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THE GAFFNEY LEDGER A NEWSPAPER IN ALL THAT THE WORD IMPLIES, DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF CHEROKEE COUNTY. February 16, 1894 Gaffney, South Carolina, Tuesday, April 10, 1962 Price 5c Per Copy ALL CANDIDATES LOSE VOTES Recount Makes No Change In Results Its Of El Election In Cherokee township the unofficial, Smith, returns, C. showed: C. Moorhead, Hardin, 286; and W. C.

Davis, 166. The White Plains township unofficial totals showed 248 for Brown to 95 for C. H. Clary. returns showed these results: Hamrick, Smith, Frank W.

Sossamon, and E. V. Hinton, 903. Mr. Sossamon, who was 20 votes behind Smith for second place in Limestone township, requested the recount.

In the recount Hamrick lost 10, Smith and Sossamon five each, and Hinton two. The official totals as declared by the County Board of Education gave Hamrick Smith, 016; Sossamon, 997; and Hinton, 901. Unofficial Limestone township Mr. Sossamon based his request Soil Conservation Service Will Operate Fallout Posts Radiological monitoring stations will be located in South Carolina's 46 counties by July. was the prediction made in Columbia by Dr.

T. S. Buie, head of the State Office of the Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Dr. Buie said: All four candidates for Limestone township's two places on school district No. 1's board of trustees lost votes in a recount conducted late Friday by the Cherokee County Board of Education. But there was no change in results. The board declared Waite C.

Hamrick, chairman of the board, and Dan Smith, who had the next highest number of votes, elected for terms of four years each. The board also declared E. J. Hardin, and Walter Jones Smith, of Cherokee township, and Walter W. Brown, of White Plains township, elected for four-year terms.

The election was held in these three townships Tuesday of last week. "Approximately 100 Soil Conservation Service technicians will man the stations. The men are trained and equipped to monitor radioactive fallout in rural areas. "We have completed training all personnel and now have equipment for 41 counties. The other counties will receive their equipment by July." The SCS official said "the technicians be able to measure levels of radiation, degree of contamination of farm products, farm water supplies, and livestock.

The men remedial ures when, fallout condisuggest, tions, items are found to be too 'hot' for safe The job of rural monitoring was assigned to the SCS by the President and the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. Officials said about $115 is needed to equip a station with monitoring equipment. No new personnel will be required to man the stations, according to Buie, and the job of monitoring will be in addition to other duties of the technicians. Supervision of the monitoring activity in South Carolina has been delegated to Clarence M. Ellerbe, SCS State Soil Scientist at Columbia.

Mr. Ellerbe said, "Radiation from fallout is not detected by any of the five human senses. Our monitoring stations are equipped to measure the radiation by detection instruments in terms of roentgens per hour. "Contamination of food, clothing, water or livestock is measured with a geiger counter in miliroentgens (thousandths of a roentgen) per hour." The scientist said the instruments are checked periodically to insure that they are in readiness. "In the event of a nuclear emergeney, our men would go into rural areas, begin operation of the monitoring instruments, record radiation readings and report hourly to the regional office of the OCDM," Ellerbe stated.

The information would also be furnished to local defense authoritites. There are 3,400 monitoring stations throughout the United States, and these stations could promptly and accurately map the national fallout situation in an emergency. "Establishment of these stations in no way indicates an emergency," Dr. Buie said, "but is simply a common sense precaution in defense planning. The SCS was assigned the job because one of its primary responsibilities is protection and evaluation of soil from all hazards." Donald Russell to Speak At Library Week Dinner A limited number of tickets are still available for the National Library Week dinner featuring Donald Russell as main speaker.

It will be held in the Blue Room of the Hotel Carroll Thursday night at 6:30 and the tickets which are $2 each may be purchased at the Cherokee County Public Library or Whisonant's. Mr. Russell, who was born in Lafayette Springs, Mississippi, in 1906, moved to Chester with his mother and two brothers in 1914, after the death of his father. When he was 15, he entered the University of South Carolina, from which he received the Bachelor 01 Arts degree in 1925 and the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1928. After this he began the practice of law DONALD RUSSELL Burned Woman Succumbs At Local Hospital for a recount on evident discrep- ancies in returns from several precinets.

