The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 22, 1939, Image 1
: CHRISTMAS GREETINGS AND .MAY IT BE THE HAPPIEST EVER
The Camden Chronicle
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VOLUME SI ^ , CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1939 NUMBER 39
Vast Air Armada To
Control In Camden
One of the greatest air armadas to
awtioi) through American skies in the
history of aviation will wing its way
from lloosevelt Field in New York to
juloigh, N. C., on December 29 and
WM make a noon control in Camden
on the afternoon of December SOpjL
On December 31 another group of
wing* thla g|6ttt cavalcade will
swoop down on Woodward Held.
Camden and the 8tate of South Carolina
will serve the flyera in these two
great groups with < sandwichea and
toffoo at the refueling atop here. Arrangements
for the welcome of the
flyer8 will be made at a conference to
ho held between Dexter M .Martin,
aeronautical commissioner of the
state, Mayor F. N. McCorkle and
Councilman Nettles, McKaln, Shannon
and Villeplgue and offlciiBTef the
chamber of Commerce.
Dexter Martin, In a telephone conference
with the Chamber of Commerce
stated that he had been advised
by the cavalcade promoters that
there would be approximately 350 to
400 planes drop in at the Camden uliport
each day.
The flight is known as the 1940
light plane cavalcade and 'it is believed
there will be over 1200 planes
on the midwinter cruise to the Winter
Summer-L>and of Florida.
The Gulf Oil corporation, which has
sponsored the Cavalcade for the past
four years, will again furnish free oil
and gasoline to liglit plane owners
and has mailed out *Wedit cards to
those who are planning to make the
flight. Major A1 Williams, the Gulf
Oil corporation godfather of the light
plane cruises to Florida, will be on
hand to welcome the aerial visitors
ai the end of their Journey.
The Cavalcade this year will consist
of three wings. The Eastern
wing will originate at Roosevelt Field,
Dong Island, and will be .Joined at
Washington by a subdivision from
Pennsylvania ports. Itinerary of this
wing will be southward touching at
Raleigh, Maxton and Camden, where
it will join with an auxiliary diviaon
made up of planes from Lynchburg,
Roanoke, Winsom-Salem, and Charlotte.
The Eastern wing will make
an overnight stop^at Raleigh, December
29. The Central wing; will originate
in Cleveland with planes from
Michigan and other Central states
joining the -flight at Louisville. The
third or Western wing will form at
Dallas and will be joined by pilots
along the route to Florida.
As In past years, there will be a
division. .commander... whoso ? isap.QA9i:.|
bility will be to see that each plane is
assigned to a squadron .which will be
led by a squadron leader. Squadron
leaders will be pilots of long experience
whose duty It will be to check in
the planes of his group at the various
stops along the route of flight. By
following this procedure and flying in
formation it Is possible for even a
novice pilot to successfully make the
trip. With an old head to do the navigating
and guide the flight, cross
country Is no more difficult than flying
around the home airport. All pilot
are urged to abide by the rules
and not stray from their squadron?.
In the tour years tffat the air tour haB
Df,ii hold more than 1,000 ships have
taken part with only three accidents.
(>fi; iuls are quick to point out that in
eacn case tho accident could have
l? < a prevented by adherence to the
The Cavalcade this year will see a
int of Florida instead of concentrating
on one city. Wings will converge
a: Orlando and from there the. tour
*111 be routed to St Petersburg, on the
#c>i coast, thence across the state to
W. m Palm Beach, which will be the
gr,?nd climax of the air tour. Those
pilots who wish to see the air races at
Miami, however, may attend the last
day of the rfaces on the 7th. The
homeward flight will begin on the 7th
and xth and the different wings will
bark track on their Itineraries to reach
their starting points.
Mr Martin has assured the Chamber
of Commerce that he will have
ample aides here in time to assist the
airport management In handling this
vast army of flyers. He will give supervisors
from his own staff and helpers
will be present from other airports
of the state.
Earl FledeHi Camden airport manager
for the past ilx months, whoanaounced
he was watering t*1? army
flying corp soon, has consented to remain
in charge of the airport indeflnlely
or at least nnlil the cavalcade
matter has beei\ taken care of., kr.
