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BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS MISCELLANEOUS Have you noticed that our City police officers are wear ing a small United States Flag patch on the sleeve of their uniforms^ Whoever thought of this idea deserves a word of thanks. It is time for more of us to openly show our love of country. . . And speaking of that, I not ice that the theme for the con vention of the South Carolina Education Association, (com monly known as state teachers meeting) this weekend is also a patriotic one; and that the key note speaker is Dr. Kenneth McFarland, an excellent speak er and one of the outstanding proponents of the free enter prise system in this country. This is a little surprising in view of the fact that the SCEA has for some years now hewed to the line set down by the National Education Association which apparently feels that the answer to all problems is Gov ernment Aid (and resultant government control i Perhaps the State Associat ion is trying to overcome the bitter taste left with many when the National Association came out opposing the nomination of Judge Hay ns worth to the U S Supreme Court. 1 believe also that the NEA did the same with respect to Judge Carswell. This arbitrary action on the part of the NEA displeased the majority of members of the SCEA, and it is to SCEA’s cred it that at least it openly repud iated the NEA on its statement of opposition to the nomina tion It is a delightful surprise to see the many beautiful trees and shrubs now coming into full bloorn in our city. A surprise, because I thought certainly the miserably cold weather we had during the winter had killed all of the buds, if not the plants themselves. I’m glad I was mis taken Leaving our beautiful city and going to another part of the state, it was hard to realize we were even in the same coun try as we rode up to Chester field last Saturday. The trip was unexpected. My husband has been transferred to a Nat ional Guard unit in that town, and early Saturday morning we had notice that an "alert” had been called, and that he was to report to the Chesterfield ar mory without delay Most of the trip is via 1 2h, 120 and the old U S Highway Number 1. as far as McBee There one turns off and goes through 20 miles of the most desolate looking country 1 have seen m South Carolina About 10 miles of thus road goes through a National Wildlife Ue fuge. but it is hard to under stand where animaK would lind a refuge, because the 'woods consist mostly of dead p i n e stumps and a few live scrub pines We couldn t decide whe ther the trees had been rav aged by fire or not but it was Frasier's obsen ation that con sidering the soil, they probably starved to death We found to our surprise that Chesterfield has a nice, modern armory, only three or four years old and a group of very friendly officers and enlisted men By time of our arrival, most of the troops had been dispatched to Lancaster to "guard' vital points from "attack Each year the Guard units over the state (Continued on page 8) County native given honor Dr. George H. Aull, internat ionally known educator-econo mist and one of Clemson Uni versity's most honored grad uates, was awarded the Alger non Sydney Sullivan Medallion by the university Wednesday. The award was presented dur ing noontime ceremonies at the Clemson House as part of the university's annual Honors and Awards Day observance for the recognition of student achieve ment. The Sullivan awerd was estab lished by the New York South ern Society in 1925 to recognize and stimulate high thought and noble endeavor. Dr. Aull, born at Pomaria, served Clemson for 43 years— more than 30 of them as head of the department of agricul tural economics and rural soc iology-before '‘retiring” Aug ust 1963. He was immediately named consulting economist to the state's oldest and largest bank, the S C. National Bank A 1919 Clemson graduate, Dr Aull was cited Wednesday as an outstanding teacher and ad ministrator, noted economist, and dedicated servant of man kind He was selected to re ceive the Sullivan award be cause of his dedication as a teacher, long and loyal service to Clemson. and unselfish de votion m promoting the welfare of the university, its students, aid all others whose lives he ha - touched Dr \ull is a piormer in re- oarch on agricultural industrial rolatiom, rural industrialization, tax equalization. and commun- itv development In the 1930s he helped to plan and execute purchase and development of 28,1)00 acres adjacent to the campus which were later deed ed to Clemson Cnivorsitv by the federal government Amoim hi> honors are Pro gressive Farmer "Man of the Year” award for service to ag riculture. and the 1965 Distin guished Alumnus Award from the Clemson Alumni Associa tion In 1966, Dr Aull was one of five American economists to serve as lecturers at a seminar in American studies in Salz burg. Austria. Dr and Mrs Aull, the former Cleo Dobson of Gaffney, live in Clemson Mrs. Kaufman succumbs at nursing home Mrs Til la West Kaufmann, widow of the late Dr. Christo pher