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The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 51 . v CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. MAY 19, 1939 NUMBER #
Ugh School Finals
Tuesday, May 30
Tb0 commencement finals of the
guide Q high school will begin q?
uuday evening, May 28, at 8:30 in
w ?chool auditorium, The music will
> directed by Mrs. C. 11. Salmoad and
111 conn 1st of two hymns, an anthem
, the Glco Club and a violin solo
, Ml?s Hlx Thode. The devotional
terclses will be conducted by Dr
aurlce Clarke, consisting of lnvoca
?n, prayer and benediction. The an,al
sermon to the graduates will bo
cached by Kov. J. B. Caston.
Tho exercises Monday evening, May
i wni be the seuior class play, "The
oSy Pathway," given In the audltoUD)
at 8 : 30.
Phyllis Kurosh, playing the part o
08e Rollins, Is a modern girl, torn
i (W() decisions?"Shall she go to
'heel and prepare herself to share
ie rugged pathway with Ouy Oakes,
ayed by George West, her schooliy
sweetheart, or take the easy way
,t by marrying the wealthy, unwoi>
,y suitor?" Hose is giving her class
party ostensibly to rehearse the
ass-day program, but in reality to
inounce her engagement to her
ealthy suitor. Lois Rhame, playing
ie part of Grancy Garwood, shows
ose the wisdom of preparedness and
ie folly of "The Rosy Pathway."
There will be a short exercise on
nesday morning, May 30, at eleven
clock. The program will consist of
(ew songs by the grammar school
lildren and the reading of honor
)lls by Superintendent Richards.
The graduating exercises will be
eld Tuesday, May 30, beginning at
:30 o'clock. The exercises will be
i the school auditorium. The first
fteen rows will be reserved seats
jr families of the senior aclss. The
restrain will follow the usual custom.
V graduating class Is the largest
i the history of the school. Thirty>ur
hoys and thirty-six girls are exeited
to graduate. The program
rill be as follows:
/Vocessional by Mrs. C. B. Saltond;
invocation, Rev. Bryce Herri;
salutatory, Herbert Moore; mu;
"Sing, Smile, Slumber," by Glee
ib; announcement of honors, class
tiers and seconds, by Buperlntendt
J. G. Richards, Jr.; piano duet,
wrture," f>y Martha and Mary
lith; awarding of medals, by W.
bin Zemp; music, "The Brook Fort.'ti,"
by Glee Club; awarding of
domas, by C. H. Yates, chairman
ir.l of trustees; valedictory, Phyllis
r. sh; benediction by Rev. Bryce
irbort.
Hvi exhibit on second floor, with
8. G. T. Little, director.
Industrial exhibit on first floor with
isscs of G. E. McGrew and Lynk)d
Smith.
1939 Senior Class Roll
President of class, William Pitts;
:e presidents, Massenburg Trotter
d' " George West; secretary and
lasurer, ^.nne Whitaker.
Malcolm Fletcher Anderson, Norlu
Kvereit Bauni, Johnnie Henry
ml ware, Lynch Horry Deas Boykin,
. William Wright Branham, Henry
thur Brown, Jr., Drennan Horace
own. William Jones Brown, Ivey
ben Connell, Marvin Claude Hasty,
:rber: Hecht, Paul Irvln Jordan,
ire::.' Frtel Ixjckee, Douglas Clarcp
Lynch, Wallace Lamar Lynch,
eph<n Richards McRae, Graham
ioma> Marshall, Allen Guy Mayer,
seph Iferbert Moore, Harold' Lee
Ims. Jr.. William Robert Outlaw,
. (t' orge Wllllngham Partin, Wesr
M Arthur Pitts, William Baldwin
Us, Krlc Hector Reeves, Herbert
rnr. Itichey, Gilbert Lee Shirley,
Jph K.Jward Shirley, Archie James
tin Augustas Massenburg Trotter,
ivid Wolfe Wallnau, George Franki
Wes*. Wilbert Roy Williams,. Wllni
h.-uinald Wilson.