Eriedell, who has been ao anccessful
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Id, and * has won eo many frienda
Austin Sheheen Is
I Named To Position
Austin Sheheen, retiring president
of the Cajuden and Kershaw County
Chamber of Commerce, has h?como
-Texaco Oil Corapauy representative
for Camden and Kershaw county at
well as portions of Chesterfield, Snifter
and Lancaster counties. , ^ > w
Mr. Sheheen for many years wai
manager of the 8heheen Grocery, hut
some six months ago took over the
.operation of the Sheheen luxaco auivlcie
station on DeKalb street. When
John Davidson, Texaqo representative,
resigned; recently, the, ,T.ax.a.cp
company turned the agency over to
Mr. Sheheen, whose enterprise and
business methods had brought success
to the DeKalb street station. *
Mr. Sheheen Is a young man Camden
has every reason to feel a great
pride in. His courtesy, affability and
business acumen has served to stamp
him as a most useful citizen. During
his second year as a director of the
chamber of commerce he was president
of the merchants division and
was largely instrumental in the'Success
of the first cotton festival. During
^he past year, when he has presided
as president of the chamber,
great progress has been made in
building up the Oamdon airport, also
in making, contacts in an effort to
bring industrial concerns here.
School Improvement Association
The Pine Grove School Improvement
Association held its annual
meeting Tuesday, December 12, in the
Bchool auditorium. The meeting was
called to order, the devotional was
read by Mr. McEachern, the roll was
called by the secretary, Miss Mittie
Gladden. Business was discussed and
then the meeting was turned over to
Miss Ethel Branham and Miss Elizabeth
Peak. They entertained with a
delightful game. The prize was won
by Mrs. Beulah Branham. Delicious
refreshments were served by Miss
Mittie Gladden, Miss Nannie Rabon,
Mrs. Ruth Jackson, Mrs. Lula Mae
Hinson.
Tw.o Days of Polo
Program Next Week
' King polo will hold court.on Sunday
and Monday at the Number 1 field in
this city when the Camden All-Stars
take on a powerful Mulberry Plantation
foursome.
With good weather prevailing two
of the biggest turnouts of the season
are anticipated on the part of the gallery.
The game on Sunday will start
at 3 o'clock but the Monday or Christmas
day game will commence one-half
hour later. Many Camden homes will
feature late jlluners on Christmas
day and this is the sole excuse for
the starting of the game one-half
hour later than usual,
i Coach Cyril Harrison, of the Camden
Polo Team, will have Moultrie
Burns at the No. 1 position, Charley
(Bone Ranger) DuBose at the No. 2,
Harrison at No. 3 and Eddie O Brien
at No. 4. This is the same line-up
that came within two seconds of defeating
a powerful Rambler squad
last Sunday. Jupper'a shot- between
the posts a split-second before the
bell rang to close the period was
the life saver for the Blues.
Coach Joe Bates of the Mulberry
foursome will have Kirby Tapper at
No. 1, David Williams, Jr., at No.
2, Joe himself at No. 3 and Carl
Lightfoot at No. 4.
Housing Facilities
Handicaps Chamber
Help! Help! Help! is the appeal
from the information bureau of theB
Chamber or Commerce. . j
The Bureau wants more apartments
and homes listed in its rental register.
In the past several days, there
has been a heavy* demand for homes,
and apartments on the part of tourists
from the north. j
But the Chamber of Commerce-j
does not have any listing of apart-(
ments or homes becduae the list has ^
been exhausted. There remains quite
a number of rooms on the Chamber
record, but to date the demand has;
not been for rooms. It is apparent;
the visitors who wish to spend the
winter in Camden desire accommodations
where they can do their own
housekeeping. ... .
Inquiry at the three tourist hotels,
Kirkwood, Hobkirk afad Court
Inn Indicate the reservations are ar
ahead of the number on record a
year ago with every Indication that
there will he a decided Increase after
Good Work Project .
