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41 Tuesday 'April 26 1955 Columbia The Columbia Record PAGE 3-A WHEE-E-E! WHERE'S THE FIRE? HERE LAST NIGHT Sewer Line Bids Come in For City Job Chamber Men Endorse Expressways 3 Break-Ins Investigated open by an intruder who dropped through a skylight at the Capitol Boa-ling Center 1401 Gervais Loss was estimated at 860 Officers checking property early this morning found a rear door of Record Shop 1129 Blanding St foxed open No loss was reported MEET AT daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Cochran of Hendrix Street Lexington Linda and Carol Rawls daughters of Mr and Mrs Roy Rawls of 107 Elm St Lexington and Carolyn George daughter of Mr and Mrs George of Route 2 Lexington Receiving instructions from Fort Jackson Fire Chief Oscar A Adams these five visiting Brownies from Columbia and Lexington are equipped and ready for any emergency From left to right they are: Angela Clark daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Clark of Lake Drive in Lexington Kathy Cochran Three break-ins here last night were under investigation today by city detectives At the Laurel Street USO a janitor reporting for work at 6:15 a discovered that a second-floor balcony door had been forced open during the night The intruder broke open several coin-operated amusement machines and took an undetermined amount of money Similar machines were broken Past Week Was Best Yet For Farmers The past week was the most favorable yet for land preparation planting and crop growth but seasonal advancement is about a week later than usual due to previous cold and wet soil Wind hail and dust storms did considerable crop damage in northern and central areas Soil moisture is generally ample although ranging from wet to deficient for good germination in some localities Early planted crops are coming to good stands Cotton chopping and cultivation has begun south Small grains are recovering surprisingly well from the March cold and fair to good yields are in prospect Early grain is heading freely downstate and beginning to head north Commercial truck crops are making fair to good progress but will reach markets some later than usual due to setback from March cold Pastures and livestock are in good condition generally About two-thirds of the cotton and com land has been planted ranging from near completion in the more southern counties to ten per cent along the northern border from Oconee to Lancaster Counties Tobacco transplanting has made good progress with some 85 per cent of the crop set Horry the leading tobacco county reports the best one-age crop of recent years Transplanting of sweet potato draws has begun on some localities Considerable grass silage and hay are being cut as insurance against possible fed shortage this summer VACCINATIONS IN KERSHAW Administration of the Salk vaccine polio preventive is continuing in the of the county In the Camden Grammar School 146 first graders got the vaccine shots and 79 second graders Figures for other other schools are not available yet TRANSPORT FLIES GIRL FOR EMERGENCY SURGERY "Summertime" When the Livin' is Easy Fashion Shows Hollings Cites Mental Health Fund Needs Seven bids have already been received on the completion of the Edgewood and Booker Washington Heights sewer systems Contract for the proposed sanitary sewer project will be let after bids are opened next Tuesday May 3 at the office of Gty Engineer Harry Bellinger Sewer contractors have been invited to bid on labor equipment and materials for the project including 75940 lineal feet of pipe sewers of various sizes and 186 manholes The city sanitary sewer division has extended a sewer line in the vicinity of Glenwood golf course from Penn Branch some 400 feet to serve new residences being constructed in that area one of those Sleeking admission to Columbia in an annexation election May 17 Meanwhile storm drain construction is being concentrated on Kilbourne Road and Lyles Street by engineering forces because Kil-bourne is up for paving by the State Highway Department The Seaboard Air Line Railway has removed a solid railing from the southern end of its overpass at Gadsden and Blanding Streets replacing it with an open pipe rail at the request of the city engineer's department to climina'e sight block at that intersection Gty water main construction forces have recently installed six-inch main on Northwood from Richfield to Gadsden Street connecting Gadsden Street lines with 16-inch main laid jointly by the city and the state A hydrant was put in at the corner of Gadsden and Northwood A six-inch water meter was also installed at South Kilbourne anc Edmund Street to serve an cast of South Beltline Columbia College Shakespeare Play Set for May 6 The Shakespearean play Midsummer Night's will be presented at Columbia Cbllegc on May Day May 6 at 4 Under the direction of Frank Lee qf the speech department it will serve as entertainment for the Queen of May and her court The cast includes Barbara Curry of Lanford Anabcl Taylor of Johnston Edith Gaiilard