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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, May 28, 1970 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Six Months $2.00. COMMENT on Men & Things B> J. K. HKEKDIN In our country we are allow ing the growth of many organi zations which seem to be purely selfish and in no sense devoted to anything kin to patriotism. Such organizations are a dang er to our Nation. I cannot help but think that much of the op position to the two eminent jud ges nominated by the President for places on theSupreme Court was this kind of opposition. My mind turns to the reign of Queen Victoria -a long time of sincerity and good faith. As that brilliant time was passing and distinguished Brit ons were returning home a poet composed the following: The tumult and the shouting dies, The Captains and the Kings depart, Still breathes thine ancient sacrifice—A brok en and a contrite heart Lord God of Hosts be with us yet— Lest we forget, lest we forget.” As Kipling thought of the grandeur of the British Empire so may we in this era remem ber our troubles, victories, glor ies of our early days and re member with special pride the triumphs of the South since the days following the Civil War. $3.00 per year in advance. We have founded a nation of a glory of the British Empire without its colonies in every part of the world. We are con tinuing to grow and to prosper. We in South Carolina have had victories: taking the period from 200 years back and com ing to this time we have over come the ravages of the War Between the States and the de vastation which came near sac rificing our grandfathers and their fathers. Our people fought gloriously in battle and as gloriously and bravely in peace. Our American people, and very especially our Southern people, have appealed to Je hovah that He sustain them in their trials and tribulations. In the following hymn we have a reverent confession of our rev erent gratitude to Our Lord: "Ancient of Days, who sit- test throned in glory, To Thee all knees are bent, all voices pray; Thy love has blessed the wide World’s wondrous with light and life since Edens dawn ing day. O holy Father, who hast led they children in all the ages with the fire and cloud, Through seas dry shod, through waters bewildering. To Thee in reverent love our hearts are bowed.” Conditions in our Country are growing worse. Defiance of the law is becoming common. Something that we could nev er imagine is the organizations of college students condemning the President of the U. S. I ARE YOU SURE? Periodically, it's just good business to review your insurance. Changing times, catastrophic claims, increased obligations and added risks make adequate protection a must for anyone with solvency in mind. We would be glad to review your insurance in confidence. No obligation in the least. “YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS” 1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422 am sure that any man, even a saint, in the presidency would make some decisions that would not impress everybody favor ably, but we have the custom of treating the President with great respect. Recently we seem to treat the President without respect. Lawlessness seems to prevail everywhere. Land of Oz created atop Beech Mountain BANNER ELK, N. C. - On June 15, a dream will come true atop Beech Mountain at Banner Elk, N. C. When that dream began, the late Grover Robbins and his brother Harry were two men who owned a mountain and and weren't sure just what to do with it. The top of the mountain, with its glades and glens, its bould ers and century-old trees gnarled and twisted by winter winds, cried out for something —a place for people to come and enjoy. Whatever it was and could be, they decided, it had to be firsi class—and it had to be done while disturbing nature as little as possible. And so the decision was made to call in Charlotte artist and designer Jack Pentes. After all, this man of ideas had won the accolades and respect of his colleagues in the art world, and he had the reputation of doing things right—even if that meant his firm, Pentes Design Inc., couldn’t make a penny on a given project. Pentes went to the mountain. He tramped over boulders and through the trees, over and over again. The idea began to creep up on him, and when he found a cave "just where the lion’s den should be” the idea came to him: "This was Oz,” he says "somewhere over the rainbow, part of another world.” And he agreed with the Rob bins brothers that Oz had to be first-class. It had to be a walk through the story of "The Wiz ard of Oz”, complete with the experience of living through the storm, with Dorothy’s house be ing wrecked in the process. And it had tc be the Yellow Brick Road and Munchkinland and the Garden of Oz and the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, the Witch—and Emerald City and the Wizard himself. And each visitor would have to be able to leave Emer aid City in a balloon—gondok version, of course. Pentes took Joe Sonderman, his design dir ector and a graduate of Syl- vania, Chrysler Corp. and the University of Cincinnati, to