For Rural Girls
OHy the Skipper)
In company with Mayor F. N. McCorkle,
Principal L. W. McFadden,
Mrs. Kathleen Watte, H. A. Small and
many others Interested in the educatlon
and economio build-up of the
youth of ther county, we visited thej
JNaUoaal Youth Admiuietratiou Home
on Lauretta Coiift laat Friday evening
to observe the work that is being
done with girl* from the rural districts
of Kershaw county.
This splendid project is housed In
the former Black well home RPSl.Jakes
care of thirty-six girls of Kershaw
county, ranging in age from 18 to 24
years?eighteen girls being in the alternating
weekly group.
Here under the fine management of
Mrs. Anna McCalium/ who acts not
only as Instructor but as a housemother
to these girls, many of them
from poor families, receive training
in cooking, sewing, home and table
manners, hear current news events
discussed and analyzed and in general
fit themselves to be dependable, economic
and cultured young women,
Mrs. McCalium is the center supervisor
for the National Youth Administration
and when we were being
' sho^wn through the local home, we
i were pleased to make the acquaintance
of J. A. Ecker, of Columbia, who
is area supervisor.
The girls live in a homo-like and
comfortable atmosphere five days of
the week, returning to their own
, homes Friday evening and returning
i to the N. Y. A. home on the following
Monday morning. The usual routine
for the girls starts at 6:30 a. m.,
t when they have breakfast in the large
attractive dining room. But each
j morning four of the girls rise at 6
o'clock to prepare breakfast. A difI
ferent group takes over this duty each
morning.
After breakfast there is a morning
1 of Instruction in the work room. At
noon there is an hour period from 12
to 1 o'clock for dinner. After dinner
there is a work period at 3 o'clock
and then a recreational period out of
doors for one hour. From 4 to 5
j o'clock the girls have a free hour.
House-Mother McCalium says that 10
p. m. Is lights oht hour. The girls
aren't permitted to have dates or visitors
at the school or otherwise during
the period they are in school.
One night each week finds all members
attending prayer meeting at the
Baptist church.
While being shown over the Institution
Friday night,we stopped in at
a class being conducted by Miss Rachael
O'Daniel, who gives two nights
each week to home economics instruc-(
tion. Another evening finds the group
listening to Rplah McCaakill with his;
: current events program. !
I The kitchen of the N. Y. A. Home!
J is spic and span and with a fruit cake
baking in the oven of the big range,
we all were loathe to leave. It cer-1
tainly did smell appetizing.
We were Interested In finding outj
[ just how this fine program is made
t possible. Mrs .McCalium informed!
lus that the expense of the light andj
| water is taken care of by the city of |
I Camden, the rent of the dwelling for;
a home and school purpose is met by \
the county while aid in financing the1
activities come from the Red Cross,1
county tuberculosis organization, Ju-.!
nior Welfare League and other civic.
| groups. (
The work accomplished reflects fine
credit upon Mrs. McCalium, Miss O'-j
{Daniel and all others concerned. Thej
i girls cook their own meals, makeJ
their own table spreads, napkins and.
the like. '
Mr. Ecker stated that there is a
similar project for boys which is car-j
ried out in a work shop near the court,
house and under the supervision of J
William Rast. There are eighteen
j boys - receiving training under Mr.
I Rast while there are fifteen on a
building project in connection with
the new school there.
We almost forgot to state that one
of the projects the girls carried out
vas the making of twenty-seven quilts
for the cribs and beds at the Children's
home. ..
. Our visit was^atorestlng and entertaining
and lo make it, we had to
osend regrets-to the Boy Scouts and
also to Radio station WBT where wOj
were scheduled to give a Camden
talk. But the last job was taken
cfare of in a most interesting manner
by Milton C. Smith, of the Klrkwood
Hotel.
We have undertaken to present to
Camden people & few impressions of
j one vlait to this very worthy enterIpriee
on Laurens Court Be believe
similar visit by othara win be just
Mulberry Team To
Play Camden Four
Coach Cyril Harrison, in announcing
his line ups for Suuday and Monday
afternoon polo engagements on
the Number one held is of the belief
that the Christinas program will offer
plenty of thrills to the polo enthusiasts.