Hen-tetta Shannon Blakeney, Ellbe:h
Trippett Boineau, June Lucille
nn- i. Mary Voncllle Conyers, Marbe
Lucille Creed, Mattie I^ee Cul>
Ni nnte Belle Cunningham, EllzaHr
Anne JJeBruhl, Wllma Rebecca
nkir.8. Bernlce Ruby Gardner, Cara
izab. :h Gaskln, Elizabeth Hill Gets'
Marion Gray Glenn,. Sara Nina
trrtn. Fay Gladstone Horton, Phyl1
Karesh. Beatrice Shannon Klrknfl,
Ida Mae McManus, Mildred
ar^nce Munn,' Lillie Mae Eabon.j
Theresa Reed, Annie Lois
Mary Elizabeth Rlggine, Sibyl
ruf'll Roblnscm, Cora*Mae ScArbo-!
ugh, Annie Ruth Shoemake, Mairfea1
Julynne Sinclair. Martha "Lota
rthh, Mary Kathleen Smith, Rliza*h
Annette Sowell. Helen Barlene
t>Rnsr, Gladys Emmie Jean Threatt,
r* Corlnne Truesdale, Anne BurnWhlt*ker,
Elisabeth Qoodwjn Whit
Kirkwood Course
Will Be Rebuilt
Out of the countryside which for
many years has beeu the terrain over
which the beautiful Kirkwood golf
course has girded Its fairways, greens
and tees, will rise a new golf
course,, construction of which will begin
June 6, under the plans and personal
supervision of Donald Ross, outstanding
golf course urchltect In this
country.
The new course, embracing all the
sporty and attractive features of the
present Kirkwood course, but with
changes to many fairways and the
addition of grasB greens as only Donald
Ross can provide, will continue
under the name of the Kirkwood
course.
The rebuilding of the course, with
the installation of the modern grass
greefis, will be under the direction
of Charles Harris, Rose' top notch
construction supervisor. Harris Is
now rebuilding the famous Elmira, N.
Y., course, and will take charge in
Camden of the construction work on
June 5.
The new course will have a yardage
of 6,200 yards, par 70, with 3,200
yards on the out nine and 3,000 yards
coming in.
The first tee will be relocated so
that the hole will be lengthened from
a par 4 to a par 5. The present No.
2 Is to be eliminated, so that no fairways
cross the railroad tracks, and
a new tee will be built for the present
No. 3, which will become the No.
2 hole on the new layout.
There will be a relocation of the
present No. 4 green and it will become
the green for the new No. 3
hole. The present No. 5 will become
the new No. 4 and the tee will be relocated
so as to add between fifteen
and twenty yards to the hole.. The
present sixth, to be the new fifth, will
be the same with the exception of
a new and sporty green. The present
No. 7 tee will be moved back and the
green relocated to provide a longer
fairway on the new Klo. 6. The present
eighth tee, which will be the rtw
seventh, will be moved back and the
new eighth" will be given a complete
change ahd provide for a 300 yard
par 4 hole. The new ninth, which
waB the old tenth, will be a 156 yard
pitch shot.
The new No. 10, old eleventh, will
be substantially the same but twenty
yards longer and with a new tee location.
The present twelfth, new eleventh,
will have a relocation of the
tee which (wlll add fifteen yards to
this hole. The new twelfth will also
have added yardage and a new tee.
The new thirteenth hole will be twenty-five
yards longer and the fairway
will be straightened. The new fourteenth
will be the old fifteenth unchanged,
while the new fifteenth will
have twenty yards added to its fairway
distance. The new sixteenth will
be the same as the present seventeenth.
The No. 17 on the new course will
be the present No. 18 and a new eighteenth.
hole. will, be built across the
tracks just west of the tennis courts.
It will be a 155 yard, par 3 hole.
The construction program, which
will carry over a period of some five
or six months, calls for complete new
contour greens and the total elimination
of driving over the railroad
tracks. According to club officials the
course will be ready for the Scotch
pastimers to move in about the middle
of November. Local labor, equipment
and material will be used as far as
possible.
