The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, March 13, 1969, Image 1
BY THE WAY
By DORIS A. SANDERS
SPOKE TOO SOON
Several weeks ago I was
praising the action of the New
berry County Board of Educa
tion for voting to allow its op
en sessions to be broadcast.
It should be evident to every
one by now that I spoke en
tirely too soon.
At its very next meeting,
the Board rescinded its action
and said, “No, we won’t allow
broadcasts of the meetings."
Well, this was bad enough.
Board action Monday night
even topped this, when the
Board voted to go into execu
tive session during an informal,
unofficial, public meeting.
I ordinarily do not like to
go to night meetings because
I want to be at home with my
family. This particular meet
ing, however, was of so much
interest—at least I thought it
would be—to the public that I
felt it was worthwhile cover
ing. to report to you the
sentiments of the Board con-
cerning operations
schools next session.
of
the
Mike Ellis reports
in
the
Greenville News that
1 wa
iked
out of the meeting. That I
did.
although i did not
(dialh
•nge
the authority of the
B tare
1 to
call an execut :vc -o-ssion. a - Me
reported. I just made it Hoar
there was no need for me m
sit there when 1 could not re
port to YOC what YtiT'R
Board had m mind for Y<)1 R
school-, operated with It
tax money.
The meeting began with an
hour or more of generalities
expounded by Charles Knowl-
ton. lawyer for Richland Coun-
•y dchool District 1. He impar
ted little, if any information
which had not already been
contained in the public press.
When he had completed his
discourse and answered a few
questions, the Board Chairman.
Ed Young, suggested that the
Board get on about the busi
ness of diseus.-mg the local
school situation. 'Hus was what
I was waiting for and at tins
point the Board voted it.-elf in
secret session.
It had already been announc
ed that no official action would
he taken Monday night, so I
did not expect that. 1 did ex-
pect, however, to he able to
report to you the sentiments of
the Board, and of the Freedom
of Choice committee which wa-
present, as to operation of mir
schools next year.
1 cannot imagine to -ave my
life WHY the Board is reluc
tant. ■ r why o-rtain membor-
of the Board ai ■ oluctant to
havo their views know" four
of them asked tor ' he y n and
were elec* ed by tin 'toe.
The pe i p e havi * he : gh ’ to
know how their e! cc' t d rep re -
sent a' iV's think, esp*- ia >
a mat ter a ' m |»• -rt a’ a- ‘ r "
BI T THEN
1 will have ■ a,:mit tr >' I
feel .net a me. m' bo
this Board of Ed urn t on F ,r
of the nu-mh"!- two t.-ewd
and two appointed, are > un
pletely new to this school .‘
uation and there ss nc dou ,r
about the fact that they cuid
not have taken over at a wors>-
time.
I
helim
,'e that
mos*
,.f
m e 11
iber-
of tl'iis
Boar.;
\v . i r :t
do
what
YOL
war:*
t ma:
do.
but t
h.ey ca:
n’t kn
W 'A
vou
want
u n 1 e s >
you t
ell tL
F
’m sure
that Ra:
ph \\ a* k i r. -.
d i n
•ctor of
-chooL.
is -til’ firm
in
his heli*-f that
the P.oard
sho
uld trv
to cont ;
nue sa’i-fy-
i n g
HFW
in order
to get ’bewe
" federal ’’
funds. 1
don’t know
why people can’t ounem’ - r
that a few years ago. the dis
trict operated without fed- ral
funds. There are adjoining
school districts which receive no
federal funds and they are op-
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Vol. 32—No 47
Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, March 13, 1969
I). B. Brittain, president of the United Fund and the
chairmen of UF committees for 1969 are shown above.
From left are R. K. Summer, Jr., chairman of budget and
admissions: Jack Raffield, campaign chairman; Thomas
I.eit/sev. publicity and public relations, and Mr. Brittain.
(Sunphoto)
United Fund drive
gets early planning
Tentat ive plans for the
'.iGb Cnited Fund campaign
vere discussed during a meet-
ng of the t’F Itoard of Direc-
ors Tuesday morning in the
ommunity room of Newberry
' ede i a 1 building.
D. B. Brittain, chairman
nw-ided and told hoard mem-
he
r- th
at ;t
was going to he
lie
f c ^ s a
ry
o -trengthen t h e
or
gamzat ion
structure of the
r
F if
it is
to survive.
" We
are
going backward-
1 a
t iier
t han
forward in term-
< 1 i
,loli
ar- i
collected.” he said,
nc.
it:ng
t hat
the fund did not
M! 1
et t 1
!.- quota thw year, and
! h
at "
oil r
quotas are ; 11 ready
u ?
in a.:
> ’ 1 e a 1
1 y low."
Mr
Bntt
am expre.-sed the
(i j
on pm
t ha
t the county Fund
“ ]
^ apj
> I < jar
hing tiie crossroads
a -
fai
a- survival is i-onccrm- l.
it
ls
;r purp ,.-e to shov*
t !;,
». i
•amp;
:ugn down th.e
t P
nci’ s
, . f r
■ t
. eo pl e if tliev don't
make them see that they are
not poor.”
