The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 26, 1930, Image 5
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Yates Hoatesa to Club
^^ jThura<ijiy afternoon bridge
WiS$ delightfully entertained laat
IMJKy Miaa Ethel Yates at her
UlBjp Broad street. A delicloua
IHiupper ' wM served at 7:30
fl|K an<l the aame followed. 'Mrs. 1
li||LAjKrup?, Mrs. (Alfred McJUeod
sSmjirt. J- K. delaooh were quests 1
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H Banquet Given Team
lIBi cven^I>g of I*"* week
iSf Camden Athletic Association
ifEd the foot ball team here with 1
lijEfhtful banquet ft the American 1
IjEn hall. Ttta iplfcp wa?, attractdecorated
in OhristnuU greens,
yjm, the school colors trere effectIjjE
Used. In addition to the of'IK,
wd teachers of the school a 1
|fE*r of the fans were also pres- '
j judge Mendel L. Smith acted 1
||?e^tmaster; Judge E. D. BlakejHind
Rev. A. Douglas McArn both 1
* splendid talks praising Coach
I^K.Villepigue and his team. Sam ?
'Mining, who has been a star on
|Etwm for the past five years is ]
Erjng shortly for \ California. He 1
;E given a lovely gold watah. Judge 1
iKh, in .presenting it, made an exijEnt
talk. He spoke of the fine 1
Hfeing that foot ball gjave a young ,
ind brought a splendid message
t?be team. Silver foot balls were
, given the hoys by the "Camden
' This team has lost only one
f^Lout of twelve this year and tie!
D, A. R. Chapter To Meet.
^ [rr Camden iGhagter of I>. A. H.
Ej^d the first meeting for the ,
H^on January 8tiK, at 3:45 o'clock, j
the home of Mrs. Frank Qhap
All members are urged to at7j;j
W. M. U. .Notes. *
Ehe Woman's Missionary Union of J
Camden Baptist church-held their
Kthly meeting at the church on
. Tuesday, December lfith. After 1
'E regular program there was an s
H^ion of officers for the year which J
Etlted in the election of the foliow ^
Mrs. P. D. Drakeford, president;
E.C. F. McCoy, first vice-preeiMrs.
L. H. Myers, second viceKjntt;
Mrs. C. 0._ Sbogner, third 1
Hj*president; Mrs. John Wilson, ?
EeUry; Mrs. James Clyhurn, treaErr,
Mrs. George Wilson, personal
Erica chairman; Mrs. Lottie Vaugh- 1
E literature chairman; Mrs. Henry
Eijrl, missionary study chairman; ^
Hh. Carrie Davis, enlistment chair;
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mhristmas Savings [
*?Proving?Popular t
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fre new feature of savings recent;Einaugurated
by the Bank of CamEll
is proving decidedly popular. You
Ekany class you want to and can ]
Rta as many clubs as you desire. It e
Hill prove a mighty easy way to have t
me money saved up for next (
Bjkistmas. The Bank is well pleased ]
H the great number who are joining. 1
Bad scape Gardening
I Mr*. C. M, Etowiuel
1 Borden Nurseries j
J:i| Bortfo, 3. C.
Dtituct Phooe ,
' ^Eierios 17 miles out on
,,'J Sumter road." (
Personal Mention
week "in''i' S M?bUy '' the
week in Lancaster with relatives.
Kue^t'of hi*"* af th/ Cit?^l ? the
Mr. and Mrs.-George Hanks and
son are Visiting r*\Ul*w |n Manjli
. W. J. Hall, of Sumter, i? on ?
visit to her daughter, Mrs. George
Kihame. - J ?,-x "
?'3 M<Ajrq ,eft Saturday
for Naahville to ppend ? wfcRt with
relatives there, r"
/^- *fcArn expects to
?pend Christmas with his parents, in
I/aurtnburg, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. William Rogers, of
Virginia, are guegt* at Mrs. L. A.
McLeod on Fair street.
, iMr. and Mrs. J. H. Odbome and
children have gone to Hendersorwille
to spend the Christmas holidays. '
'Mr. and Mrs. Bright WilMams, of
Richmond, are guests of (Mr. and
Mrs. A. 8. LleWeliyn for the holidays.
