The Gaffney Ledger from Gaffney, South Carolina • Page 1

HE GAFFNEY EDGER 1U3 A NEWSPAPER IN ALL THAT THE WORD IMPLIES, DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OE THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. Established February 16, 1894 Gaffney, South Carolina, Saturday, February 15, 1958 Price 5c Per Copy an ftti Ooiiissitoi Itad v. For Area Gafhey 7 S2.8 Million in Cherokee interstate System Awards Now Exceed $14 Million 7 cil executive assistant; and Mrs. D. W.

Hawks-worth, council treasurer; second row, Mrs. Iva Vicars, training chairman; Mrs. Dever Turner, memhership chairman; Mrs. William Blunton, Day Camp chairman; Mrs. T.

G. Roche, troop camping chairman; and Mrs. Harry Cline, council secretary. Caffney Ledger photo by Curry's Studio. (JIRL SCOl'T OFFICERS: These new officers and committee members of the Cherokee County Girl Stout Council are shown ut a training conference here this week.

From left to right: front row, Mrs. Alvin Caldwell, troop organization chairman; Mrs. Joe Plyler, international chairman; Mrs. W. K.

Brumbach, council president; Mrs. T. B. Lee, coun im A lift ri '( X- $80,383 ANNUAL PAYROLL National Guard Is JUNIOR HIGH STTDKNT OFFICIALS: David Carter, student mayor of Gaffney Junior High School, ami Kay Martin, recently elected assistant mayor, are shown above. David, an eighth grader, is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. 11. ('. Cartel'. Kay, who is in the seventh grade, is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Alfred Mat tin. Photos by Junior High Camera Club. Business Big 1958 Farm Goals Construction awards for highway and bridge projects on ths Interstate System exceeded $14 million during 1956 and 1957, according to Chief Highway Commissioner Claude R. McMillan, Additional contracts, totaling $900,000, have already been awarded for Interstate improvements since January 1.

The $14,820,844 in construction awards for the past two years consists of $9,394,745 for work in varying stages on 54 miles of highways and $5, 4:12,099 for bridges. Construction awards, in addition to actual contract costs, also include expenditures for rights-of-way and project engi-neei ing. Since the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1950 did not become effective until July 1 of that year, very little work was done on the Interstate System during 1950. Police Cruiser Nabs 2 Youths In Stolen Auto A county police cruiier intercepted two youths in a ato-len car early Friday morning, Sheriff Julian B. Wright't office said.

The car, a 1950 Ford belong-in; to "Preacher" Lawion, had been reported stolen from its parking place at Limestone Mills earlier in the night. Sheriff's deputies arrested the youths at the intersection of Highways 29 and 11 about 2 a. in the vehicle. Officers said warrants were to be sworn out against the pair, both Cherokee county residents, sometime Friday afternoon. Basketball Tilt At Blacksburg (By Cecelia Moore) Blacksburg, Feb.

14 Basketball teams at Blacksburg High School won over Hickory Grove in a double-header last night at the high school here. The girls defeated Hickory Grove 10-35, and the boys won 59-41. The Blacksburg teams will go to Chesnee February 19 to enter the Piedmont District tournament for Clas A tournament. The Cbeiokee County Agricul- tural Committee will join with other county agricultural committees in endeavoring to attain the goals set up for the state in the 1958 State Agricultural Piogram for South Carolina announced this week by South Carolina State Agricultural Committee and the Clem-son College Extension Service. VV.

C. Camp, chairman, said the county committee will cooperate with County Agent T. B. Lee and Miss Jessie Ann Wingo, county home ilemonst ration agent, and their assistants and the represent atives of the other agricultural agencies in efforts to acquaint people with the details of the program and to help them carry out the suggestions it contains. He pointed out that the program was unanimously adopted at a meeting of the state committee in Columbia early in January.

The state cominittee is composed of two elected representatives of each county committee and the designat- i ed representatives of the agricul- tural agencies and farm organiza-j tior.s of the state. The two mem- bers of the state committee from Cherokee county are Neely Thomas, of Blacksburg, and Mrs. J. C. Officers Locate 2 Illegal Stills At White Plains Two blockade whiskey stills were uncovered in the White Plains section by police Thursday afternoon but no attendants were near the units.

Sehriff Julian Wright's officers were accompanied by SI. Kit Agent Earl Collins. The National GuaiU is big liusines in Gaffney, according to Leonard R. Lovelace and 1st Lt. Bobby T.

I'ettit. who command Service Company 218th Infantry and the 1st Battalidn I'latoon, Medical Company 218th Infantry, respectively. Last year, Capt. Lovelace and Lt. I'ettit reported the Guard 100 Pints Set As Blood Goal At Blacksburg A hundred pints of blood is the goal set for nMct Tuesday's visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile at Blacksburg.