the mountain. "It was incredibly beautiful”, says Sonderman of his first view of Beech, then accessible only by rough jeep-ride. “At this point we all agreed that we wanted the professional finish, but we would take maximum responsibility not to deface this mountain.” And so the process began: Fit Oz into the top of Beech, but treat the mountain well. When, in the process of building the Land of Oz, it was neces sary to cut down a tree more than six inches in diameter, it was a top corporate decision. Fortunately, it was a decision that had to be made only once, since only one such tree had to give way. Now that it was know that Oz could be created—Dorothy’s house, the Yellow Brick Road, overlooks and little houses or OLD SOUTH CAROLINA CHURCHES is the title of a volume presented to the Newberry-Saluda Library last week by the Woman’s Club of Newberry. Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, chairman of the library committee makes the presentation to acting librarian Mrs. Edgar Shinn (right). Looking on from left are Mrs. James C. Kinard, a member of the library committee and Mrs. Fred H. Dominick, re tiring pres'lent of the club. (Sunphoto) castles for all the main char acters, Emerald City with all its wonders—with such little dis turbances, the question was how to get the other jobs done right. One step was to hire Kays Gary, whose Charlotte Observer column was one of the best- read in the country, to handle information services for the par ent company, Carolina Carib bean Corp. But there were other things. Music would be needed—mus ic that was at once familiar and original. And in Charlotte there was Loonis McGlohon. whose compositions had been perform ed by Woody Herman and oth ers, who had collaborated with Alec Wilder and others, and whose work had been featured in films, TV and outdoor sym phony. McGlohon accepted the job. He left some of the Oz music intact—who would fool with "Somewhere Over the Rain bow”?—but he and Wilder add ed several new songs. "I did not want to take away from the original musical score, but we also needed the original music,” he said. “We have a show in Emerald City, plus characters who sing and dan:e throughout Oz.” For this kind of show, this kind of music, obviously top flight choreography was need ed. Alice Leggett LaMar, who danced her way out of her nat ive Charlotte to Boston and across the country to California, was chosen. She had soloed with the Boston Dance Theater and the Jan Veen Ballet and had designed dances in ballet, jazz and modern—and she had been enamored of Oz most of her life. "As a little girl,” she says, "I longed for the whole Oz ser ies. Choreographing the Land of Oz makes me part of it. I can manipulate the characters as I want to, rather like super make-believe in which your dolls really walk and dance.” New Addresses Roy E. Amick has moved to 763 Pope Street to make his home. G. Phillip Hager is now re siding at 1324 Wheeler Street. Joseph Vaughn service Sunday Joseph C. Vaughn, 61, of Rt. 1, Ware Shoals, died Friday in Greenville. He was a native of Union County, son of Mrs. Hattie Ha ney Vaughn of Union and the late James L. Vaughn. He had lived in Ware Shoals 25 years. He had made his home in Newberry for a number of years and was employed with Blalock’s Cleaners and New berry Laundry. Surviving also are his wife, Mrs. Marian Adams Vaughn (daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John G. Adams of Ashe ville and formerly of Newberry) two daughters, Mrs. Jean Hughe of Ware Shoals and Mrs. Patsy Boland of Batesburg; two sons, James G. Vaughn of Ware Shoals and Bobby Vaughn of Greenwood; and eight grand children. Funeral was held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Harmony Methodist Church. Burial was in Green wood Memorial Gardens. POLITICAL Announcements COUNTY COUNCIL, DIST. 1 I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Coun ty Council, District 1 in the June 9 Democratic Primary, and I pledge myself to abide by the results of the Primary. CARMAN BOUKNIGHT COUNTY COUNCIL, DIST. 2 I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Coun ty Council, District 2 in the June 9 Democratic Primary, and I pledge myself to abide by the results of the Primary. EARL H. GILLIAM COUNTY COUNCIL, DIST. 7 I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Coun ty Council, District 2 in the June 9 Democratic Primary, and I pledge myself to abide by the results of the Primary. JOHN H. SCHUMPERT COUNTY COUNCIL7 DIST. 2 I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Coun ty Council, District 2 in the June 9 Democratic Primary, and I pledge myself to abide by the results of the Primary. BILLYE L. WEST SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 2 I hereby announce myself a candidate for renomination to the office of School Board, Dis trict 2, Newberry County and I pledge myself to abide by the results of the Democratic Pri mary. W. HUNTER CALDWELL PROBATE JUDGE I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Probate Judge for New berry County in the June 9 Democratic Primary, and I pledge myself to abide by the results of the Primary. FRANK H. WARD