The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, July 23, 1970, Image 1
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lessly out of date.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
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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.