The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, August 29, 1968, Image 1
by the way.
By DORIS A. SANDERS
THRILLING RIDE
It was a thrilling ride—if
your nerves could take it. We
were enroute home from Knox
ville, Tenn. Saturday and had
just descended the last moun
tain range in the Smoky Mt.
National Park. We were look
ing for a short cut which I had
been told was in the area which
would bypass Gherokee on the
way to Asheville. I spied a
highway marker ‘‘To Asheville”
so, I thought, this m .st be it.
It didn’t take long to dis-
eove' that this was the wrong
by11a', because we found our-
selves on the Blue Ridge Park
way The mountains in the
park had K en bad enough to
terrify ne-, hut they were no
thing compared to the moun
tains one scab -, on the Park
way.
For those who love the
mountains— ami can stand it
'he Parkway F perhap- one of
the p ret t i e o t drives in the
coin 11 y There are hundreds
of fuse natmg views but ali I
c"u!d concentrate on were the
-ha! p curves overlookm.g urops
of thousands of feet With two
tack'-eat drivers telling the
dr: mu t" " low down ” -he was
Ming little nmre than crawling
.nn.uay i’’.-' a wonder he kept
!' • Mmpo.'Ure and got us off
'fi.t paikaav hut eventually
in u u i once thought that was
a i; ce-sized little mountain be-
tween Greenville and Flat
Reck -!Ut heluwe me, after
gc'tiiig "ff that i’arkway, 1
i.ijn't notice anything more
• hart a d.ght ly ti g h hill m t in*
! i.ad down ... Greenville.
1 forget what kind of phub.a
m\ hu.'tiami says th.is is. out
if you don’t have it. and ymi
like the mountains, the Park
way IS a beautiful drive. But
please ifcm’t ask me to go on
.: again!
j4 UJ vl.
Volume 32—Xo. 19 Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, August 29, 1968 $2.00 Per Year—Single Copy 10c
School integration plan not
abandoned by County board
THE PETITION
You wuii nutt * isewhere in
this issue that tile Newberry
.'aycees have begun a drive to
ni,tain .'ignatures on a petition
calling for a referendum on a
prop.iscii $722,000 bond issue,
proposed by t
( ommission.
A group of citizens gathered
en the court house lawn Tues
day night and were told that
the Newberry Gounty Board of
Education has agreed not to
enforce a new school rezoning
plan which would increase m
tegratmn in Newberry Gounty
Schools.
A .'pok.'-man for the County
Board, howev.-r denied that
‘he Board had taken, any fnr-
• her action than to acRpt a
Resolution which was present
ed to the spokesman fo: ’h-'
group, Fugem- ( Gr ff.th, m
1’uesday afternoon
The Resolution mereh [bar
ed the Board on record as
agreeing that “nvedom o:f
choiee” would be :i imu'e des.r-
able plan f"r ofiei atmg t h ■
Mihools and that the Board
would work with the citizen.'
achieve ih.s goal I he Board
pointed out t im t it e 11 or t ‘ 11
achieve such a plan fail, tic
Citizens 'have the right '<<
bring an injunction against the
Board of Education.”
It will he noted that the
Sc fund Board has made at
tempts over the years to op
erate the schools on a ‘‘free
dom of choice plan” hut has
been told by the department of
HEW that such it plan was
neither satisfactory nor legal
because it did not accomplish
elimination of the dual school
'V.'tem m the county.
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give newsmen and Indian fol
lowers an op|i ( ) rt u n it y to lo..k
over squad in . xc. ss of 7b
players, including more th.an
MO freshmen.
‘‘We’d he happy to have any
interested Newherrian come out
and see us Saturday after
noon,” Goa eh Fred Herren said.
“Earlier in the* afternoon we’ll
issue equipment, so the bovs
will all he uniformed.
“We’ll he taking official
•photographs—a^d if any of
the fans ’''ould like to bring
cameras, I’m sure the 'layers
will he glad to oblige.
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. - pi,to.lied fi ■; I fn y a:. ”
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.mi a ot \ c■ ■ t • w h,,t !i had ; .
about Mb j '• IV 1 '!' el t i i t . Ve
Monday, ahoup 2b percent
! i c: ive Tuesdiiy.
<, i iff.tit sa d t h;it l he citizens
would bring an injunction
agaiimt tne Board and t :i •
HEW.
The Board held a lengthy
session with the citizens com
mittee on Monday night, and
afterward approved the Reso
lution which was presented to
the committee Tuesday.
Board Chairman Gerald Bay-
singer told the group that the
board would welcome the com
mittee to obtain a court in
junction against the hoard in
an attempt to secure freedom
of choice plan in the courts for
the county schools.
Senator Griffith said the com
mittee would be reluctant to
take court action because it
was his opinion that the hoard
has R en operating within the
1 a \v
Bard members told the com-
m't'ro that the county .-clnuds
are operating under a form of
freedom of choice now. Stud
ents may select the school of
: he r clove if they will pr>.vide
their own transportation, school
i.ffvmM- said.
James Wcssing. r, a member
f the citizens committee, said
o felt that the people did md
know they had freedom of
choice in selecting schools. He
-aid he Eel leves that i major
part of the probhon was dii-‘
to a hu k of comnuinicatam ho
' we. a the- boa: .1 and residents
s' the county.
