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PAGE 6—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, July 6, 1967 Hugh E. Banks dies Sunday Hugh Edgar (Slim) Banks, 60, died Sunday at the Colum bia hospital after a lingering illness. He was born in Saluda coun ty, son of the late Samuel Good and Elizabeth Roger Banks. He was a retired employee of the Mollohon mills. He is survived by four bro thers, R. L., of Saluda, Sam J. and Frank of Newberry and Otis A. of California; four sis ters, Mrs. Bunyon Johnson of Bishopville, Mrs. T. L. Gill- strap of Greenville and Mrs. L. W. Ruff and Mrs. Martha No bles, both of the city. Funeral services were held Monday at the Whitaker Fun eral Home by Rev. Donald F. West and Rev. M. B. Lee, con ducting the service. Interment was in Newberry Memorial Gardens. County native dies Sunday James Edward Nabors, 51, of Kinards, died Sunday at Bailey Memorial hospital in Clinton. Mr. Nabors was born in this county, son of Mrs. Maude Mil ler Nabors and the late Joseph E. Nabors. Prior to his illness, he was engaged in farming. He was a member of the Fairview Baptist church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Hyacinth Jackson Nabors; one son, Edward M. Nabors; one brother, J. C. Nabors, all of Kinards; and four sisters, Mrs. Joe McGuirt of Kinards; MrsJoe Dixon and Mrs. Howard Stanley, both of Clinton and Mrs. J. E. Locklair of Summer ville. Funeral services were held Monday at his church by Rev. L. F. Cooper, Rev. Martin Ring er and Rev. W. W. Willing ham. Burial was in the church cemetery. Worker gets money’s worth says official Does the average worker get his money’s w’orth for his soc ial security contributions? The answer is “Yes,” accord ing to Miss Martha Pressly, so cial security district manager. Young workers can be sure, too, that the social security benefits payable to them and their dependents in the future w'ill be substantially increased by the time they qualify for payment. The social security program is financed in such a way that benefits can be more than kept up to date with ris ing prices—wlithout an in crease in contribution rates, Miss Pressley said. Because the social security tax is a percentage of payroll, income to the program rises more than benefit obligations as wage levels go up, she ex plained. In an expanding economy, rising wages produce more in come for the social security system and make it possible to increase benefits more than enough to offset any increases in prices. It is necessary only to make increases from time-to- time in the ceiling on the amount of earnings that is subject to the tax (and which counts toward the individual's future benefit payments). But even without considering the likely future improvements in benefit levels, Miss Pressly said, the average young worker will get retirement, survivors, and disability insurance pro tection under social security worth 20 to 25 per cent more than he will pay in social security tax contributions over a 40-45 year working lifetime— even if you count accumulated interest on those contributions. At the upper extreme—the young man who starts work The Real Americans Among Us Because of our conviction that those responsible for the conduct of the war don’t need “backseat drivers,” we have limited our comment on the Viet Nam crisis to a minimum. However, as our nation observ ed its 191st birthday this week, we found ourselves looking back to the time when certain foreign nations came to our rescue. There seems to be a clear parallel between that per iod of history and today’s sit uation in Vietnam. Americans, by and large, have not forgot ten the commitment of their forefathers to freedom and self- determination. Last week, at Ft. Stewart, Ga., we visited our South Caro lina National Guardmen on ac tive duty. There, in hot and humid swampland, we found men undergoing rigid training and personal sacrifice. The news media reported their presence at Ft. Stewart, but the accounts of their man euver appeared to be rather routine. Conspicuously lacking was the dramatic publicity which usually accompanies an anti-war demonstration. Freedom of the press, of course, requires that editors Service Monday for Mrs. Shealy Mrs. Marie Koon Shealy, 66, died Sunday morning at the Newberry County Memorial hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Shealy was born and reared in Lexington county and was the daughter of the late N. D. and Lillie Jeanette Frick Koon. For a number of years she had made her home at Little Mountain and was a member of Holy Trinity Lu theran church. Mrs. Shealy is survived by her husband, Lonnie C. Shealy; two sons, Lonnie C. Shealy Jr., Little Mountain and Warren Shealy, Chapin; three daugh ters, Mrs. J. W. Counts, Mrs. Robert Shealy, Mrs. John Paige of Little Mountain; three sisters, Mrs. Pope Hall, Stead man; Mrs. Frank Wessinger, Ballentine; Mrs. John William