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BY THE WAY By DORIS A. SANDERS THE BIRTHDAYS Several weeks ago-we men tioned that we had ceased pub lication of the birthday list each week because our list was hope lessly out of date. We asked that those interested in having the list continued cooperate by sending in current information. To date, we have received up- to-date information from only two sources, so we can only conclude that the majority of our readers is not particularly interested in this feature. We wish to thank those who did submit the information. We will retain it, just in the event others do decide to help out the situation and we can again be gin publication of birth anni versaries. SHORING UP FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover says the time has come when citizens' lives should not be controlled by the activities of a few criminals. He believes the "legal walls" should be shored up so that the innocent person receives justice as much as the criminal. I think you will enjoy his comments which follow: There is something distressing about free people having to res trict a\d alter their daily pur suit 1 -' nd activities because of brazen criminals. Is it right that bus passengers must always have the exact fare because busdrivers cannot carry money to make change without being robbed*? Is it right that motorists in some cities must buy gasoline in amounts for which they have exact mon ey. or use credit cards, to keep station attendants from being held up by thugs? Is it right that downtown merchants in some areas should lose their customers, and perhaps their businesses, because citizens are afraid to venture into crime- mfested streets'? Let us face it. Are we, as a free society under the rule of law. shaping our own destiny, or are we being pushed and boxed m by those who defy the law and have no respect for the rights of others'? The truth of the matter is that more and more of our Nat ion’s total energy and effort is needed to protect people against crime For instance, more theft- prevention devices are being installed m new automobiles. More homes are being equip ped with bigger and more com plex door locks. Banks are tak ing action to reduce the amount of cash exposed to bank rob bers In some cities, police pat rol school corridors and grounds to keep troublemakers from dis rupting classes and assaulting students The list goes on and on We are attempting, in ef fect. to erec, a protective bar rier between society and the criminal However, history dat ing back to Biblical times teach es us that high walls as such do not necessarily provide sanc tuary. If we are to find relief from crime, we have to shore up our legal w'alls to prevent lawbreakers from slipping back and forth through loopholes to prey on the public and then hide behind legal sanctions to avoid just and adequate pun ishment. If we are to contain the spiraling crime rate and h r mg a higher degree of security back to the law-abiding citizens, then we must make justice swift and certain. In spite of what some courts and legal (Continued on Page 8) Academy sets opening date The Newberry Academy will open on Tuesday, September 8 at 8:30 a.m. Applications al ready approved indicate a total enrolment of 215, an increase of 24 percent over that of last year. There are waiting lists for two grades already. The faculty will be: Mrs. Laura S. Berry and Mrs. Marie S. Huggins, two first grade sec tions; Mrs. Sue L. Davenport and Miss Mary Williams, two second grade sections; Mrs. Betty Bakei Carter, third grade; Miss Sallie Lee Cromer, fourth grade and principal; Mrs. Katie F. Lowman, fifth grade and Mrs. Sylvia B Gibson, sixth grade; Mrs. May T. Epting, Music. The departmental courses in the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth grades wall be taught by Mrs Margaret S. McAlhany, Mrs. Gladys T Haile, Mrs. Mar garet S. Jayroe and Mrs. Rich ard R. Brown. These grades will occupy the new unit now under construction. The first six grades will remain in the present build ing. The two new teachers are Mrs. Richard R. Brown, a re cent graduate of Newberry Col lege; and Mrs. Carter, a Con verse graduate and a former teacher in Ashley Hall, Charles ton. Mrs. Haile, a Winthrop graduate, is a former teacher in the Academy. The Kindergarten and Day School will open on the same day but at nine o'clock. There are still a few more applica tions that can be accepted there. Horse show at Johnston to be August first More than 250 entries from nearly all southern states are expected for the annual John ston Horse Show starting at 5 p.m. Saturday, August 1 at Watson Park in Johnston. Considered one of the finest one-day shows in the Southeast, the event draws top quality gaited, western, and harness horses. The climax Saturd iv night will come with the naming of the South Carolina Jaycee Walk ing Horse Champion. Approximately $2,800 in prize money along with special tro phies and ribbons are being of fered in the 28-class program by sponsoring Jaycees. Serving as Tri-Chairmen are John Cure- ton, John Edwards, Jr., and Joe Alvin Derrick. Judges will be George Living ston of Calhoun, Ga., and Doug Smith of Rock Hill. Ringmaster will be Hugh Webb of Hopkins. Ringside boxes accommodat ing six people are available for $12 through Charles Lybrand of Johnston. General admission will be $1.25 for adults and 75 cents for children. There will be re freshment stands. To attend C of C Convention The 1970 General (national) convention of the Children of the Confederacy will be held at the Wade Hampton Hotel in Columbia, August 6-8. The program will begin on Thursday morning with regis tration at 9 a m and the day’s activities will feature bus tours of the Governor’s Mansion, the Woodrow Wilson Home, Tri- centenmal Pavilion and Hamp ton Preston Mansion. Business sessions will be held Friday morning and afternoon, with a banquet and dance Fri day night. Pages will be intro duced during “Division Presi