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LUME 61 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAKOUNA, FRIDAY. JANUARY 13. 1950 _ optists Break Ground For Educational Building To Hm* Now $100,000 Amalgamations Are Urged Changes In County School O' ’'' Set-Up Recommended tesent for the breaking of ground for the new educational building of the jPMt it Church on Tuesday morning were, reading from left to right, T. C. Gladden, Ross, S. P. West, Alvin Christmas, A. W. West, John Laney, DaCosta Brown, J. awford, Miss Margaret Cox, Gerald Garnett, Mrs. Margaret Brown, Mrs. 121- Williams, Jewell Garnett, M. E. Forte, and Rev. Q. F. Montgomery. Standing in the center of a tight semi-circle of offici- |Ab of the First Baptist thurplfc J. D. Crawford, chairman of the building committee, formally turned earth Tuesday, Jan. 1 beginning the con- the Church’f Educational j or Relates His Own periences Here As A inter Visitor s amden: Fashionable er Resort for Jumpers,” i way the bold-lettered ing reads that intro- a lengthy discussion description of this Ba dly famous center of activity in the recent- iblished “Steeplechas- by Bert Clark Thayer. :hor - Photographer Thayer a special nod of approval mden. Recalling his own via- ire, he goes off the record a nd tells his readers of experiences here as ne of the winter ct mden will alwayt «red by me with not a 11' amed sentiment, for I was Heavy Vote Is Cast OTerwhelmmg Majority Run Up«For Plan No. 1 To Save City Hall Tower By an overwhelming majority the citizens of Camden have voted to keep the city hall tower ah it is by replac ing the necessary timbers to make it sound and refinishing the exterior. The vote was so decisive as to leave no doubt as to how the people feel, 193^out of a total of 224 this scripture the pastor, votes having been for to tear the tower down. plan. There were two votes Town and County.... •Returns To Duty Seaman Jim Team returasd to duty at the Brooklyn Naval Base C Team/ • Bank magazine’s expense and back a few pictures. The us Southern hospitality and full days of being a part horse activity there did the activity tt >rief visit This brief winters there will always ease turn to page eight) the First National Bank of Cam den. Mr. Woodcock, a member of local bar, is a member of the of Gottys, Shannon and firm is during a few days visit in winter of 1935, Thayer “Peter Vischer, editor of had seen some foal photo- I’d done for my own iment on busman's holidays my commercial studio and - me if I wouldn’t like to •'-' hora * few days vacation in $ The regular Monday night pne- ful town m South Carolina ytice of the Camden Choral So ciety will be held this week in the Lyttleton Street Methodist Church Educational Building. Aft er a brief practice, scheduled to begin at T p. m., the members will The balloting created wide in terest as is indicated by the total vote cast. A total of 224 votes was cast but ten votes were set aside by the tellers as irregular. The vote by plans follows: Plan No. 1. which caUsd for kaaping iha towar as ii is now bul making li safa, ra- caivad 193 voias. Plan No. t, which callad far dacraasing iha towar in stea and sUghily raatyUng ii to moi strung. . .Plan No. ceremony, by deacons consisted of a and pray- a Ftoyd of definite <he construction of the Educational Building came at the cloae of the recent three-week re vival staged at the church. Esti mates ware made on plans drawn by Architect Ralph Little, and the construction contract was awardad the Atlantic Building Corporation of Columbia for their low bid of $92,993. The forced hot water heating system to be used in the new building win be installed by W. B. Guimarin and Co., of Colum bia for an estimated $6,886. The large, two-story building, which will be located in the rear church will extend from tayette almost to Walnut street b to he constructed of brick and structural tile, and will in clude steel bar Joists and con crete floors. Six aaaemhly rooms, one large recreation room, a kitchen and 20 chnroome will be contained in the new building. Architect Lit tle’s proposed plans included a wing to be bcdlt en the north side of the tnilding, hut present build- sas do not include it The will be added, ■ Interest in the voting u dicated by the feet that of the