Dr. and Mrs. H. D. Bradham, of
Starksville, Mips,, are spending ?he
holidays with Mr. and Mrs. H. Nettles.
Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Tucker arrived
here on Saturday and are with
Mrs. Woods Robinson on Lyttleton
itreet.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Knoblauch and
Freddie K. Knoblauch, of Charleston,
ire guests at the home of Mrs. J. S.
fthanie.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dellin*er,
a son, December 6, at the CamJen
Hospital. He has ibeen namgd
Hiram Nettles Delljnger.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jewett and
,'hildren, o*f New Jersey, are guests
it the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. K.
Danforth on Lyttleton street.
George Wittkowsky, who is taking
i course at Columbia University this
,'ear, arrived in Camden Monday ro
;pend Christmas with ^'s parents.
Douglas Montgomery and Miles
Montgomery, of the University of
Florida, at Gainesville, are at home
vith their parents for the holidays.
Mrs. G. A. Rhame has as her
quests 'Mi^-and Mrs. R. T. Brown and
ind family, Mrs. John Maurer,. of
5umter, and Miss Raseniels, of Atanta.
Cecil Wittkowsky, a student at the
Medical College in Charleston, i3
(pending the holidays here with his
>arents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Witt:owsky.
iMr. and Mrs. Leroy Wdoten and
amily left on Wednesday for Chareston,
where they will spend Christmis
with the bitter's parents, "Mr.
ind Mrs. E. H. Mellichamp. ' _
Mrs. Lawrence Kirkland arrived
iome on Sunday aifter spending the
>ast two months in Wilmington, Del.,
vjth her- son, Lawrence Kirkland,
fr. Lawrence is also here for thd
lolidays.
Mr. and Mrs. George Nicholson and
ion, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.
D. Nicholson this week. They will
risit relatives in Atlanta before- re-j
urning to Suwanee where Mr. Nich-1
>lson is n professor. ,
Officers of Each Circle. / ,
The various circles of the CamdeA*
Japtist church at a recent meetfi&ijL
sleeted the following officers to serve!
is head of each circle: Mrs. W. "It.'
Dlyburn for Circle Number One; Mrs.Lottie
J. Vaughan for Circle Nam-4
>er Two; Mrs. Oscar Sjnyrl for?Circle:
dumber Three; Circle Number Folfis
in-named at this time. Mrs. John
Wilson has been secretary of the soci-j
sty for thirteen years and Mrs. Jam&st
H. dyburn has been treasurer for'
if teen years. At different times those
adies have put in their resignations,
rat the members felt that they were
so efficient in their offices that the
lociety refused. A rising vote of
thanks was given to all retiring ofieatm
and, also, to the nominating
committee composed otf Mm. Carl A.
West as chairman, Mrs. J. G. McCaskill,
Mrs. Billy Rush, Mrs. Carrie
I>avis, Mrs. E. I. Welbster.
T Miss Carolyn Heyman, of Agnes
, "Cott, is at homo for tho holidays.
Miss Mary Oureton, who is teaching
school at Cowards, is hero on a
visit.
>"$'*** Nancy Pearce, who is a student
at Bienau, is here for Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Health
will lea,ve Friday for Atlanta to visit
r^lat^ves.
Miss Margaret Mcl^eod is home fojr
the holidays from Draughon's bust- 1
ness college.
Billy Lindsay and Louis Guion, stu- 1
dents at the University of North
Carolina are at home.
>Miw Carolyn McKain is at home
from Charlotte where she attends
King's business coHege.
John Gettys, Gordon Guthrie, B. R.
Truesdale and Frank Suwell of Clem- i
son are alt home on vacation.
Miss Mary Helen Flowers, who at- ,
tends Kings business college* in
Charlotte is here for Christmas.
Miss Lenora Rhame, a student at
Coh>nribia College, is here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Boykia Rhame.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sanders and (
children, of Henderson, N. jQ., are
guests of Mr. and Mrs, R. E. Chewnlng.