dent's Evening" Friday at 6 p.m. Miss Mary Baker, daughter of Dr and Mrs. Ralph P. Baker of this city, and a member of Eloise Welch Wright Chapter of the Children of the Confederacy, is president of the South Caro lina Division. Pages from the local chapter, who will be in troduced during the evening, are Lynn Lominack, Ruthy San ders, Catherine Baker and Ralph Summer. The convention will adjourn Saturday with a tour of the South Carolina State House and a final business session. Members of Eloise W e 1 c ii Wright Chapter, other than those serving as Pages, are expected to attend the conven tion. Fishing Rodeo set for youth The Newberry Recreation De partment will sponsor the first fishing rodeo for youngsters in the first seven grades of school on Saturday, August 1 The Rod eo will begin at 10 a.m. and eno at 12 noon All the interested anglers should go to J. W Rin ger. Jr s fish pond Prizes will be given for the first fish caught, the biggest bream, the biggest bass, the big gest catfish, and the most fish caught. Also a prize will be giv en to the oldest man and woman attending the rodeo. Parents are urged to come out and watch their youngsters participate in what the Recreat ion Department hopes will be one of the biggest events of the year. The fishing tackle will not be limited and the anglers may use any type of equipment that they wish. Boys and girls who do not have a way to get to the pond can come by the Speers Street Center and ride the bus to the pond. City Council in special meet ing Tuesday morning heard a request that a property con taining approximately 21 acres be annexed to the City, and a recommendation that it be zoned as B-3 general shopping area. The request came from Mrs. Edith Matthews, owner of the property, which is bordered on three sides by Highways 34, 219 and 76 By-pass. A shopping cen ter developer plans to begin work on construction of the cen ter as soon as the property is annexed and zoned as requested. Council heard first reading of the zoning recommendation by the City Planning Commission, and set August 4th for a special meeting to take action on the recommendation after it has been published as required by law. City Manager K. W. Riebe said that the developer hopes to begin work on the shopping cen ter by August 10th. In other action, Council ap proved a resolution which would turn over to the State certain streets within the city for sur facing and maintenance. Included in the list of streets are: Baxter from Nance to Leland; Digby from First to Hillcrest Rd.; Hunt from Holloway to Wallace; Buzhardt from Player to Glenn; Leita from Nance to Digby; Griffith Park from Har rington to near Scotts Creek; Long from Drayton to Harde man; Floyd from Drayton to Vincent; Preston from Alex Ave. to U. S. 76 By-pass. Also, portions of Lincoln, Wal lace, Clarence, Hoilowav and Gulf. Mrs. Wicker dies Tuesday Mrs. Bessie Cromer Wicker, 84, of Route 1, widow of Ernest B Wicker, died Tuesday. Born in Newberry County, a daughter of the late Bachman and Fannie Adams Cromer, she lived with her daughter, Mrs. II. L. Crumpton of Newberry for the past several years. She was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, the LCW and the Golden Age Group. Surviving are three sons, Ber- ley B., Ernest Boyd and Thom as P. Wicker of Prosperity; an other daughter, Mrs. R. H. Kel ly of Whitmire; two sisters, Mrs. Lula Cromer of Newberry and Mrs. Bertha Bowers of Prosper ity; a brother, Forest Cromer of Newberry; 22 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren; and 8 great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 5 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. Senator Lake urges help for “poor countries” Members of a committe study ing public education in South Carolina said Tuesday there is no evidence that the state will have a surplus of public school teachers any time soon, if ever. Allendale school Supt. Henry White, a committee member, said the story in South Carolina is that there remains a short age of teachers. A national news magazine. U. S. News and W'orld Report, said in a recent edition that there will be a surplus of teach ing jobs in the U S. this year for the first time in 25 years. Sen. Robert C. Lake of this county brought up the surplus predictions at the committee sessions and wondered what would be the implications for South Carolina. White said he is still short eight to ten elementary teach ers in the Allendale system with school opening in about one month. He said many schools are still advertising for teach ers. White added that he attended a meeting of school officials in Myrtle Beach last week. “I didn’t find anybody there who had a surplus,’’ he said. The education study commit tee discussed plans for its acti vities during the year. It plans to examine the quality and the quantity of courses offered to gifted students in junior and senior high schools, although committee consultant Sidney Cooper said it may become dif- icult to assess the quality of such programs. The committee is completing a compilation of college stand ards from private and public colleges in South Carolina prior to publishing them. Information on financial assistance available to students at each school will also be sought. Sen. Lake urged the com mittee to focus on the lack of vocational high schools in the so-called “12-lost counties” that do not benefit from federal de velopment programs. Lake said it was difficult for the three counties in his dis trict to construct vocational high schools when local districts are required to put up 40 percent of funds while other areas in the federal programs can get up to 80 percent of the costs. HOMECOMING AT COLONY The annual Homecoming will be held at Colony Lutheran Church July 26. The worship service will begin at 11 a.m. Dinner will be served on the grounds immediately after the service. The Rev. Horace J. C. Lindler of Silverstreet will be the guest speaker. All friends and members are invited.