During the period the course is be*
ing rebuilt, local golfers will have
temporary tees and greens provided
for hlh^hole play.
aker, Mary Bl^kbney Zemp.
Art certificates to Mary Cunningham,
Doris Babin, Margaret Sinclair,
Helen Stogner, Anne Whitaker.
Marslialls ? C.h a r 1 e s McCaskill,
Chief; Jack Marshall, Rufus Redfearn,
John Mullen, Richard McNeely,
Charles Nolan, Nettie Leese Ogburti;
Nancy Sanders, Frances Rhame, Mary
Smith Retta McDowell, Margaret McDowell.
- ?ommittee Commencement Exercises?Mrs.
Phebe Schenk, Miss Mary
Emma Hough, Miss Henrietta Zemp,
Miss Miriam Gandy, Miss Rachel
O'Danlel.
Decorating Committee?Miss Ada
Pbeiitt. Mrs. G. T. Little, Miss Irma
Seagle. t *
- Committee on Music?Miss Agnes
Corbett, Miss Alberta Team, Mrs. C.
B. Salmond.
Committee oft Order?C. T. Baldwin,
H. A. Small, C. E. McGrew, L. W.
McFadden. ?. ??- ^
. ' i-rr-V - - a
Soft^Il Season
Will Be Delayed
With only two softbail teams reporting
in with their playing personnel,
4he bureau of recreation baa
made It definitely Known that uulil
four teums have signed up in the
men's league, there will be no soitball
games offered under the sponsorship
of the bureuu.
The program of the Palmetto StulO
league, which waa fostered by the
Camden bureau of rocreatlou, has taken
the spotlight of publie interest.and
has also served to break up the Kendall
Mill softbail group. A number
of the Kendall players who were soeu
In action last season are prospectB furl
the state league team and without!
them in the lineup, the Mills are not
anxious to battle on the softbail areua.
The Wolves, another team that was
counted upon to report with a strong
lineup, have not reported. The only
teams that have completed their rosters
are the Sinclairs and the Broad
Street launch.
The bureau has made it plain that
It stands ready at any time to supervise
the activities of a softbail league,
but because of other lln?b of activity
in which those in charge of the bureau
are engaged, it is impossible to
give personal attention to the organization
of teams. Camden waa one of
the pioneers of Boftball in the state,
but because of some of the players
losing the perspective of the sport as
outdoor entertainment and resorting
to unsportsmanlike tactics to win
games, the enthusiasm of many of the
players was killed.
Sidewalk Benches
Loom as Good Idea
The presence of a bench in front of
a DeKalb street store may be the
means of adding another southern resort
feature to Camden.
In Florida the streets have benches
placed along the sidewalk where people
may sit down and visit. The
benches are reserved for white people
only.
The Idea would be well worth trying
out in Camden, especially on DeKalb
street where the walks are wide
and where there is shade on one side
of the street in the morning and on
the other in the afternoon.
The Camden hotel has had seats on
the sidewalk for sometime but the
one in front of the Sanitary barber
shop is the first to appear in front of
a business house.
COMMENCEMENT EX ERCI8E8
BARON DeKALB HIGH SCHOOL
The commencement exercises of
the Baron DeKalb high school were
begun last Friday evening when the
senior class presented to a capacity
audience the three-act comedy entitled
"Good Gracious, Grandma!" Next
will follow the baccalaureate sermon
which will be delivered Sunday afternoon,
May 28, at four o'clock, by M.
F. Hawthorne, supervisor of Lancaster
county public schools.
The graduating exercises which are
scheduled for Monday evening, May
29, at 8:15, will fea\ure an address by
the Rev. Bryce Herbert, of Camden,
the valedictory by Ruby Young an J
the salutatory by Cleo Smyrl.
HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT
TO MAKE EUROPEAN TRIP
Miss Margaret Fewell leaves Saturday
for New York, where on May 24
she sails on the Queen Mary for London
to attend a convention of the
Country Women of the World, with
four others from the South Carolina
Council of Farm Women. This convention
is held every three yearslast
time in Washington. While away
she will visit Denmark, Finland and
Sweden. She will also do some studying
In Norway University at Oslo.
