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CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1950
Number 80
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Saturday To Draw Big Crowd
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Air View Of Comdon
Democrats Of iMany Notable!
City To Meet Are Coming For
Friday Morning Races Saturday
Most Rural Pracincts To Two U. S. Senotors Will
Roorgonizo
A ft* moon
Soturdoyj Bo Among Guests At
Officio! Luncheon
Attendance T|iis Year
Is Expected To Break
All Previous Records
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jove is a view of the grounds and buddings of
Brial view was Uken when the Southern Aviati
[ this accounts for the numerous airpftn
an
ideal one for the boys’ prep school
the new Camden Academy,
viation School was located at the
in the picture. The site is con-
For School Secured * :
re To Sell $40,000
itock In Camden
tdemy Under Way
iholden, potential stockholders and persona in-
in Camaen Academy met at the court house
nighty diacua^pUns for the current stock sale
to smarantee the
l invcEtznent poasi
He
making the
as far as possible.
[meeting it was asreed
! stockholders that the
n’s board of dirdetOTT
| increased from seven to
The new members
from the present
( ** • j * M ' *■
call for a see
der's meeting Tues-
March 28, but
ement will not
later in the week,
the name of the re-
Headmaster of the
has not yet
widen Academy of-
received a letter from
pta lauding Camden’s
and potentialities as
a preparatory school,
headmaster writes;
is a ‘natural 1 for an
boys’ preparatory
den has just about
»t any one could
ntee the success of
The Spring Junior Horse
Show will be held on Satur
day, AprfM, At the Junior
~ ‘ Show ring at 2:30
tha Camden Acad-
an will be at the
new academy Sunday
[bom 3 to 5 o'clock ana
to show the people
the grounds end build-
nsed by the new acad-
invited to coma out
[Academy. Your com-
.already nationally-
tts fine climate and.
attractions. Thou-
all over the coun
say millions of
dy know about Cam-
or their friends, have
or they have passed
V or they have read
«n. All of this, I feel,
a fine start towards
f that, but you are
of any similar school
n°w on account
uaerful property—the
^ed, close-in site
^clemy — plus all
tent buildings Uiat ac-
bo put into use with
ers notice, I honestly
"/hthi. fine
jnd with the national
Camden
1 quickly become
lr) °'i5f tan<1 t n g boys’
m the coun-
the present larg-
ols of the country
anything like SL
you have.”
forward with
^ working with
of men and wofn-
t to get Camden
an its way to
members of
£af«?*!° < P D&m
ST”. Qw Acad-
^t
•e&rtiar ^
Meet Saturday
. A group of the leading
newspaper men of * South
Carolina twill be in Camden
Saturday for the meeting of
the executive committee of
W* SjuthCMolin* Pr*»A»-
sociation that morning at
the Court Inn,, following
which they will attend the
luncheon given by the City
of Camden for distinguished
guests and in the afternoon
will W guests of the Caro
lina Cup committee at the
races. . .
'Those who win come toCam-
den for the meeting are: Cbsrni
Peace, vice president and gaperal
manager of the Greenville Ntwjh
Piedmont: S. L. Latimer, Jr- edi
tor, and J. M. Blalock, puMishw
of The SUte, Columbia; J. M.
O’Dowd, published of the Flor
ence Morning News: W. L. Kin
ney, editor of the Marlboro Her
ald, Bennettsville; B. J. King,
editor of the Aiken Standard and
Review; Hail T. McGee, Jr., busi
ness manager of the Charleston
News and Courier and Evening
Post; Ed H. DeCamp, publisher
of the Grit and Ste^, Gaffney;
H. D. Osteen, editor of the Sum
ter Item; W. G. Hazel, editor of
the Pee Dee Advocate, Bennetts
ville; John A Montgomery, man
aging editor of The State, Co
lumbia, and J. 1* Platt, editor of
the Mullins Enterprise and the
Myrtle Beach News.
The four Demdkratic clubs I Many men prominent in
of. the City of Ckmden will the political and civic life
hold their radrganization of South Carolina are com-u
meeting Friday kaorning at j n g to Camden Saturday for
10 o’clock at the Kershaw th e Carolina Cup Races and
county court house. The w jii be guests of the City
meetings of these four clubs 0 f Camden at the customary
were moved up one day be-1 luncheon given for distingu-
cause of the fact that the [ghed guests of the day of
Carolina Cup Reces Satur- the races at the Court Inn.
day afternoon WOtlld prevent] Both of the state’s United-States
many from attending on that senators, Burnet R. Maybank and
' I Olui D. Johnston, have accepted
ftI T^i n rS«rinHA nu J invitations and are expected to be
a P 1 * - *® 1 - Snnnk* Maybank will
Slock .. */ SSSr & 3KSn CUP t0
Thompson school buUdmg There is general regret at the
The remainder oftbe clubs of i^buity of Governs imd Mrs.