Sunday afternoon the Mulberry
team, under the supervision of Captain
Joe Hates, will have Klrby Tupper
at the No. 1 post; David Williams,
Jr? at No. 2; Bates at No. 3; aud
Carl Llghtfoot at No. 4. The Cauideu
line-up will have Charlie Little at!
No. 1; C. F. DuBose, Jr., at No, 2;
Harrison at No. 3, and Charlie Hobertson
at 'No. 4. Little la the coach
of the I^ncalter, Pa., polo club.
On Monday the Mulberry line-up
will be unchanged from the Sunday
personnel but Camden will have one
Chang??Moultrie Burns playing the
No. 1 position with DuBose at No. 2
Harrlsfm at NO. 3 and Little at No. 4.
The. injection of tho Mulberry-Camden
s4ries of games into the polo
progrqpn at this timo wus made possible
by the tie fracas between the
Yellow Jackets and the Ramblers last
Sunday. The annual feud between
the Yellows and the Blues will be resumed
at the conclusion of the MulbaiTjM
anulon series. The Devlne cup
play., usually the latter part of this
month will follow the Yellow-Blue
matches.
Word has been received from Fort
Bragg to the effect that If there is no
..change In the preseiit situation regarding
the army units at the North
Carolina reservation, it may be possible
to arrange for a home and home
series of games between tho Fort
Bragg officers' team and the Camden
all-stars. Last year the Camden polo
talent invaded Fort Bragg and came
from .behind to win an exciting game
from the soldiers before a big crowd
of Tarheel enthusiasts. The return
game in Camden attracted one of the
largest crowds of the season and resulted
in another Camden victory.
Rain that fell Monday night and
early Tuesday morning served to
make the No. 1 field turf more elastic
and also lay some of the dust. Coach
Harrison says that a gentle rain of
! 24 hours' duration Is badly needed to
I properly condition the polo area.
Postmaster Cites
j Christmas Hours
| The Camden postoffice will be open
all day Saturday, according to Postmaster
C. P. DuBose, Sr.
The postmaster states there will be
I no window service at the post office
j on Monday, Christmas day. Howev-j
I er, mall trucks will deliver Christmas
I packages on Sunday and Monday.
Visitors Enthuse '
Over Holiday Trim
j If you have any Idea that CamdetJ
does not impress visitors, get rid of
the idea at once.
Several days ago a well-dressed
prosperous looking man walked into
the office of Mayor F. N. McCorkle
and introduced himself as Angus'
Johnson, of Bangor, Maine.
Mr. Mayor," he said, "I am motor-;
ing to Florida. I arrived in Camden'
last evening and when my wife and!
I walked through your business district
last night, we were so impress-j
ed with the Christmas decorations, I,
determined I would call on you be-'
fore I left this morning and tell you j
that I have boon through hundreds ofi
fine towns and cities on my way'
south but none had the real Christ
mas appearance such as your fine lit-'
tie city offers. Your decorative idea i
Is very effective, particularly the;
placing of the pine trees with Chris:-!
mas lights along tho curb. Wo will!
look forward to stopping here a year
from now to again see your flue'
Christmas decorations."
And another traveler, stopping acj
the Camden Hotel, said to Councll-j
man Jack Nettles:
"I have been coming thtough Cam
den at this time of the season for
several years and I certainly want to
congratulate the community on tho
progress that is evidenced on every
hand. It takes the casual visitor to
note the changes and frankly Camden
looks twice again as big as it;
was a year ago. Your fine wide and!
well marked streets ^nd the beautl-1
f.ul Christmas decorations are very'
Impresalve."
- Evergreens For Christmas
Representative L. C .Clyburn was
In The Chronicle office this week and
told us that h? has plenty of cedars,
pine and other evergreens for Christmas
decorations. . It is growing on his
lands near Westville and is free for
those who will call on Mr. Clyburn
at hia Westville home.
as Interesting and Illuminating as ths
was to us.
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The Kirkwood Opens
For Winter Season
The Kirk wood Hotel, swank host1
lory of the mid-south was formally
opened for the wluter season, Thursday,
December 21.