In Report Of Committee . ■ ! .H.M II.. A .. ■ ...I . .. bivision of the county into seven high school districts I Director^ To from the approximately $6 school districts, amalgamation of th« Antioch High School with the Mitkwmy High School an A the taking over of the school buses by. the county among the recommendatipns which will fee contained the report'of the school district reorganization committee 1 to the Kershaw county legislative delegation. The committee proposes that county-wide taxes be equally dis tributed in all districts, m a suf- Annual Heeling Otnoral It C. Richardson WM it Speaker At Annual Meeting Lieutenant GeneraKR. C. Richardson, retired, will be the principal speaker at the annual meeting of the Ker shaw County Chapter, Amer ican Red Cross, to be held at 8 o'clock Monday night, Jan 16, at the Lyttleton Street Methodist church, A program of music, a report of the county Rad Cross’s pro gress and plans, and the instal lation of new officers will also be included on the program. The complete program, as plan ned, will be as follows: Call to order, Andrew B. Mar ion, chairman. Invocation, Rev. Herbert Spe Solo, ‘Thi Lord Is My Shep hard, 1 ' Mrs. William J. Hoffman, Mrs. James M. Gandy, accom- iiBtin Sheheen, well known young business man of the efty, has been elected prekklent of the Supreme Products Company of Cam- fleient amount to insura a high I den,, several new directors standard of education for every | have been added to the child in Kershaw county. The committee has planned a series of meeting^ at which the recommendations to the delega tion will be-explained: The schedule of these meetings I *** follows: ML Piageh High School. Jan. 18. 7:30 p. m. Bethune High School Jan. IT. 7130 p. Is. Baron DeKalb High School Jan. 18. 7t30 p. m. Midway High School Jan. 19. 7:30 p. m. Antioch High School Jan. 23. 7:30 p. m. Camden Grammar School Jan. 24. 7:30 p. m. Pina Grove Grammar School Jan. 25. 7:30 p. m. Blaney High School Jan. 28. 7:30 p. m. The report of the reorganization committee contains a tentative di vision of the county high school districts beard and plans are bei made for a vigorous c< paign to popularize products of the company. H. A Rabon has been named president of the company, toga W. Haiglar, who re cently assumed the position of general manager, will continue in that part Directors of the corpora named ation are the three above named officers and Henry Savage, Jr n J. C. Gil- lia, E- T. Bowen, La than Gettys, Joe M. Upchurch and R. M. Ken nedy, HI. In preparation for the increased business, the company has fin ished inirtallation of a rendering plant which will enable it to slaughter as frequently as the oc casion demands and has installed a new electric meat saw. The company it offering to the livestock nrowers of the Camden area a dally livestock market, five days a week. Growers can into seven I luring their livestock to the com- from ap- pany at any time and sell at mar- proxlmately 36 existing school ket prices, thus eliminating the districts. One of the high school | necessity of carrying same else- paying commission to be n products made to of the and subaa . join the annual meeting of the American Red Cross church auditorium. in the Records Broken iden's 86 Postal Receipts lere Highest In City's History — ■ -a M , ii amden postal receipts in 1949 were the highest in listory of the local postoffice, even exceeding the war i when the aviation cadets were located here and i maneuvers were being conducted in this section, aje- ing to figures compiled by Acting Postmaster Benton rn. — receipts last year totaled 6.51, as compared with $44,- the previbus year, a sub- Thefeighest the re- had ever been in a single «or to last year was In 1P44 they soared to $49,263.11, o war conditions. 