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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, February 23,1967—Page 7
Letter to Editor
February 14, 1907
Editor Newberry Sun,
Newberry, S. C.
Dear sir:
Of the rarious matters being
debated in the South Carolina
General Assembly this month,
I think one of the more inter-
eating issues is the one involv
ing the placing of women on
South Carolina juries. I agree
with the majority of the leg
islators that women should
have the right to serve on jur
ies.
However, I also agree with
the reasoning Representatives
Saleeby and Shealy used in
voting against dropping the ex
clusion of women. To comment
on Shealy’s statement in The
Greenville News, February 8,
his objection is based more or
less on the grounds that jury
duty could be embarrassing or
shocking to women not fam
iliar with court trials. Although
it appears that there is really
no right sinct the voting has
thus far been greatly m favor
of letting the ladies in the
jury box, I think a compromise
is in order.
The Uited States Constitu
tion will not really permit bar
ring women from juiies, but
because they are women, I
believe that whether or not
they serve should be at their
option. A man does not "duck”
jury duty, because it is one of
the most important duties he
has in our society.
Therefore, we must not for
bid ladies from serving as
jurors. However, we can give
them tiie feminine privilege of
refusing to serve if they feel
that the reasons for their re
fusal are enough.
So let's get on with it! I
cannot see the jury system be
ing threatened by a little
lace.
David E. Sease
Columbia.
Baptists show
increase in
membership
Columbia.—Membership in
the South Carolina Baptist
Convention increased by 10,910
during 1966 bringing present
membership to an all-time high
of 555,888.
Thomas J. Brannon, director
of public relations for the
State Baptist Board in releas
ing the denomination's annual
report which is compiled from
reports of the churches, noted
here today that 18 new churches
were organized or received dur
ing 1966 raising the total num
ber of churches to 1566. There
were 16,333 baptisms during
1966, a decrease of 5 over the
previous year.
Church property owned by
Baptists is valued at 3182^07,-
032 ,an increase of $17,068,884
oved 1965.
Receipts through churches
totaled $39,367,368, an in
crease of $3^102415 over the
previous year.
The churches gave a total of
$5470,305.21 to missions last
year with $4,282^03.74 of this
amount given through the Co
operative Program, the denom
ination’s system of financial
support for all phases of its
world-wide ministry.
While membership and re
ceipts showed remarkable in
creases, enrollment in church
program organizations was
generally on the decline. Only
enrolments in the mane min
istry and the men’s Brother
hood showed increase. The
Mimic ministry increased by
6494 to a total of 19,955. Roy
al Ambassadors, mission or
ganizations for boys, has a
membership of 16,611, a loss
of 396 over the previous year.
Sunday school enrofaaent de
creased by 4,576 to a present
enrolment of 426,856. The
Training Union dropped 4,141
to a total of 140,497 and Wo
man's Missionary Union, a
missions organization for wo
men, girls, and children, re
ported an enrolment drop of
2,408 to a total of 118,159.
Vacation Bible s c h o o 1 s
showed an enrolment loss of
1,441 for a 1966 enrolment of
168,948. Fourteen new kinder
gartens were reported.
Pastor's salaries last year
totaled $7406424 znd churches
spent $11443425 on new con
struction.
At tiie time the churches
made their reports n October
and November, 112 reported no
pastor. There are 87 missions
currently operated by churches.
The churches licensed 10 5
men to the ministry and or
dained 69.
Dr. Horace G. Hammett,
general secretary-treasurer for
the S. 0. Baptist Convention,
called the annual report a
call both to thanksgiving and
to even greater dedication.’’
“While we rejoice in our
growth and in the increased
stewardship of our people, we
are concerned about the de
crease in church program or
ganization enrolments. This
decrease is consistent with the
pattern in Southern Baptist
churches across the nation last
year but it calls each of us to
renewed faithfulness and ded
ication of the greatest mission
ary thrust in our history,"
Hammiett asserted.
NEW YORK—Auto thefts in
the United States nearly
doubled in the 10 yean from
1956 to 1965.
THE
M ANION
FORUM
ft. MARILYN MANION
HOMECOMING
“My soldier son has returned
from Viet Nam.”
With these poignant words.
Dean Clarence Manion began
his radio broadcast a few
weeks ago. The soldier of
whom he spoke, his eldest son,
and the writer’s brother, was
beside him at the microphone.
While I cannot presume to
speak for Dean Manion, I
suspect he had a lump in his
throat as he introduced Dan
to the radio audience. I have
one now, as I try to give words
to the thoughts of pride, relief
and disbelief that rill my mind
For those of us who could only
wait, the months seemed like
an eternity. Many prayers have
been answered, not the least
of them the nightly request of
three small voices who beseech-
ed that “God bless Uncle Dan
ny at the War.”
He is home and whole and
we are happy! He is also full
of firsthand reports from Viet
Nam, along with some hard
hitting conclusions. Here is
what he told the Forum radio
audience:
“In a nutshell. I'd say we
are winning tactically, but we
are losing strategically. Tac
tics involve certain immediate
objectives. We are accomplish
ing these objectives very well.
We push the Viet Cong all
over Viet Nam. It is costly in
both materials and American
lives, but successful.
“ Strategy, however, is the
over-all design for running the
war. Our policy here is decided
by the President and the De
fense Department. It is here
that they have chosen not to
win; rather, they want to carry
on a long, drawn-out war with
the hopes of discouraging the
Communists so they will even
tually quit.
“Let’s compare our policy
to a football game: say we
have a very strong team. The
coach tells us to go out and
make a lot of first downs, to
show them how strong we are
so that they will become de
moralized and leave the field,
because they know they can’t
win. But the other team knows
we don’t want to win, so they
have nothing to lose if they
continue playing. Thus they
will play as long as we will
and eventually they will throw
a long pass and score a quick
victory.”
The “long pass” would be
the Reds’ bombing of all the
harbors we need to keep our
men and supplies coming in to
Viet Nam. This crippling at
tack could easily take place if
Russia were to supply North
Viet Nam with missiles. “If
these targets were destroyed,”
said Dan, “our troops in Viet
Nam would lie helpless. There
would be no way to receive
supplies from,the United States
—we would be unable to supply
combat areas. If this condition
prevailed for more than a few
days, our troops would lie
without food, fuel, or ammuni
tion.”
How to prevent such a catas
trophe? By winning the war
before the enemy has a chance
to throw the long pass.
That is why Dan's family
must salute his statement that
“This war has to be won; and
if and when we decide to win,
I will be glad to go back and
help.”
No, we do not like to think
of h's return to the war. But
the sooner it is won, the sooner
will be 400,000 homecomings.
If the enemy throws its “long
pass’* first, there may be none.
Medicare bill
payments are
explained
“Show your medicare card
to your doctor where you go
for treatment,” advises Miss
Martha Pressly, social secur
District manager.
Persons 65 or over who are
insured under medicare receivn
an identification card with red,
white and blue stripes across
the top. The card shows thoir
name, claim number, and the
date that protection begins un
der hospital or medical insur
ance or both.
“Most doctors have a supply
of forms wrhich are used to
claim lienefits under the med
ical insurance part of med
care,” Miss Pressly says. “The
patient arranges for the pay
ment of the first $50 of doctor
bills in a year. Medicare pays
eighty per cent of the reason-
able charges of the rest of the
covered medical services.”
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