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NUMBER 27.
NEWBERRY. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1966
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ent for a turkey stew supper, forced sale of private land.”
Imsiness meeting, beauty and j “We as an organization of
talent contest. rural people,” said the Bureau,
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cal, state and national—has had
"power of eminent domain" —
comit-mnat i'on nower wnich it
could use for XEDESSARY
})uhlic u.-e. A go<id example of
this, one w'nich many property
owners are familiar, is the
State Highway Department's
condemnation of property for
highways. No one will doubt
the necessity for highways, and
good ones, in this day and age,
hut the condemnation of pri
vate property for private use,
just to satisfy some dreamer's
idea of a “model city" or to
make easy and profitable the
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New.v Sunday
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what I have bee*, trying
on a local hasb
as well as tin
va’u schools, f
Schools Boom
states:
"Aimed on- of . v rv ten
high school 'indents in Ameri
ca is now enrolled in a private
or church-affiliated higu -chool.
Attendance in nonpublic ,'ec-
ondary schools has increased
from SOO.OOU m Idol to l.bnT,-
000 in 100-1. Ten years from
today the expected enndlment
will zoom to 2 million.
The Xewi>e.rry County harm
li'eau has unanimously ad-
p'eii a re.'olution opposing the
urban renewal" constitutional Noting that“ There is a | “believe that the forthcoming
rm-ndment which faces voters growing concern among land-i referendum which would permit
i the November 8 General El- owners over the increasing ex- municipalities to condemn
tension of the right of eminent land and resell it for private
eel ion, ami urged all members
to ge to tire polls and vote
against the amendment. The
action wa- taken at the annual
meeting of the Farm Bureau
Saturday night at Newberry
High school. Over b00 members,
friends and families were pres-
domain to public and private
organizations,” the Bureau rec
ommended “that the S. C.
Farm Bureau study this section
and recommended legislative
action to curb this increasing
practice of condemnation and
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proposed—clearing blighted
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is being cleared, the necessary
Many Negro students, through
no fault of ’heir own, have
been inadequately prepared for
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location of low-income fam- , secondary education in what
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schools,
where (
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matter what the color of their ' ler and there is more coneen-
skin. There have always been j tration in individual pupils.”
bums and there always will be ! This brings to mind another
bums and if they are “ relocat-1 local constitutional amendment
.Mrs. A. (i. 1). Wiles, center, was hostess when the New
berry College Women’s Faculty celebrated its 10th anniver
sary last Thursday afternoon. At right is Mrs. Franklin
Ashley, club president and at left, Mrs. James F. Cummings,
chairman of the reception committee. See story elsewhere
in this issue. (Sunphoto)
ed” to a $40,000-home neigh
borhood, it would he a slum
in a year’s time.
But no matter how many or-
guments can be made against
this UR program, the only one
that really matters is that by
voting to give a municipality
power of eminent domain to
condemn property for resale to
private interest, we are taking
the first step toward complete
take-over by a greedy govern
ment many of whose bureau
crats will never be happy until
they have complete socialism.
The right to seize private prop
erty will be a big step in that
direction.
Thurman Sensing, in the
June 6, 1960 issue of the Char
leston Evening Post, said “The
defense of private property
should be the single all-absorb
ing factor in the fight agr.mst
global communism. Whatever
else communism may be, it is
first and last an attempt to
strip individuals and private
companies of the right to own
farms, stores, factories and
other forms of private property.
Yet, tragically, Americans are
which the voters of Newberry
face: shall the limitation on the
bonded indebtedness of the
school district be increased?
While I don’t know what the
County Board of Education has
in mind in asking for this in
crease, it would be my guess
that there is some thought of
trying to pass a bond issue to
construct a new junior high
school and Drayton St. School.
There is no doubt about the
need for a new school building,
and it would be contrary to all
I have “preached” in the past
to suggest looking elswhere
than locally for funds to build
one, but in view of the article
above about private schools—
and certainly there has been a
tremendous increase in such ac
tivity even since the 1964 fi
gures quoted above—I am won
dering how many people of this
county will be willing to take
on ANOTHER tax load, then be
forced into paying for their
children to attend a private
school because of the inferior
quality of education which will
surely come to our public
schools if Mr. Howe has his
Bands Perform
this weekend
development could be a dan
gerous precedent and could de
velop into something that
would not he in the best in
terest of rural or urban peo
ple; therefore, WE URGE OUR
MEMBERSHIP TO WORK
FOR ITS DEFEAT.”