He pointed out with four candidates running for two places for two, as required by law, the with each voter, casting ballots have ended in even totals for every venrecincteshould stead, the reports from at least five precinets showed odd numbers of votes. It was this phase he requested be investigated. However, after the County Board completed its recount, the totals for three candidates and the grand total for all candidates still ended up in odd figures. According to the tabulation, there were 4,003 ballots counted. Since each elector voted for two candidates, it appeared there were voters.

Some discrepancies could have occurred, it was pointed out, by managers through error counting improperly marked tickets--voted IN REVIVAL--The Rev. Lloyd Lane, (above), pastor of the Baptist Church at Whitney, will assist the Rev. Albert W. Hill in a series of revival services April 8-15 at 7:30 p. at the Pacolet Road Baptist Church.

Mr. Lane is a graduate of the University of Virginia and of the Southwestern Baptist Seminary. He is married to the former Miss Katherine Pettit, of Gaffney. Two Plays Will Be Presented At High School The Gaffney Players, a newly organized dramatics group at Gaffney Senior High School, will present two one-act plays Friday evening at 8 p. in the high school auditorium.

"Mooncalf Mugford," a fantasy, will feature Parker Mullinax and Terri Alexander in the leadping roles. "Madame Butterfly," a romantic drama, will feature Sarah Haas in the title role and Linwood Littlejohn as the American consul. These plays were presented March 15 and 16 at the state drama festival at Winthrop College and won the following awards: first place in make-up, Linwood Littlejohn; second place, best actress, Terri Alexander; third place, best actor, Parker Mullinax; honorable mention, best actress, Teldia Dobbins; honorable mention, best actor, Ronald Hughey; second, most authentic costume, Parker Mullinax, tume play with effects by "Madame Butterfly, is a cosCobb Simpson and lighting effects by George Taylor. The complete cast of the two plays include Parker Mullinax, Terri Alexander, Teldia Dobbins, Kathryn Bolin, James Geddings, Haas, Joyce Mobley, David Carter, Linwood Littlejohn, Vicki Turner, Ronald Hughey, Margaret Blackwell, Barbara Goforth, Marilyn Dobbins, Mary Brenda' Humphries, Admission will be 50 cents, and the proceeds will be used toward the purchase of stage equipment. The plays will be produced and directed by Mrs.

Tedi Hoke Gibbons, assisted by Linwood Littlejohn, Cobb Simpson, and George Taylor, for either only one or three candidates instead of two. Four years ago a total of 2,302 people in Limestone township voted for five candidates for two school trustee vacancies. In that election, which Chairman gave Hamrick, majority polled of 21 votes. Claude Littlejohn was second with 1,129, Rawley D. Haas next with 979, Arthur Gettys fourth with 950 and Claude B.

Patrick last with 374. Mr. Littlejohn and Mr. Haas entered a second race which Mr. Haas won.

The latter did not offer for re-election this year. The county board meeting in the office of County Superintendent of Education James E. Swofford lasted three hours, from 6 to 9 p. m. All members were present.

Chairman E. D. Gibson presided. Mr. Swofford, who is the 1 board's secretary, read a letter from Mr.

Sossamon requesting that a recount be made because of apparent discrepancies in five boxes. The secretary next read a letter from County 'Attorney Harry L. Cline describing the procedure for a re. count. A motion was made and adopted to count only the ballots properly marked for two candidates.

The county board members divided into two groups to make the count, which gave a final tally of Hamrick, Hinton, 901; Smith, Sossamon, 997. Mr. Swofford said the new trustees will receive commissions from Secretary of State 0. Frank Thornton, of Columbia. He said the two new members of the board of trustees--the two Smiths, one from Gaffney and the other from Blacksburg are expected to attend a meeting of the trustees this week.

They will not be eligible to serve until they receive their commissions, however. Effective April 23 Hospital Limits Visiting Hours Effective April 23 visiting in the Cherokee County Memorial pital will be limited to three hours a day, according to an announcement by Pat Stroup, Hospital Administrator. The governing board in its regular meeting in March instructed Mr. Stroup to place in immediate effect a controlled visiting program in view of the construction work now in progress at the hospital. It was pointed out that many construction workers are now engaged in and on the building, thereby increasing traffic in an already congested patient area as well as producing much noise from equipment being used in building the fourth floor addition.

