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BY THE WAY Vol. 33—No. 33. Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, December 4, 1969 $3 PER YEAR St. Nicholas will arrive on Friday WHILE THE BEAUTY of the Christmas decorations in the Community Hall cannot be depicted in a black and white photograph, they may be seen by the public dur ing Open House following the Christmas Parade Friday afternoon. (Sunphoto) By DORIS A. SANDERS ALL RIGHT, YOUTH— The following is a continua tion of the article begun in this column last week. By John Ed Pearce If your generation can make as much progress toward racial equality in the next 20 years as we have made in the past 20 you should be able to solve what we call the racial pro blem. But it is not a problem to be taken lightly, for it is rooted deep within both black and white and will not yield either to emotional demands or violence, neither of which touch- es the heart wherein the answer lies. You speak of class distinction, of ethnic and religious prejud ice Like all people, we do tend to divide ourselves into classes- economie. intellectual, cultural. But the evolving picture. I be lieve. is more encouraging than divisive, especially in the econ omic sense Bre depression, the country was divided into a small upper class, about 10 percent; a modest middle class, 20 per cent. and a huge lower or working" class. We still have a relatively small upper class, but the remarkable thing about our society is the upward thrust of the lower class into what can only be termed middle class m terms of income, ownership, education, taste, leisure, etc., and the shrinking of the lower class. The middle class sprawls across the socio-economic spect rum, even as it sprawls across the fringe areas of our cities, it is a mass of home-owners instead of renters, drivers in stead of walkers, of vacation- ers, boat owners, stockholders who send their children to col lege It is a vast stabilizing force, and it. rather than the money elite" is the real force with which you will have to contend if you are determined to overthrow the existing ord er And you will find it a tough nut to crack You say we are greedy.pos- M.'ssion mad Let me say this lot m\ generation Never has a people given more generously of its blood effort or material We fought ' not always willingly, but we fought f a far bloodier '.sai than Vietnam to save the world from an unspeakable ty ranny, and we then gave our Atalth m rich measure to heal the wounds not only of friend but of foe Show me a parallel Never has this nation taxed itself so hcewiy to give its dis advantaged its poor, sick, aged and helpless a second chance it a decent life Welfare has become a way of life, perhaps loo much so So have pensions, hospitalization, unemployed pay. Social Security The widowed art 1 no longer herded to the ounty poor farm the aged do not have to spin out their years o burden in the back room of their children's homes. We have quit hiding our "crazy" people, and have made a start in treat mg that most delicate of me chanisms, the brain (To be Continued) NEWCOMERS CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY The Newberry Newcomers Club will hold its annual Christ mas Party Saturday, Decem ber 6 The covered dish supper for members and their husbands wall be at the Community Hall at 6 30 p.m. Anyone needing to cancel is asked to call 276-3348 or 276- 5154 by Friday morning. Varied events at College Christmas music, a beauty contest and basketball are all on the menu at Newberry Col lege next week. The Newberry College Sing ers will open the Christmas sea son at the College with the an nual Christmas Concert at 4: .00 p.m Sunday afternoon in the A 0 1). Wiles Chapel. The 60- voice choir is under the dir ection of Dr. Milton W Moore. Monday the activity turns to the Little Theater in the Chapel when Brantlee Price, the reign ing Miss South Carolina and student at the college, will act as hostess for the Miss New- bernan Beauty Pageant The contestants will be judged on the basis of beauty, poise and personality. Admission for the pageant, which begins at 8 00 p.m. is $1 00 for adults and 75 cents for students. The basketball squad makes its second home appearance Wednesday, December 10, at 7:30 p.m. in MacLean Gymna sium when the Indians meet the Lander Senators. The team tra vels to Spartanburg Friday and Saturday to participate in the South Carolina Tip-Off Tourna ment and to Mars Hill, N. C. for a contest with the Lions. Dr Louis Allmen, executive secretary of the Board of Col lege Education and Church Vo cations of the Lutheran Church in America will be the “Guest Preacher” 11:15 a m. Sunday morning in the College’s regu lar Chapel services. Civic League open house The Newberry Civic League will hold Open House at the Community Hall following the Christmas Parade Friday after noon, according to F. Scott Ell iott, President. The interior and exterior of the Hall have been decorated by a Civic League committee consisting of Mrs. Steve C. Grif fith. Chairman; Mrs. Louis C. Floyd, Mrs. William Garlington and Mrs. James E Wiseman, Sr