Chapman, North Charleston; six brothers, J. B. Koon, Ports mouth, Harold C. Koon, Nor folk, Riussell Koon, Little Mountain, Frances Koon, Cha pin; Donley Koon, Columbia; Lindsey Koon, Ballentine. Funeral services were held Monday from her church with Rev. Garth Hill conducting the service. Interment was in the church cemetery. in 1973 or later, when the max imum contribution rate for old- age, survivors, and disability insurance goes into effect, and who has earnings at or above the maximum annual amount subject to the social security tax, will no more than just about pay for the value of his protection. People already at work, Miss Pressly noted, get more protection for their tax contributions than those who will be going to work under social security in the future. Uuder social security, as under practically all private pension plans, she pointed out, the employer’s contribution is not earmarked for the benefit of a particular employee. A major part of the employer contribution under private pen sion plans, as under social sec urity, is used to meet the cost of “past service credits” for older workers. enjoy the freedom of determin ing what is “news.” Yet, we could not help but think about the attention given to noisy little groups Vrho have no re sponsibility, and apparently don’t want any responsibility, for the welfare of the nation. Where were the demonstra tors while our National Guards men were sweating in the Georgia swamps? It seems to me that we need to carefully examine the question of who really made America great, and who is making it possible for us to enjoy our freedom at this hour. Is it not time for all of us to ask ourselves: Who are the real Americans among us? An important segment of the “real Americans,” in our op inion, are winding up two weeks' active duty at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Inequities in legal justice are cited CROSS BURNING—3 YEARS CHURCH BURNING- NOTHING By JOHN J. SYNON They put a Virginian in the State penitentiary, some weeks ago, put him in prison for three years. His crime: He had burn ed a cross, a wooden cross where Negroes were sure to see it burning. That was the extent of his infraction—burn ing that cross. And for that, he was senten ced to three years in the State penitentiary. Now comes an indignant note from the ever-vigilant Bill Loeb. I think the publisher of the Manchester (N.H.) Union- Leader must read everything. In any event, the scorching note he sent was accompanied by a tearsheet from a Georgia week ly—The Wilkinson County News—that recounted the sig nificance of the trial. In effect, Bill Loeb asked me what I had done to protest the outrage. And the answer No thing. But in my small and dil atory way, I mean to fix that now. Joe Boone is the author of the piece Loeb sent me. See how it goes: “How far America has stray ed from the fairness of Anglo- Saxon justice! “The Associated Press re ported on March 16th, a news item from Richmond, Virginia, that Wilson R. Price, 30, was convicted by an all-white Hust ings Court jury for illegally burning a cross in public. “There was no evidence list ed of Price being under the in fluence of LSD, pot, baked ba nana peels, or any of the other specifics of the good life of the beatnick, the civil-righter, or the hippie. “There was no evidence shown that he was of the new order in America which looks for life without responsibility, sex without marriage, salvation without religion, luxury without work, food without sweat, shel ter without struggle, or mercy without justice. “ He was not charged with burning his draft card, donat ing blood to the Viet Cong, con sorting with the communist fronts, or any of the other non- patriotic and/or treasonous ac tivities common to the corrupt society which seeks to take over America. “Had he had the foresight to use his burning cross as a torch to set fire to everything in sight.” Let me break in here: There stands, within three blocks of my home, the shell of an arson- destroyed church. At the time of the burning, students who attend the adjoining college re ported that they had seen Ne groes set off the fire by heav ing Molotov cocktails through its windows. They made that statement without equivocation and voluntarily. But that jusf couldn’t be—Negroes throwing Molotov cocktails. So, in a few days, the young people issued a recantation. Perhaps they had just imagined it. And that is the last we have heard of who burned down Pace Memorial Methodist church. In addition, we have had 8 clutch of arson-inspired lum ber yard fires. These places, in my town, have been going up like the tinder they are. No, no trace of the burners. People think they know who— generally—is doing the dirty work but it is not good man ners to say so out loud. Our indignation, you see, is saved for the Wilson Prices, they and their materially-harmless cross burnings. We send such as