While in Norway she will take the
Norwegian cruise to the North Capes.
On the return she will visit Scotland
and Ireland?sailing from Ireland od
"The Callfornian July 24.
Bethesda Presbyterian Church
Sunday, May 21, A. Douglas McArn
pastor. Church school with a Blbl<
class for every age at 10 a. m. Morn
ing worship with anthem, prayer ant
sermon at 11:15. An hour with th<
Bible at 7:30 p.m. The public li
cordially invited to these service#.
An Investigation is under y*gv li
an efTort to determine the cauBe oK|
fire which caused an estimated $15,
000 damage, at Wilson, N. C.. Moo
day to the wings of a marine corp
airplane that waa being <ranaporte<
by truck to the Norfolk naey yard.
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Skipper Discusses
Syracuse Chiefs
fBy The Skipper)
From time to time new a items in
the form of clippings from Syracuse
papers loll of the Chiefs pennant hash
in the International league.
One of the clippings Indicates that
the /sport writers and fans are wondering
if Juck Corbett is going to
have another baseball team like his
| Chiefs of 1935?.
That club, by the way, did most of
its good playing on the road and all
of its had playing at home. It was
In first place nine days during tho
season and In second place twenty
days but it never played at home in
the first place and It was at home
only twice as a second place team.
That 1935 club lost all three playoff
games at home against Montreal but
won the governor's cup by winning all
four on the road.
Looks as if this boy Lou Kahny had
secured a real breuk in getting the
short stop position with the Chiefs.
Kahny was doing bench duty until illness
of Meyers and the non-arrival of
Ben Zankey made it necessary to put
him in at short. He capitalized on
the break and it looks as if he has
cinched the Job for the season.
Jack Corbett had a ray of sunshine
pour through the fog and clouds this
week when he found that Jimmy Outlaw
rtiay return. The Boston Bees
are expected to name Outlaw as one
of the players to be dropped when
the twenty-five player limit goes into
effect in the National. The fleet outfielder
was drafted from the Chiefs
and Corbett has filed papers asking
his return if he is in the roster of
those {o be dropped.
Incidentally Jack Corbett has sent
me a note to the effect that he has
not sold the Syracuse ball club despite
a report to tho contrary. Corbett
says he does not expect to sell
because he is perfectly satisfied with
his life in Syracuse and with his ball
team. Ho did add, however, that he
had been asked to submit figures as
an estimate for sale several times but
in each Instance figure was not satis
factory and he wus not interested in
the counter proposals.
Tho first inquiry as to sale price
was made by Warren Giles of the
Cincinnati Rods. The second came
from Alex Mengarelli, William Krcssen
and a group of Syracuse men.
MengarelJi and Corbett have been
close friends for two or three years.
Corbett's terms of salo are said
to be down payment of $50,000 with
the buyer having his choice of paying
$20,000 a year for fifteen years or
$15,000 a year for twenty years.
He has never confirmed the figures
but it is known that in five years of
baseball operation in Syracuse ho has
not had a financial loss in any season.
Two years showed a profit of
about $50,000 each and another netted
more than $20.0(J0.
"Anyone can have tfile ball .plub at
my figure," Corbett said. "I admit
it may bo considered high, but I ask
frankly, why should I want to sell?
I am happy and contented In Syracuse,
have faith in the city and its
environs as a baseball cehter, and
figure the Investment is one of the
best in all baseball."
MIDWAY HIGH 8CHOOL
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
Tho . commencement exercises of
the Midway high school will bo held
May 28 and 29 according to an announcement
by the superintendent
Ford B. Stanton. The baccalaureate
sermon will be preached May 28 by
the Rev. J. M. Bruce, pastor of the
Wateree Baptist church of Camden.
At the closing exercises May 29 the
commencement address will be made
by Hon. Neville Bennett, of Bennetisville.