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Miss Mollie Black we 11 a rvV-Shannon
Blackwell are at home for the holidays
with their mother, Mrs. G. L.
Blackwell.
iMr. and Mrs. M. G. Huckabee will
have as their guests for the holidays,
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Huckabee, of
Batesburg.
Mr. J. B. Crocker, of Boston, has
returned to Camden for the winter
months and is occupying his home in
Brevard Place.
Mrs. G. E. Taylor left last Saturday
for Charlotte where "^she will
spend Christmas with her daughter,
Mrs. Mark Johnson.
Converse studenlts, Misses Elizabeth
Zemp, Adele Savage, and Emily
Pitts are spending Christmas here
with their respective parents.
Moultrie Burns had as his guests
several days the past week, Charlie
Barron, of Columbia, Teddy Burwell
of Charlotte, and Fred Baarcke, of
Montgomery, Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nelson and
children, of Bennettsville, and Miss
Cornelia Nelson, of Rock Hill, are
guests at the home of Miss Cornelia
MLckle on North Broad street.
Misses Willie Haile, Aileen Fund- (
erburk, Carolyn Burnot, Faith deLoach
and Duncan Lang and Charlie
Do Loathe from the University of
i South Carolina are here with their
parents.
Mrs. Herman Bass, of New York
city, is visiting her mother, Mrs. J.
M. Dempster on Ohesnut street. Mrs.
Bass, Mrs. Dempster and Miss Nancy
Dempster will spend Christmas in
Kershaw with relatives.
The following from Winthrop are
to spend Christmas here: Misses
Katherine Boykin, Tommy Guthrie,
Betty Cureton, Nell Gooda'le, Virginia
Haile, Virginia DeLoaiche,, Sarah DePass,
Louise Drawdy, Caroline Ricn- >
ardson, Olive Nettles, Dotty Zemp,
Gertrude Zemp, Elizabeth MoCaskill,
and Willie Porter.
Thomas Harrison, retired capitalist
of Owerrtboro, Ky., was married
Wednesday to Mrs. Myrtle Tanner,
51,
The United States senate on Saturday
passed the emergency public
works bill carrying a total appropriation
of $116,000,000. The appropriation
is to become available immediately
upon its signing by President
Hoover and will be used for vast public
improvements of one kind and
another.
OUie Dorson, negro, is held in jail
at 'Norfolk, Va., charged with the
slaying of James T. Howe, of Princess
Ajnne county. HoWe was a hunteF,
trapper and semi-recluse.
The bonded indebtedness of North
. CfUtolipe will be reduced -^>y $5,000,Kfcr
January 1st, when that
amount of state bonds are retired
on payment of the money in New
York,- The state's bonded debt is now
$160,000,000.
The net return from the football
game played in New York between
the HeW York Giants and Knute
Rockiie's Notre Dame All Stars recently
for charity, was $115,163.
GerrR John Diekema, United
States ambassador to the Netherlands,
died at The Hague iS*tupday
-following mr operation on~tast
day.
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Ijrartij (&mih Uiflhra
every member of this organization
to you and yours for a very
mi Christmas
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and a prosperous
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Majestic Program
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25th.
Christmas Day Program.
A feast of good things in Will
Rogers' latest picture, "LIGHTNIN'"
Most human of comedies. Most humorous
of dramas. Rogers is a joy to
behold and listen to.
Also a RKO comedy, "The Night
Before Christmas.
Friday and Saturday, Dec. 26th-27th
Charles Farrell, Maureen O'Sulljvan
and H. B. Warner in "The PRINCESS
and The PLUMBER." Delightful,
( wholesome, entertaining with
lots of comedy and a feast for the
eyes and ears. *
And a Metro Comedy "Ladies
Last" and Aesop Fables.
Monday and Tuesday, (Dec. 29th-30th.
A Warner Bros. Vitaphone Production,
"SOLDIERS' PLAYTHING'';
with Lotti Loder, Harry Langdon,
Ben Lyon, Jean Hersholt, Noah Berry,
Fred Kohler, Lee Moran and Marie
Astaire. Comedy and romance
just after the Autmartfce. A picture to
threaten you with hilarious heart
failure.