of Florence Ann Motion of Florence Patty Moscly of Georgetown Nancy Bowman of Orangeburg Joan Smith of Barnwell Mary Jane Mixson of Orangeburg Mary Wall Stanford of Chester Virginia Davis of Columbia Florence Jen-klnson of Manning Ann Burroughs of Charleston Betty Gray Harrop of Camden Ann Bishop of Greenville and Newman Ga and Louise Sloan of Greer Dancers are Camille Eadon of Manning: Ann Richardson of Sum merton Mary Matthews of Columbia: Jocelyn Campbell of Harts-ville Kewpic Sprott of Summerville Cora Mae Archung of Brook lyn and Betty Jane Tunc of Johnston Truck License Deadline Near Time is running out for the own ers of some 15000 South Carolina trucks trailers and buses who have not obtained half-year licenses Chief Highway Commissioner Claude McMillan said today Saturday is the registration deadline After that patrolmen will begin making cases against operators who do not have current censes up to 8100 will be said Mr McMillan Tree of Life Club Meets Wednesday The Tree Of Life Men's Gub will have its bi-monthly business meeting Wednesday at 8 Election of officers for the coming year will take place A social hour will follow the meeting SHAW AIR FORCE BASE-An Air Force transport plane rushed an Injured girl from Walterboro to a Pennsylvania hospital today for emergency surgery heeded to save her life Jeanette Edclblute of Altoona Pa badly injured in a wreck that killed her brother near Walterboro was flown to her home You're invited to see Kay Windsor's latest exciting collection of warm-weather cottons created by the internationally known designer Grace Norman You'll sec a group of ripple sheers dimities and silky pima cottons modeled by New Arch Ferrell Quoted As Officers and director cf the South Carolina State Chamber of Commerce have voted in favor of the principles of Senate Bill SO which proposes the construction of "controlled access They believe suh a system will bring about a great reduction in highway accidents thereby greatly lowering the death rate and an annual accident loss of approximately 21 million dollars They believed such a system will essential that South Carolina have modern and adequate roads to handle greatly increased traffic York and models local April 28th 3:00 Floor Ensemble 1098 Thursdayi 11:00 A Fashion Salon Second At least 135000 South Carolinians are now suffering from some from of mental disorder and need of clinical or hospital care according to Hollings lieutenant governor and campaign chairman for Mental Health drive which is getting under way in May "Funds are needed in South Carolina to help cope with his Hollings said are expecting to raise $25000 to help with an educational campaign and provide assistance to many persons who are unable to get hospital treatment and to reach those who need guidance rather than hospital Hollings said campaign chair men had been named in many counties and that he and Wer-ber Bryan of Sumter president of the South Carolina Association for Mental Health were obtaining other acceptances Judges of probate are sponsoring the campaign The executive committee of the State Junior Giambcr of Commerce has commended the drive's objectives Dr George Halsey Receives Fellowship A Columbian Dr George Daw son Halsey Jr has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for study abroad of absorption and solution of the noble Dr Halsey is now associate professor of chemistry at the University of Washington Seattle He is a graduate cf Dreher High School and the University of South Carolina He holds a PhD degree from Princeton University and a doctor's fellowship at Harvard Dr Halsey is the son of Mr and Mrs George Halsey His father is personnel officer for the Farm Gedit Administration at Columbia Legend has it that potato chips started at Saratoga Springs when an angry cdok tried to serve French fried potatoes that were too thin to eat Holliday's Newest Sleep or Lounge town in a C-17 piloted by Majors 0 Callahan and Miller The Walterboro hospital was not equipped for the kind of surgery Dr McDaniels of Walter-boro said was essential to her chance to live The flights to transport her to the hospital in her home town was set up by Col Gene Tibbetts commander of Shaw AFB were indicted for stealing 600 votes for Patterson's opponent in the runoff Lee Porter of Gadsden Ferrell was acquitted however the same day Fuller was convicted of Patterson's murder A key witness In the trial of Fuller Quinncy Kelly was expected to repeat testimony this afternoon that he saw Ferrell leave the scene where the bitter foe of Phcnix City rackets were murdered Training Center Building Bids To Be Asked CHARLESTON Uft-U Army engineers here will issue an invitation for bids May 5 on an Army Reserve Training Center at Rock Hill The structure with 7000 square feet of floor space will be of concrete masonry construction faced with brick The site of the work is York Avenue adjacent to the York County Office Building The contract calls for completion of the work within 180 calendar days Due To Change Role A man scheduled to appear as a witness