And strangely enough the opening
featured a juvenile party extended by
the managomepk tp some seventy-five
boys and girls from 3 to 12 years of
age. The nature of the affair was a
Santa Clans party with a real live
Santa Claus and a gorgeous Christmas
tree lu the spacious lobby of the hotel.
Every guest found a gift hanging
on the tree and Santa Claus was kept!
active all afternoon Saturday lu seeing
that each present found Its rightful
owner. Ice cream and cake were
served the little folks.
Several days before the announced
opening date of The Kirkwood, tho
management, Messrs. Milton C. Smith
and George Fitzgerald found a waitlug
guest, Rodney 8. Jarvls, of Great
Barrlugton, Mass., who came down
ahead of time in order to get In more
days, at quail shooting.
Sunday a party of ten headed by
former United States attorney goneral
Homer S. Cummings will reach the
Kirkwood to spent a week or ten days
In golf and hunting.
Noxt week a group of golfers headed
by Gone Sarazen and Vic Qhezzi
will arrive from Florida to spend several
days testing out the new Donald
Ross golf course.
The painting of the exterior of the
Kirkwood Hotel Is being fushed to an
early completion. Painters declare
that when the first coat has been completed.
over 250 gallons of white
water proof paint will have been used.
The lobby, halls and quite a number
of rooms of the hotel have been In
the hands of painters and decorutors
for several weeks and as a result the
hotel offers a most attractive appearance
to guests.
In the city of Camden outside of
the four hotels the rush for accommodations
has reached a new peak.
Information headquarters at the publicity
office have been busy In seeking
accommodations for the many
who are seeking apartments and
houses.
Annual Ball At
Hobkirk Christmas
The Hobkirk Inn, splc and span in
new paint and varnish, new furniture:
and equipment, has opened for the |
season. The main dining room will
not be placed In service until after
the holidays, when the tourist business
starts in earnest. " Guests now
at tho Inn are enjoying the cosy comfort
of the smaller dining salon.
Social activities at the Inn get under
way on December 25, when the
annual ball of the Junior Welfare
league, quite the social event of the
season here, will be held in the Inn
ball room. That same week the Citadel
club of Camden will sponsor a
dancing party at the Inn.
Tho Inn will itself sponsor a New
Year's ball on the evening of Saturday,
December 30, and from announced
plans of the management It
will be in the nature of a dinner
dance. Attractive decorations and a
fine orchestra vflll feature the affair.
Mrs. Campbell
Died in Columbia
Camden and Kershaw county people
were saddened when the death
of Mrs. Martio Branham Campbell j
was announced. Her death occurred
Friday In a Columbia hospital after
an illness of eight days. Sho was a
native of West Watereo but Wd reaid-j
ed In Camden for the past eighteen
years.
Funeral services were conducted at
1:30 Sunday afternoon at the Kornegay
Funeral Home with Rev. J. B.
Caston officiating and the burial was
In the Quaker cemetery.
She Is survived by her husband, L.
A. Campbell, Sr.; one Bon, L. A. Campbell,
Jr.; one sister, Mrs. Allie Schalz,
of Trenton, N. J.; two brothers, Emerson
D. Branham, of Trenton, N. J.,
and Deroy Branham. of Santiago,,
California.
The following were active pallbearers;
C. L?. Koon, R. L?. Vannerson,
Keith Campbell, Roy Caynphell, Hugh
Campbell and Bruce Campbell.
Midway Four-H Club
The Midway grammar school fourH
club held its regular meeting, December
12, at 10:20. Mtss Fewell
talked about Home Care of the Sick.
She entertained us with an amusing
contest
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1939 Bulldogs Are
Feted and Dined
Sixty guests, Including the coach
ami members of 198# edition of tho
Camden Bulldog football team gathered
around gaily decorated tables In
the dining room of the Camden Hotel
Friday evening to partake of a deliclous
six-course turkey dinner and to
pay resepct to a game and courageous
[ aggregation of grldders.