R. C. (Dick) Neel III, pn . -
ident, called the business meet
ing to order and reports were
heard from various officials and
committees of the Bur^u. L.
Edward Chandler of Route!
was elected president to sue- |
ceed Mr. Neel, who became a |
director-at-large. Other officers
named to serve for the ensuing
; year were Henry F. Mills, vice
j president; Earl Bedenhaugh,
, treasurer and Henry L. Parr, |
state director.
Bureau directors are William
1 Ballentine, Cecil Bishop, Virgil
Boland, T. B. Boozer, Harold
Cook, H. M. Harmon Jr., John
S. Harmon, Ira H. Kinard. Has
kell E. Long, Harold L. Pitts,
Richard Henry Ruff James F.
Sanders, Willie J. Suber and
Leroy Wedaman.
Miss Cheryl Folk, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Folk was
crowned Farm Bureau Beauty j
Queen. First runner-up was
Lynn Bedenbagh, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Beden-
baugh, Prosperity; and second
runner-up was Flora Gilfillan,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Gilfillan, Newberry.
Other contestants were Elaine m*
Brown, Harriett Ann Chapman,
Susan P. Hamm, Ann Kesler
and Shelby Jean Neel.
Lynn Bedenhaugh, with a
song and tap dance, was win
ner of the senior talent con
test and second place went to
Harriett Chapman for her pi
ano solo. Other contestants
in this division were Willie and
Flora Gilfillan, vocal duet and
Henry L. Parr Jr., piano solo.
In the Junior talent contest,
Nancy Ruff placed first with
a song and dance routine and
Candidates are
making rounds
in county
Joe Rogers, Republican can
didate for Governor, was guest i
at a luncheon given by county .
supporters at the Wiseman
Hotel Wednesday. Mr. Rogers
spent a portion of the day
campaigning in Newberry, fol
lowing closely behind Dr. Inez
Clark Eddings, Republican
candidate for Superintendent of
Education, who was in ’he
county to meet voters Tuesday
of this week.
Other Republican candidates
—Marshall Parker for Senate,
Marshall Mays for Lt.-Governor
and John Grisso for Congress
have been in the community in
recent weeks making them
selves known to the voters.
Democrat nominee for Cong
ress, W. J. Bryan Dorn, was
also observed recently shaking
hands with prospective support
ers on the city streets.
Box pick-up
November 5
Poll managers for the Nov
ember 8th General Election are
asked to pick up their boxes on
Saturday, November 5th from
9:00 a.m. until 12 noon at the
court house.
Bazaar be held j
next Thursday !
Thursday, November 3 is the J
date of the annual bazaar given |
by ladies of the Church of St. j
Luke’s Episcopal Church. The i
affair will be held in the Parish j
house from 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. j
Luncheon will be served to the i
public from noon until 2:00 p
Bill Dehihns, seated, will be manager of the new drive-in
branch office of South Carolina National Bank on College
Street Extension at Gulf Street. Working with him will be
Mrs. Betty W. Wicker, shown above, and others to be an
nounced later. With Mr. Dehihus and Mrs. Wicker is W. J.
Raffield, SCN manager in Newberry. (Sunphoto)
Open House set
for Saturday
Lutherans to
have special
service Sunday
A Reformation Festival Ser
vice on Sunday night, October
30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Luth-
Among the many interesting ^ran Church of The Redeemer
items for sale will be Christmas t> e i n S sponsored by the 26
decorations and ornaments, .and Lutheran churches in Newber-
Christmas symbols, a new fea-, T y county.
ture this year; aprons, linens, i This occasion commemorates
hand made goods, and children’s Protestant Reformation
clothes hand-made in Taiwan, movement which came to a
The ladies . of the Episcopal climax in the 16th century and
Church in Taiwan made the "which has been a source of
clothes, and will use proceeds continuing renewal in the
from sale of the clothes to Christian church, both Protest-
build a church in Taiwan. j an ^ an< I non-Protestant.
There will also be a white As one of the great fruits of
elephant table; a goody shop
with home-made pickles, pre
showing little interest in leftist : way.
assaults on private property . .