J. Hilton Parsons pointed out
that the community is prone to
say "local problems should he
solved on the local level," but
what they really mean is,
"Don’t bother me about it."
Jack Raffield, who i.- serving
as campaign) chairman,
outlined some plans for th>-
fall fund drive. There will he
two divisions working under
co-chairmen. Rusty Brown wi!‘
head a committe-' which will
concentrate on a drive among
• ••mmereial establishments,
he aded by Keitt Rurctdl; Indu--
try. headed by Dick Britt; w.--
o lying, which will he in
charge of Dr R H. Semi.
i
as <■.•!■
trunk we -hou. i
for* *.> pro-er."
Barn ; i r f.-l* t hat • ■' •
■ •’ ‘ h> principal reasons tha*
I' !•' ha.- not n.-t’. succossfui s
'' - " . i: * ‘! • ar; ' < " > late pah! i' -1’;.
b : .-at .ng *r - public a- * . tie
■ ■ a - nd * r.c u.-e t whick,
tie - moreyv i- r- ing put, will
• • of tiie primary aims of
! >. riar-g- of the 11 e' p
an.p.ogn
1 * Floal'd t' 1* that it need,
an e >: p :a - - - inn . f opinion f ron s
mat! or. the street" a - to
t nited F ind, whether :t
wa.- wante.i. and ways in wh.cF
to encourage more
Mr. Br - tain p«,:- --d
he financial di\
A ■ :d\'; p . n! ic educ;
Wa*, nablic
Da• Morison ;
H I : I- Ik. No ,
■ • . • nna a fo- • h,
d v . - i o:
o'ai rrnan
, . r
wa
■ r r t . • < * ’
what
r.a i . •.' * gt
■ o.' N’ew'tierrian- are g,v,r-g
F F He empha-./* •: tre *.•
,'y of keeping as nr
" o; : • y a - pec - ’hi* foe use
■ ' * *■ •;nt y aid ai -o a*;’.' 1 >
( a’ • : a s\-- *• rn ny w In, n * r.**
do; ■ *• .uI i >*■ |**i * •!.*- ag-
:...• h h>- v. -h*-d t give.
The next meeting is set f r
Mav la at 10 a.m.
School chorus
will sing at
Convention
A musical program directed
by Miss Juanita Hitt will be
presented at the State Conven
tion of the South Carolina So
ciety DAR Thursday evening,
March Ik at the Wade Hamp
ton hotel. Columbia. The pro
gram will be given at the for
mal banquet in honor of Mrs.
Erwin Seimes. the President
General of the National Socie
ty DAR. Jasper Chapter of
Newberry. Mrs. F Scott El
lin* t. regent, will serve as one
,,f the area hostess chapiters.
The following program will
he given for this outstanding
-or-ja! event.
“Drink To Me Only With
Thine Eyes."
"Oh. Dear, What Dan Th*‘
Mat’.r Be.”
"There Was a I.over And
ID- Bass." by the Newberry
High School Girls Ghorus.
"The Lilac Tree." sung hv
Kiki Kirkland and pantomim'd
hv Sara Elizabeth and Fharles
I hike-;.
"There's an Old Spinning
Wheel." sung by the chorus
with Beth Anderson as .-oloist.
and nantomined by Evie Moore
and Lewis Hughes.
“The Yrginia Re*l" will b**
d.unod a- a Colonial ( "Untry
Dance by the following pupib
from trio krd grade of Speers
S * • o e t School: De De Biigman.
.1 II SnoM-. Amy Price. Lucy
A’n Haile. Kay Summer. Carol
Lolk, Keith Rinehar*. Billy
Wu’fjen. Mack Glarau Billy
('’lamp, Holley Wallace and
R.ill Wiseman.
"Tho Minuet." -h.
f irmal
da no*- of the < 'oh , > j a , per o*l
will he dar.ce*! by the following
fupils from Roumlary -chooL
v 'p*'* r- St. hooi and the Nh-w-
'••*■•" -\* adeniy' Kather;* <• Ba-
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plot,on'. < 'athy R.gg.t,. Marti
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$2 a Year—10c a Copy
County Board
talks plans in
secret session
The County Board of Educa
tion met Monday night with
the “Freedom of Choice” com
mittee to discuss the school de
segregation plan for the 19G9-
70 session.
At approximately 9 00 p.m.
the board voted to go into ex
ecutive session. As the witch
ing hour approached, the hoard
went back “on the record" to
say it had received as infor
mation and would study alter
nate plans offered by th<- fr*-e-
don of choice ommifeo and
others.
Memher< Billy Taylor a n !
