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BY THE WAY Ry DORIS A. SANDERS IT AWAKENS The silent majority has fin ally awakened, as will be evi denced by stories on this page. Organizations throughout t h e country are urging a show of patriotism for the remainder of this week I would add my hope that you will join with those who are not ashamed to show their love for their country. Dis play your Flag for the remain der of the week and remind others to do the same. PROS AND CONS A reader has asked that I write something of the “pros and cons" of the school bond refer endum which will take place next Tuesday. I do not feel particularly qual ified to do this, since I have not made a study of school build ings or the school population. There are a few observations 1 might make, however, from in formation obtained from the dir ector of schools and from the daily press. First, much emphasis has- been placed on this building program as a means of achiev ing "more harmonious desegre gation Ibis is a hollow argu ment, more especially since the ruling last week by the United States Supreme Court in the Mississippi school cases. The Court ordered immediate dese gregation, not only m Mississ ippi but elsewhere in the nation. This was followed promptly by rulings of District Judges in South Carolina that all schools operating under Court order WILL be completely desegre gated by the beginning of the 1970-71 school year. Newberry schools are being operated und er Court order and thus must abide by this latest ruling. Whether or not the bond issue succeeds, every school in the county, whether previously all white or previously all Negro, will be integrated by Court ord er. This would be true in most instances if the bond issue DOES pass. The only difference is that a few of the older schools, all of them at one time all white schools—will be closed As to those schools which would be closed should the bond issue succeed, the building pro gram anticipates the closing of Junior High, Park Street Elem entary m Whitmire a- d Hush Kiver Elementary Dr; ton has already been closed All three of the schools men- Con ~e of rather ancient vin- tac Junior High and Park et are in exceptionally poor ^cations for elementary bulld ogs. By adding a few rooms at Silverstreet, a fairly new school by comparison. Bush River,an older school, could be closed and all students of the two areas could be accommodated at Sil verstreet and Reuben, another fairly new school m a good loca lion The Park Street and Junior High buildings have not been ‘condemned" although the fire marshals usually find some thing to complain about when they inspect the buildings. It is doubtful that they are more fire hazardous then when you and I attended one of these schools and in my case, that has been a good many years ago. The argument that 89 percent of the school districts in South Carolina have a higher tax levy than Newberry is also mislead ing, as I pointed out to the dir ector of schools and as he ad mitted. The amount of millage means nothing unless one knows (Continued on Page 8) Vol. 33—No. 30. Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, November 13, 1969 $3 PER YEAR ’Honor America Week’ THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER Our notional anthem wo 1 ) written by Francis Scott Key m 1814 He hen.I wit nessed trie bombardment cH Fort McHenry t hrOuqF out the n.qi't .vitr- an* et, and -vhi en He sci ^ O', An e r i c a n f KKJ stH ( D me; ■ • f t h e f o;' less- in ‘ 1 t ( i f I »*v ' nine seel A • i , . V,. r f: ■ t 1 ' l 1 -f- "...O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!” Since the days of our struggle for freedom, Old Glory" has been a symbol to Amer icans a symbol of unity and independence. Let s keep the principles upon winch this nation was founded before us rill by flying our flag p t o u d I y General urges patriotism A national effort 11-16 Novem ber showing North Vietnam the Nation's determination “to fol low a prudent course in Viet nam” was endorsed today by Major General Frank Pinck ney. the Adjutant General of South Carolina. General Pinckney command er of over 10,000 South Carolina National Guardsmen, has re quested all South Carolina citi zen-soldiers to: Drive their auto mobiles with the headlights on; fly the American Flag at their homes and businesses; and to leave their porch lights burning during the c ix day effort. The national effort resulted from the appeal of Major Gen eral Winston P. Wilson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, to the adjutants general of all states, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. General Wilson said: “On November 11 our Nation will once again pay tribute to those who have made the su preme sacrifice in the defense of their country. This year’s ceremony, as for the past num ber of years, will take place while our armed forces are still locked in battle in Viet nam. “In that war at least 75 Nat ional Guardsmen from the four mobilized Air Guard and eight Army Guard units which were deployed to the combat zone or who volunteered to serve in Vietnam, have given their lives. One of our mobilized Army Guard units is still fighting there. Many former Air Guards men who became active Air Force pilots have been shot over North Vietnam and are now pri soners of war suffering indigni ties and torture at the hands of a cruel, inhumane enemy. “I find unfortunate the fact (Continued on Page 8) RESOLUTION The following Resolution was unanimously adopted by City Council during its regular meet ing Monday night: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, President Rich ard M. Nixon has called on the responsible citizens of these Un ited States to join with him in a united effort to end the Viet Nam conflict through Vietnam- ization of the conflict and grad ual, phased withdrawal of all United States ground troops bas ed on future actions and poli cies of the Republic of North Viet Nam, and WHEREAS, numerous nation al organizations, including the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, have announc ed plans to sponsor various pro grams and events which will declare to the world that the’ American people have t h e strength, courage, will and de termination to bring this con flict to a victorious, just and peaceful conclusion in keeping with our American ideals, and WHEREAS, private organi zations and groups are sponsor ing “Honor America Week”, November 10-16 and other spec ial events in efforts to make the majority will of the people known throughout this country and abroad, and WHEREAS, it is in the high est tradition cf these United States of America to present a united front behind the Ameri can fighting men; to do less would be a disservice to those brave young men who, at this very moment, are fighting and dying on foreign soil in the cause of freedom, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of New berry, South Carolina that we do hereby declare the week of November 10 through November 16, 1969 as “Honor America Week” and we call on all citi zens to support the national ef fort by participating in the fol lowing suggested activities thru- out the week: burn your car lights during the daylight hours each day, display the Ameri can Flag at all places of busi ness and in front of your homes; write or wire your support to the President; write our boys in Viet Nam expressing your support; all organizations, pri vate and public, are encourag ed to adopt similar Resolutions, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLV ED, that a copy of this Resolu tion be forwarded to the Presi dent of the United States and members of the South Carolina Congressional Delegation as an endorsement and expression of support for the President’s peace plan. DONE this 10th day of Nov ember 1969 in council duly as sembled.