The valedictorian is Ida Leo
Thrcatt and the salutatorian will be
J. R. Teal. Members of the graduv
| ting class are Margaret Yarbrough,
Roy Watkins, Margaret West, Mary
Julia Kelly, Ida Lee Thrcatt, William
West, Selma Rogers, Beatrice Ander
son, Sadie Tldwell, Elizabeth Elliott
J. R Teal and Archie Gordon.
t , . . .
H 8tate Loses Two Textile Plants
[ The Wyrnojo Yarn Mill of Textiles
j Inc., at Rock Hill, S. C., will be clos
I ad soon, the machinery dismantle*
and shipped to Gastonla and the prep
erty offered for sale.
* The Lockraore Cotton Mills, York
t 8. TC.7 which has been operated b;
i* Textiles, Inc., Is being dismantled am
i- the machinery will be moved to thi
? plant frt Oastonia, N C. This mill ha
i about 4,006 spindles and employed at
rtyftytmitfllT 1 HQ vArkAri
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.
Russell Named i
Team Captain
Anuoiuu't'iuont has beon made that
IUh khain Russell, baseball and football
star, will bo player-manager of
tho Cumdeu Indians of tho 1'almotto
State league., Jack Nettles Is tho
business manager and president of
the local club,
Manager Kusscll has had a splendid
j response to his cull for players from
which tho 19119 edition of the Camden
ludians will bo chosen.
On the pitching staff he has Moore,
a hurlor with a lot of stuff and who
tried out with Syracuse during tho
spring training; Cecil Taylor, Wilbur
Williams and \Vj\llaeo Lynch. Taylor
j in particular is showing a lot of stuff
and will probably shoulder the burden
of the hurling duties.
In the backstop department Russell
has Hugh Cox, llo Hicks, Carl
Light foot and Elton Reeves. Infield
positions will bo filled from Linwood
Smith, J. Caulder, Allen Caulder, llonnle
Robinson und Douglas Lynch.
Smith the high school baseball
coach and saw baseball while at the
University of South Carolina. Ho will
take care of first baBe.
In the outfield will be Reck Russell,
Wilbur Williams, Ro Hicks, I<arry
Staley and another player whose name
was not given at this time.
President Nettles declares the talent
signed by Captain Russell will enable
Camden to put a powerful defensive
as well as offensive team in
the field.
Fire Chief Finds
Blaze In Own Yard
When a newsboy stopped at the
Rrevard Hoykln homo In the Stevenson
development between Hroad and
Jordan streets Wednesday morning at
5 o'clock, he had a double duty to
' fulfill.
1 First to leave the morning paper
land second to give an alarm of fire
iJ to Fire Chief Bo.vkin. And the fire
, was In tho chief's own automobile
which was parked at the side of the
i house.
I So Instead of Fire Chief Boykin
, dashing out to joih his fire laddies,
the fire laddies came to him and after
a little application of water from
{ the booster tank of the now tire pumper.
the blaze, which had started in the
; seat cushion of the car and destroyed
j that and a part of the car top, was
j extinguished.
The fire chief says the fire must
! have started from a cigaret butt that
; had dropped on tho cushion.
Pleased With Camden {
i Charles Stapleton, director of recrei
atlon and athletics at Goldsboro,
j North Carloina, was ill Camden Saturday
to look over the new Camden
baaeball park and the gridiron arena
of the Camden Bulldogs.
Mr. Stapleton was driven to the
athletic areas and other points of Interest
by a chamber of commerce official
and expressed himself as being
impressed with the community,
especially the fine ball park and the
excellent turf of the football field.
Ho declared that many people from
Goldsboro came to Camden during
the winter season to witness the
races, horse shows and polo games.
8lnglng Convention To Meet Here
The Lee County Singing convention
will meet In Its 169th session on Sunday,
May 21, at 2 p. m., with the
Church of God In the eastern suburb
of Camden. Going north turn to the
left at Lewl8vllle, church 30(K yards
off highway No. 1. A special invitation
to all singers.?L. A. Moore,
president. ?
Charleston Man Is'Electrocuted
Charleston, May 12.?Rhett Lawton,
45, and a milch cow he was leading
i were electrocuted here today when
an automobile struck a guy, wire on a
light pole, causing a live wire to break
* and fall on a barbed wire fence. Lawi
ion and the cbw contacted the charged
. fence.
