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PAGE 8—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, May 16, 1968
BY THE WAY
(Continued from page 1)
ness.
If the Board chooses not to
go along with HEW is faces
loss of federal funds. What
would that mean ?
According to Ralph Watkins,
director of schools, in a speech
before the Pomaria PTO re
cently, “First, we will lose
Federal funds for our agricul
tural, economic and lunch pro
grams. The amount of federal
funds received this year was
$390,000. This would mean,
without federal funds, our
county taxes would have to be
raised 33 mills over what we
are now paying ...”
I assume that Mr. Watkins
was correctly quoted in “The
“Prosperity Citizen.” However,
I know there are schools which
are NOT in compliance which
are still (as they have been
for many years) receiving fed
eral funds for agriculture,
(home) economic and lunch
programs.
In speaking of lunch pro
grams, I assume Mr. Watkins
is talking about the free
lunches furnished the so-called
poverty- stricken children. I
also know that much of the
$390,000 of which he speaks
is used to pay high salaried
teachers and administrators to
do jobs which are nice, no
doubt, but not essential to
the cause of education. Much
of the federal money has been
used over the past few years
to buy fancy equipment and
“instruction” materials- which
again are nice, but without
which education would still con
tinue, and effectively. Before
you are threatened with a 33-
mill tax increase should the
Board decide to ignore HEW
demands, let’s find out exactly
how that $390,000 is being
CANDIDATES SPEAK
Candidates seeking nomina
tion in the June 11th Demo
cratic primary will gather at
Whitmire Saturday night for
the third of four political ral
lies. The speaking will begin
at 7:30 at Park Street school.
A barbecue supper will be held
in the school cafetorium be
ginning at 6 p.m.
R1TZ
THEATRE
THURSDAY, FRIDAY and
SATURDAY
Tony Franciosa, Michael
Sarrazin, Jacqueline
Bisset
The Sweet Ride
MONDAY & TUESDAY
Dick Van Dyke, Barbara
Feldon, John McGiver
Edith Evans
Fitzwilly
Clover Leaf
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
FIRST RUN
Island of
Terror
Double Feature
Peter Cushing, Edward Judd
Carole Grey
—ALSO—
The Projected
Man
Bryant Haliday, Mary
Peach
SUNDAY
FIRST RUN
Nobody's
Perfect
Doug McClure, Nancy Kwan
James Whitmore
HOSPITAL
PATIENTS
Robert L. Beaty City
Mrs. Mencie Bedenbaugh City
Mrs. Clara E. Bickley City
Mrs. Lucy E. Bouknight City
Miss Lenora Broaddus City
Ernest Busby City
Charles Cleland Batesburg
Mrs. Eunice Chalmers City
James H. Craft City
Harold Lee Cromer City
Columbus Derrick P’perity
Mrs. Doney C. Donkle and
baby boy City
Mrs. Shirley Fellers P’perity
Mrs. Brenda M. Frazier
and baby boy City
Jabus W. Garnette City
Baby Brunette Glasgow
Prosperity
Mrs. Suzanna Goggins City
Mrs. Gladys Griffin Pomaria
Mrs. Narvice Harmon City
James Harp City
Paul Harvey City
spent, what salaries it is pay
ing, and determine whether a-
bout $300,000 of it couldn’t be
eliminated with no loss to the
cause of education.
I suppose the latest demands
of the HEW should be used
in the form of headline news
but the subject is getting to be
old hat, and one does not com
ment editorially in a news
story. I am getting a little
, sick of the public being told
“The Civil Rights Act of 1964
required the Board to deseg
regate all schools", and “The
law requires now that there
be no longer separate schools,
but that the schools be attend
ed by both white and Negro.”
I am asking you to keep in
mind that it is HEW making
these demands, no't “the law.”
It is my understanding that
there is pending before the
Supreme Court a case which
requests a decision as to the
legality of the “freedom of
choice” method. Should the
Court decide this is legal (and
it just might do it in an elec
tion year because of fear of
white backlash), then our
school board will have gone far
beyond what was required by
LAW of Congress.
It is up to the taxpayers of
Newberry county to determine
the future of our public schools
system ... at least the im
mediate future. We can ignore
HEW, continue with REAL
freedom of choice, lose federal
funds and face a court battle.
