The Index-Journal from Greenwood, South Carolina • Page 5

Index- Journal, Greenwood, S. Mar. 5, 1963-5 'You Can Get Used To It, But You Recreation Building Still Being 'Patched' By JACK CLAYTON ABBEVILLE Some day Abbeville will get a new building its Recreation Center one which will be able to support the growing needs of the ciy and county. "The new building is long past due, and, it has never been realized more than today, Mrs. w.

G. Bowie, of the Recreation Commission's board of directors says. Its present facilities are located in the old two-story Lewis Russell house built over 100 years ago, and some say nearly 200 cars ago because an old 1 Eng-1 lish ornament still attached to the front door. It was not until May 20, 1948 that the city turned the house over to the Abbe ville Recreation Commission. Since that time, with boys and girls using it as "a place to go," it has become, "dilapidated." One room of the old house just recently received another patch job to keep the place operable.

However, this is only cage" to house some equipment, trophies, and soft drinks for the teenage canteen. And in repairing this room, which the ceramics occupied before, a little more space for teenagers to tance, The play ceramics ping pong shop and moved check- its equipment to a smaller space, making more room for the "Teenage Canteen." One person commented, "If the place is patched up one more time the whole house will fall in." HI-WAY (DRIVE- IN 25 THEATRE MAI OR ENDS TONIGHT Starts 6:45 "The Night Rider" In EASTMAN COLOR Starring the Fabulous Recording Artist JOHNNY CASH PLUS Shootout at Big Sag WALTER BRENNAN THE MOST MARVELOUS MOVIE EVER MADE! Was just nominated for an Academy Award as best picture of the year. Wilson's Meredith MUSter MaN PRESION SHIRLEY JONES CO-STARRIN BUDDY HACKET-HERMIONE GINGOID PAUL FORD- TONIGHT WED. Feature Starts at 6:50 Can see all if in by 8:00. auto THEATRE And, this could be true consider.

ing that many of tire petitions have been removed to make more space, it has weakened the entire structure. "The building is the only thing people complain about. As far as other facilities are concerned we are well off," Dan Vandiver. athletic director says. Directly behind the house is large tennis and basketball court, swimming pool and bath house, play, Bowie grounds.

pointed out that much better building is needed because of having to serve both the city and county. "We would like to build on the present location, when and if eat time comes, and would prefer a gymnasium and also a separate wing for the library. "If it hadn't been for the rECreation commission, Abbeville may not have a Public Library, according to documents of its history. It is open only two days a week, Wednesday and Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. It has around a 2,000 book volume, and is supported by the and county.

But, not much emphasis on the great necd for proper facilities. A person will hear comments such as, "I'm getting too old to climb those stairs," "You can't read and study 1 in there because of all the commotion going on downstairs," "I wish it were open more often," "There just isn't any room to sit down and enjoy reading in a pleasant atmosphere." Mrs. John G. Hughes, librarian, is paid little for her services. The county pays only $1,500 a year for books, salary, supplies and magazines.

The history of the Abbeville Lishows where the Library, before the Recreation Commission gave it a hand, was always 1'11- derestimated and was moved from one upstairs place to another since its inception in 1908. Records say in 1941. "The Library closed and the books were stored and dumped." Speaking as an individual, Mrs. Hughes said, "Wih today's trend toward better facilities and services in South Carolina, why should we continue to be content with such inferior facilities?" Mrs. Virginia Ferguson, past director of the Recreation Center, and now girl's athletic director at Abbeville High School, commented that many more children and teenagers would occupy the facilities if they were up to standard.

"It seems a pity that a city steeped in a tradition of culture and refinement, so interested in growth and development, so aware of responsibilities to its opportunities for its youth, could sit complacently by and not meet the challenge," Mrs. Ferguson said. But these are only examples of the "crying" need for a new building. Mrs. W.

G. Bowie, president of the Board of Directors of the Recreation Commission said, us not that the mayor and city council doesn't recognize the need for a new building, but it should be explained the condition of our facilities, and, when monies are available we will get one, if and when that time Someone Pulled Policemen's Legs ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) A sizable crowd had gathered on East Franklin Street Sunday night to view "the dead man in the hedge." Patrolmen Billy Newton and Rufus Mitchell screeched to the scene. They saw a white-stockinged foot and part of a leg protruding from the hedge, and shooed the curious back. Their official report at headquarters reads: "Regarding the in the hedge', we sighted it, pulled it and learned it was someone pulling our legs." The evidence: the lower part of a male store manikin.

