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Volume 31—Number 10 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, June 29, 1967 ,$2.00 Per Year—Single Copy 10c
LOCK YOUR CAR CAMPAIGN—Mayor Ernest Layton signs proclamation initiating
“Lock Your Car” campaign. Looking on are Patrolman Chevis Franklin, Police Chief
Colie Dowd, George W. Summer, chairman of the Exchange Club of Newberry-spon
sored drive, and Deputy Sheriff Andrew Shealy. (Sunphoto)
Theft prevention Homecoming set 25th anniversary
campaign begins at Colony church for college group
by the way . .
By DORIS A. SANDERS
DIRECTOR SPEAKS
Director J. Edgar Hoover of
the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation delivered an address be
fore the Regional Conference
on Crime Prevention of the
Michigan State Bar on June 8.
In his speech he attacked the
“do-gooder” judges and again,
as on most occasions when Mr.
Hoover speaks, warnej of the
danger of the Communist Party
in the USA. Excerpts from his
remarks follow:
By J. Edgar Hoover
There is a growing body of
expert opinion today that the
“forgotten man” in the halls
of justice is the so-called “or
dinary” citizen. In the words
of one highly respected Federal
Judge, . . . our system of law,
in recent practice, seems to
neglect the interests of the
public and the victims of crimes
. . . The pendulum has swung
too far to the side of the ac
cused. ”
This trend is fraught with
peril. It has, to quote a leading
newspaper of our Nation’s C ip-
ital, created a phenomenon of
“unequal justice under law."
In a democracy such as ours
respect for law and order is
one of the highest expressions
of patriotism. Freedom cannot
long survive where defiance and
contempt are tolerated or con
doned. That is why our coun
try can ili-afford the binge of
so-called “civil disobedience*
which has erupted on the streets
of major cities and across tne
campuses of many colleges and
universities.
I use the term "so-called”
because, in the view of many-
legal authorities, willful viola
tions of law—be they draft card
burnings or raucous demon
strations—are not "civil."
Rather, they constitute criminal
acts of disobedience.
Today, arrogant, demanding
legions of irresponsible youths
have rallied behind the banner
of "civil disobedience.’ We
find them in organizations of
the self-proclaimed “New Left”
such as Students for a Demo
cratic Society- -a mill t a n t
group which receives support
from the Communist Party and
which, in turn, supports com
munist objectives. Students for
a Democratic Society was form
ed at a national convention held
in Michigan in I'.MiiL It has been
characterized by Cu.' Hail, the
Moscow-trained (mneral S*c-
retary of the Communist Party,
as a group which "we” nave
“going for us.”
We find them also—in ,-ick-
ening abundance m sucii com
munist-directed and -ci m! on led
organizations a- the W L. 11.
DuBois Clubs of America, a
thinly di.'gu.-ed training camp
for the recruitment and edu
cation of future leadeis of the
(’ommunist Party
And we find them Withm the
ranks of other group- partic
ularly among certain one-time
civil rights organizations wlm.-e
leadership has grown mcrea.-.-
ngly euntemptou> of the l mted
States and titrioiic ,r, opposi
tion to our country’;- eourag
eous defense of freedom m \ iet
Nam. These huckster' of m:
understanding and docord do
not truly represent the noble
cause of civil rights which ha
been served so genuinely and
unselfishly by patriotic ne n
and women from many a'eas
of our national lie .
None of these ei.emie.- .s
more cunning or determined
than the Comnmmst Party. I’.
S. A, a corps of traitoroii' turn
coats who bask in the rights
and privileges of life in the
United States while relentlessly
conspiring to destroy our heri
tage of liberty and justice un
der God.
Never has a stronger spirit
of optimism prevailed within
the communist movement than
exists today. The optimism is
based not on wishful thinking
but on actual trends and de-
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Rites Saturday
at church for
Mrs. Blease
Mrs. Minnie Lee Adams Blease,
83 a civic, cultural and religious
civic, cultural and religious
leader of Newberry died late
Thursday' afternoon at the New
berry County Memorial Hos
pital after several weeks serious
illness.
Mrs. Blease was the daughter
of the late John Colvin and
Anna Elizabeth Epting Adams
and was born in the Mt. Plea
sant section of Newberry coun
ty April 18, 1884. She was
educated in the schools of New
berry County, and later moved
to Newberry with her family.
On September lit, 1902, she
married the late Cannon G.
Blease, who served as Sheriff
of Newberry' county for 2-4
years. Mrs. Blease was a de
voted and faithful member of
the Central Methodist Church
and was President of the Eliza
McCullough Bible Class for
over forty years. She was a
member of the Official Board
of the Church; and served as
Trustee for 38 years; a member
of the Womans Society of
( hristian Service; and was
honored with a Life Member
ship May 8, 1953; a member
and past President of the cal
endar Society; an active mem
ber of the Building Committee
of the Sunday School Building
and also sorved on the Build
ing Committee of its addition.
She was a member of the Dray
ton Rutherford Chapter of the
I’DC; a member of the Hospi
tal auxiliary; and Charter mem
ber of the Newberry’ County
Historical Society.
Mrs. Blease was active in
Community affairs and during
World War 1, she worked tire
lessly in interest of the Amer
ican Red Cross,
The Eliza McCullough Bible
class honored her last Christ
mas by presenting an acre to
the S. C. Methodist Camp.