Mr. Stroup pointed out that the Gaffney Girl Is Vice President Of Homemakers (By Elizabeth Thompson) Joyce Ruppe, a sophomore at Gaffney Senior High, was elected vice-president of Future Homemakers of America for District II, The meeting was held Saturday at Chesnee, where about 500 members attended. About 35 members represented Gaffney. Th Gaffney Junior Chapter rated excellent on their yearbook. The Senior Chapter also had an excellent one; scrapbook, yearbook, electrical project, Dianne Guyton; dress, Brenda Bradley; home experiences, Mary Turner and Tallulah Lipscomb, TWO BALLS Two Limestone size of a recently acquired cage ball Jean Ross at the left, is holding the port the huge cage ball, which is Turner at the right.

College students compare the with a regular size basketball. basketball and helping to supalso being held up by Lillis General Solicitation For College Gift Gets Started The general solicitations phase of the Limestone College quartermillion dollar challenge gift campaign was kicked-off with a breakfast meeting Monday at the Hotel Carroll. Paul E. Morgan, general solicitation chairman, presided. Twelve team captains, under the leadership of Al Midyette and J.

L. Callicutt, distributed some 350 cards to 72 workers and actual solicitation will begin immediately. All workers in the two general divisions will report back to campaign headquarters, through the team captains, by Monday, April 16. winding up general solicitation phase of the campaign. Alan Willis, Limestone College public relations director, spoke for President A.

J. Eastwood, who is now on a fund-raising trip to New York City. Mr. Willis reminded the workers that all citizens of Cherokee county, have a personal stake in challenge gift campaign, since the first building to be constructed under the development program will be A modern, eleven-hundred seat auditorium for community use. Such a facility, Mr.

Willis said, will be a decided asset to Cherokee county and will enable local community groups to have access to a facilityl heretofore lacking in the county. Nelson M. Marshman, campaign director, outlined mechanies of the general solicitation drive, and supervised the assignment of the 350 prospect cards. Mr. Marshman also reported on the progress to date of the Leadership Gift Division, under R.

W. Carr, the Area Death Notices, Funerals Robert E. Parker Robert E. Parker, 44-year-old carpenter of route 6, dead in a pasture near the Irene bridge over Broad river Sunday afternoon. Mr.

Parker's body was found lying face down by Monroe Dover. who lives in the Estes home place now owned by C. Fletcher Blackwell, of Gaffney. Mr. Dover and Mr.

Blackwell had been in the pasture looking at some cows. They separated and as Mr. Dover was enroute back to the house he discovered Mr. Parker's body. Coroner Jack E.

Millwood and Sheriff Julian Wright's deputies who conducted an investigation were informed Mr. Parker was last seen about six weeks ago. He had told members of the family he intended to go to Florida, so no uneasiness was occasioned by his absence. Coroner Millwood had an sy performed but said he did not plan to hold an inquest as the death apparently resulted from natural causes. Mr.

Parker was a native of Hickory Grove and had lived most his life in York county. A son of John Parker, of Hickory Grove, and the late. Addie Dover Parker, he was a World War II veteran and was a member of the Methodist church. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Unity Baptist Church. The Rev.

M. J. Campbell officiated. Interment was in the Unity cemetery Mrs. Lillie Davis Gatewood, in her fifties, who was burned February 12 when her clothing caught fire at her home in the Gowdeysville area on route 6, died Monday morning about 10:30 o'clock at the Cherokee County Memorial Hospital.

Coroner Jack Millwood, who conducted an investigation, said no inquest will be needed. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Foster Funeral Home, morticians, in charge. Mrs. Gatewood is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Leitha Harris.

Mrs. Bernice 1 Logan Miss Rendy Davis, of Gaffney, Mrs. Ethel Watson, of Spartanburg; three sons, Columbus and Joseph Davis, of Dayton, Ohio, and Amzie Davis, of Brooklyn, N. a sister, Mrs. Eliza Davis, of Gaffney; and brothers, Dink Foster, of Gaffney, and George Foster, of Spartanburg.