nv£k ^^^ TbumJJnd to be present but the
afternoon at 4 o clock, it is u iHfl 0 i r en» or wrote that a previous
“'sst-tto* tu, *«k«d« aerB? ^ prev “‘ hU
r the purpoee of rwrgamzmg I R<!{a«entative J. P. Richards
t of the Fifth Congressional district
In addition ^ here and among others
■ . . ^ °” lcer ^ I? e who will be praaent will be Vice
leot deMgetes to the pj^ient Rice of the Seaboard
county convention lo be held on ^ ^ Railroad, a regular at-
M ° n L Pr i n KLiilL l I is ' teodant on the CaroUna Cui
all of the club meet- | Lieutenant Governor George
Heading a diversified program of six races, the Caro
lina Cup, premier timber race of the nation, will have its
118th running Saturday at the famed Springdale race
course here. The thfee-mile event, to be contested over
18 stiff post and rail hazards, has attracted seven entries
and all will face-the starter barring mishap. The meet
ing card has drawn a total of over 50 entries.
Fouiteen Classes Listed
In Event To Be Held
:
At Junior Skew Ring
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Horse
pie
low
>n.
it
There will bt
in the show and
that there will be the
number of entries. It is requested
that entries in tha show be riven
| not later
Mte
to bi called in the
show are: Horsemanship, hunter
seat, open to children right
of age and under; horaemi
over fences, open to children
years of age and under who hi
never wpn a ribbon ifl class over
pimps; horsemanship, hunter seat,
open to children 17 years of age
and under who have never won
a ribbon; bareback jumping, open
to children 17 years of age and
tinder; advanced horsemanship,
open to children 17 years of age
sand under; hunter * hacks, to be
ridden by children 17 years of agfc
and under.
Also, honemanaUp ovtt fences,
open to children H yean of age
and under: children’s hunters, to
be ridden by c
aga and under;
for the purpose of
for the Democratic
be held this
to electing
dube wRl <
this
frMSr
that tha adzT *
r ed to go
get coot
™ ** iBeli Timmerman will be presaot
W1U ® # as will Ifcoaias H. Pope, speaker
of the House of Representotives.
nrc
the state
Washington
ition Ujjre- wm^oaerf tbb
th. to p£^ ^ c
lumbia, pMt
it
ft <>A
the
auppiSS
MEftHa? it: pt
m on I
elected
• held
Dr. R. F. Poole,
Ptom—^ College,
the vnMt*.
of Lan
South
* Co-
the or-
m >t of
be among
Closing Number
Concert Series
# ‘
Edwin Steffe, Baritone,
At Grammar School On
Friday Evtning
Edwin Steffe, baritone,
will appear at the Camden
Grammar school auditorium
at 8:30 Friday evening,
March 24, in the final con
cert performance, of the cur
rent Camden community
concert series.
Anticipated as one of the fin
est concerts of the season, the
performance is expected to at
tract every ticket-holder in the
local saaociation. Mr. Steffe has
received wide acclaim for hie
voice, his musicianship and his
stage personality. He has had
equally noteworthy successes in
of the
the
July, I _
than has been the Custom in for-
chief MgbjW
______ T will be served at
in o’clock noon In order that the
might got out to the races
fl B Kirk, secretary
of the local concert association,
announces that special guest tick
ets will be sold for the concert,
in oeder to accommodate i
Vying for favoritism with the
anticipated crowd will be Flare
Flight, Alfred ’ M. Hunt’s Pitts
burgh bav gelding, trained by
Sidney Watters, winner of the
King Haiglar feature of the
Springdale meeting on March 11:
and Some Gold, the 9-year-old
bay gelding, owned by Paul But
ler of Hinsdale, 111., and trained
and ridden by Henry Helgesen.
The Butler horse lost out to Flare
Flight in the Springdale feature
by a length, but Jockey Helgesen
says the Cup race will be dif
ferent.
Not to be discounted in the
race picture for this Cup event is
Royal Mission, seven-year-old
bay gelding, also trained by Wat
ters. The Mission is owned by
Lee L. Chandler. III. Other horses
0 run in the featured race are
!s Melody, owned by P. T.
of Holland, Mich., and a
horse that disputed Some Gold's
midwest supremacy last June at
Hinsdale, losing out to the But-
er hone by a nose. Killay, a C.
