The Gaffney Ledger from Gaffney, South Carolina • Page 1

Gaffney 1 I Li1 ui ICa ii i. A NEWSPAPER IN ALL THAT THEsWORD IMPLIES. DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTT. Established February 16, 1894 Gaffney South Carolina, Tuesday, August 28, 1956 Price 5c Per Copy 11 .3 3tjj Child-Labor Law Rules Explained When the new fall school term 8 'l ft jr Sim At Newport, Tenn. 1 County Man Is Killed in Wreck AT SCHOOL LUNCH MEETING: Some of the school lunch program workers attending a two-day conference here are shown during one of the discussion periods.

From left to right are: first row, Miss Thelma Cash, Mrs. Earley Spencer, Mrs. J. H. Vaughan," Mrs.

H. C. Humphries, Miss Carolyn Pierce and W. H. Garrison, of Columbia, state the school lunch program; second Jolly, Mrs.

W. E. Moore, Mrs. Mrs. Fannie Ross, Mrs.

W. P. row, Mrs. Bluchcr McCraw, Mrs. Ethel Gardin, Mrs.

Julia Elise Shippy; rear row, Mrs. W. Helen Childers and Mrs. Lucy Davis. Studio.

Construction he was a mem-, ber of the United Builer Makers Union. He was a Baptist. Surviving are his father and Mr. and Mrs, Ben Zoll Adams, of Southern Shops, his wife, Mrs. Fairlune Wyatt Adams of Gaffnev route 4: one daughter.

Joyce and one son, Billy, both of the home; one sister, Mrs. Betty Joyce Powell, of Greenville; two brothers, W. of Southern Shops and Charles of Hickory, N. C. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 3:30 p.

at the Hayne Baptist Church in Spartan burar county by the Rev. Joe Royalty and Glenn Felmet. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Howard Turcker, R. Davis, Joe Jenn ings, tmarles Wyatt, Joe Fowler and James E.

Spencer. Fashion Show Set Thursday By Whisonant's For the fifth consecutive year, Whisonant's will present its annual fashion show in the National Guard armory, Thursday at 3:30 and 8 m. The show will be under the, direction of Mr. and Mi's. J.

C. Dowling, owners of Whisonant's, Gaffney's oldest ladies' specialty shop. Forty models will model all types of fall styles including sports apparel, daytime casuals, church clothes, "after-five" dress, es, formals and furs. Every item of. accessories, except shoes, will also be shown from stock.

Whisonant's specialties in hats, hose, iewelry, foundation garments, bags, underwear and gloves. The following will model in the show: Mrs. F. W. Sossamon.

Mrs. Zeb Whelche, Mrs. Dell Lipscomb, Mrs. Herman Hammett, Mrs. Will Blanton, Mrs.

J. C. Ware, Mrs. Helen Hatcher, Mrs. F.

W. Sossamon, Mrs. F. E. Wilson, Mrs.

Eleanor Day, Mrs. Sidney Parris, Mrs. Kathryn Craven, Mrs. Smith Wood and Mrs. Vinson MacDowell; also, Misses Joanna and Nanette Baber.

Martha Strickland, Mary Ann Brown, Judy Childers, Betty Merle Tate, Kay Hamriek, Ivor Gail Blanton, Ann Jones, Jean Ham-rick, Alyce Kaye Godshall, Sally Norton, Sadie Hall, Jean Carroll, June Sarratt, Martha Clary, Claire Franklin, Teresa Swink, Judy Ellis, Joyce Harrell, Gayle Lollis, Elaine Clary, Joy Bell Hall. Bur-bara Camp, Eugenia Hamriek, and Carol Stone. There will be many door prizes ven, such as a dress, sweater. given, such as skirt, hat, gloves, underwear, jewelry, shorts, and hose. Prizes will be given at both showings.

