The Redeemer. Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lin da Cannon Farmer of Newber ry; one brother, James Hubert Farmer of Aiken, and his pa ternal grandmother, Mrs. Beu lah Farmer of Atlanta, Ga. Funeral services were con ducted at 3:30 p. m. Monday at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer by Dr. Henry A. McCullough. Interment was in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Active pallbearers were My ron Berry, Harvey Wilkerson, Otis Taylor, Richard Garvin, Blake Meadows, and Henry Roberts. There are school boards and the state’s major daily news-1 school administrators every- papers write about Mr. San- j where who contend that this ford, it was a tender little piece, full of adoration and high tribute. Mr. Sanford, said the paper, “left his imprint” upon education. It so happened that along about the same time, we were was not much of a contribu tion to education. The news papers may call it an “im print”, but frustrated school people may be forgiven if they look upon it as a foot on their necks. Never let it be said looking into the background of i that Terry Sanford did not one of Mr. Sanford’s educa- show them Howe, tional proteges—or is it the other way round?—a gentle man named Harold Howe whom Lyndon Johnson some months ago appointed to the post of U .S. Cmmissioner of Educa tion. It is Mr. Howe, one re members, who upon arrival in Washington forthwith dedi cated himself to the proposition that the public schools of Am erica shall, as soon as possible, be controlled from Washing ton and not by local school boards and administrators. It was also Mr. Howe who drafted the controversial school integration guidelines which in itself was an act of arrogant ^buse of power. Mr. Howe cir- Homecoming at Fairview Homecoming will be observ ed at the Fairview Baptist Church near Kinards Sunday, August 28 at 11 a.m. The speak er will be the Rev. Marion Ringer, a former pastor of the church. Revival services will begin Sunday evening at 7:30 and continue through September 3rd with the Rev. J. W. King Jr., of Spartanburg the guest evangelist. W. W. Willingham wil be the song leader. lowing graduation she taught at Fork Shoals High School in Greenville County and since moving to Newberry, has done substitute work in the Newber ry school system. She former ly worked with Southern Bell Telephone Company in Colum bia and Charlotte, and among her duties was teaching ac counting work to new employes of the company. Mrs. Fretwell was graduated from Columbia College in 1949 where she majored in science. She subsequently has completed 24 hours work in library science to qualify as a school librarian. Miss Sallie Lee Cromer needs no introduction to resi dents of this county. She has taught in the Newberry school system for many years, and last year retired from the fac ulty of Boundary Street School, where she taught fifth grade. Local student visits Army satellite site Jim Billy Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Smith Jr. of this city, was among 32 aca demically talented high school students who toured the U. S. Army Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Agency as the fin al event of the 1966 National Science Foundation program in Electrical Science and Electron ics Engineering, sponsored by the Foundation, the University of Virginia and the Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth. The students, representing 16 states, were selected on the basis of overall academic rec ord, strong achievement in mathematics and science, dem onstrated aptitude and interest in research, teacher recommen dation and personal interview. Following a 6-week study pro- A list of Mrs. Humphries’! gram at the University of Vir- qualifications was contained in ; ginia, the young scientists par- W. F. Lominack dies suddenly; rites today W. Frank Lominack Sr.. 74, died suddenly Tuesday after noon. He had been in ill health for some time but his death was unexpected. Mr. Lominack was born in Newberry County, son of the late Robert Bennett and Angie Reighley Lominack. He was the retired owner of Frank Lom inack Hardware, and was a member of Central Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bessie Kinard Lominack; one son, W. Frank Lominack Jr. and six grandchildren. Anoth er son, Dr. Reyburn Lominack, died several years ago. Funeral services are to lie conducted this (Thursday) af ternoon at 3 p.m. from Cen tral Methodist Church by Rev. S. M. Atkison and Rev. Her bert Spell. Interment will fol low in Rosemont Cemetery. The body wall be at the resi dence, 2213 Main St., until the hour of the service. Plans made for 1966 United Fund campaign in county Hawkins will oppose Folk in House race Supporters of Jacob Pinkney Hawkins of Prosperity an nounced Tuesday his candidacy for the House of Representa tives from Newberry County. The 47-year-old sawmill jp- erator plans to run as an inde pendent write-in candidate and will oppose