W. Cutting entry, trained by W.
B. Cocks; Toy ford, a Eugene
Weymouth entry, and Mirier
Mars, owner by Sirs. Amory
Scarhart and trained by J. Boa-
ley. Jr. Killay is a W. B. Cocks
trained hone.
Done Sleeping, winner of the
‘ina Cup race in 1949 is not
in any of the races on the
r. Done Sleeping, it
be recalled, noted out Some
tion members who
their homes ft
tend the
for the
who would like
in the race a year ego after
third brimid the Butler
the Haiglar at the 194ft
at S
meeting
o’clock.
wiB get
A or
Town and
County....
Diana Shop Will
Formal Reopening
Of Rose’s Store
reopen
ing in Camden, Saturday, Man*
25, Max Wagoner, manager of the
store, announces
Customers and store visitors on
Saturday will be greeted with a
host of improvements and changaa
that will make the store one of
direct lighting fixtures, a com
pete air conditioning unit, tile
rs, new display counters, and
an attractive see-through front,
all win add up to
age and under ; horsemanship
fences, open to children 13
years of age inclusive: <* '*
hunters, to be ridden by
17 yean of age and under;
teams, to consist of three h
one following the other st
hunting distance
Also, hunter cl
horsemanship champl
dren age 12 and under, and
horsemanship championship, chil
dren 13 to 17 years of age in
clusive.
W. Shannon Heath is chairman
of the Junior Hone. Show As
sociation, Mrs. Rufus JTRedfreiS,
secretary, and Wilson L. Mills,
treasures, r: i' *' ■
The Junior Horse Show ring is
located near Cool Springs Plan
tation.
Time Editor Is
Camden Visitor
• Undergoes Operation
*vfa^^ • r*'
Mends of L.JL WaUnau, office
manager of whiting Products,
will be pleased to learn that ho
is recuperating at the Comden
hospital following
operation.
ft Spring Is Here '
Just in case you didn’t know it,
Spring officially arrived on Mon-
dayTout the weather has been
anything but Springlike this
Aaodea Bush
406
R. A. Purser, 406 1
street, announces that he
h^prtzeareleabush to b
Rutledge
e expects
prize azalea bush to be in full
bloom this weekend, and invites
townspeople and Sunday pleasure
to come by and see the
unusual flowering shrub. Ac
cording to Mr. Purser, the azalea
stands nine feet to height and
measures at least nina feet in
limb spread.
• Newberry Store Plans
Joseph B. Kelley, manager of
the Newberry store here states
that The Chronicle was misin
formed regarding tha plans of
his company to start remodeling
of the Newberry store during the
coming summer. Mr. Kelley states
that the company has made no
armouaeementregarding its plans.
Mayor Henry Savage
a bright red ribbon at 92
day morning,
mal opening of Camden 's
modern Diana Shop. Those pres
ent at the opening will move past
the tastefully dressed recess dis
play windows, covered with cel
lophane for tha opening, and into
the handsomely finished ladies’
wear shop.
The interior
air condi
will be lighted by
soft incandescent and flourescent
lighting. Decorated in harmoniz
ing pastel shades, the interior is
designed to bast display the va
riety of merchandise offered. Dis
play counters and fixtures will
the music field. Ho
the Columbia
Comi
jwSr'ta _
was soloist with tho __
the Toronto
the Houston Syr
Is id constant *
featuring corn-
light Honduras mahogany.
Managing the new ladiesT shop
will be Mrs. Mary Maitland, for
three years manager of the Reids-
N. C. Diana Shop. Accord-
, _ for the
Battle Hmyn of
Republic”, studied at the “ ‘
Conservatory of Maris
more under Frank Bibb. Starting
aa soloist at Radio City in New
York several years ago, hi
for im
portant oratorio works, and has
repsstedly sung with the famous
Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Pa.
Critics have, been generous in
their praise of the baritone's
showings. The Philadelphia In
quirer, commenting on one of his
appearances, said “An excellent
baritone voice, used with authori
ty and effectivenesses.” From a
New York Herald Tribune review
comes the comment, The young
baritone, who should go far, has
s voice of ample volume and con
sistently appealing quality .
notable musicianship as well as
good natural vocal on-
r, any thing
WMk - ^
plete a
floors,
an att
*1* will add up to r
almost hospitable
plftce to shop, Mr.
store
of-
m
B^olock __
“Since
i
working
will
In spite of a mi
but “sunny South’’
Tasker,
V««n«dv h«
enjoyed his firsi visit to Camden
and to this section of the South.
He left Court Inn Wednesday
night to return to New York.
f 1 would like to have stayed
over for the Carolina Cup meet
ing,” he said. Mr- Tasker owns
tome flat hones himself, and the
main purposa for bis week-long
visit, aside from taking a short
breather, was to look over the
racing and training activities in
Camden, Aiken and Columbia.