Miss Clara Hamriek will furnish music during the show. The public is cordially invited. There will be no admission charge. 'TU Better To Gie Rupert, Idaho. Officers of the Pershing School PTA say it'll be a long time before they again try the "circulating basket" project as a means of raising for open here September 3 every Cherokee county commercial former and grower whose products move In interstate commerce directly or indirectly, will become subject to the child-labor provisions of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

The complete change in the legal Btatus of employment of children in agriculture the day local schools open was explained by John G. Forsyth, supervisor of the U. S. Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division in South Carolina. "This law exempts growers of agricultural and horticultural products from its $1 minimum wage and overtime provisions, but it specifically prohibits employment of children under 16 years of age in agricultural occupations during hours school is in session in the school district in which they reside while working," Mr.

Forsyth said. "In other words, children of any age may be employed on the farm by the grower in the planting, cultivating, harvesting or handling of agricultural products during vacation periods, on, weekends and before and after school. The grower may use his own children in agricultural work at any time and at any age on his own farm. "liease note the fact that these are federal restrictions. Each of the 48 states now has a child-labor law of its own.

Growers nhould consult with state officers, Jocal school attendance officials or study these laws to determine their provisions. When the state child-labor standards are higher than those of the federal law, the jstate law should be observed. "The federal regulation re quires that each grower subject to it have on file for each employee under 18 a record showing his full name, date of bfrth, the Jiome address and, the local address if the minors are employed on days when school is in session." Primary purposes of both federal and state child-labor laws, according to Mr. Forsyth, are the protection of children from exploitation and to encourage them to stay in school and obtain the education that wilt '-make them leter citizen of tomorrow. Here are the steps Mr.

Forsyth (mid the commercial grower should take to protect himself from unintentional violations: t. Learn the requirements of both state and federal child-labor laws. 2. Do no employ or permit children under 16 to work in or about the farm or hothouse during hours school is in session. 3.

Make sure the youth Is of employable age and keep the required records for at least three years. Mr. Forsyth emphasized that the federal law applies to all children, whether they reside in the area or are members of migrant worker families; also that the grower himself is held liable for any violations even though the underage children were hired and paid by a labor contractor or processor or others. George C. Raines Taken by Death; Funeral Is Held George C.

Raines, 63, of Shelby, N. route 3, died Saturday morning about 2 o'clock in a hospital at Winston-Salem, N. C. He had been ill three weeks. Mr.

Raines and his wife. Mrs. Callie Heafner Raines, operated a grocery near the Shelby Sales Stables. He was a member of the Putnam Memorial Baptist Church. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs.

Elizabeth Hambright, of Cherokee Falls; two sons, Adolph and Etuis i Raines, pf Cherokee Falls; two sisters, Mrs. M. C. Allen and Mrs. Eva Wright, of Shelby; and several Funeral services were conducted at Shelby Sunday afternoon.

The Rev. Joe T. Whitworth and the Rev. W. T.

Furr officiated. Interment was in Sunset cemetery at Shelby. 9 Broad River Co-op Votes For Refunds An amendment to the by-laws permitting the directors to order refunds of some $90,000 in capital credits to members was approved at the annual business meeting here Friday of the Broad River Rural Electric Cooperative. The meeting was held in connection with a two-day electric fair staged in a tent on the Gaffney High School grounds. The Cooperative's by-laws were amended three years ago authorizing capital credits and provision was made whereby capital credits could be paid to members when the Cooperative capital equals 40 per cent of its total assets.

Under the amendment voted at the membership's annual business session, capital credits may be paid from time to time at the dis- rretion of directors. Another by-laws amendment eliminates proxy voting at business meetings. About 1,000 persons, among them 221 bona fide members, were on hand for the session highlighting the second day of a two-day electric fair. Trustees re-elected for three year terms were: J. C.

Cash of Grover, Fred L. Going of Jones-ville and G. L. Horton of Spartanburg. The annual financial statement was read by Atty.

Harry Cline and reports of the past year's activities presented by Co-operative president Carlisle Hart of Kelton and Manager Broadtis V. Brown. The co-operative has some member on 1,162 miles of lines, most of them in Cherokee, Spartanburg and Union counties. The headquarters is about half a mile south of Gaffney on the Spartanburg highway. John H.