Between the spring and autumn, a
single pair of rabbits will Increase a
hundredfold.
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Slate League To
Open June 1
llu* 1'ulmetlo State baseball league
of ?|\ elubs has organized at an eut
l?usia?t ie meeting peid in Camden
Tuesday evening. Roy Blandlng, of
Sumteiv was named as league president;
Frank 11. Heath, of Camden,
viee president and iliroetor of publics
ty; and M. I.. Thompson, of Cheater
as seeretary-treasurer.
The ellios listed In the league per-,
sonnel are Camden, Chester, Sumter,
liartMVille, Umeaster and Kershaw.
The league will go Into action on
June 1. with 1-ancaster playing tit
Camden and Chester at Sumter, with
Hartsville meeting Kershaw,
On June J, Camden goes to Lnncister,
Sumter to Chester and Kershaw
to Hartsville.
On June 8, Hartsville will play at
Sumter and on June 10 Sumter plays
a return game at Hartsville. Kershaw
invades Camden on June 8 and Camden
goes to Kershaw on June 10.
Lancaster playB at Cheater June 6
and Chester goes to Lancaster for a
return game on June 10.
The league season will run up to
and including AugviBt 24 and on August
26, the first and third place teams
and the second and fourth place teams
will start a series of the beBt two of
three games, tho winners to meet in
the final Berles for the league championship.
The Caniden ball club was represented
at the meeting by Player-Manager
Bock Russell and Frank Heath;
Sumter by A. C. Burns and Roy Blanding;
Lancaster by A. B. Tenuant;
Chester by M. L. Thompson; and
Hartsville by S. F. Rlchey. The failure
of Darlington to make application
for a berth in the league resulted In
an application from Kershaw being
acted upon favorably.
Secretary Thompson has received
tho request of the several teams regarding
preferential days for home
games and will have the schedulo
made up to pick up after the llrst two
weeks of play, adopted at the meeting
here Tuesday.
Managers of the several clubs requested
Mr. Heath, of the Camden
Publicity bureau and secretary of the
Camden Chamber of Commerce, to
take the presidency, declaring hit* efforts
in getting the league movement
under way merited the honor. Mr.
Heath declined the office however,
declaring that he felt that Camden
had been foremost in the program ho
far. and lie did not wish the general
public to get tho idea that the Camden
club was trying to "hog" tho organization
and conduct of the league.
Mr. Heath submittod tho name of Mr.
Blandlng and expressed his belief that
the Sumter man would give the organization'
a safe and sane administration
and would insure the unlb x
functioning through the season. He
pledged his best efforts toward cooperation
and accepted the office of
director of league publicity.
President Blandlng spoke briefly to
club managers and urged them to use
good judgment and diplomacy-tn
handling their teams. He stressed
the fact that the first year would be
the critical period and he was sure if
the group carried through this season
there was every reason to believe
that night base ball on an organized
professional basis was certain for
1940.
Camden requested Thursdays and
Saturdays for home games and declared
the team would play any day
on the away-from-home games.
Camden Baptiat Church
The following services are announced.
for the week beginning May 21:
Sunday school at ton o'clock, with V.
J. Rector, superintendent in charge.
In the absence of the pastor, in at- - tendance
upon the Southern Baptist
convention, Dr. W. R. Barron, of Columbia,
will occupy tho pulpit at the
morning services at 11:16. . "- '
At the evening services at 8:30
there will be a special music program
with solos by Mrs. Latta R. Johnston,
of Columbia, considered one of the
most accomplished singers of the
state. B. T. U. at 7:30 with picture,
conducted bjr Christopher Vftughan.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at eight o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all services of this church.
Grace Episcopal Church
The services on Sunday will be ag
followst ? Holy communion at'8 a.
m.; church school at 8:46 a. m.;
morning prayer and sermon by tbe ;
rector,\Dr. Clarke, at 11:15. The offertory
solo will be sung by A. C,
MoKtlm.
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