'to $41,426.30. comparison of is and quarters for 1 ollows: 1948 lr V —4 3,900.08 pry _ 3,616.70 4,048.13 further by and $ 4,137.46 3,745.41 4,362.11 $11,564.49 $ 8,654.62 2,448.66 3,388.60 $12^44.98 f 4,316.27 3,960.91 4,077.27 f 9,491.88 $ 3,078.61 3,118.76 - 3,121.40 _ $ 9,318.77 2L —♦ 3,123.03 SSf - 4,099.24 F 1 ** - 8,627.28 $13,849.55 $12,353.55 $ 3,35944 3,570.63 3,735.00 $10,684.87 $ 4.374.03 4,123.48 8,055.60 "18,551.11 28.529.75 26,532.83 28,010.03 28,356.13 34.667.76 -JU-i- Parallel Parking On DeKalb Street May Be Instituted The State Highway Department has written the dty a letter in which it very strongly urges that parallel parking be instituted in the business sections of DeKalb and Broad street. City Council will take up the matter at its meeting on Friday afternoon. It la said that Coun cil members may be disposed to adopt the suggestion for DeKalb street but it la not thought that they will look favorably upon the suggestion for Broad street. The highway department has vetoed the “no left turn" restric tions at the intersection of Broad and DeKalb streets and the city has abandoned them. The “no left turn’’ restrictions were put on by the city in an ef fort to speed up traffic in the afternoons when the Du Pont workers are turned loose. There has been a heavy congestion of traffic in the afternoons when the flow of traffic from the plant bits the dty and It was felt that the “no left turn” restrictions were aiding in the solution of the roblem. But the highway de- disapproved.. ^ " * ; la ther* in this election than In the bond issue election, when only 200 votes were cast A. C. McKain, president of the Chamber, of Commerce and Jim Darby, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, opened the ballot box In The Camden Chronicle office promptly at 6 o’clock Wednesday evening and proceeded to count the ballots. _ City Council had announced that it would abide by die result of the referendum and it is ex pected that it will ptocaed now to solicit bids on the job of pre serving the tower which evident ly is so dear to the people of the city and which is one of its land marks. Ballots came not only from the dty itself but from property own ers in the city who reside else where. Ballots came from New York, Connecticut, Massachu setts, Georgia and other states. McDwain Will Manage Camden Builders Supply Robert McDwain, of Lancaster, has become manager of the Cam den Builders Supply Company, succeeding the late R. E. Perry. Mr. McDwain has been in the builders' supply business for the past twenty-five years, having been connected with the Builders Supply Co„ of Lancaster. He has been actively identified with the civic and religious life of Lancaster. He has been an eld er in the Presbyterian church and is a member of the Lancaster Civitan Club. Mr. McDwain announced that his Company would start work at once on a modern office and sales room at their plant on West De Kalb street. .. Just as soon as he cin locate a house in which to live, hertmd Mrs. McDwain plan to move to Camden with their four children. Members of the board- of cons whp attended the ground breaking ceremonies were: T. C. Gladden. J. E. Boss, Sidney West and Alvin Christmas. Citizens In Area East of Camden Talk Incorporation AD of the people area east of the dty limits of the airport have to attend a be la from m to which night Jan. 19 at tha Pina ) Hill a —to ^EE****— the incorporation ox mo aroa inxo a town. Tha masting will be gin at 8 o'clock. ' In announdag meeting, J. Clater Arrants, attorney, said that aD raddsats fat the area are ashed to attend aa there will be a fell discus sion of tha proposition to Fund To Improve Beulah Cemetery Funds are being solicited for the construction of a fence around the cemetery of Beulah Methodist church. A considerable sum has already been raised and members of the congregation are anxious that all who would like to assist in the construction of this fence send in their contributions. —rr~ Pledge to flag. Boy Soouts. , “Star Spangled Banner," Audi ence, Mrs. Jamas M. -Gandy, ac companist. Welcome, Mayer Henry Sav- ^Report of 1849 Annual Meeting Mrs. E. C. vonTresckow, record- rt districts formed includes that sec- where and lion of the county in the neigh- prices, borhood of Kershaw and Heath An effort is Springs, whkh fringes on the j popularize the _ Kershaw-Lancaster county bor- company locally. The company der. Children in this district will insists that its products will com- attend schools in Lancaster coun- pare moat favorably with those ty under special contract agree- of any ottfer company and local ments, it was announced. This people will be urged to use them -1 because in doing so they will be assisting a home industry. Officers and directors Charles Salmond, accompanist. Reports