Should the Court then say,
“you must abolish the dual
school system,” at least it will
be an order of the COURT,
not the bureaucrats and socio
logists of the HEW.
Or, we can bow to the de
mands of HEW, send half the
white students and teachers to
Negro schools and vice versa
and look for complete deter
ioration of morale and educa
tion among ALL students and
teachers, Negro and white.
Take your choice—and let
the County Board of Education
know what YOU think should
be done. I have the idea that
finally the Board has gotten
to the point of being sensitive
to the wishes of the people,
and that it would LIKE an
expression from taxpayers and
school patrons to help them in
deciding an issue which will af
fect the schools of this county
for many years to come.
County Building
Permits
Mrs. Estelle K. Senn, 1218
Hillcrest Road, garage storage
room, $500.
Ernest Butler, Columbia, 4-
room dwelling $4300.
Clarence B. Counts, Route 1,
Prosperity, 7-room brick veneer
dwelling, $18,500.
Marian B. Floyd, 1407 Dave
Drive, 2-room cabin, $2000.
The Newberry High School Stage Band
entertained at a reception following the
Band’s Spring Concert at the school Fri
day night. Members of the stage band are,
from left, first row, Randy Berry, Charles
Park, Keith Nichols, Benny Bartley, Pa
tricia Leslie, saxophones; Claire Avedis-
ian, Conii Sanders, pianists; back row
standing, Miss Lorraine Paris, director,
Rick Nelson, string bass; back row seat
ed, Cliff Waits, Charles Setzler, Cliff
Phillips, trombones; Robert Raff ield,
trumpet; Carl Setzler, Jane Paysinger,
cornets. Also in the band, but out of view
of the camera, are Tim Parkman, trumpet;
Foster Busby, guitar; and Robin Hazel,
drums. (Sunphoto)
Ernest Heller Pomaria
Baby Boy Hollis Chapin
Mrs. Lillian Kinard City
Ira Koon City
Walter J. Lindler Chapin
Henry McMorris City
Mrs. Violet Marier City
Kirksey Martin City
John Miller Little Mountain
Paul Moss Prosperity
Henry (Red) Newman
Prosperity
Mrs. Annie Mae Pappas City
Mrs. Laura S. Parrott City
Mrs. Elizabeth Reeder City
Mrs. Mecie Senn City
Michael C. Smith City
haTpy
BIRTHDAY
May 19: Steve Price, Ralph
E. Rowe Jr., Mrs. Olin Berry,
Mrs. Lesie Wood, Lee Mayer,
Mrs. Dorothy Schumpert, Mar
garet Lipscomb, Durrett Lips
comb, Keith Nichols, Pearce
Davis, Mrs. Sally Shealy.
May 20: James Bedenbaugh,
Mrs. George T. Davenport,
Mrs. Forrest Lominack, Walk
er Schumpert Jr., Mrs. Andrew
Shealy, Joe Davenport, Daie
Rikard.
May 21: Frances Switten-
burg, Sadie Crooks, Angela
Timmerman, Red Franklin.
May 22: Mrs. R. W. Culbert
son, Mrs. C. B. Bedenbaugh,
Mark Hughes, Mrs. Betty
Sharp, David Young, Randy R.
Koon, James G. Clamp.
May 23: James Smith Jr.,
Mrs. Johnson Hagood Clary,
Gerry Dominick, Bobby Hanna,
Mrs. J. T. Amick.
May 24: Mrs. James Leavell,
Mrs. Floyd Bradley, Leroy
Wilson, Mrs. Claude Buzhardt,
Mrs. C. L. Perkins, Cyril Hut
chinson, Ronnie Curtis Shealy,
Johnny Nichols, Bill Parr.
May 25: David Williams,
Ruth Amis Niles, John F.
Clarkson, J. P. Fellers Jr., Mrs.
Nora Davis, Frank Kolb, Wil
liam Wilson, Mrs. Margaret
Bryson, Mac Ashbaugh, Benji
Kirkland.