Without respect for private
property, individual liberty can
not long exist in any country.”
It is most important that
voters take time, on November
8th, to vote for ALL constitu
tional amendments—there are
seven of them—which have to
do with urban renewal because
a statewide vote in favor of any
of these amendments will mean
approval whether this, or other
counties affected, vote in favor
of UR or not.
The locations in which this
amendment is proposed are
City of Charleston, City of Co
lumbia, Town of Prosperity,
Town of Whitmire, Town of
Newberry, the Municipalities of
York County, and Spartan
burg. The numbers on the “Lo
cal Constitutional Amendment
ballots” are 4, 24, 25, 26, 27
34 and 35. Clip these numbers
and be SURE to vote against
them—make a cross mark or a
check in the space provided by
“opposed to the amendment.”
If you wish to vote on other
“local” or statewide amend
ments and know nothing about
them, I would suggest that you
do as a Democrat friend of mine
advised—vote NO—or in oppo
sition to all of them. That
merely throws the issue back
into the laps of the legislature.
It would be extremely unfair to
vote in favor of something that
affects another county unless
you were positive the majority
Incidentally, don’t let all this
business of clamping down on
Mr. Howe fool you. That’s
nothing more than a little po
litical strategy from the North
erners who are beginning to get
a little upset at the white
backlash. It’s a pretty sure
thing that Mr. Howe will be
back in all his glory, handing
out his guidelines, immediately
after November 8th.
While an approval of this
amendment would not authorize
a bond issue—that w r ould still
have to be approved by the vo
ters—it is well to be giving
some thought to this matter be
fore time for a decision arrives.
NEVER SO GOOD
There are persons who claim
they will vote Democrat be
cause “I never had it so good”.
To them, the future has little
meaning, apparently, not even
for the sake of their children.
But the phrase “never so good”
sounds a little hollow when one
pauses to look at the past year,
as did Senator Everett Dirksen
at the closing of the Congres
sional session. This is the way
he summed up events of 1966:
“1. This has been the year
when an additional 150,000
Americans were sent abroad to
fight a war which already is
the longest, and the third larg
est, war in our history.”
(Wonder if the men, their
parents, and wives think “they
(Continued on page 5)
One hundred fifty - three
bandsmen in grades seven thru
twelve will take the field Fri
day night at the Newberry-Clin-
ton football game to present a
halftime show’, “At the Circus”.
The event marks the annual
Band Night celebration present
ed by students of Newberry
Junior High School and New
berry High School.
Spectators are promised a
halftime of entertainment as
the bands feature the Man on
the Flying Trapeze, the tight
rope walkers, the bareback rid
ers, the clow r n, and the New
berry majorettes twirling fire
batons.
The Senior Band journeys to
Camden Saturday morning to
participate in the State March
ing Band Contest. The local
group will be one of fourteen
bands competing in class AA
for the championship award.
Others are: Chester, Woodruff,
Dillon, Airport, Winnsboro, Un
ion Lexington, Berea, Chicora,
Daniel, Laurens and Carolina.
Class AA offers more competi- i
lion than any other class. Five
bands are entered in Class B,
eight in Class A, and nine in
Class AAA. The three bands
from each classification with
the highest number of points in
the afternoon preliminaries will
compete in the final competition
on Saturday night for the title
of Grand Champion.
The band from Blackville
starts the competition at 8:30
a.m. Saturday and bands per
form at fifteen minute intervals
throughout the day with the
Camden band as the last group
in the preliminary competition
at 5:30 p.m. The Newberry
Band is scheduled to present its
routine at 3:00 p.m. Any one
who is interested in bands and
would like a day of music,
marching, color, excitement and
amazing performances of pre
cision and musicianship is in
vited to witness the South Caro
lina Marching Band Contest at
Camden Saturday, October 29.
The competition among the
bands is unbelievable and it
was noted recently that the
groups had progressed to such
a degree that any one of them
would have been able to win a
contest with such a perform
ance five years ago. Despite
rain, wet fields, and prepara
tions for homecoming and band
night, the Newberry Band is
looking forward to the compe
tition and hopes to please both
the spectators and judges with
its performance. The band will
present the contest routine be
fore the game Friday night.
However, the group will not be
attired in the usual Blue uni
form for it is being held in
readiness for the Saturday con
test.
