The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 22, 1940, Image 1
I Come and Bring The Kiddies To See Santa Claus Parade Here Next Friday?3:30 in The Afternoon
I The Camden Chronicle
JvOLUME 52 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1840 NUMBER 35
contract For New Wateree
Bridge To Be let December 3j
Iijophono message from the office
? State Highway Commission
[av noon to the effect the bida
e construction of the new eonand
steel bridge over the Wapiver
on United State8 Highway
two mllea weet of the city
be opened and the contract
id on December 8, was the
>n for muoh rejoicing In this
message to the Chamber of I
woo headquarters wqs quickly!
HkmI throughout the city and
uity and aroused much enthusv
s a year will elapse before the
Is completed and ready to he
for traffic, Mayor F. N.
tie declared that the opening of
ucture will call for a ceiebrae
like of which haa never been
In this community or in the
have the Governor here to cut
n and with him will be aenaugrossmen,
state officials, state
y officials, mayors and OhamCoramerce
officials from all
long the United States Hlgh>.
1 through the Carolines and
gla. i
have had some commendable
ions in iC&mden In the past
sn we open that new bridge to
we'll have a celebration that
arf all previous events by a
irgin. A new bridge over the
> river has been a Caanden
or many years and it looks as
c going to wake up soon to a
on that our dream Is about to
a reality."
lent John K. deLoach of the
r of Commerce expressed
lion when notified of the prowarding
of the bridge contract
pmber 3 and said the Chamber
merce stood ready to cooperate
celebration'plans of the mayor
wired per cent.
new bridge will stretch out 1,
951 -feet and will bo of reinforced concrete
and steel. The location will bo
south of the present structure, the latter
-to be used during tho construction
work oh tho new structure. Work at
the filling and grading of the approaches
to the now bridge has been
about completed and reflects fine
engineering skill,
Tho present wooden bridge baa
been one of the weakest links in the
United States Highway Number 1
between the Northeastern states and
the Florida playground. Several
years eg1" whofl a truck
skidded on the slippery planking of
the present bridge, plunged through
the guard rail into the marshlands
below and burst Into flames, several
I
sections of the bridge were destroyed.
The resultant tieup practically
isolated Camden for many days and
made'a long detour by way of Sumter
necessary for traffic north and south
bound. For fully a year after the fire
the Camden Chamber of Commerce
was engaged In replying to inquiries
from points north and south
as to the condition of the 4>ridge.
I The new bridge Is to have a width
I that will meet with the approval of
the United States War Department,
for with United States Number 1
skirting both the Fort Bragg and Fort
Jackson training areas, It automatically
becomes the super-highway for
troop movements.
The completion of the new bridge
will serve to augment the claims of
United States Number 1 being the
safest route between the north and
south. ,
In addition to the building of the
Wateree River bridge the state also
contemplates the awarding of a contract
on December 3 for construction
of a new bridge over Lynches river
between Kershaw and Chesterfield
counties. This is also occasion for
much rejoicing on the part of residents
who have occasion to use the
highway upon which this bridge will
be located. '
Beautiful Theme
Of Chistmas Seal
Three children lifting up tiny
voices in a carol of the season is the
pictorial tlirino of the 1940 Christmas
Seal (o bo used by the Kershaw
county tuberculosis association. The
annual Seal Sale will start November
23.
The cherubic faceB expressing so
vividly tin* perennial spirit of youthj
and joy come from the brush of ^ellx
Martini of ix>8 Angeles. Though!
landscape painting is hfs hobby, Mr.
Martini was delighted to turn to this
*arm close-up to present his charmIns
picture of three happy, healthy
children so earnestly united in song.
Inspiration, too, must have come
from the two daughters of the artist,
and a second hobby, which is music.
J T. Gettys, president of the local
tuberculosis association, today disclosed
some of the details of thei life
of Mr. Martini, a newootmer in the
fanka of distinguished artists who
kve lent their talents the Seal
toes which have been going on for
tblrty-four years.
Artist Martini waa born In Milan,
toy, the son of a painter who had
*on many prizes In International
c^IMtlons. His parents brought him
10 America when he waa two and a
half years old, When painting proved
tos lucrative in America, the elder
artini turned to carving at 'Barre. Vt.
^P0Tn him and from ithe well-known
*&lptor. Carlo Abate of Barre, young
Martini received his first art instruction.
^
At seventeen he was a proficient
C*rver' earning wages as high as any
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baby parade notice
r k ?Mrs
Joe McKain, chairman of
baby parade committee of the
^risimas Festival wishes to ana?tmco
?hat all babies who are to
^je part in the parade will report
Methodist church Sunday
chool room8 at 2:45 o'clock on the
*f|?rnoon of Friday. November 29.
Edging of the entries will take
before the parade. An imtrio
of fedsee will preside.