PRIEST TO SPEAK
A Roman Catholic priest,
Father Peter Clark of Colum
bia, will be in the pulpit of
Wiles Chapel at Newberry Col
lege next Sunday morning. He
is assistant pastor of St. Pet
er’s Catholic church in Colum
bia. The service, at 11:15 a.m.
is open to the public.
INTERIOR & EXTERIOR —
PAINTING in the afternoon at
reasonable price.
Last rites for
county native
James Manley Bedenbaugh,
58 of Rock Hill died Wednes
day at a York hospital. A na
tive of Prosperity, he was the
son of the late Lester and Ada
Adams Bedenbaugh. He was a
sign painter, a veteran of the
second world war and a mem
ber of Grace Lutheran church.
Survivors include his wife,
Mary James Andrews Beden
baugh of the home; a son, Man-
ley G. Bedenbaugh of Prosper
ity; three sisters, Mrs. Sue
Nelson, Mrs. Rosa Harris, of
Laurens and Mrs. Violet Flem
ming of Bersailes, Ind.; five
brothers, Lee of Marietta, Ga.;
John and Allen of Prosperity,
A. E. (Buddy) of Newberry
and Howard of Columbia.
Funeral services were held
Friday from McSwain Funeral
Home with Rev. J. A. Keisler
Jr. and Rev. Fletcher A. Rice
conducting the service.
Burial was in Prosperity
cemetery.
DeWertz Stone
dies in Saluda
William D. Stone, 49, died
Tuesday at his home in Saluda.
He was a son of Mrs. Myr-
the Wertz Stone and the late
G. E. Stone. He was a member
of the Lion’s club, American
Legion, Mt. Pleasant Lutheran
church and was a retired Mar
ine major.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Dorothy Wheeler Stone, a na
tive of Prosperity; a son, Don
ald a daughter, Denna, both
of the home; two brothers.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday from his church,
conducted by Rev. Frank Lyer-
ly. Burial was in Travis Park
cemetery.
City Building
The City issued building per
mits last week, totaling $10,490
to:
Marie Wells, 706 James St.,
erect dwelling; D. O. Carpen
ter, 733 Boundary; Louise Cobb
808 Boundary; Julius Rister,
701 Main; Gloria Mangum, 837
Crosson; Fred Thomas, Johns
tone; J. A. Eargle, 1306 Wash
ington; Johnny Boozer, 916
Cornelia; Ed Riddlehoover, 415
Wright; and W. H. Nobles Sr.
Berry, repairs.
Local man is
Viet victim
News has been received here
that Pvt. First Class Thomas
Ira Long, 20, was declared mis
sing in action May 2 and also
that he was killed in action
near Tay Ninh, Vietnam, while
serving in the infantry of the
U. S. army.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Anita Defreest Long, Ki-
nards; his pardhts, Mr. and
Mrs. Ira B. Long, Pomaria.
The body is being returned
to Newberry and further de
tails will be announced later.
L. C. Williams
rites Tuesday
Lewie Cohen Williams, 77,
widower of Leola Folds Wil
liams, died Monday.
A Lexington native, he was
a son of the late C. P. and
Mary Jane Rister Williams. He
was a retired textile employee,
a veteran of World War I and
a member of Glenn Street
Baptist church.
Mr. Williams is survived by
an adopted son, J. C. Norris of
Columbia; a sister, Mrs. Min
nie Davenport of Newberry;
four brothers, Bennie of New
berry; Henry of Springdale, N.
C.; Merle of Norfolk, Va. and
Earl of Prosperity.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday from McSwain Funer
al Home by Rev. Donald West.
Burial was in Zion Methodist
church cemetery.
MEETS TONIGHT
The final meeting of Speers
Street PTA will be held on
Thursday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m.
in the school cafetorium. The
4th and 5th grades will present
a musical program under the
direction of Miss Juanita Hitt.
Installation of new officers for
next year will be held. The Ex
ecutive Committee will meet at
7:00 p.m.
BIRTH OF SON
Mr. and Mrs. J. Rhett
Frazier, Jr., announce the
birth of a son, John Rhett
Frazier III, born May 13th
at the Newberry County
Memorial hospital. Weight
of the baby was 61bs 13ozs.
Mrs. Frazier is the former
Brenda Minick, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William
Meadows Minick of Kin-
ards.
Call 276-1214.
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