Tisdale Taken by Death; Funeral Is Held John Henry Tisdale, 71, retired textile worker of Gaffney, died Friday at the Cherokee County Memorial Hospital. He had spent most of his life at Clifton, where he was employed by the Clifton Manufacturing Company until his retirement Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Bobo chapel in Spartanburg. The Rev. Joe Walker and the Rev. T.

E. But-lington officiated. Interment was in Sunset Memorial Gardens at Spartanburg. The pallbearers were George, Paul and Elbert Hughes, Boyce and Charles Bolton, George 0., and Robert Tisdale. Mr.

Tisdale is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie B. Tisdale; three sons, Walter, John and Fred Tisdale, of Clifton; three step-sons, Edward Bennett of Spartanburg, Talmadge Bennett of Gaffney and Horace Bennett of Glendale; one step-daughter, Mrs. Beulah Hardin of Clifton; two brothers, Odell and Tom Tisdale, both of Spartanburg; one sister, Mrs. Beatrice Alexander of Blacksburg; and nine grandchildren.

Rotary Clubs in 99 countries throughout the free, world are united in an endeavor to promote international understanding, good will and peace. That was the message presented by Dr. Martin Teague, of Laurens, governor of District 282 of Rotary International, in addressing the Rotary Club of Gaffney Monday, follow-inr a conference with club officers and committee chairmen. In addition to the activities of Rotary's 9100 Clubs within their own communities to promote this objective, Dr. Teague explained, Rotary International has spent more than $2,000,000 in recent years through its progijam of student fellownhips, which enable outstanding college graduates to study for one year in countries other than their own, as Rotary ambassadors of good will.

Since 1947, when this program was es-tahlished. 834 Rotary Fellowships have been awarded to students 0 School unit; scheduling and planning, Mrs. Ernest Harrington, manager of the Gaffney Junior High School unit; and record keeping, B. D. Lee, director of Cherokee county schools.

John B. Wilkins, Of Goucher, Is Taken by Death John B. Wilkins, 78, of the Goucher community on route 4, died unexpectedly Saturday at 8 p. after collapsing In Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium. A native of Cowpens, he had lived in Cherokee county for the past 40 years.

He was a farmer and the son of the late S. B. and Harriet Lipscomb Wilkins. He was twice married. His first wife was the late Mrs.

Frances Caldwell Wilkins. His second wife, Mrs. Florence Clinkscales Wilkins, who died inl949. Surviving are: four daughters, Mrs. C.

A. Martin, of Tryon, N. Mrs. Thomas Brown, of Pacolet, Mrs. Walter Brown, and Mrs.

Charles Mathis, of Gaffney; two ons, II. B. Wilkins, of Inman and J. B. Wilkins, of Gaffney; thvoo uiafuru MVa XXI Pnvfor Mat at a vi vv and Mrs.

Will Moore, of Cowpens and Mrs. M. W. Bobo, of Spartanburg; 25 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday at 4 p.

at Goucher Baptist Church, of which he had been a member for the post 30 years. The Rev. C. C. Alshrooks officiated.

Burial was in the Cowpens cemetery with the Shuford-Hatcher Company in charge. Pallbearers were Allison Martin, Gene and Basil Brown, W. Y. Wilkins. Andrew Moore and W.

B. Potter, Jr. Aecepti New Pott Spnrtanburg. Dr. Vivgil S.

Ward, chairman of the Department of Education and Psychology at Wofford College, has announc. ed his resignation to accept a position as assistant professor of education at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. supervisor of row, Mrs. Carrie Annie Lemmons, Blanton; third Elizabeth Roberts, Smith and Mrs. C.

Jones', Mrs. Photo by Curry's the left are: Central school of the Draytonville Yaughan, manager at the right is lunch supervisor. DISCUSSES MEAL PLANNING: Mrs. Ernest Harrington, (right,) manager of the Gaffney Junior High School unit, is shown as she discusses meal scheduling and planning at a two-day conference here of county school lunch workers. At Mrs.

Opal Blanton, manager of the unit; Mrs. W. E. Moore, manager school unit; and Mrs. J.

H. of the Goucher unit. Seated Mrs. Mildred Carter, county school Photo by Curry's Studio. Lee Releases School Staffs For Session Cherokee county schools which open the fall session September 3 will employ a total of approximately 270 principals and teachers, according to the office of B.

