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BY THE WAY
Rv DORIS A. SANDERS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
The increasing ferocity—not to
mention the incredibly poor
taste, of recent attacks upon pri
vate school movements. . .may
actually be a cheerful ray of
sunlight peeping across an oth
erwise dreary horizon. Apparent
ly the upsurging strength of the
private school movements is be
ginning to cause concern in the
echelons of those who have help
ed lead American education in
to the grasp of total federal con
trol.
Now the private citizen, with
initiative and sacrifice, may
have found a way to resist
trends which he has not liked,
but which will forever be bey
ond his control for so long as
he is required to submit to, and
compromise with, endless bri
gades oi politicians, bureau
crats and federal judges deter
mined to reduce education to a
numbers game mediocrity. The
[> r i v a t e citizen's alternative
and let no man imagine that
it is not a costly and sacrificial
alternative is to establish pri
vately the kind of schools he
deems best for his children
Critics of private schools
loually consisting of a gaggle of
militant preachers and leftwing
newspaper editors are raising
a chorus of pioim objections to
the establishment of pi i v a t e
schools These are the s a m e
voices that have long demanded
ma-'Sive integration m the pub
lic schools without regard for
the wishes of either black or
white students and parents
These are the voices which
have long campaigned for so-
called "federal aid to education"
in the beginning under the false
pretense that there would never
be federal control of education.
No one knows whether the
current private school move
ments will survive That is up
to the citizens who must sup
port them, now and in the fut
ure The advocates of govern
ment control are betting—and
certainly they are hoping—that
private initiative will in the end
surrender to the forces of gov
ernment control
Hut at least there is now the
satisfaction that there is appre
hension and alarm among those
who 'nave demanded that all
.Tuldren all citizen.-, be forced
to huddle under the
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Vol. 33—No. 24.
Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, October 2, 1969
$3 PER YEAR
Shooting fatal
to J. B. Corder
James B. Corder, about 50, of
Whitmire, died Tuesday night
about 9 p.m. at Newberry Mem
orial hospital after having been
shot with a .22 rifle Sunday af
ternoon about 4:30.
George Epps of Whitmire is
being held at Newberry County
jail charged with murder, ac
cording to Sheriff Gene Shealy.
His brother, Willie Epps, also of
Whitmire, is also being held on
a charge of being an accessory
to a murder.
The shooting incident occurred
at a service station at the 1-26
interchange on Highway 121
Seven persons were arrested
by the Sheriff's department and
detained Sunday night, but five
were released Monday morning.
The Sheriff's office is with
holding details leading up to the
shooting, pending further inves
tigation.
Coroner George R Summer
stated that an inquest will be
scheduled in the near future.
Scout programs
benefit from
United Fund
Approximately one third of
every dollar donated to the Un
ited Fund in Newberry County
is spent on Scouting programs
in the county, according to fig
ures released today by D. B.
Brittain, United Fund president.
"More than S12.000 is budget
ed for Boy Scout and Girl Scout
work in the county during the
next year." Brittain said. "In
addition, another $1,200 has been
allocated for services to retard
ed children".
Brittain continued. "The Un
ited Fund is the primary source
of income for both scouting pro
gram.', m the county. We have
some 600 bovs in Newberrv who
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mTooN proudly includes Bible
Mud\, and i oiirses which draw
a ‘inn and distinct line between
socialism and capitalism, be
tween Americanism and com
munism
And for this, the founders of
these private schools are mock
ed by leftwingers because these
private facilities have been nam
ed what they really are Christ
ian academies—schools not af
fected by the Supreme Court ban
on prayer and Bible-reading;
schools which, m fact, emphas
ize the spiritual development of
children.
The inference, if one listens
attentively to the leftwingers’
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College building be
dedicated Oct. 11
leade r 1 -
develop physical fitness, self-
reliance. citizenship, leadership,
and high ideals of service to
God and Country." the Fund pre
sident emphasized
Klmer Shealy is district chair
man of the Blue Ridge Boy
Scout Council which embraces
Newberry County. The District
Commissioner is George Rodel-
sperger Committee chairmen
are J I). Pool, organization and
extension; the Rev. Paul Hatch,
leadership training; George
Hunter, advancement and pro
motion. W. H. Caldwell and
James Hall, camping and acti
vities; Dr. J. E Wiseman, safe
ty and health; Dick Britt, fin
ance; and Harold Whitaker, pub
lic relations
In the Girl Scout organization
Mrs. Hilton Parsons heads the
program in her role as neigh-
Dedication of the new Science
and Mathematics Building wall
highlight Parents Day activities
at Newberry College on Satur
day, October 11.
Speaker at the services dedi
cating the $1,245,000 three-story
structure is Dr. Joseph W. Stra-
iey, professor of physics at the
University of North Carolina.
A member of the University
staff since 1944. Dr Straley has
long been interested in science
education and teaching. He has
served as chairman of the Board
oi Governors for the Center for
Research in College instruction
in Science and Mathematics,
president of the North Carolina
Conference of American Asso
ciation of University Professors,
and president of the North Caro
lina Academy of Science. He has
also had several articles pub
lished in technical magazines.
The new building, which has
been in use since March, houses
the biology, chemistry, mathe
matics and physics department
of the College, in addition to
classrooms, offices and service
areas, the building has 27 lab
oratories, a theater style lecture
hail and a penthouse and ob
servation deck for astronomy
classes.
