The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, May 22, 1969, Image 1
BY THE WAY
By DORIS A. SANDERS
MY MISTAKE
Sooner or later it inevitably
happens—we get the w r n n g
names under a picture—and it
happened last week. Our apol
ogies to all involved.
For the sake of those w h o
might want to keep the picture
for their scrapbook or for some
other purpose we are again
this week publishing the Girls
Staters from Newberry High
School with, we hope, the right
names in the right order
(RIME PREVENTION
We hear a lot about crime
prevention and I am still of the
opinion that the best prevention
is punishment fitting the crime.
1 would agree with what Spect
ator had to say a week or so
ago that a good public "flog
ging" would put a stop to a lot
of (lie nonsense going on in the
streets and on the eollege cam
puses of the country
And a public hanging would
probably put a stop to a good
number of murders and rapes
winch grow more rampant all
the while, as judges give eram-
mals a gentle lecture and turn
them loose on the public and
as do-gooders cry crocodile 1
tears for hardened criminals
while giving no thought to the
unfortunate 1 victims of t h e s e
mcious thugs.
The old and weary subject of
abolishing capital punishment
m again the subject of discus
sion up m our sister state 1 My
friend Jesse Helms of WKAL-
TY has some interesting words
to say about it in a recent ed
itorial of the air.
By Jesse Helms, WRAL-TV
The furious campaign to abol
ish capital punishment in North
Carolina illustrates anew the
political axiom that the minds
of men can sometimes be more
easily swayed by emotion and
slogans than by logic and fact.
One of Wake County's repr-
sentatives in the General As
sembly declared with all final
ity and certainty the other day
that there is "no evidnee that
capital punishment d e t e r s
crime" What the gentleman
uas saying, to give him the
benetit of the doubt, is that he
lets not bothered to look tor am
e\ idence.
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there have been preciselv six
executions in North Carolina
and none since October Util It
is often suggested with no evi
dence to support it that inno
cent persons" have been put to
death. Is there no member of
the legislature to ask Who'.’
When'? Where'.’ T bos e u ho
make such declarations ought
to be challenged to produce the
records upon which they base
such indictments of the judi
cial system of this state After
all. it is they who constantlv
bring up the subject of "evi
dence" It is only fair to invite
them to present their own
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Selected Hoy of The Year and Girl of Tin 1 Year at
Newberry Iligdi School were Gerry Harmon, and Car dine
Smith. Presenting’ the trophies on behalf of the Hx'-
(diange Club are P. K. Fuller, left, and Andrew Shealy.
president, rigdit. (Sunphoto).
Memorial Day
Service Sunday
Residents of Newberry Coun
ty are cordially invited to at
tend and participate in Memor
ial Day services on Sunday.
May 2f), sponsored by Post 24
of the American beg ion. Post
Commander Price K, Harmon
announced today
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tive rites are scheduled to be-
gill
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bii:- ine.'S firm e,n Friday. May
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Fact; war f 'ounpv Service
' Hficer Jeriyv () cFnnn eompiiles
a list of names of Newberry
County veterans and service
men who have died since the
previous Memorial Day The
names of the deceased of the
past year are published below.
as a tribute to all servicemen
who have waved m defense 1 of
their country
WORLD WAR I
Clinton John Marshall
Figner Asa
Fellers Cheslev Spearman
Franklin, Lonnie William
Fulmer Matthew Stack
Gary, battle
Grauam, Fddie Osborne
Hembree, Guy Wood
Johnson, Karl
Johnson. George Andrew
Kirkland. Joseph lb
Lewis. Bertie Avon
Medloek, Louis Fdgar
Neel, Thomas II
Summers, bradv
Swindler, charin' J
Taylor Jackson Wallace
Young, Sam C
WORLD WAR II
Vi.iU:.' FllCeUe Scott
\ndta on. Benjamin T Jr
Burton Kin ha
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• i• iii'. 11 William J; unities B
1 ,u mer 1 ivde Thornton
Fr aiki;:, ! .outae W iluam. Jr
1- i u iaii,a: Iddw an I Mack
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Wrikiig Julian Lei and Jr
William- Ralph T
Zobed, RaifJi Penyv
KOREAN
Abrams, Claude
Maver. Johnnv W
Shirey, James Franklin
Strother Hubert
Summers. Johnnie Gibson
VIETNAM
Gibson. David
Sartor Leonda
Trapp. Bobby Ray
Williams. Carol F
A( TIVE DUTY
Arnold. Clifton Fdward
Walker, Curtiss Fugene
Newberry Co-op
meeting tonight
The annual meeting of mem
bers of the Newberry Electric
Go-operative, Inc. will be held
at the Newberry Armory to
night (Thursday) at 8 p.m.