John H. Leazer, county blood program chairman, said if the Blacksburg area residents donate a total of at least 100 pints "we will be able to meet our blood usage for the month." The unit will be stationed at the Community House from 11a. m. to 5 p. in.

J. D. Patrick is recruiting chairman for the Blacksburg Rotary Club and the business area. Registration Is Open to Citizens AH Over County Cherokee county's registration board resumed full scale operations Friday at the county court house. Chairman C.

C. Melton, announced new certificates will now lie issued to eligible citizens in all parts of the county. Beginning March 1 however, certificates issued in that month will be stamped "not good" for the April 1 school trustee election in Limestone, Cherokee and White Plains townships. Mr. Melton said the old registration Certificates may be used in those townships for the trustee election.

The chairman stated residence requirements include two years in the slate, one year in the county and four months in the precinct. Five-Member Board Sent To Governor Recommendations for the appointment of five members of the Greater Gaffney Metropolitan Utilities Area Commision wero forwarded to Governor Timmer-man at Columbia Friday by the Cherokee county legislative delegation. The Conimisison will have charge of providing congested areas outside of the corporate limit of Guffney with water und sewer facilities. Recommended for four-year terms on the Commisson were C. Fletcher Blackwell, of route 5, Fred S.

Wilkins, of Blacksburg, and John C. Barnhill, Jr. of route and for two-year terms. Hood Strain, of Post 'office Box und Joe Green, of route 3, Chesnee. Mr.

Blackwell works for the Southern Cotton Oil Company at Spin taiiburg; Mr. Wilkins operates a furniture business at Blacksburg; Mr. Barnhill is manager of the local Winn-Dixie store; Mr. Strain is an office employe of the Limestone Manufacturing Company; and Mr. Green, fanner, is a former Morgan township county commissioner.

Senator George W. McKown and Repesentatives Bill Blauton and E. Fort Wolfe all signed the request for the appointment of the Commission members. Under terms of a law passed at the 1957 session of the General Assembly, the Commission will have authoiity to proceed with the construction of water and sewer fucilties in congested areas in co-operation with the city of Gaffney and its Board of Public Works. If disagreements arise with respect to the facilities, the final determination will be made by the Commision.

The law provides for the installation of fire hydrants at such intervals as required to provide adequate protection in all sections where water lines may be constructed. All facilities now or hereafter constructed within the area are required to be serviced by the facilities of the city of Gaffney and Hoard of Public Works. It is directed that due allowance be made to the city and the Board for the cost of maintenance und service with proportionate expense of plant facilities, maintenance, and overhead being taken into consideration No construction shall be undertaken or authoiized by the Com mission, the law states, except pursuant to specifications of a competent engineer based on sound engineering principles. Nothing contuined in the act is intended or shall be construed to destroy, impair, lessen or otherwise affect the obligation or other right of interest of any present outstanding bond issue or the holder of any such bonds, the law says. Section 13 authorizes Cherokee county to lend the Commission $150,000 for carrying out the purposes of the act.

The interest rate is to he agreed cm by the county treasurer and the commission. Delegation To Attend Meeting Of Club Members of the Cherokee county legislative delegation and their wives will be guests of the Business and Professional Woman's Club for that organization's annual legislative meeting Monday night ut the Hotel Carroll. The delegation members are Senator George W. McKown and Representatives Bill Bianton and El Fort Wolfe. Mrs.

Grace M. Thomas, club president, said Joe C. Plyler, school district No. 1 superintendent, and Mrs. Plyler and Mr.

and Mrs. S. C. Littlejoliu have been invited also. SPOT AVERAGES New Orleans, Feb.

17 The average price of one inch spot cottton ut 15 designated Southern spot markets today wns 20 cents a hale lower at 34.03 cent a pound; previous day 34.07; week ago 34.70; month ago 34.85; year ago 33.79; average for the past 30 market days 34.88. Middling 15-16 inch uv-erage 33.37. Sales 14,555. The 1955 act, in addition to providing for construction of the Interstate System, also provides increased funds for both primary and secondary higlnvuy construction. All of the new Interstate routes will feature access control so us to provide greater safety and efficiency for highway users.

There are currently under way or completed Interstate System projects in Cherokee, Greenville, Jasper, Lexington, Richland and Spartanburg counties. The majority of the construction awards on this system to date have been for the improvement of U. S. 29 (Interstate Route S5) to Inter-slate System standards in Cherokee and Spartanburg counties, and for construction of V. S.