Wilson Price to the penitenti ary for three years. But back to Joe Boone's piece: “Had the back of his (Wilson’s) car been filled with directions for making Molotov cocktails, his pockets stuffed with the pornographic filth legalized by the Supreme Court, his bearded mouth spouting the obscenities common to the Berkeley campus, exuding an odor pungent enough to stagger an overworked boar hog, his eyes alight with the religious ecstasy of LSD—his treatment would have been entirely dif ferent.” Amen! Such is the tenor of our time —burn a church and you go scott free. Burn a cross and you go to the penitentiary. There will be a day of reck oning. A fearful day! Employed may get payments Miss Martha Pressly, Dis trict Manager of the Green wood social security office, said today that many people age 62 and over are losing money by not applying for social security payments. A person may lose hundreds of dollars by not checking with the social security office. It is possible to receive some social security checks during the year even though you are still working, said Miss Pressly. A person can earn up to $1500.00 a year and receive payments for each month of the year. If he earns over $1500, some payments may still be made. When earnings are be tween $1,500 and $2,700, $1 in social security benefits is with held for each $2 earned. For earnings over $2,700, $1 in social security benefits is with held for each dollar earned. A person may also receive payment for each month he does not earn more than $125. 00 or actively engage in some type of self-employment. This is true regardless of how much is earned during the year. Miss Pressly urges everyone about to reach retirement age to con tact the Greenwood social sec urity office at 219 Magnolia Avenue. Building Permits Construction and repair per mits issued by the city last week, totaling $14,420 were as follows: Erect building: Mutual Build ers, Henry Ave. Repairs: Pearl B. Reese, 1603 Calhoun; Mrs. Maude Ross, 824 and 826 Drayton; Carrie L. Whitener, Brantley; W. A. Moates, 2517 1-2 Main; Harvey Wofford, 606 Clara: Queen HAPPY BIRTHDAY July 8: Mrs. D. H. McHargue, E. L. Lominick, John McCul lough, Mrs. Foster B. Spotts, Betty Stone, Olin Lominick Jr., Tommy Buzhardt. July 9: Rusty Wilson, L. Pope Wicker Jr., Ronnie Bedenbaugh, George W. Martin J. H. Cook Jr., Mrs. D. R. Son, James Swygert, John L. Edwards, Donnie Devore. July 10: Mrs. Bill Davis, George Senn, George W. Sum mer, Louis Brossy Jr., Paul Hutchinson, Gus Franklin Jr., C. A. Dufford Jr. July 11: Beth Long, Mrs. Jessie Dawkins, Mrs. F. A. Longshore, Doris Marie Shee- ley, Ralph E. Epting, Frank Smith. July 12: Mrs. E. W. Yates Sr., Buddy Waldrop, Wayne C. Spearman, F. R. Higgins, Be linda Jo Bickley, Anna Marie Nicosia. July 13: Emory Bedenbaugh, Mrs. Bennie Livingston, Aubrey Wicker, Tabor L. Hill, Ronald Shealy, G. R. Page, Forrest Shealy Sr., Walt Mills, Paula Cousins, Patsy Oxner, Mabel Wicker. July 14: Holland Sligh, Mrs. Ralph Black, Norman Martin, Juanita Felker, H. E. Thomas, Martha Lominack, Mrs. C. L. Holloway, Mrs. W. R. Bouk- night, Max B. McKittrick, Dr. S. L x Hunter, Larry Harmon, Larry James Wicker, Clark Abrams, Nancy Ruff. BIRTH OF A SON Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lomi nack of 1231 Summer Street announce the birth of a six pound, six ounce son, Edward Frazier III, on June 21st at Self Memorial hospital, Green wood. Mrs. Lominack is the former Miss Nell Bedenbaugh.. Williams, 1240 Player; Cato’s, Main; Mrs. J. L. Eargle, 502 Green; Roland W. Williams, 421 Wright; Martha Humphries, 1804 Piedmont; H. T. Wicker, 1218 Jones; Fred Rodelsperger, 1730 Hutto Ave.; H. L. ‘Baker, 917 Glenn; Geneva Street, 825 Pauline. E. H. Johnson, 819 Milligan St.; Mrs. Troy Rogers, 1606 Harrington St.; Claude Suber, 1812 Hunt St.; Ralph Williams, 1007 Friend St.; Gene Shealy, 2003 Drayton St.; John E. Cald well, 711 McSwain St.; Louis Floyd, Coleman St.; Pearl B. Reece, 1603 Calhoun St. IN VIET NAM WITH U. S. MARINES USS TRIPOLI, June 23rd— Seaman Apprentice George M. Laird, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave L. Laird of 2130 Osborne Avenue helped land Marines and equipment in S. Vietpam, 17 miles south of Da Nang, as a crewman aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli. The amphibious landing, named operation “Beacon Torch” began in the pre-dawn darkness of June 17. Fast navy patrol boats first went close inshore to clear the area of junks and sampans, and then remained nearby to block pos sible enemy infiltration of the attack zone. At dawn, Marine helicopters began moving “Leathernecks” ashore from the deck of the Tripoli, while Marines aboard other nearby Navy ships went ashore by amphibiour craft to establish a beachhead. *9" luxurious intaT RUPTURE COMFORT WMtabto S-pty nlracle Mite- H» fltty* For rMMMa IMuTI NEWBERRY DRUG CO. 944 Mala St, Newberry, 8. C.