The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, October 30, 1969, Image 1
BY THE WAY
By DORIS A. SANDERS
HORNS, ANYONE?
As will be seen in a story
elsewhere in this issue, 13 in
struments were stolen from
members of the Newberry High
School band last week. Some
were covered by insurance but
some were not.
The band has been able to
borrow a few instruments to
replace the stolen ones; how
ever, some of the members do
not have instruments to play.
If you have lying around your
house gathering dust a trom
bone,clarinet, trumpet or corn
et, which you would like to
lend to the band, please contact
Miss Lorraine Paris at 276-2607.
Please do NOT offer to lend
your instrument unless it is in
sured under Homeowners insur
ance or otherwise
Your help would be appre
ciated
HOW TO HELP
A reader from the lower part
of the county has made a sug
gestion as to how garden clubs,
home demonstration clubs and
church groups could find a pro
ject where their help is really
needed that is, offering their
services to the South Carolina
State Hospital
She brought to me an article
which appeared in The State
newspaper on Thursday, Octo
ber 9th, written by Charlotte
VVyndham. It was a report of
an all-day Mental Health Work
shop held recently in Columbia.
Portions of the article are print
ed here, with the hope that it
will inspire some organization
to investigate the suggestions
made by the speakers at the
Workshop:
"In four discussion groups,
moderated by a leader in each,
the following areas were ex
plored: garden therapy, Crafts-
Karrow Service projects, S C
State Hospital projects, and Col
umbia Area Mental Health ('en
ter projects
"In the garden therapy session
Mrs K 1! Zeigler. State Gar
den Therapy chairman, cited
the value of working with liv
ing. growing things in establish
ing communication among peo
ple "Garden therapy brings the
handicapped close to the soil,
close to the beauty of living
plants," she pointed out
Mrs Zeigler mentioned the
Crafts-Farrow State Ho mtal m
Columbia as a good example of
how club women can get in-
. .iv This is an old plant
w h is being extensively re-
.eled to house long t e r m
;tients and all patients over
i now being admitted This is
■ crash building program and
the participation of the garden
clubs is needed now
She designated some of the
following as projects that might
appeal to garden clubs
In the newly outlined picnic
and recreation area, a club
could plant shrubs and bulbs, or
furnish a table with benches
They might assist with plant
ing and beautification of a
square already laid out behind
Fisher Auditorium A garden
club could be organized within
the hospital Members might or
ganize a bird club within the
wards and assist patients in
making bird houses
Mrs. Cleo Goodwin, speaking
on behalf of the S, C Hospital
needs, elaborated on what the
"adopt-a-ward” entails. ‘As a
group you would first select a
ward This would involve, per
haps from 30 to 90 patients. She
suggested fixing up the day
room with new lampshades,
pictures and matching pillow-
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Vol. 33—No. 28. Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, October 30. 1969 $3 PER YEAR
Five arrested on charge
of federal Court contempt
School bond issue
to be $3,900,000
Voters of the county will be
asked to approve, on November
18, a $3,900,000 bond issue for
construction and renovation of
public schools throughout the
county
The proposed bond issue, if
approved, will cost taxpayers
an increase of approximately 25
mills per year, according to
Ralph Watkins, director of the
county schools.
The building program approv
ed by the County Board of Ed
ucation calls for construction of
a new high school near New
berry, a new elementary school
at Whitmire, a "middle school"
for the Mid-Carolina area, con
struction of additional c 1 a s s-
roorns at Mid-Carolina High
School and Silverstreet Elemen
tary School, and renovation of
the remaining school buildings
which will be used.
Under the plan Bush River,
Newberry Junior High, and the
Park Street Elementary school,
all old buildings which fire
marshals frown upon would be
closed The worst of the build
ings m the county, Drayton St
was closed this school session
The new high school would
accommodate all students cur
rently attending Newberry and
Gallman High in grades 9-12,
with the exception of approxi
mately 75 from the Mid-Caro
lina area now attending Gall-
man who would return to Mid-
Carolina It would also house
an expanded vocational curri
culum which would be avail
able to students of all three
high schools It is estimated
that the enrolment would be be
tween 1,000 and 1.200
Approximately 250 students
would continue to attend Whit
mire High school m grades 9-
12 Mid-Carolina High w o u 1 d
have an enrollment of approxi
mately 500 m the same grades
The present Newberry a n d
Gallman high schools would be
used to house middle school stu
dents. grades 5-8, in the New
berry attendance area. Mr. Wat
kins said that the Board has not
yet determined how the schools
would be used. It would be pos
sible, he said, that students
would attend by geographical
location Another possibility was
to use one school for all stu
dents in grades 5 and 6, the
other school for all students in
grades 7 and 8.
In Whitmire, the Carver elem
entary school would be used for
the middle school and the new
elementary school would house
about 400 students, kindergarten
through 4th grades.
A new middle school for about
750 students would be built in
the Mid-Carolina area. Some or
all of the elementary schools
now in the lower county would
be used for K-4 as enrollment
requires.
In Newberry, Speers and the
Boundary schools would house
K-4 students.
Bush River elementary would
be closed under the building pro
gram. All students in Bush Riv
er and Silverstreet areas in
K-4 would attend Silverstreet,
which would be enlarged; mid
dle school students would at
tend Reuben.
Director Watkins pointed out
that Newberry schools are now-
being operated under Federal
Court order. Judge Charles Si
mons has approved the plan now
in operation only as an inter
im plan, and has ordered the
school board to present a term
inal plan for all-out integration.