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Y. (AP) "I'm over 70 and I get around fine." the plucky, frail woman said and hurried on, unper urced by the 10-foot wall of snow that lined Watertown street. Despite one of the worst winters in recent residents this snow -plagued city of 33.000 years. just cast of lake Ontario are carrying on business much as usual. They know that shortly the city, will be swollen by the autotraffic, of summer vacationers.

hurrying to the nearby Thousand Island country of the St. Lawrence River. Squalls from the lake have dumped 150 inches of snow this winter. Hardy residents dig themselves out, then keep digging to make room for more snow before the next storm strikes. The city still has a long way to go reacting the record snowfall inches in the winhefore, ter of 1899-1900, but in many areas of the city, there is no room for more snow.

"You can pile it up only so high and then it rolls back down into the street," W. R. Galloway, head of the department of public works, explained. Galloway has six plows, three snow loaders, one snow blower, and 15 trucks to fight the snow. Out the country, where the accumulation has reached nearly six feet, things return to near normal once the snow plows open the lifelines to market.

Northern New York is a dairy country. "You get used to it if you're born here," a longtime Watertown resident said. "But you get darned sick of a shovel handle," another chimed in. A young woman waiting for a bus exclaimed: "Oh, sunny California! Would I like to go She was not the only one in Watertown dreaming of sunnier climes. A travel agent, Thomas Bourcy, says he gets a query about southward travel every five to 10 minutes on the telephone.

Along a side street, so narrowed that there was room for only one automobile to pass, a railway conductor shoveled snow and thought of his impending trip to Florida. "This is too much work," William F. Grey, the conductor, said. At least one person in Watertown was not longing tor the shine. She was See Foon Chan, a petite exchange student from Singapore.

Her dark eyes sparkling, she said: "Snow is pretty, think." Should the sun make a sudden and deep impression on the snow blanket in this area, chances are large lakes will form and the Block River will overflow its banks upstream. The river, which flows through the city, is receiving as many as 70 truck loads of snow daily. To ensure that emergency vehicles can continue to get through the narrow streets. the city has declared a parking ban on one or both sides of 41 city streets. Buried fire hydrants have been marked with signs.

Looking beyond the immediate discomtort-. Citv Ronald G. Forbes said that the city's inances may suiter a serious blow He said the city has exceeded its $91.000 budget for snow re. moval by more than $20,000 and the deficit could reach $60,000. Rural residents expect the snow to raise the water levels in their wells and the heavy snow mantle has protected the alfalfa crop from BACKACHE NERVE TENSION SECONDARY TO Kidney KIDNEY or Bladder IRRITATION Ircommon ritations affect twice as many women make you tense and nervous from men too frequent, burning or itching and may you may lose sleep and suffer from Headarination both day and night.

Secondarily, aches. Backache and feel old, tired, c'epressed. In such irritation, CYSTEX usually brings fast, relaxing comfort by curbing irritating germs in strong. acid urine and by analgesic pain relief. Get OYSTEX at druggists.

Feel better fast. CRACKING UP-Dan Vandiver, athletic director, Abbeville Recreation Center, points out one of the cracks in the walls of the old Russell house. It has housed the Abbeville Recreation Center and the Public Library since 1948. This room, which is the upstairs right, is not occupied because of its "frightening" condition. Only books from the library are stored in it.

(Index-Journal photos by Jack Clayton) OUTSIDE VIEW--After checking out a basketball a young boy leaves the rear entrance to the recreational building. As can be seen the house is "rather old." Deaths and Funerals OTHER DEATHS ON PAGE 2 Robert S. Bourne Jr. Funeral services for Robert Spears Bourne Jr. will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m.

from Blyth Funeral Home by Dr. R. L. Alexander and the Rev. James A.

Bowers. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Bourne, 31, died yesterday. He was a native of Greenwood and a graduate of Davidson College. He spent all of here except fora army service, part which in Germany.

He was a member of the First Presbyterian Churcit. Surviving are his wife and three sons of the home, his father and a brother, both of Greenwood. Pallbearers will be Bruce Barksdale Carroll Moore, Harold Rowe, William John Park, Dr N. Price, Harry Bourne, Cullen Bourne III, Ed Fowler and Graeme Keith. The body is at the funeral home.

J. L. Wilkinson Funeral services for John L. Wilkinson will be conducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. from Har ley Funeral Home by the Rev.