Also Ripley's '^Believe ft or Nbt"
ihd Grantfend Rice EpbrtUght.
Wednesday and Thursday, December
31st- January 1st.
Joe E. Brown, the funniest of the
funny, In "GOING .WILD." Based on
"The Aviator", with original^ situations,
gag9 and dialog.
Also comedy, "Scotch Taffey."
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News Among Tourists
and Kirkwood Society
With the opening of The Kirkwood
Hotel on Saturday Camden's winter
season swings well under way.
Among those at the Kirkywood for
the opening are Mr. and M'ra. Watlace
I. Keep and Mian Barbara Keep,
b# Lock port, N.'Y., Mr. K. A. Sh#lv?n
and family, Mr, IS. D. McGrath apd
Mf. Clayton Mayo, of New York,
Professor George F. French and Mrs.
French, of Anaovcr, Mass., Mr. and
Mrs. H. 11. Abbott, of Lawrenceville,
Mr?. T. Edmund Krumbholz and Mi?<*
Klara Krumbholz, of Albany, and
Mra. Cornehus Lawrence Winkler, of
New York. Mr, and Mra. 'Karl P.
Abbott, Miaa Gladys Abbott and
Frank Abbott, Jr. arrived juat before
The Kirkwood opened and will make
their home again in their cottage adjoining
the hotel. Mr. Frank H. Abbott
will join them this week.
Dr. and Mra. J. Dodge Petera have
arrived from New York for their annual
vieit at the Court Inn and Langdon
Petera has joined them for the
vacation period.
Mr. and iMra. John Wella Arnold,
of Chappaqua, and Mr. Louia McMichael,
of New York, are alao recent
guests at the Court Inn.
Mra. D. tM. Converae and Miaa
Charlotte Campbell are visiting Mrs.
Harry G. Marvin at Hobkirk Inn.
Miaa Virginia C. Gilderaleeve, dean
of Barnard College, and Miss Caroline
F. E. Spurgeon, of Sussex, England,
are spending several weeks at
Hobkirk Inn.
Mr. Albert E. Dannermiller and
family, of Garden City(y have joined
Mrs. Dannermiller ^nd Mies Helen
Dannermiller for the holidays at the
Hobkirk Inn.
Mr. and Mrs. Walton Ferguson, of
Stamford, are also guests at Hobkirn
for a few days prior to opening their
cottage on Broad street.
Dr. Irvine M. Boykin, of Philadelphia,
has come l'or a visit to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Burwell H. Boykin,
at Carter Hill plantation.
Mr. William Brewster, of Boston,
is a guest of Miss Ruth Richards at
Greenleaf Villa, where Mrs. Robert
Gill, of New Yoik, is also a recent
arrival.
Many returning college students
are visiting their families during the
holidays and for them social events
are numerous. .Noted are Langdo.i
Peters and Duncan Edwards of
Princeton; Hamilton Wright, cf Yale;
Miss Susan Kennedy, a student at
Providence; Misses Ellen and Betty
Knap.p, also John and Phillip Knapp,
Miss Jean Harris, of the Mt. Vernon
Seminary in Washington, and Miss
Merriam Farrelly, of the Holy Child
Convent at Sharon Hill, Pa., who is
with her grandmother, Mrs. Stephen
Farrelly on Hampton avenue.
Mrs. W. L. Wright entertained for
her sons, Hamilton and Craig Wright
with a charming party on Monday
evening. Guests included the Misses
$usan Kennedy, Phyllis Carrison,
Molly Blaekwell, Carolyn Houser,
(proline Richardson, also Duncan Ed????iwi?i
wards, Langdon Peters, JEdward Woo- !
ton, Robert M. Kennedy, Jr., and others.
Christmas day will brio- the usual1
festivities in a social and sporting ,
way. In the forenoon the first hunt j
will be held with Mrs. Dwight Par- I
tridge as master of hounds. Among
those riding will be Mi', and Mrs.
AUbert T. Fletcher, Mr. and Mrs. Lamont
Dominick, Dr. and Mrs. Oscar
Seeley, Count d'Azy, Miss Betsy
Ross, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Kirkover.
