The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, May 18, 1967, Image 1
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By DORIS A. SANDERS
COTTON WEEK
We are again in the midst
of National Cotton Week ob
servance and this is always a
good time to call attention to
the residents of the county the
importance of cotton to our
economy.
For yt-ars, cotton was the
ONLY thing that kept New
berry from drying up complete
ly. We are happy now to have
some diversified industry in
the county but it would not do
to overlook the fact that cotton
still provides the major econo
mic backbone hereabouts.
The salutes to National Cot
ton Week in this issue by the
Kendall Company and Newberry
Mills, Ini', call to mind that
over 1500 persons in the city
owe their livelihood to cotton—
and this does not include the
hundreds of employees at J. P.
Stevens Company in Whitmire
nor the many employees of the
Joanna Plant of Creenwood
Mills who live in Newberry
county.
You can support this indus
try by buying cotton goods at
every opportunity; and by buy
ing brand names of products
produced by the Kendall Com
pany. Purchase of any Kendall
product, whether made by the
local plants or by other plants
of the chain, will indirectly
benefit our local economy in
the long run —so be on the look
out for Curads (the ouchless
kind) as opposed to Brand X,
or for Curity diapers, or the
many other fine products man
ufactured by Kendall.
The synthetic fibers are nice,
but so many wonderful things
have been done to cotton in
recent years, it still stands out
as the best buy for the money.
(live our local industry a
boost -buy COTTON!
HEY, CNODE!
No doubt most of you—like
we are still smarting from
the amount of income tax you
found you owed when you made
out your return. This seems an
appropriate time to reprint an
article which has appeared in
various places and was brought
to me by a reader. 1 he author
i> unknown.
HEY, UNCLE!
Hey, Uncle, how much does
it cost to rear a child ?
You allow us taxpaying par
ents only $(>00 a year to feed,
clothe, house and train a
youngster. In your Federal
Job Corps, you spend $7000
a year! This is quite a differ
ence!
Now, which is the correct
figure? Either we’re allowing
you too much or you’re not al
lowing us enough.
You allow taxpaying pan nts
a $000 deduction for the care
ami feeding of each child . . .
Yet under the Cuban refugee
program you assume minimum
upkeep requires $1200 a year —
and if the Cuban boy or girl
is attending .school- an extra
$1000 a year.
How come you 'Uu tt hange
•tie bom* folk.-'!
In the austere environ.- of a
Federal prison you have dis
cover'd that it cos's to main
tain one per-ori, with no frills,
n • luxuries ami no borrowing
dad'.- car $2200 a year.
By what rule of thumb do
you estimate that Mom and
Pad can do it for- one-fourth
of that amount ?
Under Social Security you
will pay $10S a month to main
tain the elderly. What makes
yam think we can maintain our
young’uns on $50 a month?
And, Uncle, your VISTA pro
gram (Volunteers in Service
to America) spent $2.1 million
last year to train only 202
trainees. That indicates that
the cost of maintaining a n d
training one youth for one year
is more than $15,000.
Then how come we taxpaying
parents get an exemption of
only $000 to maintain and train
one youth for the year?
(Continued on page 8)
The annual meeting of the
Newberry Electric Cooperative,
Inc. will be held at Newberry
fair grounds at 8:00 p.m. Tues
day, May 23, according to
Ceorge E. Stone, president.
The annual meeting-fair com
bines business with pleasure for
all members of the Newberry
(’ooperative.
On the business agenda will
be reports of officers, directors
and management, and election
of three directors. Nominated
for directors’ positions are:
Zone 1, Elmer R. Baker, Wil
bur E. Epps; Zone 2, P. T.
Harris, David C. Waldrop;
Zone 3, J. P. Hawkins, Ralph
P. Shealy.
Members, their families and
friends are cordially invited to
attend the meeting. In addition
to transacting business, the
meeting is designed to give the
membership information that
will be helpful to them to bett
er understand the purpose and
goals of the Cooperative.
Professional entertainment
will be furnished by Nardini
and Nadyne, Rex Ramer,
Elorine Otar. Barbara Allen
and Eilene Ramer. A large
number of attendance prizes
will be awarded.
In addition to Mr. Stone,
other members of the Board of
Directors are David Luther
Ruff, vice president; David C.
Waldrop, secretary-treasurer;
Clifford T. Smith, Ray M. Blair,
Wilbur E. Epps, Berley Beden-
baugh, Harold F. Long and
Ralph P. Shealy. Hugh M.
Epting is Cooperative manager.
Employees are Mrs. Yelda
Livingston, consumer account-
and; J. W. Ringer, Jr., power
use advisor; Mss. (Uneva Wall,
cashier; Mrs. Inez Stephens,
bookkeeper; Ralph Boazman,
operating superintendent; Vir
gil Cook, serviceman; John
Derrick, advisor maintenance
and work order clerk; Ellis
Dowd, lineman; Lewis Ringer,
line foreman; Willie Suher,
groundman; Wait Ruff, ground-
man; Adam Williamson, linv
foreman; John Frick and
Barney Piester, linemen; Elmer
Wilson, groundman, and Eugene
Wilson, janitor.