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Kiddies Agog As
Festival Draws Near
Camden is all prepared to give
Santa Claus a royal reception when
he arrives in Camden on the afternoon
of Friday, November 29.
The Bell Decorating Company of
Richmond, Virginia, will start decorating
the streets with flags on November
26th, the flags to bo an added
feature with the Christmas trees and
colored lights. Thousands of lights
have.been strung as canopy over the
streets and in long lines cascading
from the King Haiglar tower on the
City Hall.
Four sets of judges have been named
to select the winners in the various
divisions of the mammoth parade.
Three Judges will pass upon the
merits of the entries in the organization
floats section, three will judge the
group entries, three the individual
entries and three to pass upon the
winners of the baby parade.
There will be cash awards for the
best group of four or more, for the
best trio of characters, for the best
couple and for' the best group of
bicycle riders, two or more.
In the indlridu&l listing there will
be cashjjrixee girtn to the child with
the richest costume, for the best
decorated vehicle and rider, for the
most comical entry and for the best
book oharacter".
M. B. Burns, general chairman of
festival has announced that the
parade will form on Laurens and
Lyttleton streets and will move south
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^ - Lee
Little Named
On Alderman Board
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~ T. Lee Little won in Tuesdays run-]
off primary for Alderman from Ward
Four in a closely contested election.
Mr. Little received 203 votes against
177 for Dewey J. Creed.
The ;alderman-elect is proprietor of
both the Camden and Haiglar Theatres.
Tit was his (first entry Into
politics. He has always taken an
active Interest in civic affairs and
friends-fcelleve he will make quite an
addition to the city's governing body.
The other new alderman is J. E. Ross
from Ward Six. '
Flying School Will Be Located
at Camden-Work Soon to Begin
The Camden airport has been
definitely selected for an army airplane
pilot training school, and the
first class of 50 flying cadets will
enter the school February 1, State
Aeronautics Commissioner Dexter C.
Martin announced yesterday. It
is expected that the school, which
will give only prel^nlnary ground and
flight Instruction in 35 powerful army
airplanes, will turn uot 100 fledgling
pilots each ten weoka . for more
advanced training at Kelly and Randolph
fields. *
The school will be operated by the
Southern Aviation School, Inc., under
a contract awarded It by the United
States army. Mr. Martin said that the
company has been advised by wire
of .the government's approval of the
school at Camden.
Establishment of the school at Camden
will involve the sum of more than
$1,000,000 annually? .The army will
pay the school approximately $750,000
a year for training 'the cadets. The
annual payroll Jor supervisory and
administrative persounel will approximate
$350,000. The coat of new buildings
will be around $75,000. The
cadets themselves will be paid $60 a
month plus $15 to be deducted for
subsistence while in training.
Constructibn of the new buildings
at the school, will start immediately,
Mr. Martin said, so that they will be
completed in time for the opening
February 1.
The new structures will Include two
hangars, 100 by 150 feet each, with
20-foot lean-tos for shops; three barracks,
each accommodating 80 cadets;
an administrative building, mess hall
(seating 200 persons), recreation hall,
classrooms building (with two classrooms
and two lavatories, air corps
supply building, engine laboratory,
pilots' room and operations office A
parade ground and recreation ground
also will be laid out.
Approximately 400 men will be concentrated
at the school at a time. The
school will handle a constant class of
150 flying cadets. In addtion, there
will be 11 army men at the school?
six officers and five clerks. Civilians,
who will be employed by the company,
will include between 25 and 30
I pilot-Instructor (approved by the
I army), 30 mechanics, between 30 and
j 35 assistant mechanics and office
i workers, a physical dircetor and an
j edurational director.
Facilities will be so arranged at the
school to provide for expansion in the
future if if is n^oessary.
The 50 students who will report
February 1 will be "flight" students?
men who are ready to undergo actual
flight instruction. Every five weeks
thereafter, 50 "pre-flight" students will
I be added. These are men who will
receive preliminary ground instruction
prior to actual flying.
The graduates of the school, after
passing stiff tests, will then be sent to
Kelly or Randolph fields for more advanced
flight training.
The Southern Aviation School, Inc.
has the following officers: Frank W.
Hulse of Birmingham, Ala. (soon to
move to Camden), president and treasurer;
Ike F. Jones of Greenville, vice
president; Henry W. Havana of Camden,
legal counsel and secretary.
Director of the new school will bo
T. A. Mott, Jr., of Greenville.
Mr. Hulse and Mr. Jones wont to
Situ Antonio, Texas. lust Monday to
place before the Army Air corps the
plans for the school at Camden. Mr.
Martin aald the company had been
notified by wire the plans were approved
Options on two auxiliary fields near
the plrport have already been obtained
In accordance with government requirements,
The site, of the new
school also fllla other requirements?
that such schools must be located
away from radio beams and airways,
away from places of operation by
scheduled air linos; must have all-way
clear approaches, free of obstructions.