Mr. Walter West and Charles P. I)i?Bose,
Jr.
Mr. Frederick Towle has come from
Detroit for shooting and is stopping
at Hobkirk Inn. .
Mrs. S. Osgood Pell and Mrs. J.
Howard Dews, of New York, are with
their sister; Mrs. William N. Kerr
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the holidays.
Mi s Olive Wfiittredge will be a
hostess on Christmas night for about
sixty guests.
Mr. und Mrs. Samuel Russell, of
Millbank, have ffone to Middletown,
Conn., for the holidays and Mrs.
Clark Williams loft a few days ago
for Greenwich.
Major and Mrs. Albert T. Fletcher,
of Washington, are visiting Mr. and
M rs, Dwight Partridge over Christmas.
Shanghai dispatches say that 500.
Conrmunifslts were killed by airplane
bombers in the province of Hunan,
China, during the 24 hwra ending at
ll o'clock Wednesday reigk.
LOOKING BACKWARD
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Taken From the Hie# of The Chronicle Fifteen and Thirty Year* Ago
THIRTY YEARS AGO
December 27, 1S?0I.
Neal Bennett, ,colored, of the
Spring Hill section, hind his hand
blown off by firecracker explosion.
Miss Virginia Davis, aye 7U, died
at her home in the New Salem secHon.
S. U. Lumpkin, age 08, general
freig) t and passenger agent of S. C.
and'Ctft. Extension road, dead at
Black*burg.
I, V. West erects saw mill six miles
southeast/of Camden with Frank H.
Arrants m charge.
Dispensary for the sale of alcoholic
liquors established at Bethune.
P. A. McDowell and Miss Mary
Truesdell married at Weatville.
T. C. Nelson, bookkeeper for
Hirsch Bros. & Co., goes to Kershaw
with the Kershaw Banking and Mercantile
Company,
Thirteen bales of cotton belonging
to Springs & Shannon destroyed by
Are on Hutledge street.
Mrs. Matilda Mickle, nged 7B, widow
of Capt. J. T. Mickle, died at her
home on upper Broad street.
H. H. DeLeon, age 72, a native of
Camden, died in Charleston, after
having amassed a fortune us u bro
ker.
Frank Villepigue, of Fort Worth,
Texas, on a visit to relatives in Camden.
Contract for erection of a new ju;l
awarded to Pawly Building Company
of St. Louis, at a cost of
John T. Watson married to Miss
Gula E. Hawkins of the Pi .gah section.
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FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
December SI, 1915.
Met hunt* school children to occupy
now |1S,000 school building. S
Andrew Bethea, ort Potd peace expedition
to Europe, reported 111 in
Stockholm.
Mrs. Elisabeth Ann Truesdell, wife
of L. M. TYuesdell, dead at WeatVille.
1 Rev, T. L. Cule, former pastor at
Rembert, dead in Greenville,
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Miss tyary Lylcs, age 30, died at
College Place, and burled in Camden.
, Samuel W. Mobley, aged 45, a citi*
sen of Ti*njrod section, died in Camden.
Automobile of Mr. and Mrs. C. P.
Wray, of RidgewaJL turns over near
Mulberry and all in party injured.
Oiarkson Khame gets Shetland
pony as a Christmas gift.
Kngugcmenft of Miss Kli/.abetn
Hale Van Wyvk to Dr. Marion W.
Zump announced.
Mis* Willie Dixon of Camden married
to W. II. Dempsey, of Blacksburg.
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January 3rd announced as opening
day of new Library in Ca/mden,
where public reception will be held.
Miss Mary JE. Marsh married to
K. E. Lee of Camden.
Fred C. Moseley and MiH.s Julia
Lois Moseley married.
Seventy-five Masons enjoyed banquet
at Masonic Hall.
Laura Green, native of Charleston,
S. ( ., said to be 115 years old, died in
.1 aeksonville.
A Merry Christmas
To All of Our | f?'*. 2.
FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS
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and may the New Year bring you
Health, Wealth and Happiness
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