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BY THE WAY
Bv DORIS A. SANDKR^
It is the policy of most news
papers not to publish “letters
to the editor" which are not
signed. This newspaper follows
that policy. We are willing to
withhold signatures if requested
and if there is a good reason
for doing so, but we believe
that those who wish to express
their views publicly should be
willing to stand behind them,
publicly.
In the case of a letter re
ceived at this office last week,
even had it been signed, it
would not have been published.
The writer made general state
ments about two different groups
of people. While there may
have been a basis for what was
written, it was unfair to lump
an entire group into one pack
age and leave it to the imagin
ation as to which particular
member of the group was be
ing criticized
if the writer wishes to be
specific, I will be more than
happy to look into the charges
she made Provided, of course,
she identifies herself
LAW OF THE LAND
I doubt that there is anything
that Albert Watson, Robert Mc
Nair or anyone else can do
about the pitiful situation in
which the Greenville schools
find themselves. I was glad,
however, to hear someone fin
ally point out that a court deci
sion is not the “law of the
land".
Cong. Watson, in a television
interview last week pointed out
that the Civil Rights Act of
1964, passed by the Congress,
is the law of the land. For years
now, the national news media
have made every effort to con
vince the public that a Supreme
Court decision is the “law of
the land", failing to point out
that the decision applies only to
the matter pending before the
Court.
The media have been so suc
cessful that, for example many
schools have eliminated prayer
and devotions although it was
not necessary for them to do
so The “prayer" decisions per
tained only to those schools
where legal n> lion was brought
t-i eliminate prayers
I have heard many intelligent
persons, who ought to know bet
ter. refer to Supreme Court
decisions as “law of the land"
Certainly the decisions are pre
cedent-setting and any similar
suit brought before the Court
would likely receive the same
! reatment
Although the Supreme Court
m recent years has tried to
usurp the duty of the legisla
tive branch in its “way out" de
cisions. the fact remains that
it is the C’ongress, not the Su
preme Court, which enacts the
daw of the land"
All that the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 actually does is to pro
vice for non-discrimination or
to use a more familiar phrase
freedom of choice". It speci
fically prohibits manipulation to
achieve racial balance.
Perhaps one day a degree of
sanity will return to the dis
trict. appellate and Supreme
Courts We can only hope it
won't come too late
LIGHTS OUT
1 don't know about your part
of town, but during the down
pour of rain we had one day
last week, our electricity was
off for about tin hour.
This should happen to every
one once in a while, just to re
mind ii'' how dependent we are
upon electricity
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Vol. 33—No. 42
Newberry, S. C. 29108, Thursday, February 5, 1970
$3 PER YEAR
ALL-STATE GEORGIA BACK Tommy
Williamson, Georgia, signs a football grant
for Newberry College for the 1970-71
school year. With the young athlete are,
back row, from left, Williamson’s football
coach, Joe Compton; his father, Woodrow
Williamson; and assistant football coach
at Newberry College, Harold Wheeler; and
his mother, Mrs. Woodrow Williamson.
St. Luke’s pancake Annual United
Exchange Club
plans crime
prevention week
Charles (Bill) Smith, has been
appointed General Chairman of
Newberry’s National Crime Pre
vention Week observance, Feb
ruary 8-11
The appointment was announc
ed today by Andrew Shealy.
President of the Exchange Club
of Newberry, local sponsors of
the Week
The 1970 National Crime Pre
vention Week is the 28rd spon
sored annually by Exchange
Clubs m their communities
throughout the nation
REACT is the one-word theme
and slogan of this year's Ex
change Club crime prevention
campaign Mr Smith said the
aim is to get local citizens to
react to crime by giving full
cooperation to their law enfor
cement agencies m combating
it
ih 1 -voiced the hope that all
Newberry area residents will
join with the Exchange Club
in the activities planned for the
observance
Attorney General Daniel H
McLeod of Columbia was the
featured speaker for the Ex
change Club's Crime Prevention
program at their hike clubhouse
Tuesdav evening
A group from the State Pen
itentiary. the “Get Smart" team
will present the program at
Whitmire High School on Feb
12 at 10.45 a m On Feb. 9.
at 9 20 a m Clifton Moyer,
director of the South Carolina
Police Academy, will address
the student body at Newberry
High School Sen Robert C
Lake is slated to deliver a
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supper Tuesday
The ladies of St. Luke’s Epis
copal Church are preparing for
their annual Shrove Tuesday
pancake supper to be held at
the Parish House on Tuesday.
February 10th. The ladies will
begin serving pancakes, sausage
bacon, butter and syrup and
coffee or milk from 5:30 to 7:30
p m The tickets (to be sold
at the doon will be $125 for
adults and $1.00 for children
under 12 years
Shrove Tuesday preceded Ash
Wednesday, the first day of
Lent, and it was an ancient
custom to go to the priest and
confess one's sms and be shro-
ven Pardon and absolution ot
sms was received before the
beginning of Lent The day
was also known as Pancake
Tuesday, because the people
cooked pancakes to use all the
grease m the house and no
meat was to be eaten during
the forty days of Lent. In the
earlv church, there was an
arduous period of fasting and
penitence m preparation for
Easter
The public is invited to come
to St Luke's, eat all the pan
cakes you can
The Vicar, Mr Byrd, will
show films during and after
supper.