Wessinger san! complaints lie
has received on the new in
tegration plan have not been
Fruited to white parents. He
said Negro parents have called
and asked for his help to semi
their children io schools they
sc 1ec t.
Charles Moss, a committee
member representing the Whit
mire area, told hoard members
that the people of the county
believe the hoard is let doing
ail i‘ could do to avoid sending
their children to c e i t a i n
schools.
Ralph William , the only
Negro member of the education
hoard ’old the committee that
Moody Atchison
rites Sunday
at Aveleigh
Elgin Moody Atchison, t’.7,
died Saturday in Providence
hospital in Columbia. He had
been m declining health for
‘h-' past several months.
Mr Atchison was a native of
Milledgeville, (la., and was the
son of the late James Robert
and Anna Hutchins Atchison.
He had made his home in
Newberry for over 27 years
and operated Odorless Gleaners.
Ih wa- a member of .Aveleigh
Rr. shyterian church, a mem
he* of the Board of Deacons,
a member of the Rotary Club,
and a member of the Board of
Directors of Boys’ Farm.
Mr. Atchison is survived by
Id's wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Cathy
Atchison, Newberry; one son,
Elgin M. Atchison, Newberry;
one daughter, Mrs. G. IF
i Beth i Thurmond, Athens, Ga.
and three sisters, Mrs. N. A.
Segrest, Mrs. Wallace Butts,
Sr., both of Milledgeville, and
Mrs. W. H. Harper, White
Plains, Ga.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at a:Mb p.m. from Ave
leigh Presbyterian church with
Dr. Neil E. Trimsdell conduct
ing the service Interment was
in Newberry Memorial Card
ens.
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Guy Long named
to Warden job
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ptv ed the cembimd iquuiMn
that the committee has no ar
gument against the hoard and
that they realize the hoard has
a difficult job, hut the people
of the county are not getting
freedom of choice and action is
wanted to correct the situation.
Chairman Paysinger said ; f
theboard changes any section
of the new integration plan
“we will automatically he
drawn into court.” Paysinger
said he felt that the best solu
tion would he for the committ
ee to obtain a court injunction
against the board to get a
court approved school attend
ance plan.
Jaycees begin
drive for
signatures
Newberry Jaycees began a
drive Tuesday to obtain signa
tures on a petition requesting
a referendum for a $722,000
bond issue proposed by t h e
Newberry Planning Commismn
and endorsed by City Council.
More than 00 pero-nt of the
freeholders of the city must
petition for the referendum be
fore it can hi ordered. If the
signature drive is successful,
it is expected that voters would
he asked to make a decision
on the bond issue on November
12, the same date on which
they will vote for members of
city council.
The $722,000 in general ob
ligation bonds would he re
paid over a 20 year period.
The cost of repaying this bond
issue could he included in the
city's operating budget with
out any increase in taxes at
this time, according to Maym
Clarence A Shealy Jr It was
pointed out in the brochure
sent to all Newberry residents,
however, that “While tin* Plan
ning Commission foresees no
need for a tax increase in or
der to finance this hond issue,
there is still no assurance that
a tax increase may not he
needed sometime in the future
in order to meet day to-day op
erating obligations of the city.”
The Planning Commission
estimates that it will take a-
hout five years to complete all
phases of the project.
A general description of th 1
projects outlined by the Com
mission follows;
Resurfac'- city owned streets,
sidewalks and other improve
ments to streets, engineering,
planning and right of way,
$210,000;
Purchase of fire pumper, ex
tend and improve fire aim m
v '* eiii, change door- and re
in >de i fire department.. $ l-C!'i,
■ of tne
mill;
ID IP'S' ry
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Compieto \\
ppoint ed
S elopmellt <
man ied t >
th- f.•! mer Katherine Neel and
they have two children; one
daughter. Mrs. James H. ( Mil-
dr-d i T’nger; and one son, Cap
tain Marion G. Tong, Jr., of Ft.
Campbell, Kentucky. The Tongs
are members of the Silver-
street Lutheran Church.
Warden Long assumed his
new duties on July 29, 1908, ac
cording to Duke.
GRADUATES FROM
NURSING SCHOOL
Miss Gayle Setzler, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Setz
ler, wil graduate on August
30 from the School of Nursing
at Greenville General hospital.
playground equipm-nt, rep.t.r
(ipern House, build eon muu ty
cent • r at Mi■ Sva r. S' reet i ’a s k,
$2ei u H n i
Pavmert Y Ste u" P no < !
';gat ion.-, $02. 1 mhi.
Academy opens
on Monday
W.Hi an enrolment of P-b in
the eight grades and an ad-
dltl'-nal R :n ‘he kindergarten
and pre ;rhool pr<>gi am the
Newberry Academy is ready to
begin the new session. There
are only a few openings left,
and very soon now further ap
plications must he taken on a
standby basis.
School will begin promptly on
Tuesday morning, September 2,
at 8:30. After a brief chapel
program the pupils will report
to their classrooms to he class
ified and given textbooks and
the lesson assignments for the
next day. All students must
present their last report cards
for registration.
Since the process will require
only a short time parents are
invited to attend the opening
and then to visit .he newly
renovated rooms and to meet
the teachers.