D. Lee, county school director. Three white high schools, two in Gaffney and one at Blacksburg, will have 84 as follows: Gaffney High School, 34; Gaffney Junior High School, 37; and Blacksburg High School, 19. Granard, the only negro high school in the system, will employ 23. White elementary schools will work 124 teachers.

The negro elementary schools will have 39. Timber Ridge, white, will be the only one-teacher school in Cherokee county. There will be six white and two negro schools with two teachers each. These will be Asbury, McKown's Mountain, Sun-nyside, Antioch, Buffalo and Oak Grove, white, and Ashworth and Shady Grove, colored. A list of the teachers fejthe 1956-'57 session as prepared by Mr.

Lee's office follows: Gaffney High School: William H. Hale, J. Frank Bagwell, Miss Rose Ballenger," Glenn Bem-isderfer, Mrs. Evelyn B. Boozer, Mrs.

Sara B. Brown, Stuart R. Brown, Mrs. Betty K. Byars, Mrs.

Ruth B. Bynum, Misa Margaret Chadwick, Mrs. Emily B. Childers, Mrs. Marruth C.

Cooksey, Mrs. Vera C. Cooley, Mrs; Lula W. Dallmaiii, Mrs. Ella Drew, Martin Freeman, Miss Louise Graham, Mrs.

Jean H. Guthrie, Mrs. Tedi H. Gibbons, Miss Joyce Harrill, Mrs. Mary M.

Holler, Mrs. Louise B. Huff Simon W. Hum phrey, Miss Sara Jones, Miss Mary LeMaster, Mrs. Mae fticcraw, miss Katherine- Billie B.

Moore, Mrs, Bertie C. Patrick, Miss Ruth Pettit, Thomas B. Pet-tit, Robert Prevatte, Harvey S. Sharpe, Mrs. Marguerite K.

Stone, Bonnie H. Walker, Jack A. Walker, Mrs. Mary S. Wingo.

Gaffney Junior High School: Luther L. Vaughan, Mrs, Dorothy Andrews, James W. Bolter, Mrs. Ruth K. Blanton, Mrs, Jonne S.

Bonner, Mrs. Wilma B. Brown, Mrs. Fanny P. Burns, Mrs.

HeL en W. Carroll, Mrs. Grace D. Carroll, Miss Jean Carter, Clarence Dodgens, Miss Virginia Goudelock, Willard M. Hayes, Miss Mary u.

Holland, Guy Hutchins, Mrs. Elizabeth Huggin, Spencer M. Johnson, Mrs. Betty H. Kirby, Miss Frances Latimer, Mrs.

Hazel K. Linder, Mrs Lois L. Lipscomb, Miss M. Jane McCorkle, Mrs. Virginia T.

Pettv, Mrs. Mary G. Sumner, Miss Hilda Guy Snipes, Robert H. Turpin, Mrs. Elizabeth S.

Woodruff, Miss Barbara Wilburn. Alma Progressive School: Miss Mary Anthony. Mrs. Elizabeth P. Brown, Miss Willie Marie Littlejohn, Mrs.

Montex Harmon, Mrs. Bessie T. Martin, Mm. Floy W. King, Mrs.

Estelle H. McCraw, Miss Annette Poole, Mrs. Helen P. Sarratt, Mrs. Evelyn H.

Swof- ford. Asbury School: Mrs. Carrie S. O'Shields, Mrs, Sarah L. Kee.

Central School: William F. Davis, Mrs. Imogene W. Bailey, Mrs. Melle P.

Wood, Miss Elizabeth Brown, Mrs. Bess W. Bruce, Miss Sue Parish, Mrs. Sarah P. Goforth, Mrs.

Nell II. Gunter, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Johnson, Miss ueral-dine Mossburg, Mrs. Lucille Pe- gram, Miss Mattie Mae rierson.

Cherokee Avenue scnooi: Mrs. Kathleen F. Good, Mrs. Sarah T. Doty, Mrs.