Rep. D. P. Folk. Hawkins will make a formal acceptance of the announcement in the near future. He said that he had thought of running for the House since the primaries, and that events since then have shown him the need for “loyal opposition.” Hawkins said he would work for conservative government. He said he talked with a num ber of persons in the county who feel as he does that there should be an opportunity to express the conservative view. Hawkins finished Prosperity High school and served eight ane one-half years in the U. S. Army. He entered the army as a private and was dischharged as a first lieutenant. He has taught the Men’s Bible Class at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church for 20 years. last week’s issue of The Sun. Mrs. Griffith holds a Bache lor of Science degree from the ticipated in a 2-week program of selected research at Fort Monmouth. More deduction for children asked by Grisso Clemson — Republican John Grisso, Third District nominee for Congress, Tuesday night recommended doubling the $600 income tax deduction allowed by the Federal government for each dependent child. In a speech before the Clem son Republican Women’s Club, Grisso said, “It is absurd to allow only the same $600 de duction allowed in 1939 wFen the Great Society dollar is worth less than half the value of the 1939 dollar.” Grisso, former solicitor from Anderson, asked, “Why is it that the Federal Government puts only a $600 price tag on a taxpayer’s child, while they spend $7,000 yearly on each Job Corps delinquent?” “Taxpayers must be allowed to deduct an amount of money in keeping with the cost of rais ing a child and I maintain that that amount should be $1,200 per child,” Grisso said. “This suggested tax deduc tion increase can easily be ac complished without a corres ponding tax increase,” Grisso said, “ if the Federal govern ment reduces some of its un- necessory spending, such as the shockingly wasteful war on pov erty.” A goal for this fall’s United Fund campaign of $43,300 was approved recently by the Unit ed Fund Board of Directors, completing several weeks of conferences with the partici- pating agencies. This amount is about $3000 more than last year’s goal, and about $10,000 more than was raised last year. In announcing the goal for Newberry, the president of the United Fund, L. F. Gatlin Jr., said that in the opinion of the Board, this sum represents a minimum amount needed to support this community’s essen tial health, welfare and recrea- i tional services that are includ ed in the campaign. “Our ad- j missions and budget committee, ! made up of the city’s top lead- ! ers, has spent hours meeting with agency representatives and reviewing all the needs of 1 all the agencies,” Mr. Gatlin said. “Their careful review and final judgment provides assur- j ance to the contributors that j their dollars are wisely allo- { cated.” The UF president announced that the 1966 drive would be under the chairmanship of R. F. Summer Jr., vcho was recent ly elected vice-president of the local agency. Other newly elected officers are W. J. Raf- field, secretary and James M. Smith Jr., treasurer. Serving on the Board of Di rectors for 1966, in addition to the four officers, are Rev. Ro bert A. Addy, Asbury Beden- | baugh, Dewvard B. Brittain, John F. Clarkson, James F. Cummings, B. J. Gill, Eugene C. Griffith, Dewey Kinard, Thomas H. Leitzsey, William E. Monroe, J. Hilton Parsons Jr.; Also, J. D. Pool, Keitt Purcell, Mrs. V. W. Rinehart, Eugene Schumpert, Dr. P e t t u s H. Senn, C. M. Smith (publicity chairman), Dr. Joe Smith, W. F. Taylor Jr., W. H. Tedford and Mrs. J. F. Wiseman Jr. The following agencies ap proved for participation by the Board: American Red Cross, Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of America, Newberry County Mental Health Association, Newberry County Association for Retarded Children, Newber ry unit of the Salvation Army, Carolinas Uninted Community Service, United Services Or ganization, Florence Crittenton Home, International Social Ser vice, S. C. Association for Men tal Health, American Social Health Association, Fairview Alcoholic Rehabilitation Cen ter, American Hearing Society, S. C. Association for Retarded Children, National Council on Crime, National Traveler’s Aid Society, National Recreation Association, National Social Welfare Association, Health Re search and Services. Other health agencies have been invited to join the United Fund drive ,but as yet have not made definite commitments. The campaign will begin on Monday, September 19th and continue through October 1st, according to Chairman Summer. A United Fund banner will be placed on Main Street and a giant thermometer on the square, to keep the public a- breast of the campaign’s prog ress. A training session for United Fund workers will be held Tuesday, September 13 at New berry High school. JULY BOND SALES REPORTED FOR COUNTY Sale of Series E and H Sav ings Bonds