170 (Interstate Route 20) in Richland and Lexington counties. As of December 31, 1957, awards for work in Interstate Route 85 totaled $3,790,900 in Spartanburg county and $2,874,000 in Cherokee county. Construction on Interstate Route 20 dining the. same period accounted for awards totaling $2,190,900 in Lexington county und $2,935,100 in llichland county. Program allocutions for Interstate Svsten.

construction to date total $45,887,022. The figure includes $3,113,000 ullocated prior to July 1, 1950 when the new federal aid highway act became effective, $18,391,277 for fiiscal 1950-57 and $24,382,145 for fis cal 19o7-u8. boutli is scheduled to build 079 miles of the contiolled-uccess expressways at an estimated ultimate cost of approximately $340 million. Red Cross Gives January Home Service Report Total cost of the home service program of the local Red Cross chapter during the month of January was $228.27, according to an announcement by Mrs. Joe llannnett, home service chairman.

This amount included loans and grants, salary, mileage, supplies, and cost of communications. The chapter worker made 14 verifications of leave or exten-nion of leave, five health-welfare reports four other reports for the military, V. servicemen or their families including a report for a military social worker concerning a psychiatric patient, assistance to those families in obtaining pensions or allotments, counseling in personal or family problems 3, and information given to 7. Loans were made to two persons and giants to three. ChiMers, Studio.

and Maxine Easterby, second Doris Broom, Keller, Rachel Here pares more than favorably with a sizeable industry, but the citizens are given a local protective force ready to serve its community, state or nation in times of disaster or emergency. The value of this service would, no doubt, add many thousands of dollars to the community budget, if such had to be replaced. A National Guard unit was first organized in Gaffney in 1940. The town has not been without the Guard since that time. Both Capt.

Lovelace and Lt. Pettit said the people of Gaffney have supported their units well through the years, and should be commened. They added: "We of the local feel that we are serving under a contract with our townsfolk. The people give us the men, faeilties, and moral support to work with. We, in turn, strive to give them a National Guard they can be proud of.

Our doors are open for in-specton by Mr. and Mrs. Citizen at any time. Last Service In Old Salem Bldg. Set For Sunday Members of the Salem Presby-V'rian Church will asesmble Sir day morning at 9:45 o'clock for the last celebration of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper in the present sanctuary, the Rev.

Tilden D. Scherer, the resident minister, has announced. Mr. Scherer said plans call for the nearby new building, which is practically complete, to he occupied the first Sunday in March. He added the members are hoping to hold a dedicatory service at the annual home coming the third Sunday in May.

"The Place Whereon Thou Stablest Is Holy Ground" will be Mr. Scherer's subject Sunday morning. Gaffney Boxers Score Several In Tournament Entering the first round of the Charlotte Golden Gloves Tournament, the Gaffney team scored in the novice class Thursday with three boys. Six were to enter the semi-finuls Friday night, two open class boys and four novice class. In the preliminaries the Gaffney boys who won were Wood row Bridges, novice fly; John Swof-ford, novice feather; Billy Brown, novice light.

Brown scored two decisions in the preliminaries, beating Boyce Lowry, of Brevard, in his tirst fight and Gien Sigman, of Mount Holly, in his second fight. John Swofford, in his first amateur fight, scored fast with a knock-out in 35 seconds of the first round. Woodrow Bridges gained a decision over Wesley Wells, of Sumter. Joe Sullivan lost by decision to oJe Burgess, of Newton; Johnny Stephenson lost by decision to Frank Brewer, of Mount Holly; Jimmy Hodge lost by decision to Al Raby, of Gastonia, N. C.

Friday night's card was to feature the following boys of the Gaffney team: Woodrow Bridges, John Swofford, Billy Brown, O. B. Smiley, Michael McAbee, and "Reggie" Martin. payroll of the local units at 1 6. In addition they stated units have equipment on hand valued at 141, :84.

64. excluding he armory and grounds, which are owned by the state. The units are now at a strength jf seven officers, even warrant officers and 14(5 enlisted men, but they have a strength authorization of seven officers, 7 warrant officers and 103 enlisted men. The additional men, when the companies reach full strength, will boost the payroll in Gaffney to well over per year in Guard money. The city is not only the re-ciuient of a payroll which com- Students Eat 108,054 Meals During Month Students in 23 Cherokee county schools participating in the school lunch program ate a total of 054 meals last month, Mrs.

Mildred M. Carter, the county supervisor, reported Fridaj Of the total, 1G.851 meals were served free. In addition. 12H.2K8 extra half-pints of were bought through the supplemental milk program in 21 schools. The lunch program expenditures for the month were reported at $31,775, compared with an income of Miss Blackwell Wins 5th Place (By Cecelia Moore) Blacksburg, Feb.

14. Miss Rachel Blackwell, a member of the senior class at B. II. who is editor of The Blalksonian, won fifth place in the news story contest sponsored by the Journalism Department of VVin-throp College. Rachel is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Marvin Blackwell, of the Buffalo community. She recently won in the state for her 4-H health project. She is a member of the baud, plays basketball and is a member of the Block Club. in activities promoted by them are Duke Hicks, Mrs.