in Court today ended up as a prospective defendant When the case was called the witness appeared as scheduled Judge John I Rice decided however that he was too inebriated for his testimony to be of value and had him escorted to the lockup He will face the judge again tomorrow but not as a witness Rom Dragon Dust is a product pacifically compounded to combat dastructivo ini acts while giving your rosea and flowering shrubs equal protection from the dreaded Black Spot and other fungus and mildew diseases Consistent applications of Rosa Dragon throughout the growing and blooming season will insure you healthy plants capable of providing many hundreds of beautiful flowers When bugs and blight threaten turn to the sign of the dragon a trade-mark of the 1 Harris Company famous for buq-killing insecticides since 1933 Tfvo Planes in Mishaps At Airport Sunday was no day of rest for Columbia Airport emergency crews with two airplane accidents occurring on the field No one was injured in either accident although both planes a Navy fighter and a four-engine Capital Airways transport were damaged extensively At 9:15 Sunday morning the Navy plane piloted by Lt Welch had a wheel brake lock on its take-off and in high winds it left the runway about half-way down and nosed over in a grassy area bordering the strip The plane a F4U Corsair used in training by Columbia Auxiliary Squadron No 742 of the Naval Reserve suffered extensive damage to its propeller left wing and landing gear The airport crash's standby crew remained on guard over the plane until midnight in view of the lara amount of gasoline which hair leaked from the plane's tank around the area While the emergency crew was still on duty at the scene of this accident the Capital Airways airliner with a crew and 55 military passengers aboard developed engine trouble and cirqlcd back to the field where lt plowed into the grass to the left of the same runway where the Navy plane had had difficulty The plane which had stopped here en route from El Paso Tex to Camp Kilmer left the airport at 10:50 bound for Washington About 25 minutes later it notified the tower that its Inside right engine had ceased operations and was on fire Capt Dwight Dir of Nashville Tenn pilot of the DC-4 upon landing discovered that the plane was without hydraulic pressure for brakes flaps or steering device It rolled down the runway with all engines stopped plowing into a grass area off the strip plane was evacuated of passengers and crew through emergency doors and equipment in twdninutes'' because of the fire danger Airport Director Shand reported unson Girl ads College Student Body Janet Alexander of Brunson has been elected president of the student body of Columbia College and Hamlin McBee of Greenville vice president Thirteen girls were chosen members of the 1555-1)6 student council Nancy Reece of Pickens won the race for president of the Student Christian Association They will take office Tuesday May 3 Gee Gee Ruff rising junior of Spartanburg was chosen secretary of the student body while Joy Thomason rising junior of Prosperity was elected treasurer Elected house presidents of East Dormitory were Tumpy Payne of Kingstrce and Prudcn Rogers of Woodruff Mary Ann Reeves of Kingstrce and Bctt Jones of Beaufort won the race for house president of West Dormitory Pal Cren-sha4of Chester and Carolyn Bayne of Greer were chosen house presidents of Fleming Hall and Gonzales Hall respectively -Nell DuBose of Manning was named president of the dining room Mary Wall Stanford of Chester will serve as assistant din- Ing room president HOLLOW VICTORY HONOLULU T1I (UP)-Ncws photographer Gordon Morse of the Honolulu Advertiser wasn't too excited when two of his three children won local baby contests The prizes awarded Monday were free photos of his children BIRMINGHAM Ala (UP) A newspaperman testified today that Arch Ferrell told him that he hated the murdered Albert Patterson I didn't gun The testimony came while the state made a final move to bolster the motive for the murder of the attorney general-nominee who was shot to death last June 18 in notorious Phcnix City The prosecution was expected to rest later today Reporter Ed Strickland of the Birmingham News testified that Ferrell told him on two occasions following tha murder that he noted Patterson The reporter also said that when Ferrell was arrested in Phenix City last July he was brought before National Guardsmen and told them Deputy Sheriff Albert Fuller was his friend Although it was not brought out in the testimony that was the occasion Ferrell was arrested on charges of driving while inljxical-ed Strickland said Ferrell attempted to give three cheers for Fuller but fell after completing the first Strickland also testified that Ferrell and then Atty Gen Silas Garrett had questioned him closely at a dinner party in Columbus Ga on June 20 as to whether the grand jury in Birmingham knew the identity of persons responsible for vote stealing in the June 1 runoff Knew of Votes 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