during the month of July in Newberry County totaled $24,954, reports Joe M. Roberts, County Savings Bonds Chairman. Miss Peggy Graddick is now residing at 1608 Main Street in one of the Rook apartments. Jersey Club sale Friday The annual South Carolina Jersey Cattle Club sale will be held Friday, August 26 at the Newberry County Fair Grounds beginning at 12:30 p.m. Twenty Jersey breeders from North and South Carolina have consigned 53 animals. Gene Carroll of Yanceyville, N. C., will be the auctioneer. J. W. Counts of 71 O’Neal Street is seriously ill in Green ville General Hospital. The Newberry Exchange Club program last Tuesday night was in the form of a tribute to Gordon Leslie, who served the club as president for two and one- half years, and led it to achievement of the “Big E” award from National Exchange, on two occasions. During the meeting, highlights of Mr. Leslie’s ac complishments for the club were reviewed. He is shown above receiving the past president’s plaque from Carol Hipp, president. With them is James C. Abrams, a charter member of the Club who was re inducted at the meeting. (Sunphoto.) Public schools to open Monday Mr .and Mrs. Robert Wes- singer have moved to 1218 Walnut street to make their home. Vacation will be over for thousands of youngsters of the county when schooi Dells begin to ring Monday for the 1966-67 session. Students in all public schools in the county will report at the usual morning hour on Mon day, August 29th, but this will be a short day. School will ad journ at 12:00 noon. Beginning on Tuesday, August 30, full school days will begin and lunch will be served. Teachers, however, were put to work a few days before the students. With the increase they received in pay from the past General Assembly, they also received five extra work ing days tacked onto the school year, so while the children will attend school 180 days, the teachers will labor for 185. Mrs. G. L. Epps service Sunday Mrs. Julia Br>wn Epps, 82, widow of George L. Epps .died late Friday afternoon at the Newberry County Memorial hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Epps was born in And erson, the daughter of the late William Sanford and Margaret Longshore Brown. She was a member of Central Methodist church. She is survived by three sons John L. Epps of Newberry, Sanford V. Epps of Augusta, Ga. r and Dr. George L. Epps of Columbus, Ga.; one daugh ter, Mrs. E. M. Lipscomb of Florence and Newberry; one sister, Mrs. A. B. Craig of Sum merville; ten grandchildren and 14 greatgrandchildren. Funeral services were con ducted at 3p. m. Sunday at the Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. S. M. Atkinson. Interment was in Rosemont cemetery. Active pallbearers were Fred Myers, E. M. Lipscomb, Jr. John L. Epps Jr., Charlie Epps, Sanford Brown Epps, and Charles .K. Epps Jr. Serving as honorary pallbear- bearers were 0. M. Cobb, Wright Cannon, Henry Lomi nack, Luther Long, E. E. Ep- ting, Dr. Robert E. Livingston, George Rodelsperger, Dr. Sydney Carter, Lewis Lips comb, A. E. Morehead, John Norris, Aubrey Harley, T. W. Hunter, Doug Hornsby, James Smith Jr., S. P. Harris and Charlie Wallace. These days will be used for in- service training, and three of them are being held this week — Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The other two days will he made up during the school year. Labor Day will be a holiday for the students, who will not have to report on Monday, Sep tember 5. The next holiday will be Thanksgiving, when schools will close November 24 and 25. Christmas vacation will begin on December 17 and go through January 1, 1967, inclusive. Newberry Academy, Inc. will open for its first day a week later than the public schools. Academy students are to report on Tuesday, September 6, at 8:30 a.m. BIRTHDAYS Aug. 27: Jeanette Bergen, M. L. Youmans, Sue Ward, Mrs. W. H. Ashbaugh, Mrs. Horace Cromer, Andrew David Eargle, Mary Margaret Parr. Aug. 28: Lewis Ammons, Louise Wicker, Mildred Long Unger, Jane Fellows, Sandra Kinard, Julia Hazel, Law rence Graham, D. P. Folk, III, Mary DeHart, Sue Half acre. Aug. 29: Mrs. George Way, Mrs. Carrie W. Whitener, Mrs. Bill Long, Mrs L. B. Davis, Joan Fuller, Marsh all Lipscomb, Sandra Kay Stewart. Aug 30: Maude Spoils, W. H. Chapman, Mrs. L. C. Gra ham, David Dominick*, Nan cy Senn, Harold Bennett, Roslyn Fretwell, Laura Lee Weigle. Aug. 31: B. F. Dawkins, Thomas Edward Eptitig, Col lier Neel, John W. Chappell, Sammie Cook Graham, Mrs. David Ringer, R. Frasier Sanders, Harry Stone, Jr., Mrs. Robert Daniels, Linda Swygert, Fannie Mae Sease. Sept. 1: Powell Way, O. M. Cobb, Ann Wilson Whitener, Mrs. Marylin W. Pate, Carl B. Wise Jr., Donald Livings ton, James Maxie Hawkins, Mrs. W. P. Lathrop, W. C. Koon, J. Y. Kneece, Mrs. Frank Sttttbft, Susan Jones, Jan Page, Mrs. L. C. Jum per. Sept 2: Betty Ann Ringer, H. Long, Sr., Mrs. Hugh Counts, R. C. Hunter, David Geneve Graham, Mrs. E. K. Foster, Linda Rister.