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BY THE WAY Vol. 34—No. 10 Newberry, S. C. 29108, June 25, 1970 $3 PER YEAR Whitmire church has rapid growth Annual Rose Show Saturday, Sunday By DORIS A. SANDERS LETTERS We are always happy to hear from our readers, even if their letters are sometimes prompted by a “goof” we have made. Published below are parts of two letters we have received recently. The first letter comes from Winnfield, La., from H. B. Bozeman. Mr. Bozeman des- cribes himself as a “history buff”; he is also on the Board of Directors of Winnfield’s First Federal Savings & Loan Asso ciation. Several months back we re ceived a copy of the Winn Par ish Enterprise, published in Winnfield, in which Mr. Boze man writes a column, “Winn Parish as I Have Known It.” before getting to his recent letter, I will publish a portion of the column contained in that issue of the Enterprise: “Mr. and Mrs. Austin Abrams left Winnfield two or three years ago to become teachers in Alaska State Schools, when the Alaska schools closed for the summer vacation this year, Austin, his wife and children, by automobile headed south to Washington State, Montana and then on a leisurely sight-stting trip east to New York State. “From New York State, Aus tin and his family drove down the Atlantic coast to Newberry. S. C., to check up on his an cestral Abrams Colonial family There he found quite a few of his Abrams kinsmen still there, who did not come west to Louis iana as Austin’s Abrams family did. “Austin, remembering that in my Winn Parish articles print ed in the Enterprise, I had of ten mentioned many pioneer families of Winn Parish, com ing here from Newberry County, South Carolina, bought me a year’s gift subscription to the weekly Newberry Sun The Newberry Sun. in every copy I have gotten, has mentioned many family names common here in Winn Parish. Last week the Sun said: ’the home of Mrs. Jessie Riser caught fire, but the fire depart ment put it out before any great damage was done.’ Perhaps we could persuade Mr Bozeman and some of the other families in Winnfield, who descended from Newberrians, to come to Newberry in Nov ember and join in our Tricen tennial celebration Now to Mr Bozeman's letter: “Seeing that my subscription to the Newberry Sun will soon expire, I am enclosing my check for $3.00 to renew my subscription for another year “I, like many of our present clay Winn Parish people have ancestral lines that reach back to Newberrv countv, and other nearby South Carolina counties. “You publish a most excellent Southern weekly newspaper I enjoy reading all of the New berry Sun—especially Doris A. Sanders’ “By The Way” col umn, and vour recently started histories of the earliest church es of Newberry County ” Two weeks ago there appeared a notice that the “Van Caravan Club” would hold a rally at the Lake Murray residence of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Wells. I’m not going to name the young man who took down the information contained in that article; but we apologize if we insulted mem bers of the Wally Byam Cara van Club. Inc. Over fifty trailers gathered (Continued on Page 6) The history of this congrega tion is built around hard work a love for Christ, and service to the community. The Church, located on Main Street in Whit mire, was given birth as a re sult of a survey made by Rev erend Raymond Ellsworth with the support of the Board of Am erican Missions of the then United Lutheran Church in Am erica. Seventeen confirmed Lu therans were found. This was in 1937. In 1939, the congregation was organized under the guidance of Rev. Ellsworth with fifty con firmed charter members. The name chosen for the new con gregation was St. Timothy. The first church council consisted of W. D. Kibler, Paul Baker, John Counts, Marion King, James Hiller and Tom Stone. Worship services were held in the local grammar school until the Aragon-Baldwin Mill Com pany made available facilities upstairs over the old Whitmire Post Office. Of the fifty char ter members of St. Timothy, a dozen members still worship in the congregation. They include Mrs. YTnnie Hiller, Mrs. Evelyn Yarborough, Mrs. Rosa Lea Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McKain, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Baker, Miss Sara Kinard, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Metts, and Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Chapman. With Pastor Ellsworth as the firs! minister, the congregation united with Augsburg, Union, to form the Union-Whitmire Parish. This partnership in Christ still exists at the pre sent time. In June 1946, Rev. William Fritz was called to be her past or. In July 1946, Pastor Fritz and his family moved into the new parsonage on Nance Street in Whitmire. The property was donated as a gift to the con gregation by Mr. Ritchie and Mr. Joe Simpson, Jr. In December 1947, under the leadership of the late Rev. G.H. C. Parks, the congregation pur chased an army chapel from Camp Croft, Spartanburg. Pur chased at the bargain price of $4,600, the chapel was moved to its present location on Main Street and located on a lot giv en by the Aragon-Baldwin Mill Company. It was then brick- veneered. A beautiful church was the result. Inside the church, the creati vity of Pastor Parks is evident. The chancel was reworked and given a more worshipful atmos phere. The beautiful stained glass window of Christ kneeling in prayer in the Garden of Geth- semane is an example. It re minds the worshipper of those agonizing moments of our Lord, yet at the same time fills the worshipper with a sense of (Continued on Page 6) Is Promoted Bankers Trust board members have announced the promotion of Joan B. Shealy to assistant casher. Mrs. Shealy, who is manager of the Main Street of fice of Bankers Trust in New berry, will continue in her pre sent responsibilities. A native of Newberry, Mrs. Shealy attended Newberry Col lege. She has been with Bank ers Trust since 1951. SUN is now at new location The Newberry Sun is now in its new location at 1101 Boyce Street in the building formerly occupied by Whitaker Floor Cov*- erings at the corner of Boyce and Nance Streets. The dismantling, moving and re-assembling of the machines used in a printing office took several days out of the normal work-day schedule. The Sun hopes that its customers will understand if, for a short per iod of time, its usual prompt service is slowed a bit. It is hoped that things will soon be back to normal. The publisher and all of the staff -invite customers and friends to stop by and visit at the new location. Academy group to perform for State Auxiliary Catherine Baker, Peggy Cro mer, Teresa Davis, Johnette Jacobs, Kathy Riggin, Joyce Sorrow, Renee Wicker and Rob in Wicker make up the Fifth Grade Girls’ Chorus, Newberry Academy, which will sing at the annual convention of the American Legion Auxiliary, De partment of South Carolina, meeting in Charleston this week end. The girls will leave Newberry early Saturday morning, June 27 and will arrive in time to sing at noon at the meeting of the Auxiliary in the Gold Room of the Francis Marion Hotel. Mrs. Harry Epting, music teacher at the Academy and a member of Unit 24, will ac company the chorus in the fol lowing songs: “To the Auxiliary”; “Caro lina” (based on Henry Tim- rod’s poem); “Country Things” <Tricentennial Song); “Our Am erica”; “You’re a Grand Old Flag”; and “Pledge of Alle- -giance to the Flag”. After the performance of this chorus at Zone I meeting in Newberry recently, Mrs. S. F. Sherard, Jr., Department pres ident, issued the invitation for them to sing at the State De partment meeting in Charleston this weekend. MAY SALES OF SAVINGS BONDS Joe M. Roberts, County Sav ings Bonds Chairman, reports that Newberry County’s May sales of Series E and H Savings Bonds and Savings Notes were $30,104. The second June Rose Show for growers from South Caro lina, North Carolina and Geor gia will be held on Saturday. June 27 and Sunday, June 28 at the Newberry Federal Sav ings and Loan Association of fice at 1330 College Street. This Rose Show is sponsored by the Newberry County Rose Society and is under the dir ection of Mrs. L. Hart Jordan, president of the Society and Dr Charles Jeremias, general chair man of the Show. This show is unique in that it is the only effort to exhibit roses during the month of June in this area. Last year’s out standing Show is proof that roses can be shown during June as well as other months. The following schedule has been set to insure an enjoyable exhibition. Saturday, June 27: Entries accepted 7 a m. to 10.30 a m.; Judging, 11 a m. to 1 p m. Exhibitors Coffee, 10:30 a.m. at Newberry College Smeltzer Hall and Exhibitors Luncheon, 1 p.m. in Newberry College Dining Hall. The show opens to the public at 3 p.m. Saturday and closes at 9 p m. On Sunday, the Show opens to the public at 2 p.m. and closes at 6 p.m. All rose growers in this area are urged to bring their blooms to be shown. Last year’s excit ing response guaranteed the success of the Show and the Rose Society needs the same support for this weekend. The public is invited to come and enjoy these beautiful blooms. Mrs. Bodie dies at hospital Mrs. Dorothy Vines Bodie of 403 Rodelsperger Street died Monday. Born in Newberry, she was a daughter of T. J and Lottie Koon Vines of Newberry She was a secretary for U. S. Ply wood Inc. and was a member of Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church. Surviving also are two sons, Stevan Bodie of The Citadel and Randy Bodie of Newberry, two sisters Miss Frances Evelyn Vines of Salisbury, N. C\, and Mrs. D. Ralph Dion of Aiken, and a brother, Comdr. Thomas B Vines, USN, Hawaii. h uneral services were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church with burial following in West End Cemetery. STATE EMPLOYEES ANNUAL MEETING The Newberry County Chap ter of the South Carolina State Employees will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, June 30, at 7:30 at the Newberry County Welfare Department. All South Carolina State employees are invited and urged to attend.