Proceeds will go for scholar
ships by deserving children
to Camp Gravatt.
BIRTH OF A SON
Mr and Mrs. H. Hugh Turner
announce the birth of a 7 pound
6 oz. baby boy, James Michael,
born Tuesday, Feb 3, at New
berry County Memorial Hospital.
They have another son, H.
Hugh Turner, Jr who is a year
and a helf old
Fund meeting
set Feb. 20
The annual meeting of the
Newberry County United Fund
will be held in the Community
Room of the Newberry Federal
Building at 7:30 pm. Tuesday,
Feb. 20. according to an an
nouncement by President 1). B
Brittain.
Mr Brittain emphasized that
“each contributor to the United
Fund becomes a member of the
Fund and is entitled to attend
this meeting to participate in
all proceedings and to vote on
directors to be elected " In ad
dition. representatives of agen
cies who participate m United
Fund revenues are invited to
attend the annual meeting. Eight
new directors will be chosen.
Those whose terms expire are
Steve C Floyd, Robert E. Sum
mer, Jr . Mrs E Kirby Lomi-
naek, Rev Elford B Roof,
J M Smith, Jr, Mrs. C. Dtis
Taylor, James Weaver and D.B.
Brittain
Prosperity gets
federal grant
Congressman Bryan Dorn has
announced that the Federal Wa
ter Pollution Control Adminis
tration. Department of the In
terior, has approved a grant in
the amount of $58,710 to the
Town of Prosperity. This grant
will cover part of the estimated
eligible cost of $196,000 to in
stall 8,975 lineal feet of inter-
septer sewer lines on the .26
million gallons per day aereat-
ed waste stabilization pond.
Grand, Petit
Jurors named
for session
The February term of General
Sessions court will convene on
Monday, February 16 at ten
o'clock with Judge Frank Eppes
of Greenville presiding.
Members of the Grand Jury
w-ill report on Monday at 9:30 a
m. and members of the Petit
Jury will report at 9:30 a m on
Tuesday.
Holdover members of Grand
Jury are: Carroll M Brehmer.
Rt. 3; J. Mark Smith, Newberry:
William H. Ariail, Rt 2. P<>-
maria; John H Kunkle, Silver-
street; Henry M. Kunkle Sr., Rt
2, Prosperity, and Elmer R Ba
ker, Whitmire.
New Grand Jurors are: James
Olon Price, Newberry, Fred lb
H e r r e n , Newberry, Raeford
Gaffney, Whitmire; Elizabeth W
Jones, Newberry; Jesse C. Hol-
sonback Jr., Newberry; Herbert
S. Fulmer Jr., Rt. 2, Prosper
ity; lola L. Clark, Rt. 3. New
berry; M. Herman Morris, Rt
3, Newberry; Furman Long, Rt
4, Newberry; Raymond L. Haw
kins, Rt. 1. Prosperity; Ernest
W. Neel, Rt. 1, Newberry; Ralph
D. Waldrop, Rt 3, Newberry
Drawn as alternate Grand Ju
rors are: Jesse Sims, Newberry
Mary Elizabeth Fowler, New
berry, and Fred J Weir Jr
Newberry.
Petit Jurors drawn to serve
the coming court term are Lo-
rene B Bishop, Rt. 2, Newber
ry; Derrill G. Mills, Rt 2. Pros
perity; Feme (’ Farmer. Whit
mire; Charlie S Cromer. Rt 1
Pomaria; Charles L Huneycutt
Rt. 1, Whitmire, Thomas M Fel
lers Jr. Newberry J Wayne
Guy, Silverstreet, Edward E
Brock, Newberry, Bertha B Su
her, Newberry, Lois E Bishop
Rt. 3, Newberry. Joyce C
Spotts,. Newberry, Marion E
Wicker, Newberrw . Mary S Sal
ley. Newberry, Harold J Bouk-
night, Newberry. Irby L Raines
Jr, Whitmire; James W Hamm,
Rt. 1, Prosperity, Theodore F
Murph, Newberry; Dorothy C
Bedenbaugh, Prosperity; Cor
nelia S. Long, Rt 1 Pomaria;
Wilbur A Ruff, Rt 3, Prosper
ity; Sam P Boland. Pomaria
Rufus Chapman, Rt 4, Newber
ry; Adelle J Duckett, Rt 4.
Newberry; Jessie Johnson, Rt
1, Kinards; Joann N Dehardt,
Rt. 1, Prosperity; Mitchell J
Connelly, Rt. 2, Prosperity; Bea
mon L. Mills, Rt. 2, Newberry;
Hubert Roy Mills, Rt 2, New
berry; Gerald P Johnson, Rt
2, Kinards; James E Dickert,
Rt. 3, Newberry; Bernice P
Price, Newberry; Clarence C
Duncan, Newberry; Gary Lee
Dominick. Rt 2, Prosperity;
Harriett C. Hamm, Prosperity;
Stanley B. Tompkins, Newberry:
Luther K. Long, Rt 3, Newber
ry ; Jefferson C. Waldrop, Rt 3,
Newberry; Robert A Pollard,
Newberry; Raymond E Smith,
Rt. 2, Pomaria; and Rodney F
Epting, Rt 2, Prosperity