A Kaufmann, former pres ident of Newberry College, died Sunday morning at the J F Hawkins Nursing Home Mrs Kaufmann was born in Newberry, the daughter of the late James Appleton and Mary I lead West She was a graduate of Newberrv College and was a member ol (Vntral Methodist Church where she was very act ive m all church affairs. She is survived by two sis ters. Mrs C 1 Youmans of Newberry and Mrs Alice W Yates of Lexington, Kentucky; one brother. R H Wes' of Louisville. Kentucky, and a large number of nieces and nep hews and great nieces and nep hews. Funeral services were con ducted at 4 p m. Monday at. Whitaker Funeral Home by Dr. George S. Duffie and Dr. Henry A McCullough. Interment was in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Keitt Purcell, Pete Coleman. Rives Chalmers, Gene Griffith, Eu gene Kaufmann and Heyward Jackson. Serving as honorary pallbear ers were James F. Coggins. Dr. Conrad Park. Richard Baker, O. M. Cobb, J. E Wiseman, Sr., Dr Ralph P. Baker. Louis Floyd, Henry Lominack, Dr E. J. Dickert, Dave Hayes, Dr R E. Livingston. Dr James C. Kinard, Dr. A G D Wiles, W H Tedford, W. F Partridge, James H Holcombe, Dr F A Truett, Herschel Kemper Waldo Huffman and Thomas L Hicks. Mr and Mrs Charles R Wil son are making their home at 1314 Fourth Street Mr and Mrs E T Taylor will move to 109 Caldwell Street to make their home. Senate votes funds for park The Senate grudgingly came up with $250,000 extra for a new- state park in Newberry County Tuesday while turning down a similar plea for one m Spartan burg County The persuasive tactics and words of Sen Robert C Lake of New berry and Sen John D l.niig of Union got tlic Senate to add on to the $1 035 million divady provided m the capital improvement bond bill for Dre her Island State Park develop mold on Lake Murrav The Sen ite might have acted out of s\ mpathetic consideration for Newberrv Countv as one of the so-called 12 lost coun ties ' neither m the Appalachia or Coastal Plains regional dev elopment programs Roth Long and Lake made that point as they sought first to get $500,000 for Prober Island park, then compromised to take $250,000. They said $2 million was really needed "We need something m the Midlands,” Lake said. "We've got a few fish ponds around but we need a state park. "We didn't participate in the tricentennial spoils and it's just fair that we have a state park. It would be a terrific tourist attraction for the midlands.” Long pointed out that his New- berry-Laurens-Union senatorial district is "unique”. "No other district in South Carolina is not in a federal program,” Long said "We’re in a poverty area but we are not in a poverty program." When members of the Senate Finance Committee cautioned against increasing the bond debt limit and jeopardizing the high credit rating of the state. Lake agreed to a compromise of $25u.000 "for the sake of finan cial stability of the state of South ('arohna A little piece of the action,” ne said later. is better than none at all" Anderson man found dead here James Kenneth Rogers, 22 of Anderson, was found dead at about noon Monday at the New berry Inn. Officers said that Rogers was shot one time in the head with a 22 caliber pistol. His body was found when he failed to respond to calls tc his room by the management of the Inn. at check-out time. When he did not answer knock on the door and a telephone call the room was entered The turn' of his death was not indi cated Coroner George R. Summer and other officers investigat ing the death said that there was no evidence of foul play. Coronet Summer said that an inquest is not planned. Suber inquest to be tonight Willie Albert Robinson, 39, of Pomaria, surrendered to New berry County sheriff’s deput ies Saturday and was being held in the Newberry County Jail charged with murder in the shooting death Friday of a 50- year-old Pomaria woman, Mrs. Essie Suber. Coroner George R. Summer said that an inquest into the death will be held tonight, (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m. in the Newberry County court room. Mrs. Suber was found in the yard of her home at about 10:30 p m. Friday and was pronounced dead on arrival at Newberry County Hospital. Sheriff Eugene Shealy said Mrs. Suber had been shot once with a .22 cali ber pistol. The body was found by Mrs. Suber’s daughter, Reth- a Mae Hallman, the sheriff said. Mr. and Mrs. Hazel M. Can non have moved to 626 Wright Street The United Daughters of the Confeder acy Medal of Honor was awarded Tuesday night by Calvin Croxier Chapter to two lineal descendants of a Confederate veter an. They' are, William J. Chapman and Lawerence I). Chapman, sons of Mrs. B. V. Chapman of this city. From left are Mrs. B. V. Chapman; William J. Chapman of Hartsville who re ceived the honor for serving in World War II; Mrs. Lawerence Chapman, Law rence Chapman of Spartanburg, who re ceived the honor for service during World War II and the Korean Conflict; Miss Juanita Hitt, who was presented a UDC membership pin for the historical work she has done; and Mrs. A. T. Neely, presi dent of Calvin Crozier chapter.