\ Sinco last August Mr. Mnrtin and
the state aeronautics commission have
been working hard with the city of
Camden, Kershaw county, the Carnr
don chamber of convmeroe and the
Camden airport commission to obtain
the school for Camden.
Members of the airport commission
are: W. T. Redfem, chairman of the
Kershaw county board of commissioners
and chairman of the airport com
mission; Joseph E. McCain, city commissioner
and vice chairman of tho
airport commission; P. N. McCorkle,
mayor of Camden; Charles J. Shannon
pud Mr. Savage, Camden attorney.
Applicants for the flying school
must be single, between 21 and 27
years of age, a United States citizen
and in fine physical condition, and
must haVe a two-year college education
or equivalent.
Enlistments for the flying school
will be accepted at Regular Army recruiting
stations. While attending
the school, the men will rank as enlisted
men. Commissions as second
lieutenants will not be given until
after more advanced training has been
given them and stiff examinations
passed at Randolph or Kelly -field.
Letting of the contarcts for private
trainnlg, under army supervision and
rules, was necessitated by the rapidly
expanding air force, for which a maximum
of 50,000 planes is planned. The
men to fly these pianos had to be obtained,
and the Idea of turning the
preliminary training over to private
instructors, and leaving the more advanced
training to the army after
unsuitable men had already been
weeded out, was hit upon. *
Thus, at tho Camden school, under
present plans, more than 500 fledgling
pilots will be turned out annually -for
more advunced training after having
received preliminary ground and flight
Instruction.
The Cainden airport was built in
1920 by Ernest Woodward, and given
to the city and county. It is now
equipped with drainago fences and a
brcik and steel hangar. It was once
used by Eastern Air Transport, Inc.
(now Eastern Air Lines), on the Charh)tte-Camden-Columbla-Augusta
route.
Housing accommodations are being
sought in Camden for around 65 families
that will be brought there as a '
result of the establishment of the!
schoolv?Friday's State. I
Mayor Endorses .
Christmas Seal Drive
Mayor F. N. McCorkle lias endorsed
the 1940 Christmas Seal Campaign of
the Kershaw County' Tuberculosis
Asscoi&tlon. Mayor McCorkle's statement
follows:
"With a sense of fulfilling official
duty as Mayor and with whole-hearted
commendation as a private citizen. I
hereby endorse the purchase of
Christmas Seals as a method of raising
funds for the great national fight
against tuberculosis.
' "I hope that all our citizens will buy
as many Seals as possible this year.
Let every greeting card and gift
package that goes forth from Camden
carry these small decorations, attesting
that our community is alive to Its
responsibilities and is doing its part
in a great national drive."
Dr. Humphries. County Health
Officer, added his approval to the
Campaign, which opens on Monday
(November 25). Dr. Humphries said:
"I am glad to give my earnest support
to the coming Christinas Seal
Campaign and recommend it as a
worthy cause for community interest.
"In Camden we have a year-round
program for tuberculosis prevention
aud control. It also recommends that
purchasers of Christmas Seals follow
the progress of that program and see
for themselves what headway is being
made."
State Cops Are To
Enforce License Law
The attention of Camden and Kershaw
county motorists who have
failed to secure their new license
plates is called to the faot that beginning
next Monday the highway patrol
will begin to make arrests of delinquents.
The vehicle division of the High*
way Department made this announcement
Wednesday.
Patrol receipts and money ordvar
receipts will be honored by patrolmen
in this state but not outside of the
slate., Persons who have not secured
their licenses by Monday are liable to
a fine of from $10 to $100 or a prison
sentence.
All partolmen have been instructed
to begin strict enforcement of the law
whi^h has been held up while the
license department handled the rush
of last minute registrations.
It is also announced that beginning
J?unary 6 and continuing up to and
including January 31 there will be another
Inspection period at which Kershaw
county motorists must have
their cars checked again and secure
another windshield certificate.
The six-man crew of an Italian
bomber shot down over England came
equipped for a snack and hand-to-hand
fighting. They had tin hats, bayonets,
bottles champagne and chlanti and
a five pound cheese.
MOTORISTS ATTENTION ?
Please take note that owing to the Festival Parade which will be held
on the afternoon of Friday, November 29, it will be necesssary to have De*
Kalb street, from Market to Broad and Broad from DeKalb to Blrchmore
building, kept free of cars from 3 to 4:30 o'clock. The police will clear
both sides of these streets of cars beginning at 3 o'clock. Your cooperation
Is requested in this safety measure.?Alva Bush, Chief of Police.
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Directory Program Endorsed By *
Camden Chamber of Commerce
Tho representative of tho Baldwin |
Directory Company, Inc., of Charleston,
8. C., E. C. Stothart. has been1
conducting preliminary canvass ofj
tho merchants hiuI business ami professional
men, also civic organizations j
ami Institutions of this community,
preparatory to the enumeration of tho
territory and publication of tho Camden
City Directory for 1941.
