The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, January 02, 1969, Image 2
PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Jan. 2, 1969
1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner
"Whatsoever Things
By DONALD E WILDMON
Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in advance.
Six Months $1.25.
Back several years ago an elderly
couple, a man and his wife, wet;e pass
ing through Philadelphia. Being tired,
and the night half gone, they searched
for a hotel where they could get some
rest. Every hotel they went to told
thei» the same thing. “Sorry, we are
filled up.” Finally, in desperation, the
couple tried a little third class hotel.
As they entered the hotel the man
went to the night clerk and spoke.
“Mister, please don’t tell me that you
haven’t got a room. We have searched
all over town for a room but the con
ventions have filled up our usual
hotels. We are so tired. Please don’t
tell me that you don’t have a room
where we could get some rest.”
The night clerk looked at the couple,
saw how tired they were, and then
spoke. “I am so sorry, but our hotel is
completely full.” The expression on the
couple’s faces turned to disappoint
ment. They turned, started to walk
out. Then the night clerk spoke again.
“Sir,” he said, “I have a room which I
will not be using tonight. I have the
night shift and will be working all
night. It isn’t a fancy room. Not as
nice as the others. But it is clean. And
if you wish, I would be happy for you
to be my guests for tonight.”
Their faces lit up with gladness!
Their disappointment was turned to
happiness. The woman spoke. “God
bless you, young man.” Feeling like
a million dollars, the clerk showed
them to his room.
Next morning the couple went to
eat breakfast. At the table, they sent
the waiter to get the night clerk. They
sent a message that they wanted to
see him. Entering the room, the clerk
spotted the couple. With a smile on
his face he spoke. “Hope you got a
good night’s rest and everything was
fine.” Both the man and the woman
thanked the clerk for his kindness.
After exchanging a few words, the
elderly man changed the subject.
‘ Young man,” he said, “you are too
fine a hotel man to stay in a hotel
like this. How' would you like me to
build a large, expensive, luxury hotel
in the city of New York and make
you the manager of it?”
The young man sat there for a mo
ment. He did not know exactly what
to say. He wondered if the gentle
man’s mind w T as right. Finally, after
searching for something to say, he
stammiered out these words: “It
sounds wonderful.”
You know, that young man didn’t
have to put those people up for the
night. He could have turned them
away. He had a good reason. And peo
ple had been turned away before. Re
member Bethlehem ? Already every
major hotel in Philadelphia had turned
them away. But this young man had
something about him that refused to
turn them away. He wanted to help,
to be kind. “Do unto others ...” He
did that. He followed the Carpenter’s
command.
It wasn’t long after that that a new
hotel went up in New York City. It
was one of the greatest hotels ever
built. They named it the Waldorf As
toria. And the young night clerk be
came the manager and one of the
world’s greatest hotel men. The gentle
man he shared his room with was
John Jacob Astor.
—FIVE STAR FEATURES
Letter To Editor
Mr. Frank Armfield, Editor
The Newberry Sun
Newberry, S. C. 29108
Dear Frank:
As we pause in this moment
following another busy Christ
mas Season, let us tell you how
grateful we are for the many
services you have rendered so
freely to us and our govern
ment during the past year.
Your willingness and cooper
ation in printing the postal
items submitted to your paper
has helped immeasurably by in
forming the patrons and citiz
ens of our community. I am
sure that many of them are
indebted to you also for the in
formation received thru your
media.
This Christmas season, 175,
000 0c stamps were sold at our
office, an increase of some 20,-
000 over last year’s sale of
four and five cent stamps. We
received more than twice as
much first class mail as we
dispatched and four or five as
many parcels, newspapers, mag
azines and advertising matter
but due to the publicity you
afforded us, patrons mailed
earlier, thereby spreading the
workload over a longer period
making the work of dispatch
and delivery less demanding
than in past years.
Again we thank you and your
staff and look forward to a
pleasnt association with you all
all in the coming year of 1959.
With kindest personal re.
gards.
Sincerely yours,
Harry E. Moose, Postmaster
By: James A. Counts, Asst.PM.
WITH MEN IN
THE SERVICES
SAN ANTONIO — Airman
Walter W. King, sun of Mr.
and Mrs. W. T. King of 122*1
Kmard street, has completed
basic training at Lackland AFB
jn Texas. He 1 has been assigned
to Sheppard AFB Texas for
training in aircraft mainten
ance Airman King, a 1952
graduate of Mary Hughes High
School, Piney Flats, Term., re
ceived his A.B degree in his
tory in 1957 from King College'
jii Bristol, Term.