Henry Burke. Burial will be in Edgewood Cemetery. Mr. Wilkinson had been a merchant here for many years. coming from Salisbury, N.

C. He retired in 1955. He was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Surviving are a son, W. C.

Wilkinson. and a daughter, ginia Reynolds, both of Charlotte, N. a sister, Mrs. W. C.

Yandell, Monroe. N. and a brother, Charles Wilkinson, Montgomlery, Ala. Pallbearers will be Lester Kirkland, Hugh Pollard, Homer Drinkard, Cullen Bourne Benny Moore, Homer Walker, H. D.

Belk and Jimmy Nicholson. Honorary pallbearers will be W. D. McGowan, A. W.

Brice, R. C. Yon, William Tolbert, Leon Watterson, Howard Mundy, Odell Gillion, William W. Lomax, W. T.

Jones, A. R. McElhaney, H. C. Gregory, W.

A. Smith, Horace Benjamin, W. C. Sproles, Bert Langley, Lanier Langley, Robert Sadler, Henry McKinney, Leonard Rykard, Caldwell Deal, W. P.

Hayes, Herbert Williamson, Henry Toney, J. E. Woodard, Gerald Smart, W. T. Shirley and A.

H. Fowler. The body will be at the funeral home. IRVING OLDS DIES NEW YORK (AP) Irving Olds, 76, former board chairma of the U.S. Steel died Moi day at his Manhattan residen after a long i'ness.

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Perry, dent of the Third Congressional District, South Carolina Congress of Colored Parent Teacher Associatioins, was guest speaker at a Founders Day program of the the Edgewood School at Ninety Six PTA Sunday. She outlined the program of the Parent Teacher movement and a listed some of the which the PTA does not do. Mrs. M. L.

Haynes, special education teacher at Edgewood, introduced the speaker. Mrs. Julia M. Lark, local Founders Day chairman, intro duced the program, Mrs. C.

D. Williams read the scripture and A. J. Walker gave the prayer. Furm an Calhoun, Edgewood School PTA president, gave the welcome address and Mrs.

A. B. Williams gave the response. The audience sang "Forward," PTA song and the "PTA Prayer." Mrs. Ruth B.

Forest led a reading of the "Creed and Object of the PTA." The Edgewood School chorus sang a selection and Otis Gilbert, chorus director, sang a solo. Miss Marian Crenshaw, music teacher at Brewer High School, was accompanist. Mrs. Sarah L. Lark, presented gifts to four past presidents and one past secretary of the Edgewood School PTA.

Persons receiving gifts included James Nelson, Grover Bowie, S. Graham Watch Wednesday's Paper For Big Savings CALICOTT'S and Rev. A. C. Carter, past presidents and Mrs.

E. S. Graham, past secretary. H. H.

Marshall, Edgewood School principal, gave remarks and introduced several visitors, all of Greenwood. Visitors introduced included Mrs. Ethel Miller. district vice president and second grade teacher at West Side School; Miss Carrye M. Ross, district, treasurer and sixth grade teacher at West Side School and Miss Mary Lumpkin, third grade teacher at East End School.

ATTEND CONVENTION Seventy three home economics students at Brewer High School and their advisors attended a District IV New Homemakers of America Convention Saturday at Spearman High School at Williamston. Results of judging made during a meeting held Feb. 23 at Mims High School at McCormick were announced during the convention and Jonell Lindsay, a tenth grader at Brewer High School, elected district secretary. The Brewer NHA chapter rated excellent in the name tag. new dress, year book, home project and renovated garment categories and good in the essay contest individual recognition were competition.

Students receiving Martin, new dress; Pheobia Holmes, renovated garment; Vernell Adams, home project and Lee Voncia Rapp, essay contest. Mrs. L. C. Lawson.

Mrs. M. R. Walker and Miss Doris Moss, home economics teachers at Brewer High, accompanied the group. AIR MEDALS PRESENTED POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C.

-The Air Force has presented Air Medals to 14 officers airmen for duty in the South Vietnam combat zone who flew in support of the U.S. Military Assistance Group. BOX OFFICE OPEN SUNDAY 2 to 6 TO ACCEPT ORDERS Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium Wednesday March 20 at 8:15 RODGERS HAMMERSTEINS AWARD WINNING MUSICAL THE SOUND OF MUSIC LINDSAY CROUSE Tickets: Orch. $3. Bale.

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