Featuring the meeting was tho nam*
Ing of Tommle Merrill, husky center
of the 1939 machine and Charlie McCasklll,
alert and fast blocking back
as co-captain of the 1940 Bulldog
squad.
Coach John VUluplgue presented
the blocking trophy, an auual award
to Duster Hough, whoee fine work during
the 1989 season earned tho respect
and admiration of opposing players
and coaches.
Block C letters were presented by
Superintendent J. Q. Richards, Jr., to
Jack Marshall, 1939 captain; Bobby
Boll. Johnny and Btllle Mullen, Hughoy
Tlndal, Calvin Sheorn, Charles McCasklll,
Klrby Tupper, Hugh Oox,
Charles Bolnoau, James Buudrlck. Bud
Zemp, Luther Sowell, Claude Lamoy,
I'hll Boykln, Dick McNeelcy, Follln
Watts, Ralph Strawn, Ben Marshall
and Charles Nolan.
The Bulldogs -who will graduate
next June and who have worn tho
moleskin of Camden High for the last
time are Jack Marshall, Bobby Bell,
John Mullen, Hugh Cox, James Buudrlck,
Bud Zemp, Ted Dunn. Buster
Hough and Follln Wutts. v
At tho banquet Friday Mayor F. N.
McCorkle acted as toastmaster and
took occasion <>fo praise the work of
the 1939 team and to pledge continued
co-operation and allegiance > to future
wearers of the gold and black.
The entiro assemblage stood In tribute
to J. Blakeney Zemp, whose untiring
efforts in the past have been
responsible for the fine football field *
and the presence of a community
consciousness of loyalty and adherance
to Camden high football teams.
Mr. Zemp was unable to be present at
tbe banquet because of illness and it
Is the first he haB missed In many
years,
Captain Jack Marshall, W. R. Zemp
and C. H. Yates, Coach Vllloplgue and
Superintendent Richards were all
called upon for short talks and responded
fittingly.
Coach Vlllepigue's tribute to his
1939 team was outstanding and there
was a burst of npplauBe when he
stated that ho had never coached a
more courageous and fighting squad.
After the banquet feast the football
ludB called on their trainer, "Chappie"
! Johnson and Insisted that he make
a few remarks.
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Scene of Nativity
Attracts The Public
j Ixjvers of beauty and things artis[
tic may. see plenty of Interesting
Christmas trims In Camden shop windows
and along Camden streets.
We urge every citizen to visit the
Sheheen grocery store on South
Broad street and enjoy the spectacle
of the biblical scene on the Nativity
as offorod In a dramatic setting In ona
of the windows. This scene has been
the cynosure of many eyes during tho
par.t week and Is well worth gojng to
see.
Another attractive Broad street shop
window or windows are those of tho
Fashion shop where Santa and Ills
sleigh loaded with toys and drawn by
reindeer Is shown, also a winter scene
with a cloaked figure on the other
side of tho main entrance of the shop.
These beautiful displays are In keeping
with the* many timely period windows
ofTerod by this shop.
The Smart Shop shows a flreplaco
with Santa Clans filling a stocking.
The Corner Book store with wreaths
of holly and pine looks Christmas like
while the J. C. Penny company store
window has a beautiful trim of ropes
of laurel forming a motif for an unusual
toy display.
The Marian Beauty shop with
wreaths of holly and pine, the Howard
Auto and Electrical supply company
with windows arranged with rag dolls,
rag animals made by the Thrift shop,
a W. P. A. project under the direction
of Mrs. Doree T. Zemp are other attractive
displays.
The community tree in front of the
public library, the pretty lighting display
at the Hobklrk with blue and red
lights decorating magnolia trees on
each side of the entrance to the Inn
and many other private displays give
Camden a pretty Yuletide appearance.
Finnish coastal defense batteries In
the outer Turku Archipelago, damaged
a 2,600-ton Russian ship to badly
Fr|day she sunk within full view of a vFinnish
military lookout. *
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Alabama prison Inmates won't hava
any Santa Clans this year. In former
years prisoners were allowed * Yaletide
vacation bat the parole board
ruled out tbe measure this year. -