Richard Bailey Licensed by Midway Church likelihood of accidents to visitors will be lessened when this limited visiting program is put in effect. The new visiting hours will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a. 3 to 4 p. and 7 8 p. m.

Visitors will be limited to two per patient Special provisions have been made for visiting the critically ill and for certain post-surgical and ternity cases Mr. Stroup said no one will be allowed the patient area without a visitor's permit obtainable at the receptionist desk. Visitors will be requested to limit visits to 15 minutes. PRESENT FLAG New 50- star American flags have been presented by Cherry Camp No. 74, Woodmen of the World, to Civil Air Patrol and to the East Gaffney Baptist Church.

Above CAP Commander Sam C. Sarratt, (left), is shown accepting flag from L. Hoke Parris, Cher- ry Camp consul commander. with the Shuford-Hatcher Company, morticians, in charge. In addition to his father Mr.

Parker is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Wilma Orr, of Hickory Grove, Mrs. Carrie Carnes, of Monroe, N. and Mrs. Lucille Bolin, of Gastonia, N.

and three brothers, Lester and John R. of Hickory Grove, and Forest Parker, of Bowling Green. Sidney Jesse Ruppe Sidney Jesse Ruppe, 62-year-old carpenter of 253 Jackson street, died about 4:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Cherokee County Memorial Hospital. A native of Cleveland county, North Carolina, he was a member of the Faith Baptist Church at Kings Mountain. His parents were the late John David and Nancy Skinner Ruppe.

Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Camp's Creek Baptist Church. The Rev. J. J. Buckner, the Rev.

C. E. Hampton, the Rev. Flay Payne and the Rev. Walter Boone officiated.

Interment was in Camp's Creek cemetery with the Shuford-Hatcher Company, morticians, in charge. The pallbearers, were Horace Scruggs, Billy Richardson, Dean and Marvin Ruppe and R. J. Members of the Young Men's Bible Class formed an honorary escort. Mr.

Ruppe is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Roy Pettit, of Midway Baptist Church has licensed Richard Bailey to preach. Mr. Bailey, a veteran of 11 years in the United States Army during which time he served in the European Theatre, Japan, Hawaii and Korea, is married to the former Miss Ruth Gardner, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.

Willie S. Gardner, of the Macedonia community. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, who have two children, reside at 209 New street in Gaffney.

children are Cheryl Ann, 6, Ricky, Then age 9. Mr. Bailey now works at the Gaffney Manufacturing Company where he is rated as a valuable employe. A son of the late Mr. and Mrs.

Leland C. Bailey, of Lithonia, Mr. Bailey lived in Atlanta prior to his army service. His brother, the Rev. Leland C.

Bailey, has been a Baptist minister 12 years. He is now in New Orleans. Special Gifts Division under Claude Littlejohn, and the Alumnae Division, which is being handled through the college Alumnate Office The General Solicitation is divided into two general divisions: The "Limestone" Division, headed by Mr. Callicutt and the "College' Division, headed by Mr. Midyette, Workers in the "Limestone Division" are Jack Blanton, captain, J.

Frank Bagwell, Claude Vassy, Huette McCraw, Buddy Stanley and Phillip Turner: R. C. Carroll, captain, Gene Brown, Ralph Caldwell, Ernest Kirby, Vic Sarratt and G. M. Holbrook; Raymond Lark, captain, R.

L. Burns, Conrad Jones, J. R. Middlebrooks, Jim Fowler, Walton Lipscomb; Claude Littlejohn, captain, J. C.

Bonner, C. G. Humphries, Jack Millwood, W. B. Smith, Robert Vehorn; Bill Martin, captain, W.

M. Doty, Louis Sossamon, Warren Bonner, R. E. Freeman, Denver Davis; Smith Peeler, captain, Thomas Self, T. D.

Gault, John Stuard, David Peeler. The "College Division," under Mr. Midyette is composed of Henry Brabham, captain, F. B. 0'Shields, Miss Mary Bramlett, R.

A. McCraw, Tom B. Clarkson, Dr. G. Preston Edwards; James (Continued on page 2) Farr Will Speak RICHARD BAILEY in Union in partnership with the late J.