Mrs. Shealy s
mother dies
Mrs. Maude Whiteside Plax-
ico, 83, wife of Victor Kennedy
Plaxico, of 304 Lime street,
Blacksburg, died Monday at a
Gaffney hospital after several
years of declining health.
A daughter of the late Wil
liam McGill and Elizabeth Plax
ico Whiteside, she was a mem
ber of the Blacksburg ARP
Church and attended Due West
Women’s College.
Among her survivors is a
daughter, Mrs. Elmer Shealy of
Newberry.
Funeral services were con
ducted at 3:30 Wednesday at
the Blacksburg ARP Church by
Rev. J. G. Brawley and Dr. L.
M. Allison. Burial was in the
Smyrna ARP Church Ceme
tery.
Debra Hawkins was second | serves, jellies, jams, cakes,
with a piano S9I0. Also taking ; pies candies and tassies.
part in the Junior contest were | Many different hand-made
Kay Bozard, piano solo, and wooden articles will be on sale
in the wood room.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the bazaar.
Marcia Cook, song and dance.
Judges for the contests were
Mrs. Lois Nicholson, Saluda;
William T. Shealy and Wayne
A. Weible, Columbia.
The new queen was crowned
by Pat Shealy, retiring queen,
who also entertained the group
with a song and dance number,
“Second Hand Rose”. Debbie
Bishop sang “There’ll be Some
Changes Made.”
The Bureau adopted a num
ber of other resolutions con
cerning sales tax, basic water
law, forestry, livestock, dairy,) Miss Shirley Gibson of the
property taxes and health laws , home and Mrs. Harley Josey of
Mrs. Gibson
rites today
Mrs. Buna Gibson, 74, widow
of Irvin Gibson, of Evans, Ga.,
died Tuesday morning in an
Augusta, Ga. hospital.
Surviving are two daughters,
Student is
improving
Martha Stone, Newberry col
lege student who was injured
in an accident which took the
lives of three other Newberry
students September 24th is
showing steady improvement.
She is in Columbia hospital,
and may receive visitors.
Miss BLone, age 19, is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
R. Stone of Georgetown.
and regulations.
It affirmed support of the
South Carolina electric cooper
atives urging “a method of
settlement of territorial dis
putes that will be based on a
spirit of fair play among the
Electric Cooperatives, com-
Evans, Ga.; three sons, Cromer
Gibson of Evans, Derrell Gib
son of Martinez, Ga., and Hen
ry Gibson of Jacksonville, Fla.;
a sister, Mrs. Henrietta Long
shore of Newberry; three half-
sisters, Miss Lissie Mae Morse,
Mrs. Vewta Shealy and Mrs.
mercial Power Companies and Eva Bowen of Newberry; two
municipalities in order that half-brothers, Joe Morse of Po
each of the three groups may
continue to serve the needs of
its members and consumers
now served and to be served.”
It recommended that “under no
condition” should electric co
ops consider sales of rights or
facilities to private power com
panies.
The Bureau also commended
the school board for “taking a
stand in the school civil right
controversy, and “we pledge to 7 ,
them our wholehearted support
in any action they might have
to take in defense of the free
dom of choice plan they have
adopted.”
Another resolution adopted
by the Bureau urged county
zoning into development dis
tricts “so that a proper devel
opment can proceed in an or
dinary way and so that the
best interests of the county
would be served. No future de
velopment should be consider
ed” said the Bureau, “that
would reduce the suitability of
our county for wholesome,
healthful and enjoyable liv
ing.”
maria and Thomas Morse of
Newberry; eight grandchildren
and a great-grandchild.
Funeral services were con
ducted Thursday at 11 a.m. at
Marvin Methodist Church in
Evans, Ga. Burial was in Beth
any Methodist Church ceme
tery in Saluda County.
BEAUTIFICATION
COMMITTEE MEETING
An Appreciation Program
meeting for Newberry County’s
Beautification Committee mem
bers will be held Friday morn
ing, 10:30 o’clock at Communi
ty Hall. An important an
nouncement concerning the aw
ards program will be made. Re
freshments will be served.