of chairman. Home service, Mrs. F, Ik Good- alg 7~ Volunteer services c—nril, Col E. C. vonTresckow. Disaster relief, Lam Woodcock. First Aid, pr. A W. Humphries, i Accident prevention, Arthur Red Cross, Miss Ada City Schools. Mrs. The- Beu, County Schools. resa Solo, The Rose Of No Man's Land” Mrs. William J. Hoffman, Mrs. James M. Gandy, accompan ist Introduction of speaker, An drew B. Marion, chairman. Address, General R. C. Rich ardson. ' Introduction of 1950 Fund Cam paign chairman. Report on nominating commit tee, Allison Du Bose, chairman. Installation of officers. Recognition of county chair man. “America The Beautiful” Mrs. James M. Gandy, accompanist Benediction, Rev. Stiles B. lines. i 1 ■ 1 * '■' 1 McConaughy Talks To Civitan Club ' John B. McConaughy, associate professor of political science at the University of South Caroline, told the Camden Civitan Club at their regular semi-monthly meet ing in the Hunt room of the Sen- field hotel Monday that the Mar shall Plan was tills country's most powerful weapon against com munism in Europe. Shaw district ft! other high school will be mad* up by present districts wi school that The is the amalagamation of the An tioch school district 6 with Mid way. The groupings recommended are as fallows: Kershaw district wiU contain school districts 40, 47,46 and 10. Mt Piagah district is to contain districts 2, 31 and 7. Bethune district will include 23 and 5. School district is Camden 4. 6, 25, 42 and 15. district includes 1. 2, the latter two and Pine Grove, district includes 43, 29, 16, with being Lugoff and Baron DeKalb 18, 27, 8, 9, 41, 19, 33, 28,17, 80. For Blaney, the grouping will include districts 11,12, 39 and 38. The committee direcU attention to the feet that it has no authority to locate schools or to promote schools in any arte, and that the trustees of any district may make arrangements to send children in their districts to neighborhood districts if the situationwarranto The reorganization committee in proposing that county-wide taxes be distributed in aiu dis tricts asked that tha bounty board of education supervise the educa tional functions of the county with the county superintendent of education acting as executive of ficer. The board would be com posed of the chairmen of the high school districts boards of trusteee while the high school du boards of trustees would be posed of the local school district boards. The committee is said to have felt that such a plan would g ve a grass-roots foundation to * educational functions of county. the New Officers Loco! Pocking: Compony Collectors dub The Camden wiU hold its first 1889 meet Wednesday evening. Jan. It Hunt room of the Sarsfi The Junior division of will meet at 7:30 with tha lar or Senior division 8:15. AD members of the club urged to be preeent at this ing as several important hi matters are to be discussed. meeting regular meeting will be with, a stamp exchange stunt The club wiU also « Theodore 1 Grand Opening Bus Terminal i's will bo formally on Saturday afternoon 2 o'clock. The program for the opening and other infor mation regarding tha terminal will be found on the first fourth, fifth and eighth D.HJUHA0T SINGS SUNDAY At the 11:15 morning wrvice at church on be guert soloist. . , m a mint _ rxmnci --—i ^ 0$ C. Z. stamp to aU members in attend- angv Details of tba > Swap stunt in ^‘* General Assembly > Convened Tuesday < : Tbs 1959 Oeaeral Assembly got off Tucsilft y to a b*sy start. Initial tfesefea* were trammed with activ ity. In the bouse, tha ways and means committee introduced a $105,844,- 948 appropriations bill for 1950-51. Gov, J. gtrom Thnrmond sent np the state government reorganisa tion cemnatssions’ “reorganization plan No. 2”. Aa predicted in Tha State Sunday morning, the plan calls for sweeping changes in state financial administration. <vj? , 7 j* j 'T'h T * " ,i . .iiu— T“.:— Interruption In Power Fri. L. H. Hardin, icipal Utilities, there will be a total of power supply day, Jan. 13 fog night to 2 a. m. to permit cutting^h -*sg W:m . , v vX • y. .A.'. mu i & l ■«u.- lines occasioned by die growing load, he said. v ^ DATE BQY MAMED i tame of The found * story to have been * officials say data hjp not yet been chosen. 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