The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, April 06, 1967, Image 6
PAGE 6—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, April 6, 1967
Local Garden
Club members
attend meet
Mrs. S. Wayne Gamble Sr.
of Lane, state president of the
Garden Club of South Caroli
na, delivered an inspiring mes
sage to the garden club mem
bers of the East Piedmont Dis
trict at the luncheon of the
Presidents’ meeting at the First
Presbyterian church in Lau
rens on March 30.
Elaborating upon her theme
of “Beauty Unlimited,” Mrs.
Gamble said, “The bounty of
America and the beauty of
America go hand in hand, and
we should not lose one for the
growth of the other.” Urging
all garden club members to
show and educate the young
people of our state that they
are needed in the anti-litter
program, the president said,
“Teach them to Think Beauti
ful—Act Beautiful’.” Mrs.
Gamble expressed her appre
ciation of the wonderful work
done by the East Piedmont
District during her term of
office. In closing, she said
“We believe that gardening
brings happiness and content
ment of soul.”
Another highlight of the
luncheon was the presentation
of awards by Mrs. J. Gordon
Floyd of Spartanburg, state
and district awards chairman.
For the best club president’s
report, awards were as follows:
Up through 24 members, New
berry Garden club, first;
Homemakers Garden Club,
Spartanburg, second; Hillbrook
Merry Tillers, Spartanburg,
third; Good Neighbors Garden
Club, Union, honorable men
tion. 25 through 49 members,
Lancaster Garden club, first;
Garden Club of Rock Hill, sec
ond; Evening Garden Club of
Lancaster, third; Flower Study
Garden club, Spartanburg, hon
orable mention. For the best
yearbook, awards were as
follows: Up through 24 mem
bers, Garden Makers, Spartan
burg, first; Newberry Garden
Club, second; Hillbrook Merry
Tillers, Spartanburg, third;
Tulip Garden Club, Spartan
burg, honorable mention. 28
through 49 members, Evening
Garden Club of Lancaster, 1st;
Lancaster Garden Club, 2nd;
Flower Study Garden Club 3rd
and Cherokee Gladiolus Society,
Gaffney, honorable mention.
Mrs. Floyd also urged all
garden club members to attend
the state convention in Flor
ence on April 12 and 13 and
learn which clubs had won
the state awards.
During the business session
which was held at the First
Baptist church, Mrs. Fred
Holcombe of Clinton, district
director, presided. The invoca
tion was given by Dr. Robert
S. Cooper. The garden club
members were welcomed to
Laurens by Mayor I. A. Griggs
and Mrs. Brooks Madden,
chairman of the meeting. Mrs.
Arnold Merchant of Spartan
burg gave the response.
After the interesting reports
of the club and council presi
dents had been presented Mrs.
Holcombe introduced the in
coming district officers as
follows: Mrs. James Robinson
of Chester, district director,
Mrs. Ray Kirby, of Gaffney,
co-director, and Mrs. Richard
White of Chester, secretary.
Mrs. Holcombe commended
all of the members of the East
Piedmont District and espec
ially the district chairmen for
their excellent work during the
past two years.
Everyone was invited to at
tend the daffodil exhibit spon
sored by the Laurens Daffodil
Garden Club at the library af
ter the meeting.
Attending from Newberry
were the following: Mrs. Louis
Floyd, Mrs. Don Rook, Mrs.
Jimmy Coggins, Mrs. Richard
Baker, Mrs. C. I. Youmans,
Mrs. R. M. Lominack, Mrs.
Jack Raffield, Mrs. John Earl
Smith, Mrs. I. M. Smith, Miss
Grace Summer, Mrs. W. P.
Mabry, Mrs. J. H. Rinehart,
Mrs. Jack Jenkins, and Mrs.
Warren Cousins.
COUNTY BUILDING
PERMITS
John Raymond and Patsy
Cromer Mills, Route 1, seven-
room brick veneer dwelling on
Highway 115 near Pinehill Es
tates, $20,000.
Robert and Sara Young, Rt.
1, five-room dwelling $8000.
Boys Farm, Inc., Route four,
storage building, cement block,
$2500.
Carrie C. Ramage, Route 3,
Newberry, five rom cement
block building, $1500.
THE
M A N10 N
FORUM
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WHO CHOOSES OUR
“ENEMIES?”
So-called “Liberals” in this
country and elsewhere have
long been opposed to the pres
ence of United States troops
in South Viet Nam. This oppo
sition exists, according to its
spokesmen, on the grounds
that we are intervening in the
internal affairs of another
state. The more extreme mem
bers of this pacifist group even
hint that our present Viet Nam
policy smacks of imperialism.
It is ironic, therefore, that
these same Liberals are doing
their best to embroil us in an
other war—-on the other side
of the world. The irony is com
pounded when one realizes what
the Left-wing excuse is for
our involvement in this im
pending conflict. That excuse—
or “reason,” if you will—is
Liberal objection to the inter
nal policies of an independent
state.
The continent is Africa and
the nation is Rhodesia, which
declared her independence from
Great Britain on November 11,
1965. Although the Left-wing,
global-wide fog known as
“world opinion” has dictated
immediate acceptance of all
other African bids for inde
pendence, Rhodesia was an ex
ception. It was, and is except
ed for one reason: the legal
government of Rhodesia is
composed in the main of white
men.