The plan was originally sched
uled to be presented to the
Court on November 1st; how
ever Judge Simons allowed a
delay until December 1st, pend
ing outcome of the bond refer
endum.
Whether or not the bond is
sue is approved," Watkins said,
We still must submit a plan
for total de-segregation to Judge
Simons on December 1st We
are reasonably certain t h a t
Judge Simons will require that
all buildings in good condition
be used as integrated schools.
If the bond issue fails, the Board
must come up with some other
solution to accomplish total in
tegration
More details concerning the
referendum and the building pro
gram will be published before
November 18
ARE LISTED IN
WHO'S WHO
Seventeen Newberry College
seniors have been elected to
the Who’s Who Among Stud
ents in American Colleges and
Universities."
The honorees were chosen by
the Newberry College faculty
from the qualified seniors nom
inated by both faculty and stu
dents. They were selected on
the basis of their scholarship,
their participation and leader
ship in academic and extra
curricular activities, their citi
zenship and service to Newber
ry College and their promise of
future usefulness.
Among the 1969 “Who’s Who”
winners are Eleanor Burnette,
Jane King and Kenneth Riebe,
all of Newberry.
United States Marshals Tues
day morning arrested four stu
dents, or former students of
Gallman High School, on order
of Judge Charles E. Simons,
United States District Judge.
Brunell Riggins, M a r v i n
Strother, Nathaniel Ellison and
Robert Rikard were taken to
Columbia and later released un
der $1,000 bond each, pending
a hearing on November 20th,
when they will be required to
show cause why they should not
be held m contempt of Court.
The Rule to Show Cause was
issued by Judge Simons late
Monday, following close on the
heels of a similar Rule which
last Friday led to the arrest
and incarceration of Rev. Dav
id Carter. Carter was released
Saturday under $5,000 bond.
All five were charged with
violating an Order issued by-
Judge Simons in which he en
joined all persons from inter
fering with the orderly operation
of the Newberry County schools.
His order was issued following
a hearing on September 11 of
complaints concerning the dis
ruption of school activities in
the county.
In ordering the apprehension
of Carter. Judge Simons said:
“On September 11, 1969, a
hearing was held at the United
States Courthouse, Columbia,
South Carolina, to hear com
plaints concerning the disrupt
ion of school activities in New
berry County at the alleged in
stigation of the Reverend Dav
id Carter, one of the plaintiffs.
After considering the evidence,
I issued an oral order from
the bench enjoining all parties
to this action and all other per
sons acting by, with, through,
under them or in concert with
them, from interfering in any
manner with the orderly con
duct and operation of the pub
lic schools m Newberry. I dir
ected tlie school authorities or
any other public officials to re
port to this Court any violation
of my oral order On Septem
ber 23. 1969. f issued a written
order of injunction.
This Court has this date re
ceived a report from the Super
intendent of Schools for New
berry County in the form of an
affidavit, with attachments, in
dicating that the Reverend Dav
id Carter has disrupted the ord
erly operation and administra
tion of the Newberry County
School System. The Reverend
Carter is a party to this action
and was present at the hearing
on September 11, 1969 when I
issued my oral Order. This
Court has jurisdiction of him
and the report of the Superin
tendent of Schools, if true would
constitute contempt of the Order
of this Court by the Reverend
David Carter. Accordingly, pur
suant to Title 18, Section 401(3)
of the United States Code, this
Court cites the Reverend David
Carter for violation of its oral
Order of September 11, 1969 and
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Ten students
charged with
attempted arson
Ten students, all now or for
merly pupils at Gallman High
school, have been arrested by
city or county officials and are
charged with acts of violence
which have occurred in the city
and county in recent weeks.
Several of the students have
been released on bond. Others
remain incarcerated in Newber
ry County Jail.
According to Deputy Sheriff
Andrew Shealy, investigation in
to the window breakings, fire
settings and false fire alarms
have been conducted during the
past several weeks by the City
Police Department, the Sheriffs
office and the State Law En
forcement Division.
As a result of the investiga
tion, warrants have been issued
by Magistrate Oscar Zobel to
be turned over to the Grand
Jury when Court of General
Sessions convenes here Novem
ber 24. All are charged with
violation of Section 16-213 of the
South Carolina Code, which is
attempted arson.
Others have been tried in the
City Recorder’s Court for mis
demeanors which occurred with
in the city limits.
Among the incidents w i t h
which the students are charged
are attempting to set fire to
Drayton Street school, throwing
a fire bomb into Ed Y o u n g
Buick Company, and breaking
a window with a fire bomb at
Ruff’s store on By-pass 121.
Deputy Shealy and Lt. H. O.
Fortson of SLED said today that
the investigation was continuing
and that more arrests are ex
pected in the near future.
13 instruments
stolen; still
band rates high
Thirteen instruments belong
ing to members of the New
berry High School Band were
stolen from the band room a
day before the band was to com
pete in the State Marching Band
Contest at Lower Richland High
School Even with this handi
cap. the band received a high
rating at the contest.
According to Miss Lorraine
Paris, band director, the 13 in
struments—trumpets, cornets,
trombones and clarinets, were
stolen sometime between 7:30
p.rn. Thursday, when the band
concluded its pre-contest prac
tice. and school opening on Fri
day morning. Ail of the instru
ments were registered by ser
ial number and a nationwide
alert has been sent out by local
law enforcement officials. As of
presstime, no clues as to the
identity of the thieves had been
found.
Using borrowed instruments,
the band entered the contest
Saturday and received a Sup
erior rating on marching abil
ity; and with 12 members of
the band having to play borrow-
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