Dr. John Roche voted against
the secret -ession.
t’harle- Kn -wltor:. a lawy* r
from Columbia who represents
Richland Founty D -trier 1.
was introduced by Board chai:'-
man Ed Young. The purpose
of Mr. KnowLon’- v -i* was
m*t quite <dear. He talk**! aloou*
tiv Richland dm* ret. a Ra!
ejgh and a (ire'-rmh*,?'*, school
district, hut said he knew no
thing aooul the Newberry sit
uation.
His main point seenu-u to r-e
to emphasize tha* the Newber
ry schools mu-t achieve mor* 1
integration next year o* ne
faced with a cut-off of f*-deral
fund- ami a po.-mibb- law <uit.
He spoke of various Supreme
and lower court decisions and
what they required; however he
admitted that the Civil Rights
Act of 19G4 only required that
tin-re not he discrimination.
Mr. Knowhon was not en
couraged that there would he
any great change ,n HEW pol-
icie- as the result of change of
administrations. His attention
was called to an interview in
L. S. News and World Report
w 11 r HEW *-r m* a ry Fi'ah.
u hi'di se* jm-d * , r. ir ate '.ha*
* he N.xon admit; 1-* ratio*, w* . *1
ret hear down a- hard or; th-
-i "o ,1 (ii-* nets a- irl t h e
John- r: admit,.stra* r r:. Mr.
Kr.ow!*,,:.'- con n'.* n* w.. - * • a*
r.to wa)* am: see
v. ha: k:mi "f d"!'- ar*-
u.a ie -.t: a-t-s r.ow p.- * d:t.g
I*. ad*i:* or, t< men he*s f
'h- B* ard , r* ss and rads- *r-p-
• reser.r r.-pre -i-n*. r, g **.■ h r -
d r: f ( ho.ee < .rf.rr. .**••• L . -
g* r.* *' Griff:!': . Prr . kr-y
Haw-. • - and R* v T v •: a- G.
Da
Th- plan dev;- i by * n
B a rd at ■: approved • *r>- i »e-
Pa-tment ,f H-altr.. Km a*.’,*;
ar.d Welfare f .» p.-ra*.r g *r.>-
- .- f. r th- 19G9-7o -.on
, - e •allow-:
Wh.* m.re area ’.’'.tally
*• .*«.•> v • - r-a■ r r ' r Pa* c ^*reet
a r d * ; rv--r Ran. - rn graaf-s
1-4 a*tend Park Str- e*.
i
*'. ,-a:d d liar-. N,
, . r : * v \\ a a' -o’j t > 1! rno
■a ’ - q. -*a last year.
R,■ . K.f rU Roof of
ana sard tha* .-ifice living :n
N-'a berry c"Un!\a he had got*
*er; the impr e -s., ,n that "New-
herry n luntiarm a. way- had
•he feeling that they are poor
people They have no pride in
* *e m '*•; ve> . . there is a
scr.-e of (..mplacency or apathy
that we have to overcome, to
iter*--*
S- rvmg with
M r.
H r i 11 •: r.
: ami 9 IA p m.
('"arv-r. grades
9-12 w;11 a11end
* tha*
o', * h e hoard
f dirw
ctors are
A : ;-.-*- * • . n
.* .ii/.-
Whi’rr. re High
N* w
J H iit-n Pa - -r
■ r.s, *i
ee r re - i
1 V y ' * . - r '
g ( < , • r .
S: 1v-’Streef
Ah pmais in
s. had
d-’.t: Jam.'.- We
av-r. -
ecretary;
' . * t'-rn wii: ' a * a *
2 F) rj- _
grade- 1- H wii
! attend Sliver-
d \ ♦* r'a.
James M Smith
i Jr. t
reasu’er;
STeet School.
■a le-rr;.'
William D. Beard, Rif
ha r (i I.
Tm -rh-s ;- :••- g
r ► * ] \r }
Bash River
Ah pupils In
1 short
Rri't. Thomas
P
Buzhard*.
In- *' - r ;e quaml -t me
‘ > a -
grades l- 8 will
attend B u s h
St» ve F. Floyd,
W. A
. Funder-
w* .. as horn- viewer.- w
:tr. them
River school.
Reuben school.
R m-
burk. B. J. Gill.
Lewis
F. Haw-
representatives in the
fleneral
which has served black stud-
Kir:-. Rev. W. B. Kyzer. Th ,s.
H I.eltzsey, Mrs. R. E. L:v-
ir.g-ton. Mrs E. Kirby Iximi-
nack, William E. Monroe, Dav
id W. Morison, W. J. Raffield,
Eii Rollins, Rev. Elford Roof,
Dr. P. H Senn, Robert E. Sum
mer Jr, Mrs. C. Otis Taylor
and W. H. Tedford.
A-sembly It will provide an
in-ight into the operation of
the legi-lative body, how laws
ar- made, and fir-t hand know
ledge of is.-ues facing Legisla
ture this year. Questions posed
to members of the Legislature
come from students in social
studies classes.
ents of *hese two areas, would
closed.
Newberry area: Provisions
were made in the event a new
high school was constructed.
Since this would he an impos
sibility f^fore the next session,
the alternate plan called for
(Continued on page 6)