Gordon Hughes. In 1929 Mr. Russell was married to Virginia Utsey, who had been a fellow st student at the University of South Carolina. During that year he took graduate work in law at the University of Michigan, In 1930 he moved to Spartanburg and joined of' Nichlolls, F. Wyche Byrnes and Byrnes.

elected When to the Senate, the firm became Nicholls, Wyche and Russell. Upon Mr. Wyche's appointment as United States the firm became Nicholls and Russell. In 1937 Mr. Nicholls died and Mr.

Russell practiced alone until January, 1942, just after Pearl Harbor, when he went Washington to serve in the Warn Department. Shortly thereafter, he became assistant to of Ecnomic Stabilization, and later he entered the Army as a major, serving in Europe at SHAEF. In January, 1945, Mr. Russell was appointed deputy director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. In July of 1945 he was named Assistant Secretary of State, for administration, holding office until January, 1947, when he resumed he practice of law.

In December, 1951, Mr. Russell was elected president of the University of South Carolina and served in that capacity until his resignation November 30, 1957. at which time he returned to Spartanburg. Mr. and Mrs.

Russell and their four children live in Spartanburg where they are members of the Bethel Methodist Church. Gaffney Mfg. Co. To Fete Workers Spartanburg, Mrs. Jim Boheler, of Cherryville, N.

Mrs. Bobby Pridmore, of Gaffney, and Mrs. Gene Champion, of Kings Mountain; a son, J. L. Ruppe, of Gaffney; a sister, Mrs.

Frank Richardson, of Gaffney; two brothers, Paul Lee Ruppe, of Kings Mountain, and Marvin Guy Ruppe, of Gastonia, and 17 grandchildren. Ernest Harvey Ernest Harvey, 66-year-old carpenter, died last Thursday at Decatur, where he had lived for the past 30 years. He was a World War I navy veteran. Funeral services and interment for the former Gaffney man took place at Decatur. Survivors include a son, Ernest Harvey, and a daughter, Mrs.

Edith Parks, of Decatur, and several brothers and sisters, including Dargan Harvey and Mrs. Lollie Ruppe, of Gaffney. Oscar B. Coyle Oscar B. Coyle, 64, of Gastonia, N.

former Gaffney man, died Saturday about noon at the Gastonia Memorial Hospital. He was a World War I army veteran and had been in business in Gastonia since shortly after returning home from the service. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock at (Continued on page 2) The Rev. Wesley D. Farr, pastor of the Limestone Street Methodist Church, will be the guest speaker Tuesday at Gaffney Manufacturing Company's sixteenth annual service celebration for employees of the company with long service records.

Mr. Farr, who is a decorated World War II veteran, attended Spartanburg Junior College, Wofford College, and was graduated from Emory University. Before entering the ministry in 1950, Mr. Farr was the mercantile business in Lockhart. Before coming to Gaffney he served as pastor of th Mt.

Vernon Methodist Church in Hickory Grove, Mr. Farr has served for two years as the chairman of the Broad River District of the Boy Scouts of America and is holder of the Silver Beaver Award which is the highest given an adult in boy scout work. He is a past chairman of the Cherokee County Chapter of the American Red Cross, president of the Cherokee County Ministerial Association and also active in the American Legion. Entertainment for the occasion will be provided by Ramon Hernandez, a concert guitarist of widespread renown. The program will begin at 6:15 p.

with the personnel manager, T. B. Lee, presiding. C. J.

Moss, retired member of the Quarter Century, Club, will offer the invocation C. Jolly, plant manager, will express a welcome and Alfred G. New, treasurer and general manager, will present gold watches to the six new members of the Quarter Century Club. The watches, appropriately inscribed, will be presented to Mrs. Etta Mae Bolton, Mrs.

Ruby F. Knight, Mrs. Ruth L. Smith, Miss Velma G. Mullinax, R.

Broom, and James J. Palmer, In addition to the Quarter Century Club members, employees who have reached the 20, 15, 10, and 5 year mark since the last service celebration will be guests of the company at the dinner meeting. REV. W. D.

FARR.