The public is invited to come by after the parade to view the Christmas decorations. Refresh ments will be served. Band barbecue to be Friday The annual Newberry High School Band Barbecue will be gin P'riday at 5: 30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria, following the Christmas Parade, accord ing to Band Director Miss Lor raine Paris. Miss Paris stated today that 1600 chickens are being prepar ed, the largest number ever during the long hictory of the band barbecue. A very few tick ets are still available. Those who wish to buy tickets and have not been contacted may call any member of the band or Miss Paris at 276-2607. Those who have purchased tickets for whole chickens are reminded that the wrapped chickens may be picked up at the pit at Mollohon Park Fri day morning or at the high school Friday evening. Santa Claus will receive his first official welcome of 1969 from the City and County Fri day, December 5. when he ar rives in the annual Christmas Parade The 80-unit parade, sponsor ed by the Newberry Kiwanis Club, will begin promptly at 4 p.m. and will proceed down Main Street. The carefully planned parade will feature traditional floats, sparking with holiday decora tions, lively marching bands, charming beauty queens and a number of other entertaining and unusual units. A1 Busby and Otis Taylor, parade co-chairmen, said the parade will begin promptly at 4 p.m. It will organize on Cren shaw, Amelia and Walnut streets and all units are asked to report to the correct street or location by 3:30 p.m. and be ready to move out by 3:45 p.m. Parade Marshals will be on hand to assist units. The parade will proceed west on Main to McKibben, turn to north on McKibben, to Harring ton, proceed east on Harring ton to Junior High, where it will disperse. Official cars, beauty queens, the Santa Float and one band will leave the parade route on McKibben St., turning on Boyce and trav eling back to Community Hall for after-parade festivities. Following the parade, Miss Merry Christmas will be crown ed. Twelve area beauties have been invited to compete for the Miss Merry Christmas title. A total of $215 will be award ed in prizes on the following bases: Miss Merry Christmas, $25; School and Institutional floats, $50, $25 and $15; Com mercial and Industrial floats, $50, $25 and $15; and decorated Jury acquits Joyce H. Pitts A special term of General Sessions Court began here Mon day with a jury trial in the case of The State versus Joyce H Pitts, charged with the Octo ber 18th murder of her hus band, Vernon Pitts. Testimony by the State con sumed the entire day. The trial resumed Tuesday morning and the case went to the jury shortly before noon. After deliberating less than an hour the jury returned a verdict of “Not Guilty”. In other action, Judge William L. Rhodes heard a plea of guilty of manslaughter, entered by Floyd Sims, 32. Sims was originally charged with murder in the fatal shoot ing September 1 of Olin Lake, 77. Lake was shot in the leg and died several weeks after the shooting. A doctor’s report said a heart attack, prompted by the gunshot wound, was the cause of death. auto winner, $10. Also included in the post par ade events will be the presenta tion of the traditional Key to the City to Santa Claus. Some 12 committees, compos ed of 31 members of the New berry Kiwanis Club have work ed diligently for ten weeks plan ning for and working out de tails for this annual yuletide event. A complete line-up of parade units, released by Jim Hol combe for the Newberry Ki wanis Club, follows: All participants are asked to be in place at locations indi cated by 3:30 p.m. Crenshaw Street: 1. Police Chief & Sheriff 2. Color Guard 2(a). Association for a Great er Newberry 3. President Kiwanis, K. W. Riebe 4. Miss Merry Christmas of 1968, Miss Kiki Kirkland 5. City of Newberry Mayor, C. A. Shealy & Family 6. Representative Walter T. Lake and Family 7. Senator John Long & Fam ily 8. Senator R. C. Lake, Jr. & Family 9. Newberry High School Band 10. Miss Newberry High Home coming, Miss Ellen Altman 11. City of Newberry Float 12. Miss Newberry, Miss Deb bie Westmoreland 12ia). Betty’s Day Nursery 13. Smith Motor Company No. 1. 14. Ocoma Foods Float 15. Miss South Carolina, Miss Brantlee Price 16. Key Club Car 17. Ed Young Buick No. 1 18. Speers Street School Float 19. Shealy Motor Co. No. 1 20. Miss Mid-Carolina Home- Coming, Miss Marian Hall 21. Mid-Carolina High School Band 22. Miss Mid-Carolina, Miss Gayle Shealy 23. Newberry County Beautifi cation Committee Car 24. Lewis Methodist Church Float 25. Tuggle Chevrolet No. 1 26. Little Folks Kindergarten Amelia Street: 27. Miss Whitmire High School, Miss Susan Shouse 28. Whitmire High School Band 29. Miss Whitmire, Miss Susan Lake 30. S. C. Festival of Flowers Float 31. Newberry Neighbor- Girl Scouts 32. Newberry Neighbor- hood Girl Scouts Truck No. 1 33. N’by Neighborhood Girl Scouts Truck No. 2 34. Belk-Beard Float 35. Kirk Pontiac 36. Junior Troop 745, Boy Scouts 37. Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Float 38. Miss Farm Bureau, Miss (Continued on Pago 4)