Although the dedication of the
science facilities highlights the
11th annual Parents Day acti
vities. it will not be the only
event on tne day's calendar
Traditional tours of the cam
pus, talks with instructors and
a reception at tne home of Pres
ident and Mrs. A.G.D. Wiles are
also on the schedule of events
for the visiting parents a n d
friends
The day's program will con
clude with a football game be
tween the Newberry College In
dians and the Concord College
Mountain Lions of Athens. West
Virginia
MADRIGAL GROUP
TO PERFORM
The Newberry College Student
Group has elected officers for
the 1969-70 school year.
Serving as president is Chuck
Long of Charleston, sophomore;
vice-president, Roger Rudy of
Mt. Jackson, Ya., Junior; and
Janet Lindewald, Freehold, N.J.
Senior.
The musical group will give
its first public performance this
year at the College’s annual Par
ents Day program, October 11.
borhood chairman. The “neigh
borhood” includes troops in
Newberry. Whitmire, Silver-
street, Prosperity and Pomaria.
Other Girl Scout adult leaders
include Mrs. Betty Hentz, Mrs.
A1 Spotts, Mrs. C. M. Smith,
and Mrs. Betty Moseley.
New Vicar at
St. Luke’s
Outstanding
motion picture
to show here
"The Restless Ones" will be
shown at the Ritz theater from
October 2-8 A review of this
picture is given below
"The exciting World Wide Pic
ture's release. The Restless Ones
has been scheduled for simul
taneous showings in several cit
ies of the Carolinas in early Oct
ober Over eight million people
have viewed this daring film
which takes you inside the tur
bulent world of today’s youth,
and the agonizing heartache of
their parents.
"We live in a nation whee
nearly one-half of the population
is under 25, and these young
people are strenuously search
ing for meaning and purpose in
their life. Adults find themselves
a part of the frustrating ‘gener
ation gap’. This film presents a
refreshing approach to these
problems. It deals with the in
ner struggles of parents and
teens caught up in the terrific
pressures of life today. This is
an honest look, and therefore,
a very startling one. But, it
comes up with answers. Not all
the answers but it is a start
at least.
"This motion picture has been
widely acclaimed by civic lead
ers as a most effective and
needed tool to help curb the
growing problems in today's so
ciety
"The Restless Ones is the
siory of a near typical family
with the same problems that
are faced by nearly every Amer
ican home It begins with a
wild ride down, a busy street,
and the inevitable tangle with
the long arm of the law' Then,
the unsuspecting parent answer
ing the phone to find that his
son is in jail. From there on,
the story has two threads with
the 'generation gap' separating
them But what really holds
them apart 0 Just stubborn mis
understanding 0 Just difference
in ages° Can this dilemma be
resolved 0 This film dares to say
Yes! There is something par
ents can do to bridge the gulf
between themselves and their
children. There is something
teenagers can do about the pres
sures that build up inside them.
The prescription it writes for
these ills is not riot, rebellion,
nor freedom from responsibility.
Johnny Crawford and Kim Dar
by are cast as the teenagers
whose parents are just “t o o
square to understand.’
Newberry has been selected as
one of the 50 cities where this
outstanding motion picture will
be featured.
The Rev. Fredrick Colclough
Byrd has accepted the appoint
ment as Vicar to St. Luke’s
Episcopal Church here in New
berry. He is in the process of
moving and will be in residence
at the St. Luke’s Rectory at
1623 Boundary St. on October 3.
The Rev. Mr. Byrd will hold
his first service on Sunday morn
ing. October 5 at 11:00 a.m. At
this service he will celebrate the
Holy Communion.
Rev. Byrd was born in Aug
usta, Ga., the son of Mrs. Fred
rick C. Byrd, Jr. and the late
Mr. Byrd. He spent most of his
life in Ridge Springs, where he
was educated in the local school.
He graduated from Clemson with
a B. S. degree, cum laude, with
a major emphasis in English,
Psychology and Sociology. He
graduated Virginia Theological
Seminary in Alexandria, Va. in
1968 with a B. I). degree. He has
also taken 12 hours credit in
Religion at George Washington
University, and attended U. S.
Army Chaplains School the past
summer.
Rev. Byrd began his ministry
July of 1%8 as deacon in train
ing at St. James Episcopal in
Greenville. He was ordained to
the priesthood in May 1969 at
that church, and served as as
sistant rector He is a member
of the Christian Social Relations
Committee and the Youth Com
mission of the Diocese.
He was commissioned an of
ficer in the U S. Army, Infantry
branch, in May 1964 under the
KOTU program at Clemson. He
has served as assistant director
of Camp Gravatt. a summer
camp run by the Episcopal Dio
cese, for the month of June 1969.
Rev. Byrd worked as case
worker for the S. C. Department
of Welfare during the summer
of 1962 and from June 1964 to
August 1965 served as Staff
Sergeant-at-Arms at the U. S.
Senate and personal aide to Sen.
Strom Thurmond.
JAYCEE-ETTE5 HOLD
PONY RIDES
All parents and children are
invited to participate in Pony
Rides Sunday, October 5 from
2:30 until 5:30 p.m. across from
the Zesto Drive-In. Newberry
Jaycee-ettes and Jaycees will be
there to assist.