IH'C PHO. Vietnam -— Army
Private First ( lass A. J. Dav
enport, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. ('. Oavenport, Route three,
Prosperity, wa> assigned to
the 1 11th Infantry Brigade of
the American Ibvision near Due
Pho, Vietnam, Nov. 20 a - a
mortorrnan.
F. S ARMY. Vietnam Army
Private First <'ia>s Robert L.
Spearman, 21, son of Mr. and
Mm John I Spearman, Route
4, Newberry, was assigned on
Nov. 27 to the* 25th Infantry
Division in Vietnam, as a rifle
man.
AMARILLO. TEX.—Airman
James R. Payne, son of Mrs.
Edna McCarty of 49 Player St.
has completed l>asic training at
Amarillo AFB, Texas. He has
been assigned to Chanute AFB,
ILL. for training in aircraft
maintenance.
Airman Payne is a 1958 grad
uate of Young High Schocd,
Knoxville, Tenn.
LONG BINH, Vietnam—Army
Private First Class Emory
Gary, 20, whose wife, Geneva,
lives at 422 Drayton St. was
assigned to the 267th Signal
Company Nov. 26 near here as
a lineman.
FT. LEONARD WOOD, MO.
—Army Private Zack W. Bar
ron, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Allen D. Barron, Newberry,
completed advanced training as
a combat engineer Nov. 29 at
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.
During his 8-weeks training
he received instruction in com
bat squad tactics, use of infan
try weapons and engineer re
connaissance. He was also
trained in the techniques of
road and bridge building, cam
ouflage and demolition.
VIETNAM—Marine Private
First Class Henry L. Cannon,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Can
non of Prosperity, was promot
ed to his present rank while
serving with Headquarters Bat
talion, a unit of the First Ma
rine Division in Vietnam.
The
County Agents
Column
HAPPY NEW YEAR
With the beautiful Christmas
music still in the air let us
look ahead to the year 1969
and wish for each of you a
the mistakes we made last year
best for all of us in the com
ing year. All of us hope that
this will lie a year when peace
will be on earth and among all
men good will. As we look back
over the year of 1968 lets try
to be objective in our thinking
and see if we can’t profit from
the mistakes we made this year
and not make the same errors
in the new year. Probably the
most important thing we can do
is to plan more wisely and try
to look ahead and see if pos
sible, what the outcome of our
plans will be before the error
is made.
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A CHANGE IN 1969
After December the 31st of
this year. Hog cholera vaccine
cannot be used in South Carol
ina. By stopping the vaccination
of hogs for cholera, the goal of
eradicating cholera from South
Carolina is brought one step
closer. State and Federal Vet
erinarians working with your
veterinarians will be respon
sible' for making the determina
tion of whether or not pigs have
cholera and if so, the method of
depopulating the herd.
Pigs, other than those going
to slaughter or moving through
sab's will now be given only
serium. The modified Live Vac
cine (MLV) has been limited
to use by vetemarians since
July 15, 1968. At this time.
South Carolina moved in Phast
III of the National Hog Cholera
eradication program and start
ed paying indemnities and de
stroying cholera infected swine
herds to help eliminate this
costly disease from South Car
olina.
Remember, that out breaks
can be eliminated by the early
reporting of suspected cases or
sick hogs and that the entire
industry - producers, packers,
auction markets, feed compan
ies, veterinarians & many other
must work together for this
program to be successuful.
ANNUAL MEETING of the
SOUTH CAROLINA SWINE
PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION
The annual meeting of the
South Carolina Swine Producers
Association will be held at the
Redwood Cafeteria on the State
Fairground in Columbia on
Tm'sday January 28, 1969. The
program will get underway at
10 a.m. and be completed by 4
p.m. so that you can get home
before dark. It looks like this
is one of the best planned pro
grams the association has come
up with in a long time. They
have this meeting planned with
the swine producer in mind and
what wjH be heplful for him in
1969. We hope you will mark
this date on your calendar and
plan to attend.
CHARLIE RISHER to talh tur
key in ENGLAND
C. F. Risher, Clemson Un
iversity Extension Turkey Spe
cialist has won international
honors with an invitation to
address the annual meeting of
the British Turkey Foundation
Ltd. early next year.
Mr. Risher will be the Fed
eration’s guest for its conven
tion February 2-4 at the Grand
Hotel in Eastbourne, Sussex,
England. He’s the third Amer
ican ever invited to address the
group.
Charlie has gained national
prominence for his work with
turkey producers in South Car
olina, in promoting the indus
try in the state, and for his ac
tivities with the National Tur
key Federation. He has con
tributed articles to many of the
industry trade magazines by in
vitation and on a regular basis.
The specialist will leave Jan
uary 29 and return Feburary
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