The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, July 17, 1969, Image 1
BY THE WAY
Rv DORIS A. SANDER*
WHO ARE THEY?
Dr. L Nt'Lsn Hell wrote a
column in the July 16 issue of
The Presbyterian Journal entit
led. The Forgotten Ones". It
is well worth reprinting here:
By Dr. L. Nelson Bell
Who are they'.'
The nvershelmitm majority ot
Xeurocs who. aware ot long
overdue opportunities now open
to them, ask for nothing more
than a chance to take advan
tage of these opportunities for
advancement, and who long tor
a peaceful coexistence w i t h
their fellow Americans
Who are they'.’
The overwhelming majority of
'tudents who wish to take ad
vantage of their opportunities
tor an education, thereby to bet
ter fit themselves for life
These all are the victims ot
o soilisii. vicious, oven crazed
mineriW . wlute and black. who
.other for self interest, willful
(Iciu'iou or eaPulated determi-
na f| on to destroy society, engage
in an\ arid till kinds oi disrup
ter and doNtnirtive acteitevs
l i'-'-w \ irtim> ot anarchy are
open unable to -peak tor them-
e!\r- tur tear ot vicious re
pnsals. even ot deatti. and they
therrmre remain sdent
In i.ne of our larger cities a
croup ot Negro pastor-' recent
i\ told ot the tear under which
thev h\ e < 'tie romarked th.at
hr teit 'Uia omr of thfon would
br killed within a vear t»\ some
ot the militants who regtird any
'land for the right a challenge
to their own p!aii' for destruct
ion
These victims of a militant
and anarchist minority need
help We all need help, and
there can only be relief when
criminals are treated as crim
inals while excuses for their be
havior are no longer accepted
as valid
The qualified rejection of the
Black Manifesto by some Church
leaders has been sickening One
leading churchman was quoted
m the press as saying that it
is the Ilolv Spirit speaking to
the Church"
The open backing of radicals
n some umversitv and college
professors has been disquieting
m tlie extreme 1 recently sat
bv a university professor on a
[Jane and was told. "The
troubles in our university have
ome prunariK from some fae-
iltv members, but the worst
iffender has been the chaplain
1 can assure you that in:- con
tra', t has not been renewed and
a- will not return"
The sa> mi cow of academic
're. Jom" is worshipped by some
who contuse freedom and li
ense What good will academic
t reedom be l! tile lllstltllt lotlS
tie i hem wIV o' t ieS/f t'o\ ed \ca ■
demii. freedom is the right to
'ear. h tor truth, not to de,-1imv
that nght bv an.uadiv
1 i:. tragic tact is that manv
i, f our in-titutions of higher
learning ore tKorouglily infiltra
ted bv men .ind women' who
have no tear of Cod m their
hearts and no rasped tor those
values which bless men and
nations Wdien academic tree-
dom becomes a cloak for sub
vei'sioii it is tune for ttie long
j. atient majoritv to assert its
own rights
Cm guest a ihably ad iv i -t lead
ers. black and white are them
selves far removed from the
realities of hie l nhappmess
with a system is no excuse to
destrov that system when none
better is at hand Anger against
the Establishment" is futile
without a better plan for soc-
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No.
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Xew berry
S. ('. 2‘JlDS, J'htirsdav. Jttly
7. IHGil
per year
Miss South Carolina
be welcomed home
A parade will be held this
Thursday) afternoon at a p.m
a.) weleome Miss Soutli Caro
lina" back to her home town.
Brantlee Brice, who won the
coveted crown with Iter beauty
and talent Saturday night, re
turns today from Greenville and
after-pageant activities.
The parade will form at the
orner of Mam and Calhoun
dreds and proceed to the ( om-
munitv Hall where Miss Bnee
will tie welcomed by Mayor
('iarem/t
■ A Sh
ealy. Ji
• andgiv-
en tin 1
kev.' t
o the (
sty Other
present;)
4 ions
will he
made at
the '.'ommumt
v Hail
eeremonv
De.m
Bied.'i
>e pre
'idelit ot
the Ji '■
l 'CC' .
and I
uffv Mill-
-lead. !’(
pre.'f [
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e ( 4t_v arc
mrmukiting p!
iaii' toi
■ tin |iar
.Mil O'.
'Med
bv me
ml.'er- of
tile .lav
eee.'
and Jav cee-ette'.
1 e n t a t
ive pi
an.' call for the
-tates
heuti.
•mint
governor.
John B
West.
and ('ongressman
Biqvan 1
)orn t
o he on hand to
W eleoli't
■ the Queen
Also to he
in the
paradi.
■ are i
'e[)r(‘senta-
lives oi
Cl III I it
: v and
mumeqial
aov erameiit'.
New her
iqv i ollege
and the
State
Ja_V eee
erganiza
Hon
Music will be furnished bv
members of the Newberry
High S diool Ifand. direeted by
Miss Lorraine Baris, and possi-
ly the 246th National Guard
Band directed bv C\\ () Gharles
B Bruitt
Most television stations of the
'tale, as well as daily news
papers. will cover the home
coming weleome
The reigning Mms Newberry.