Mrs. Blease i> .'urvived by
one daughter, Mrs. Richard L.
Baker; one grand daughter,
Mrs. Elizabeth Baker Carter;
two grand.'ons, Staniev Jr. and
iLchard Baker ( after, all of
Newberry; two sisteo, Mrs.
McHardy Mow.-r and Mr.-, .las.
I. Browning, both of Newber
ry ; me brother. 1*. Ellisor
Adani', Hecatar, Ala., and a
number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at 1 o’clock
from Central Methodist church
w.th Rev. George S Duffie and
Rev. C 11 I lodges coi'luc-.ing
the -o rviee 1 interment follow ed
m Rosemont remoter'-.
College gets
$2,000 award
Newberry College has re
ceived an award of S2d0b by
the S tN 11 Foundation, spon-
-ored by the Sperry and Hut
chinson Company, in support
of a lectureship program for
tile academic year 19h7-t'>8.
Under the general topic, " I he
Role of the Cnited States in
World Affair - ' in the East
Half of the doth Century,” a
M-rit-s of four lectures will be
given by nationally known
speakers. Special attention will
be given to the changing re
lationships of the C. S. with
Soviet Russia and Communist
China and to the role of the
U. S. in the United Nations.
Newberry residents will be
urged to take part in a Nat
ional Automobile Theft Pre
vention Campaign beginning
this week, it was announced
in a proclamation signed by
Newberry Mayor Ernest li.
Layton.
The national campaign is be
ing conducted by the U. S.
Department of Justice. State
and City officials and police
authorities across the nation
are participating as well as
many profesional and civic
associations.
Locally, the Auto Theft Pre
vention campaign is being
sponsored by the Newberry Ex
change Club, assisted by law
officers of this county and the
following insurance companies:
R. E. Summer Agency, Secur
ity (’orp., Purcells, Bowers A:
Floy d and Baker and Buddin
In.-urancr Agency.
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Colony Lutheran church, Rt.
2, Newberry, Rev. J. Virgil
Long, pastor, will observe the
annual homecoming on Sunday,
July 30, beginning with Sun
day School at 10:00 o’clock fol
lowed by the worship service.
Andrew David Eargle, a mem
ber of the congregation and a
student at Southern Theolog
ical Seminary, Columbia, will
conduct the service. Rev. IL
A. Dunlap, a former pastor,
will deliver the sermon. A pic
nic dinner will be served dur
ing the lunch hour.
All friends and former mem
bers are cordially invited to
attend this service. A special
imitation is being extended to
all former pastors.
Contract given
for road work
Award of a $129,CM contract
for road construction m New
berry county was announced
toda\ by the State Highway
1 tepartment.
This cunt ract was awarded
t<> S A K Construction Co. of
Lexington on the basis of a
low bid, according to Chief
Highway ('ommissiotier Silas
N. Pearmon. There were 13
bids entered ranging a.- high
a.' $192.CS5.
The contract tails for grad
ing and bituminous surfacing
of 5.50 miles on state second
ary system road S-81 from
the end of bituminous surfac
ing near C S. Route ITO to
the beginning of bituminous
surfacing near Road S-45.
The Newberry College Wo
men’s League will celebrate the
25th Anniversary on Wednes
day, July 20, 11 a.m. in the
A. G. D. Wiles Chapel. New
berry College.
The League was organized at
the College in 1942, "To create
an interest in the College, to
promote its welfare, and to
solicit funds for its physical
improvement.” Mrs. N. E.
Derrick, Columbia, was elected
as the first president.
You are invited to attend
this meeting as a very inter
esting program showing what
has been done on the campus
by the Women’s League in the
past 25 years will be given un
der the direction of Mrs. C. K.
Derrick, Program Chairman.
The College will serve lunch
to all those attending. Will you
please notify Miss Hattie Belle
Pester, Dean of Women. New
berry Uoilege, Newberry, by
July 21 if you d. . ire luneh.
Cheryl Folk tops
at Hampton fete
Miss Cheryl Folk, daughter
of Rep. and Mrs. D. Ban! Folk,
\va.' crowned "Miss t'oastal
Empire" at the Hampton coun
ty Watermelon Ee.'tival held
in E.'tiil Saturday. She com
peted against 31 other contes
tants from South (’aiolina. She
received the following awards —
a diamond watch, blouses, $100
cheek, trophy and a crown. She
will compete in the National
Watermelon festival to be
held next March in Tampa,
Florida, where she will com
pete against eight other girls.
Postal facility
be closed on 4th
As is customary, the New
berry Post Office will be clos
ed for the National Holiday,
Independance Day, July 4th.
Postal officials say there will
be no city delivery on next
Tuesday. Incoming mail will be
put up in boxes and outgoing
mail will be dispatched.
Contract Let for Slverstreet P. 0.
( oiiRressman \V. J. Bryan Dorn announced today that
the contract for construction of a new Post Office build
ing in Silverstreet has been let. The successful bidder is
I). A. Kennerly, Orangeburg.
The new building at the corner of U. S. Highway 34
and School Street will contain 864 square feet interior
space and a 96 square foot platform. Parking and man
euvering area will be 3,00-0plus square feet.
Annual rental will be $1,296 and estimated cost of the
structure is $10,628. Completion date is January 1, 1968.