Eula N. Herlong, Mrs. Ina C. LeMaster, Miss Hattilu Littlejohn, Miss Jimmie Littlejohn, Miss Pearl Littlejohn, Miss Mary Louise McSwain, Mrs. Virginia R.

Price, Miss lone, Taylor, Miss Gladys Twitty. Corinth School: Mrs. Ruby E. Tate, Mrs. Pearl B.

Latimer, Mrs. Bertha II. Ruppe, Mrs. Alice M. White.

(Continued on page 5.) of God Revival Is In Progre ss Revival, services are being held at 7:.10 nightly at the Church of God here, it has been announced by tht Rev. J. D. Free, the pastor. Assisting Mr.

Free is the Rev. Harry Barthalf, of Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. Barthalf is a graduate of lEmanuel College, Franklin Springs, and Piedmont College, Dema-rest, and the Holmes Bible School. Special Binging is being provided for the aervices, Mr.

Free said the public is invited to attend, Cherokee School Lunch Workers Conclude Meet Ben Zoll 29, husband of Mrs. Fairlane Wyatt Adams, of Gaffney route 4, was killed in an auto accident at Newport. Saturday night. The Associated Press reported the car in which Adams was rid ing went out of control and hit a bank. welder for the K.

D. Cole Recognition Is Given Author Of Family History A handsome silver dish suitably inscribed was presented to' Mrs. Iris Littlejohn McKown at the 17th annual Littlejohn family reunion Sunday at the Asbury Methodist Church. The gift was in recognition of Mrs. McKown's valuable services in the compilation and publication of a family genealogy-Mrs'.

Mattie Thomas Fitzgerald, of Columbia, who served as committee chairman in charge, gave a brief report on the purchase of the gift 'which was presented to Mrs. McKown by Seventh Circuit Judge Bruce Littlejohn, of Spartanburg. The judge described the genealogy as a labor of love which could not be adequately recompensed. Claude Littlejohn, of Gaffney, the retiring president who presided, reported receipt of several inquiries for copies of the genealogy. He stated the entire lot printed had been sold and ho more' are available.

A. J. Eastwood, president of Limestone College, was a guest speaker. He compared the present with past times, and urged his hearers to act now. George Becknell, Asbury Church leader, gave a brief history of the church's development in the past 20 years and expressed his thanks to the Llttlejohns for the assistance they have given.

New officers elected Included J. C. Littlejohn, of Clemson, president, and Carl Littlejohn, of Spartanburg, vice president. S. C.

Littlejohn, or was reelected secretary and treasurer. The business meeting in the church followed a picnic dinner served on tables in the yard. John H. Leazer Taken by Death; Funeral Tuesday John Henrv Leazer. of Tenth street, died in the Chero-H kee County Memorial Hospital Sunday morning at 8:45 o'clock after a year of declining health.

He was 75 years old. A native of Kowan county, in. Mr. Leazer had lived in this county for 60 years. He was a retired textile worker.

He was a son of the late David and Nanny Black Leazer. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 4 p. at Temple Baptist Church; of which he was a member, me itev. joe ueicner. Dr.

C. A. Kirby, and the Rev. Clarence Hampton will officiate. Burial will be in Frederick Memorial Gardens with the Shuford-Hatcher Company in charge.

The body is at the home and will be taken to the church at 3:30 Tuesday. Pallbearers will be Jimmy La-vendar, John Elmore, J. C. Bonner, David Howell, W. C.

Cole, Miles B. Sams, Lemuel Humphries and Edward Burgess, Jr. Honorary pallbearers will be Henry Brabham, Roy Guest, Marvin Sarratt, Henry Lowe, John Seay, Roy Bradford, Joe Garner, J. Conrad Jones, Roy C. Cobb, Claude Garrison and Dr.

Lee T. Nesbitt, Surviving are: his wife, Mrs. Gettie Hendricks Leazer; four daughters, Mrs. Jimmy Gann, of Gaffney, Mrs. Wayne Early, of Pueblo, Miss Sarah and Miss Bontee Leazer, of Gaffney; a son, John Leazer, of Gaffney; two sisters, Mrs.