Great Britain appealed to
the United Nations and to the
United States for aid in break
ing the back and will of the
Rhodesian governmeint in or
der to force it back into the
tender imperialistic hands of
the Crown. Both the U. N. and
the U. S. responded to the ap
peal by agreeing to participate
in an economic blockade against
Rhodesia. President Johnson
dutifully declared a Rhodesian
embargo in January. (Never
mind that the English are
trading with Cuba and shipping
to North Viet Nam.)
It isn’t any of our business—
or the U. N’s—how the Rhod
esians choose to manage their
private affairs. But for the
record, let us look at a few
of the conditions under which
both bl^ck and white men live
in th^l Country.
First.of-.all, education: One
out of >ix Rhodesian children
attend private school. (In Eng
land, the ratio is one out of
five; in Mali, one out of 43;
in Ethiopia, one out of 80.)
Integration: Segregation of
public facilities, busses, parks,
hotels, etc. is FORBIDDEN by
law. Voting rights: all citizens,
white and black, must meet
certain standards before attain
ing the right to vote. Those
who do not qualify are given
the right to vote on the “B”
list, which has lower require
ments and elects 23 per cent
of the legislature. All are en
couraged to educate themselves
to meet the higher standards
so that they someday may vote
on the “A” ballot.
The above is merely a brief
introduction to the truth a-
bout Rhodesia. Even that small
preface will undoubtedly be
read with disbelief by the av
erage American, who has been
led to believe that the blacks
are held in bondage by a wick
ed white minority. Nothing
could be further from the
truth. Fanatic segregationalists
will find no comfort in Prem-
ierlan Smith’s programs, be-
caust: they are designed to
benefit all who live in Rhod
esia, whether they be black
or white.
Why, then, does our own
government feel compelled to
attack Rhodesia? Why, by the
same token, do we feel com
pelled to aid and assist Com
munist governments who real-
4.50*
CURRENT DIVIDEND
Insurance of building and loan sav
ings accounts ceiling increased to
$15,000
We pay you to save at State Building and Loan . . . and
the pay is getting better all the time.
Building &
Loan Association
1117 Boyce Street
Newberry, S. C.
Dial 276-5660
Ralph B. Baker Pinckney N. Abrams
Louis C. Floyd Thomas H. Pope
R. Aubrey Harley
Agencies offer
services to
communities
Steps have been taken under
a new administrative directive
to assure that rural communi
ties in Newberry County have
access to all existing services
in their development efforts,
Chairman Roger H. Crouch,
Jr. of the Technical Action
Panel said today.
Mr. Crouch, who Iso is
County Supervisor of the
Farmers Home Adm., said the
system will be operated through
the Technical Action Panel. The
county TAP will serve as a
central “one-step” source of
information on programs avail
able to rural communities that
might help them solve economic
problems and develop com
munity facilities.
The system has been ordered
to carry out a Presidental order
that Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman “put the
facilities of the Department of
Agriculture field offices at the
disposal of all Federal agencies
to assist them in making their
programs effective in rural
areas. ”
Mr. Crouch said it will
advance the Agriculture De
partment’s “outreach” pro
gram, designed to insure that
rural community needs are not
overlooked, and' that rural
people know of program avail
able to them both through the
Department of Agriculture and
other agencies.
, The Newberry County Tech
nical Action Panel includes
local officials of Department of
Agriculture agencies (Farmers
Home Administration, Soil
Conservation Service, Agri
culture Stablization and Con
servation Service, Forest
Service) as well as the Extens
ion Service and State Forestry
Service.
Local organizations con
cerned with community advan-
ly hold' their people in bond
age ? Those are 64 dollar
questions and merit an ans
wer from your President, your
Congressman, and your Sena
tors.
cement will be able to deter
mine through the county TAP
whether a federal, state, local
or private agency can help
with a project that cannot be
carried out solely with local
resources.
Mr. Crouch said county
offices of any of the agencies
represented on the Technical
Action Panel can initiate action
on an inquiry. These offices
are located in the County
Agriculture Building except
the Federal Forestry Service
Office which is located on
College Street Extension.
YOUR SOCIAL
SECURIH
Social Security beneficiaries
who worked in 1966 may still
receive some payment even if |
their earnings exceeded $1,500 i
last year, Miss Martha Pressly, j
District Manager of the Green- l
wood office, said today. To •
claim those benefits a bene
ficiary must file an annual re
port of earnings for 1966 on a
form provided by the Social
Security Administration.
Many beneficiaries auto
matically receive their annual
report of earnings forms in the
mail, but others who received
no benefit cheeks last year be
cause they estimated high earn
ings that would make them
ineligible will have to get a
form from the local social
security office.
Miss Pressly stressed that
beneficiaries who earned more
than $1,500 in 1966 should file
an annual report if:
Their actual earnings are less
than orginal estimates, which
would allow some benefits to
be paid;
They earned less than $125
in any one month as employees;
As self - employed persons,
substantial work was not per
formed in one or more months.
Beneficiaries who believe
they might qulify for payment
based on one of these conditions
should not delay filing an
annual report, Miss Pressly
said.
The deadline for filing
annual reports has been ex
tended two days beyond the
usual date to April 17.
Tailored to your personal requirements by a
local, independent insurance agent.
“YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS”
1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422