All Newberry County citizens
who have worked with the
Beautification Program are
urged to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hamil
ton will soon move to 2003
Main Street in the Lathan
home which they purchased. •
Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. Rin
ger are now residing at 1240
Crenshaw Street.
the Reformation was the re
newal and enlargement of the
place of music in worship, this
service will especially feature
music. Congregational singing,
and an anthem, will be led by
an augmented choir composed
if voices from a number of the
cooperating congregations. A
brass emsemble from Newber
ry college will present several
selections, under the direction
of Prof. Charles Pruitt, and
accompanied at the pipe or
gan by Prof. W. Darr Wise,
organist-choirmaster at Re
deemer congregation, and co
ordinator of the musical por
tions of this service.
The Lutheran clergy, in their
accustomed vestments, will
form a processional with the
choir.
The sermon for this service
will be preached by The Rev.
J. Luther Mauney, D.D., pres
ident of the Virginia Synod of
the Lutheran Church in Amer
ica. He is widely and well-
known as a speaker and as an
effective leader in the Luther
an church. His subject will be
“A Living Church.” Liturgist
for the service will be The Rev.
Elford B. Roof, pastor of the
Pomaria Lutheran Parish, as-
A new South Carolina Na
tional Bank Office will be open
ed Monday, October 31, at 3123
College Street at the southwest
corner of Gulf Street and Col
lege.
A special Open House will be
held in the newest of SCN’s of
fices in Newberry on Saturday,
October 29, from 4 to 8 p.m.
Refreshments will be served
and favors distributed to visi
tors. A portable TV set will be
given as a door prize.
Newberry Mayor Ernest H.
Layton and SCN Executive Vice
President Nolan P. Schuler Jr.
will be present for the ribbon
cutting.
The Rev. Harry Weber, chap
lain of Newberry College, will
give the invocation, and Mayor
Layton will cut the ribbon
which will be covered with one-
dollar bills.
William C. Dehihns Jr. will
be manager for the new office.
The 1600 square-foot build
ing is built of salmon brick. The
interior is walnut paneling with
a light tan asphalt tile floor
and pale green SCN daperies.
Mr. Dehihns’ office will have
green carpeting, walnut panel
ing and walnut furniture.
The bank will have space for
three tellers and two drive- in
windows. It will offer complete
banking services to customers.
Following the opening, bank
ing hours will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.
m. Monday through Friday and
two additional hours (4 to 6
p.m.) on Friday.
Mr. Dehihns joined the SCN
staff in 1956. He is a graduate
of Newberry High School and
Newberry College.
He was a sergeant in the Air
Force from 1951-55.
Mr. Dehihns is a member of
the Official Board of Central
Methodist Church and a past
member of the Civitan Club
and Exchange Club in Newber
ry.
SCN already operates bank
ing offices in Newberry at 1119
j Boyce Street, its main office,
sisted by Pastor McCullough of and 1118 Harrington Street!
Redeemer.
A cordial invitation is ex
tended to those who desire to
share in this Festival.
Academy to be
dedicated
At 3:30 next Sunday after
noon, October 80th a brief ded
icatory service for the New
berry Academy will be held on
the school grounds. If weather
is bad the exercises will be in
the auditorium.
The officiating minister will
be Rev. T. G. Daum, Pastor of
Bush River Baptist church and
President of the Newberry
county Ministerial Association.
After the service, the aud
ience will be invited to visit the
classrooms and teachers.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this service.
just to the rear of the main of
fice.
BIRTHDAYS
Oct. 29: Ricky Perry,
Charles H. Boyd III, Wayne
Sheppard, George Heller,
Harold O. Cook, Peggy
Schumpert, Edward Lorain-
ack.
Oct. 31: Mrs. M. I. Toll
mans, Mrs. C. W. Beden
haugh, Ida Satterwhite, J. L.
Eargle, Agnes Eargle.
Oct. 30: Carol Hipp, Ed
monds Young.
Nov. 1: Louise Cobb.
Nov. 2: Mrs. L. G. Esk
ridge, Mrs. Julia R. Smith,
Mrs. I. H. Wilson, John W.
Waldrop, Ted Neely, F. A.
Boland. Mrs. A. M, Dominick,
Mack Dominick.
Nov. 3: Bobby Davis.
Nov. 4: Mrs. J. C. Harmon,
June Roberts, Jimmy Long
shore, Mrs. Lwla-E, HUG --—-