Lillie McSwain and Mrs. B. James, of Gaffney; a brother, Charley Lea- jier, of Gaffney; and 11 grandchildren. Courteous Bandits Boston, Mass. Two holdup men who escaped with $330 from a grocery store politely paused long enough to wait on a customer and even carried the woman's grocery bundles to her waiting automobile.

The store owner, bound with piano wire, was in a back room. Special Appeal Is Made For Blood Donors A special appeal for donors was made here for Friday's viist of the Red Cross bloodmobile at the Buford Street Methodist Church. Red Cross officials said with the Labor Day week-end approaching when traffic accidents usually cause many casualties, the need for blood by hospitals is greater than usual. Cherokeeans who are able have been urgently requested to donate l.l 1 r. oiuuu mis rriuay, irom noon to 0 p.

at the Methodist church. Credit Clinic Selects White On Committee Francis W. White, owner and operator of the Credit Bureau of Gaffney, has been appointed a member of the attendance and publicity committee of the Southern Consumer Credit Clinic. Announcement of Mr. White's appointment was made by Charles Dudley, of Charlotte.

The clinic will hold its eighth annual meeting Wednesday, September 19, at Charlotte. For the second time, Mr. Dudley said, the clinic will have a medical division. He stated some 200 hospitals, clinics and doctors will be represented in addition to over 400 credit executives and credit bureau managers from over the south. Insurance Man Attends School J.

A. Barrett, associate manager of The Life Insurance Company of Virginia's Gaffney district office, is attending a management school conducted by the company at the Barringer Hotel in Charlotte, N. C. The school opened Monday. W.

Randolph Toler, agency vice-president in charge of Life of Virginia's district offices in the Cur-olinas, Louisiana and Texas, will preside. The school, which will be directed by the company agency training division. Dr. Teague Is Visitor Cherokee county school lunch workers have concluded their annual two-day meeting at the Gaffney Junior High School. Mrs.

Mildred M. Carter, county school lunch supervisor, was in charge of the conference which included W. H. Garrison, of Colum-bia, state supervisor, and Mrs. Grace P.

Littlejohn, former county supervisor, as special guests. The first day's program included: Devotional by Mrs. H. C. Humphries, manager of the Cherokee Avenue school unit; guide to type A lunches, Mrs.

Carter; "Wise Buying," Mrs. Fannie Ross, manager of the Elm Street school unit; "Quality," Mrs. Opal Blanton, manager of the Central school unit; "Variety," Mrs. E. C.

Jones, manager of the Blacksburg elementary school unit; "Usable Parts," Mrs. Ethel Gardin, manager of the Granard High school unit; methods of preparation, Mrs. Helen Childers, manager of the Blacksburg High School unit; workers' skill, Mrs. Alice G. Kelley, manager of the Alma Progressive school unit; and menu planning, Mrs.

Blucher McCraw, Grassy Pond mknnger, Mrs. W. P. Blanton, West End manager, and Mrs. The program for the second day included: IVvobional, Mrs.

Ainie Im-mons, manager of the Gaffney High retiiement age. He is a former missionary to the Far East where he served many years. The Rev. E. Wannamaker Hardin will continue as pastor of the Buford Street Methodist Church here and the 'Rev.

Boyd Uecknell as pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church. Mr. Lever, active in civic affairs during his pastorate here, is currently president of the Gaffney Kiwanis Club. He and Mrs. Lever have two Chauncey W.

Lever, of Anderson, who is director of public relations for the Abnry-Erwin Mills, and William B. Lever, who is in the armed forces gtationed in Europe, Governor Speako To Rotary Club Lever Named Pastor Of Blacksburg Church A DR. MARTIN TEAGUE 1 The Rev. M. Waldo Lever, pastor 6f the Limestone Street Methodist Church for the past four years, has been assigned as nastor of the St.

John's Methodist Church at Blacksburg. The Rev. W. D. Farr, of Hick- ory Grove, will succeed Mr.

Lever 1 ns pastor of the Limestone Street church here. The new assignments, an-; nounced at the annual state Mtihodist Conference in will take efect nert week. week. The Rev. L.

P. Anderson, pastor of the St. John's church at Blacksburg, has reached the (Continued on page.