Miss Anna Bike also will he
in the parade
Tlie new Miss Soutg 1 arohna
is a rising junior a: New hen v
College where slw i- majoring
m music
She has also be.-is fleeted as
t^ueen of the South • a r o i i u a
Hoi’se and Buggy Bc-Cval .it
Fountain inn and die Soutii ( an
)!ina Apple (.,)aee;i a! \\f tmm
'ter This vear 'he Wa ei;o-en
Miss (iiamour at Newi.d'i
ege. and she was Mi - ■ New
lernan last year
In 1!*67 she was iioeg.e ‘•mmg
'due'll at N. a fieri . I in n ami
gileen i ,t 1 lea its a! the ' IV :e
I.eagU<' \ aie 111iIif I b.v fol11e t
She Ac- also ('.hosel! Ml-- w t' a
Kul.i Kuia !)V the 1 >nier of the
\ ri'i iw ot th.e 1 ■’.( i\ >■' o u I mu.*
1 v 11 i g i - * (i n n I ! 1
IT ill CKFB Cold Mar
ini, (; Long. Jr 2o whose par
eiit live on Kouif 1 Silv er
streef. reecived tlie 'liver wings
i it an Armv av lator July i upon
. raduatinii from die A: mv Av ia
tion School at Id Liieker, Ala
He r<-eeiv ed 16 weeks of in
struction m Armv fix.-d-wing
aueraft. -dudving sueli subjects
as instrument, flying, flight
planning, maintenarde. taetimal
maneuvers and survival techni
ques. The course features 210
hours of actual flying time
Mr and Mrs Maxie Graham
have moved to 714 CNeal St
1969 County tax
levy set: 69 mills
The !J6f) tax levy for New
berry County was set Tuesday
morning at 66 nulls, a nine-
mill increase over the levy for
1666
The entire increase is f o r
school operation and toacher
supplemont increases Four of
the nine mills are to be added
by action ot the County Board
of Fdueation Thursday night
This is as high an increase as
tho Board can vote The Board
had requested an additional sev
en mills hut the County Board
of Commissioners, bv unanim
ous vote and with the approval
ol Representative Waite T
Lake.
only
allowed fiva 1 addi-
t lonal
mills
1 restsit at
the meeting weri
Supervisor 11 B Hendrix who
served as chairman. Commis
sioner' Ben F Dawkins and
Curtis Shealy, Hep Lake. Clerk
Gim Lommifk. Auditor Mrs.
leanttto Hamm. Treasurer Kay
Dawkins. School Director Ralph
Watkins and Education Board
chairman Ed Young.
Mr Hendrix noted that the
Board of Commissioners had
met with the Board of Educa
tion and school officials on sev
eral occasions to discuss the
schools' budget and needs He
said. T hope our decision will
he for tht 1 best interest of the
children m the county."
Mr DawKins made the motion
to increase the millage.
Indicating his approval. Hep.
Lake said. ' I'm certainly going
to approve the action of the
Board I'm familiar with pro-
blems concerning additional
meeds m the schools. It is very
difficult to levy additional taxes
for any purpose but I feel if
g > over justified, it is justified
to provide for our public
'(■bools
The Board of Education has
convinced me that the cost of
operating the schools has risen
m recent years and while the
Board ot Education did request
a total increase of 11 mills. I
lo hope that the millage as-
< eed by the Board of Educa
tion and the Gounty Board of
1 ommi'.'loners will be sufficient
lo arrv on operation of the
ehuoD
1 think tlio < ounty Board was
aim- in not granting a larger
miaa a e a.' it doe.' appear we
Aiii liave to ask voters of tho
i ounty tu vote on a bond issue
to obtain money for school
building' We have a number
if -ehuoi buildings m bad re
pair Some have reached the
-late where they cannot be re-
paii'ed If voters of the county
do vote m favor of a bond is-
'iio tins would require addi
tional millage.
1 would like to say 1 have
chocked other school districts in
other counties. Whi’e 1 know the
people of Newberry County feel
they are burdened, our levy for
school purposes is much lower
than people find in other coun
ties and other school districts.
I'm not saying this justifies an
increase, but to me it gives rea
son to believe that your action
is proper.
AVe know this is not what
you requested, but we hope you
can arrange to operate the
schools on this
Mr Hendrix announced that
the county supply bill had
been completed, and that the
aresent millage. 17w mills would
be sufficient to operate the
county this year, of the 17T
one mill is for the hospital, two
mills for ambulances, two mills
to retire bonded indebtedness,
and 12b mills lor general oper
ation ot tlie county
Mrs. Hamm said that the es
timated assessed valuation ot
real and personal property for
this year is about SIJ.lHHl.DOU
Mr Young stated that a regu
lar session of the board of edu
cation will be held Thursday
to take on the millage
increase
Folk Musical
be presented on
August ]
Over 80 young people from
seventeen area churches a r e
presently engaged in rehearsals
for "Tell It Like It Is", a folk
musical, to be presented m the
A.G.D Wiles Chapel on the New
berry College campus on Sun
day evening, August J at 8 p.m.
' Tell It Like It Is", written
by Ralph Carmichael and Kurt
Kaiser, is a contemporary pre
sentation of the Christian faith
It is on the order of the folk
musical "Good News" present
ed by area young people last
summer.
"Tell It Like It Is" is a folk
musical about God—who He is.
how He reveals Himself, what
He is like, and some of tlie
problems with which one is con
fronted when one believes m
Him The musical ends by chal
lenging both performer and lis
tener to ' pass on" the new
mind" one receives through his
faith in Jesus Christ
This folk musical has the new
sound, the old message, m to
day's words today's spirit, the
gospel to the "now" generation,
that God lives, and loves
Young people trom the follow
mg churches are participating
m the "Tell It Like It Is"
musical Aveleigh Bresbytenan.
Yntral Methodist, Glayton Mem-
irial Eniversalist-Fnitanan. <ol-
:my Lutheran, Ebenezer Metho
dist, Epting Memorial Metho
dist. Eirst Baptist, Gmace Euth-
eian. Hunt Memorial Baptist.
Lebanon Methodist. Lutheran
( hurch of the Redeemer. May
er Memorial Lutheran. Mt Bil-
grim Lutheran. Newberry ARB.
St. James Lutheran, Summer
Memorial Lutheran and West
End Baptist.
Musical director is Anderson
Bass
Mr and Mrs Gharles Sims
are living at 2122 Ola St