Business will be transacted,
directors elected, and enter
tainment enjoyed by members
and their families. The profes
sional entertainment will feat
ure singing and dancing by Car
ol and Bill Foster, sensational
theatre size magic by Joseph
Josef, and the nationally known
clump. Sam.
Directors will be chosen from
among the following Co-op mem
bers: Zone 1, George E. Stone
or Carl Setzler; Zone 2, Harold
F Long or James R. Bishop,
Jr Zone 3, L. Berley Beden-
baugh or D. 0. Lovelace Other
Hearing set on
Nance widening
The State Highway Depart
ment has announced that it will
conduct a "design" public hear
ing in June on the proposed
Nance-McKibben Street widen
ing project at Newberry, ac
cording to Chief Highway Com
missioner Silas N Pearman.
The hearing will be held Wed
nesday. June 18. at 8 pm. in
the Speers Street School.
Mr Pearman said Highway
Department engineers will be
on hand at the hearing to dis-
eims m detail the design char
acteristics of tin 1 proposed pro
eel
'Die Nance MeKibben Street
wi,iming i> approximately 2 8
miles long and extends from
S (’ Route 121 near the nortli-
, a t i itv limit> through the eeri-
tial bu.uineus (Imtriet to Fben-
M’< r Road
Pioposed improvements ell-
1,oi widening to four lanes with
prov mion> for left turn lanes at
intoi-eetioiM in the downtown
.urea
All mtore>tod pemoim will
b, bo,ai d concerning tlieir v low
on iho Doial. ecouomie and en-
v ironmeiital effects ot this pro-
j,ot on the community," Mr.
Pearman said Schedules for
right of way acquisition and
eoimtruetion will also be dis
cussed at the hearing along with
other pertinent aspects of the
proposed improvement.
A "corridor" type hearing on
the proposed widening was held
by the Highway Department on
December 19. At that time the
hearing was conducted jointly
with location specifications on
a proposed by-pass to be built
around the south and south
eastern side of Newberry. A
design" hearing on the pro
posed by-pass will be held at
a later date.
See map of proposed project
elsewhere in this issue.
nominations may be placed
from the floor. The term of of
fice will be three years.
All members of the Co-opera
tive are urged to attend the
meeting and their families and
friends are cordially invited to
be present.
In his annual report to the
members, Co-op President
Gorge E.Stone said, "We had
a good year of growth both in
energy sales and new mem
bers. This was accomplished in
spite of increased Eederal tax
es, record high interest rates
and higher home construction
costs. We enjoyed a near re
cord gain in new services for
any one year since the early
1950’s.
"Continued rising costs of ma
terials, labor and overhead pre
vented any rate revision down
ward; however we have been
successful in preventing a rate
increase by maintaining our
facilities at a high level of per
formance.
"A hoped-for revision in our
wholesale energy rate structure
did not materialize in 1968. Nei
ther were we privileged t o
share in the cost savings on
the pro rata share of energy
that is rightfully due us from
Southeastern Power Adminis
tration. Our wholesale power
cost is considerably more than
half of our operating expenses.
This is a fixed cost and we
have no control over it, unless,
of course, we are successful in
obtaining a better rate. With
out a more favorable wholesale
energy rate we will continue to
be at a disadvantage in our ef
forts to serve industrial loads.
"The Board of Directors and
management g r a t e full y
aoknovv ledge the loyal support
ot the Cooperative's employees
and memberships and solicit
their continued cooperation
Manager Hugh M. Eptmg told
members. "Your system is m
good financial and physical con
dition. We try to anticipate sys
tem loadings at least five years
ahead, therefore, up-grading ca
pacity is a never ending pro
cess. It costs more each year
to deliver a kwh of energy, this
being due mainly to rising cost
of materials, labor and over
head I’nit cost of construct
ion has more than doubled since
1 became your manager; there
fore, capital in ever increasing
amounts is required to keep
moving forward.
Again I express my grati
tude to a helpful and under
standing board of directors for
outstanding guidance and sup
port. Also I am grateful for
the privilege of working with
a group of employees whose ef
forts to serve efficiently and
loyally is not excelled a n y-
where. We appreciate our mem
bers for without you and your
need for service, we would not
be needed.”