Newberry Electric Cooperat
ive began building an electric
distribution system to s.Tve
rural people in 1940.
In a message to members,
President Stone reported:
” We feel that the records
bear us out in our statement
that 1900 was outstanding year
in the history of your business.
This we say realizing that we
cannot lay our finger on one or
two outstanding activities such
as building a new substation,
adding the 5000th member, or
buying a new piece of equip
ment, but rather to improve
ments to our facilities so as to
serve our members with as
near continuous service as is
humanly possible and to supply
them with every kilowatt hour
of energy they desire to use at
the lowest possible cost. We say
with a feeling of accomplish
ment, as opposed to boastful
ness, that the records will test
ify to the truthfulness of out-
statement that the quality of
service provided our members
takes second place to no other
distributor of electricity.”
Contract let
for M-C Club
Golf course
A contract has been let for
grading and construction of the
golf course at the Mid-Carolina
Uluh, according to Earl Beden-
baugh, chairman of the (Tub’s
Board of Directors.
The low hid of $98,735 was
submitted by Highway Surfac
ing Company, Vernon Epting
owner.
Plans have been made for
ground-breaking ceremonies on
Friday, May 19 at 9:15 at the
site. The public is cordially in
vited to attend The site is lo
cated at tin' intersection of
1 2t> and the Prosperity exit.
Mr. Bedenhaugh said that
after the grading of the site
has been completed, the Club
will advertise for bids for
construction of the clubhouse.
Recruited for
Indian team
Two Easley High school sen
iors have signed grants-in-aid
to play football at Newberry
College next year.
They are Terry Strickland,
and Earl Cilstrap.
Strickland, an outstanding
athlete in four sports in high
school, was naniod honorable
mention All-State. He is 6’2”
and weighs 205 pounds.
Cilstrap, also an outstanding
athlete in four sports, will
play in the annual North-South
gam*' in Columbia this summer.
He is 510” and weighs 170
pounds.
Strickland is to play in the
quarterback position, and Gil-
strap will he used mainly as
a defensive hack due to his
outstanding speed.
Forest fires
in county
prove costly
April proved costly to South
Carolina forests as 1073 wild
fires burned 31,309 acres of
woodlands.
Woodland acreage Uirned m
April was double tne 15,097
acres burned in March, even
though there were 204 fewer
files in March.
In Newberry county, nine
fires burned 339 acres, an av
erage of 37.7 acres per fire.
This accounted for almost the
entire total of acres burned
(luring the period July 1, 1900-
April 30, 1907, when 21 fires
burned 350 acres in the coun
ty.
Dry, windy weather over the
state made control of fires
very difficult, according to
State Forrester John R. Tiller.
Hazardous conditions kept for
est fires control personnel of
the S. ('. State Commission of
Forestry, Cooperating agencies
and industrial and private land-
owners on the alert thruout
the month, he said.
The Commission reports that
during April there were 350
deliberately set fires, 202 caus
ed by careless smokers, and
251 caused by careless ’ urning
of trash.
Six college
athletes win
special awards
Six Newberry College ath
letes received special awards
at the annual athletic banquet
FT - id ay night.
F’oothall thophies went to
Ceorge Taylor, Caston, most
valuable hack; and Steve Rob
ertson, Miami, FTorida, most
valuable lineman.
Steve Annan, College Park,
Md., new captain of the bas
ketball team, received the a-
ward for the host defensive
player, and Buddy Moore,
Greenville, was named the most
improved player. Bill Murphy,
three-year letterman from
Cheverly, Md., was recognized
for several note-worthy ac
complishments.
John Smith, Lancaster, re
ceived the most valuable player
trophy for tennis.
It was announced that the
former line coach Iv W. Bur
nette is retiring from active
coaching. Head F’oothall Coach
Harvey Kirkland paid tribute to
Burnette, and the football team
honored him with a gift.
“He has been with me for
the past 15 years, and will re
main in the capacity of a
scout,” Kirkland said. "His
accomplishments on the foot
ball field and achievements as
head baseball coach will always
he remembered at Newberry.”
Dr. A. C. D. Wiles, president
of the college, added: “If those
spikes stay on the wall for
more than one season, I’ll hr
more than surprised.”
Lou Fogle, a former All-state
end from Clemson who served
as assistant line coach this
past season, will take the posi
tion as head line coach. Hor
ace Turbeville, backfield coach
and former football player at
Clemson and Newberry, as
sumed duties as head baseball
coach this year.
Officers of UDC Chapters were present for Memorial Day exercises on the squai
last Wednesday are shown above with the speaker. Dr. James C. Kinard. Mrs. C. !
Owens is president of Calvin Crozier Chapter, Mrs. A. J. Briggs is president of Dra 1
ton Rutherford chapter. Others shown are officers or members of the Memorial Dei
committee. Seated is Mrs. Eloise Welch Wright; standing, from left, Mrs. E. E. Wes
wood Sr., Mrs. A. T. Neely, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Briggs, Miss Sallie Lee Cromer, wt
was in charge of the program; Mrs Gordon Clarkson, Mrs. Leon Nichols, Mrs. Jac
Chappell and Dr. Kinard. (Sunphoto).