Lamar McCraw, Dr. Preston Edwards, Mrs. J. VV. Chalk and Mrs.

E. M. Sumner. Also Delbert Humphries, Mrs. Mae Sue Duncan and C.

Pat Stroup. J. W. Chalk and Mrs. Marvin Davis serve as leaders of the Publicity committee and are being aided by William H.

Hale, William B. Smith, Mrs. Doris Church, Miss Melissa Daniel, Collis Kirby, Gene Farmer and R. G. Avakian.

Hospitality committee chairmen are G. L. Higgins and Lawrence Chil-ders. Serving with them are Mrs. C.

C. Greene, Mrs. lona Marsh, Mrs. J. H.

Goforth, Mrs. Ray Kir-! bv, Mrs. Zeb Whelchel, and Mrs. W. R.

King. On the house and finance com-! mittee are Dr. E. 11. Dnbson, and W.

C. Hamrick, Jr. In charge of ushers for the series of services is Marvin Davis. Barnhill. Charles Foster, Columbia, is chairman of the state committee, and George Nutt, director, Clem-son Extension Sol vice, is secretary.

'I he state program is presented in brief form and establishes overall agricultural objectives fur the state. It is designed to be used as a suggested guide for county agricultural committees, agricultural agencies, farm organizations and other groups, and for individual farmers in planning and conducting their activities for the year. Tide activities suggested apply to the "Farm, Home, and Community" theme for the yeur. The sponsors of the program point out that the agricultural situation confronting farm people in 1958 calls for careful farm and home planning, efficient production am) marketing, and close cooperation between rural and urban people in communities, in counties, and in the slate in solving their mutual problems. In urging that full support be given to the program, Mr.

Camp sajs: "The outcome of farming in this county in 1958 will vitally affect the overall economy of the county. We believe the suggestions given in the 10-point state program are good for our county, and we want to urge all of our people bankers, businessmen, commercial, civic, educational, and religious groups and organizations, and others to join with the county agricultural committee and our agricultural agency workers in the effort to get them carried out." Hospital Aux To Start Campaign To Get Members (By Cecelia Moore) Plans for a membership campaign for the Cherokee County Memorial Hospital Auxiliary were completed when the membership (Picture on puije 3) committee met noon ut the CI biary. Wednesday al'ter-erokee County I.i- The drive will officially begin February 20 and continue through the month of March. Mrs. Norma Shapiro was named huii iii.in of the committee with the following workers for the areas designated: Mrs.

Ed Bonner, business district; Mrs. C. F. Melton, mills; Mis. A.

L. Midyette, churches; Airs. Ruth McMillan, men's civic clubs; Mrs, Ray Kirby, women's civic organizations; Mrs. Robert Bynum, GaH'ney High School; Mrs. Fiench O'Shields, rural communities; Mrs.

Henry Jones, Mrs. J. M. Brown and Mrs. Harvey London, Blacksburg and the surrounding communities; and Mrs.

Alan Willis, Limestone College. Every man and woman in the county is eligible to become a member of the auxiliary since there are two types of membership, active -nd sustaining. Sustaining men bers pay dues of $1 for use at the hospital. This classification is the one applicable to men or those women who are unable to be active workers. Mrs.

T. A. Campbell, of Blacksburg, president of the auxiliary, was present at the meeting. She told of the importance of the organization and its membership. Spiritual Emphasis Week Planned by First Baptist Plans for Spiritual Emphasis Week at the First Baptist Church, March 2-7, are being formulated by committees recently appointed by John M.

Hamrick, general chairman for the week's activities. Dr. Chester Swor, of Jackson, nationally known lecturer and conference leader, will be guest speaker for the services. Working with Dr. Denver J.

Davis, pastor, the committee are leading the church in preparing for the series, of services. Included on the committee are: enlistment, Dr. A. J. Eastwod and Dean Ross; evangelistic, J.

Paul Beam and Robert A. Whitt, working through each department in the Sunday school; music, Dean Clary and J. Farle Reeves, with members of the different choirs participating. In charge of the devotional committee are George C. Wright and Mrs.

D. E. Hudson. Participating Pat Callahan, Betty Joe Mc-Daniel; row, Linda Bridges, Darlcne Jones, Pat Compton; third row: Marvis Blackwell, Barbara Tharpe, Jackie BLACKSBLRG GIRLS' TEAM: Pictured above is the Blacksburg High School girls' basketball team, which will soon enter a tournament for this district. Front row, left to.

right: Patricia Young, who is the high scorer for girls in the district, Cecelia Moore. Photo by Smith Gaffney Dollar Days Continue Through Saturday.