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BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS HOW DID IT HAPPEN? Along with his many other splendid admonitions, the Brit ish statesman and author, Ed mund Burke, once commented in a letter to a friend that it is “Better to be despised for anxious apprehensions, than be ruined by confident security." That was in the year 1790 Mr. Burke also admonished mankind on another occasion that the triumph of evil needs only for good men to sit silent. It is too bad that so much of the leadership of America, in our time has so ignored Ed mund Burke's warnings amidst the rise of communism through out the world. We have talked, and still do, of co-existence with communism—and good m e n have sat silent, and still do. It has been fashionable, and still is, to ridicule if not condemn— those who are apprehensive about the perils of communism. There even have been official denials that there is an effect ive communist conspiracy at unrk m America even though it is a matter of record, and has been for a very long time, that the turmoil in our country is following tile precise time table drafted by the commun ists We have once before com mented upon a fascinating book which we borrowed from the Library of Congress, written in 1924 by a distinguished news paperman, Kobert M W h i t- ney Lor years during his car eer, Mr Whitney covered the State Department in Washing ton. I) C . for the Associated Press. The title of the book is Reds in America, and we would emphasize that it was written and published 4f) years ago. This book ought to be requir ed reading for every public of ficial in America, for it is a flight backwards into time from whence the future of America was viewed with deadly accur acy This book, carefully docu mented. forecasts m incredible detail what would happen in— and to- this country m the suc ceeding half-century. Mr Whitney, m his book, gives the details of what was to be come the most colossal conspir acy against the Lmted States m its history It began at Bridg man. Michigan, when on August .1 1422. a secret convention of the Communist Party l SA was r.nded by police Two barrels full of documentary proof of the communist coin-piracy were ■-ei/ed. and were turned oyer to federal authorities Names, re cords. document prepare: by prominent people in this coun try. instructions from Moscoyv, peeihcs, theses indeed, the w hole machinery of the com munist appuratu- were found ;11 >01 fi detail a- to warn the .untry of the plot to destroy the free onteipri.-e syMein and the liberties of the American people. it yyas all there, chapter nnd wrse. as to how tile eommun ists planned to proceed They were to proyoke a Negro rebel lion. which they knew yv o u 1 d take years to achieve. 1 hey were to infiltrate the college campuses, first by planting a few communist professors on a few faculties, and then adding more and more as they became available. Student uprisings were to be incited Labor un ions yvere to be taken over Ed itorial policies of newspapers were to be influenced to demand yvhat yvas to be called 'liberal" laws and "liberal" government. There were to be more yvelfare programs, more subsidies. There (Continued on page 6) Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, July 24, 1969 $3 PER YEAR Bi-Lo first occupant of Newberry Plaza Vol. 33—No. 14 Parade welcomes ‘Miss South Carolina’ home "Miss South Carolina" Brant- lee Price, yvas welcomed home to Newberry last Thursday af ternoon with a 26-unit parade attended by hundreds of well- wishers and supporters lining the streets. The parade ended at the city square where Brantlee told those gathered that "When I come to Newberry, I am not .Miss South Carolina', I am Brantlee Price." She expressed appreciation to Neyvbernans for the support she received at the Miss South Caro lina pageant held m Greenville recently Mayor (' A Shealy dr pp 1 - ented Brantlee with the key to the city in the official welcome He stud We are proud of the fact that you went to Greenville as 'Miss Newberry' and came back as Miss South Carolina " He expressed yvishes for her continued success as she goes to Atlantic City for the Miss America contest in September Others participating in the wel come home ceremonies yvere Dr A G I) Wiles of Newberry College. Dean Bledsoe, p r e s i - dent of the Newberry daycees, sponsors of the local pageant. Sen R C Lake. Rep Walter Lake. Mrs Rita Allison, nat ional director of the Jaycee- ettes: Mrs dane Davison, state president of the daycee-ettes; Mrs. Linda Turner, president, Newberry daycee-ettes. Gifts were presented to Miss Price by President Wiles on be half of her friends at Newberry College, a scrapbook from the daycees, and a necklace by a local jeweler. Concluding her remarks Miss Price said, “There is so much I could say, but the only thing that expresses it is ‘thank you.’ Newberry is the best city in South Carolina, in the United States, and as far as Lm con cerned, in the entire world." Preceding the ceremony the Shaw Air Force Base band play ed the national anthem. Another band, composed mainly of mem bers of the Newberry High School Band, played a medley of tunes at the conclusion as a salute to “Miss South Carolina " Colony church sets homecoming Home Coming yvill be held Sunday duly 27th at Colony Lutheran Church Sunday Church School will be field at 10 A M The Worship Service will begin at 11 A M Rev Andrew David Eargle. pastor of Grace Lutheran Church. Gilbert, a son of the congregation, will bring the message Dinner will be served follow ing the worship service Mem bers. former members and visi tors are invited to come for a joyful and profitable day at Colony, according to the pastor. Rev d V Long HOT DOG SUPPER FOR PONY LEAGUE A hot dog supper will be held this afternoon (Thursday) at five o’clock for boys playing Pony League baseball this season. The affair will be held at Speers Street Youth Center Team aw ards and individual trophies will be awarded, according to “Bo" Sanders of the Newberry Rec reation Department Plans were announced this week for construction of a one million dollar shopping center to be located on By-Pass 76 Newberry. Construction start ing immediately, is expected to be completed by the first of the year. Current plans call for initial construction of 65.000 square feet of store space to be oc cupied by eight firms, with l^oon landing is achieved Man made his first visit to another planet, the moon, Sun day. Astronauts Neil A. Arm strong and Edwin A. Aldrin dr. left the lunar module and spent two hours on the moon’s sur face, planting the United States flag, carrying out experiments and collecting soil and rock samples before returning to the ship. The space ship Eagle, landed on the moon at 4:18 p.m. EDT. The mother ship, Columbia, pi loted by Michael Collins, circled 69 miles above the moon wait ing to receive the moon walk ers after they blasted off from the moon’s surface. Following a successful blast off from the moon, the lunar module rejoined the Columbia for the trip back ot earth. The command ship is expected to splash down in the Pacific Oc ean today. Downtown Plan for development discussed A large group of interested downtown property owners and businessmen are expected at the duly 29th meeting to kick off Newberry’s Downtown Improve ment Plan The plan has been developed over the past year by Ad ley and Associates, an Atlanta planning firm. The final plan includes recom mendations for traffic circu lation, and parking, and a con cept plan for the over-all de velopment of the arae. Recom mendations for improving phy sical conditions are also includ ed The plan was sponsored by the Association for a Greater Newberry with the cooperation of city and council officials and the City Beautification Commit tee Methods of obtaining the pub lic and private assistance nec essary to complete the plan will be discussed at the meeting. The meeting is scheduled for 10:30 A M., Tuesday, duly 29th in the Community Hall. A G N members, downtown property owners, and businessmen, civic and public officials are invited to the meeting. lighted, hardsurfaced parking to accommodate five hundred automobiles. The major tenant will be Bi- Lo Super Markets, a discount food store chain, with head quarters in Mauldin Frank L Outlaw, founder and President of Bi-Lo, Inc . stated: In re sponse to numerous requests that we bring to Newberry and the surrounding area our fam ous low, low discount prices on brand name foods, we are delighted t o consummate a lease for a large, modern food store to serve the area " The location of the Newberrv 76 By-Pass center is ideal m that it is not only convenient to the heart of Newberry, but accessible in a few minutes fast driving time to the entire trade area of Jalapa, Gary. Kinards, 'Saluda. Prosperity, Pomana Little Mountain, Stockman and Silverstreet as well With the drawing power of this type of development, it should compli ment all the existing local bus iness through increased traffic to the downtown area. Blake and David Garrett of Fountain Inn, owners and de velopers of the center express ed gratitude to the local busi nesses and civic leaders in their contributions to finalizing the plans to bring to Newberry a most modern shopping Plaza, wath plenty of free parking. R. E. Summer of Summer Insurance Agency handled the acquisitions of one tract of land purchased by the Garretts. Vet erans of some 30 odd similar centers, the Garretts expressed optimism over the potential growth of both the City of Newberpy and Newberrv Coun ty Help offered to establish age Persons who will reach 05 within the next 15 yearn sheuld know that proof of age is re quired before they can get See ml Security or Medicare bene fits. To help those m the 50 to 0.4 age range, representatives of the Social Security Administration will be at the Newberry Countv House on August 2 from 9 A M till noon. They will explain age proof requirements now m ef fect. If a person does not have convincing age proof, help will be given in getting the nec essary evidence. Also, those who have some evidence of age and want an opinion as to its ade quacy are invited to attend. Inquire before you retire Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Driggers have moved to 2045 Montgomery Street to make their home