-not nearly so h«ry of my north
'd the
morally low*
to to
day are
N. C.
pay an-
“but the
Degler,
She
vice
ville. ]
ing to Mrs. Ruth
——T - * a ~ ^ m *
president ot
who has been
time in p
ing, Mrs.
experience to the
field:
All other employes of the_i
shop will be hired locally. T
_ Camden’s shoo will be the i
in the national chain.
100th,
for the open-
ha* had wide
ladies’ wear
unusually goc
dowmeafc '
Mr. Stafte’s Camden a]
will mark the third and
cert presentation for this
local association members.
toe., in the season members heard
uo-piano team. Both tha
earlier artist groups plsased the
local audience highly.
Courtney
Eckert, train*
wingy, own
house, trained
owned _ t
by Cocks.
trained
owned
Par*
trained
Miller,
ly Richard
Sidney
Poise, owned by Austin
A Brown, trained by owner. w «
Thkrcefln, owned by WVC. Ma-
Mmaa^Jr^ tretoed by C. T.
The second race on tho card,
tha Cherokee Steeplechase, two
miles over brush, oat seven en
tries, as follows:
Ayah’s Boy, owned by J. Bos
ley, Jr, trained by owner.
Irish Clown, owned by Alvin
Untermyer, trained by W. B.
River Jest, owned by Mrs. G.
Boriwick, trained by G. H.
Legs, owned by Mont-
Farm, trained by R. G,
J&lTc
Farm,
new
Several months ago the company
took a long term least on the
and a one-story toiiMtog at
the.jrar. •» •. I
ft Visttor To Oly
United SUtes Federsl Judge
Albert L. Watson of Scranton,
the wdddif
a
guest at thf home ef Mr. and
Mrs. John U
street Ji
__ . 99th
Diana Shop
For the opening of the 100th,
which will be in Lake City, Fla.,
the company plans sfl elaborate
Other Diana
Carolina are
AlDen U. waxson oi ocram
Flu, presiding over Has mid
districts Pennsylvania, is
guaat at the home et Mr. i
ufL Ryon, Lyttletop
____ edge Wriaon is greater
into-estedin toe tm4 program
now to ftridanoe in Camden and
m to watch the golf-
at the Country Club,
to the polo field to
dog toow, took to the
> Saturday and peio
sr 1 . 8 ag2ifea33 a . to ci;
witness the
BALL TABS TO
Uaaeball
m
V
•*
e • i
a Shops to South
located to Spartan
burg, Greenwood, Newberry,
Charleston, Florence and Rock
HiK According to Mrs. Dealer,
several new shops are planned for
surrounding South Carolina
towns,
“We have found that we like
the way folks to this section do
business,” she said.
1 Vhe Camden shop will feature
nationally advertbad merchan
dise, as wall as many artidaa
manufactured by Diana Shops
own plants. Sixes will be avail
able from 9-20, and from 16H to
M.
Sixteen Pages In
Today’s Chronicle
There are 16 pages to today’s
issue of The Chronicle. Be sure
you seeJwth actions of the paper.
You will find items of interest
Camden merchants have made
liberal use of the advertising
columns in this tome to
on ».
*
Hospital Trustees
Honor Mr. Carrison
At«a meeting of the board of
trustees of the Camden hospital
s handsome silver writer was pre-
Montpelier
„ O. Woofie.
Arctic Fox, owned by R. K.
Mellon, trained by Sidney Wat-
. owned <
trained by
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entries for the third race,
,three miles
Page 7-B '
Everybody
lit Charlotte
Coming To Race
"It appears that ovesybody
during the four years he
rved as prcodenl
The presentation was made by
Sam Karesh, the new president,
who spoke of how generously Mr.
Carrison had given of h|s time
and ability to promoting the-in
terests of the institution.
The waiter carries the inscrip
tion: “H. G. Garrison,* President,
Camden Hospital, 1946-47-48-40.
From the Board at Trustees.”
Mr. Garrison retired after ser
ing four years, as under the rules
a president cannot serve for more
than that length of time.
fat the
speaker
ROTARY SPEAKER
F. J. Lowe, to charge of em
playment
Du Pont
It the Camden Rotary Club held
ItJLowe gave a very
of the °cc
7ebb was to charge of
in# v
Tf
80 Ugh
as if la here.
for tha
Coming Events
Fbaf Baptist church, I p. aa.
Wf Democratic Clubs
mreft at Court House. 10 a. aa.
DAR Chapter with Mrs. W.
* e
* P-«-
at lltll a.
Ihjjf J5»? ftwMd hy Al*
itermyer, trained by W. &
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