Mr. Stothart reports satisfactory
progress in this canvass and has only
high praise for the citizens of Camden
and vicinity, having been cordially
and courteously received by them.
A number of firms, organization*^ associations,
and individuals, representing
practically every typo of business
,and profession, have already subscribed
to the service through tho purchase
of copies of the directory and advertising
representations therein, and
many more have expressed their desire
and willingness to cooperato.
This valuable publication is made
possible only through these subscriptions,
and the publishers and the organizations
endorsing and sponsoring
the movement wish 'to express appreciation
of the cooperation of those
who have already subscribed and to
express the hope that many more public-spirited
and civic-minded concerns
and individuals will Join in this undertaking
to lusure to Camden and vicinity
the most complote directory
service they have ever enjoyed.
This 1941 Directory will be the first
edition for Camden and vicinity published
by the Baldwin Directory, and
Mr. Stothart states that his company
is constantly striving to Improve its
service fend that with the kind support
and cooperation of the citizens
of tills community they will produce
and publish the most complete and accurate
directory ever afforded Camden
j and vicinity.
The City Directory contains many
valuable and interesting features and
much information pertaining to the
thousands of resident's of this area
which will be found most useful in thej
conduct of the affairs of tho eoiurautilly,
religious, civic, business, professional
and social alike.
Tho Directory contains such features
as those below-uuLllued:
1. Honor roll of subscriber? and ..
Index their roprosen tat ions.
2. A historic sketch of the community,
prei>are<l by an authority on the.
subject and relating to Ith government,
industry, agriculture, dlstrlbu* Hon.
education, library facilities, hospital^
churches, airport, radio, hotol
and recreational facilities, civic and
fraternal organizations, and other information
of intorest to our citizens
ami visitors in our midst.
3. A rnlscellanous directory con
tainlng valuahlo information concerning
local, state and national
governments, with names and districts
of United States and state senators
ami representatives; county seats and
populations and other useful lnfovmatlou.
4. A buyer's gruldo containing display
advertising matter of business
and commercial establishments, industrial
plants and manufacturers,
cards of professional men and women,
full page announcements of churches,
schools, clubs, associations and other
civic inetitutlons, classified alphabetically
for convenient uee.
6. A busnless diretory and a list of
nationally advertised brands of merchandise
and services, containing the
names of all business firms, individuals,
plants and professional men and
women, arranged in alphabetical
order, under their properly classified
business headings, together with the
names of nationally advertised brands
and trado-marked merchandise and
services, and the names and addreses
of the local distributors or agents.
6. A numerical telephone directory
containing a list of telephone subscribers,
obtained by a house-to-house
canvass and offered for the convenience
of subscribers to the city
directory service.
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Red Cross Seeks
To Attain Quota
Officials of the Kershaw County Red
Cross Chapter have been advised of
an important meeting of the central
committee of the National Red Cross
held recently at Washington.
At this meeting Norman H. Davis
advised that the central committee is
ready to proceed and plans are under
way to meet any emergency. Red
Cross personnel at Army forts and
camps as well as naval stations will
be greatly ,expanded before Spring
The Red Cross Is charged with the
welfare work for the armed forces of
the United States.
In Camden, the roll call Is progressing
In a satisfactory manner. According
to Mrs. Hughey Tindal, who is In
charge. Up to midafternoon on Wednesday
the total reported In at the
headquarters In the Smith building on
Broad street was about $360. Thursday
being Thanksgiving and also a
holiday was more or less Inactive but
today the drive will he resumed with
increased vigor.
Much Interest is being manifest In
the roll call this year, due undoubtedly
to the unrest In the nation due to
the devastating warfare in Europe.
This is particularly true of the Red!
Cross Chapters near forts and concentration
points. It to proposed, to build
addtkmal buildings at all forts and
camps to be used for Red Cross purposes.
More Red Cross nurses will
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Recreation School
To-Open At Armory
A pre-echool of recreation will be
opened at the old Armory building on
Rutledge street Monday morning, November
25.
The school will be under the supervision.
of Mrs. Harry Bell and Mrs.
A(ma Wilson and the hours will be
from 8:30 to 11:30 a. m. daily. Age
limits for the children are from three
to ix years.
The city of Caipden has loaned the
use of the Armory to the recreation
project tor upe as a recreation center.
The city and the county have made
contributions of equipment tor thli
school.
Judges Named
For Big Parade
The Camden and Kershaw County
Festival Committee has announced
that already fourteen or more floats
will appear In the festival parade on
Friday November 29.
In addition there will be eeveral
bands. Boy Scouts, polo players, hundreds
of children in costume and a
scoro or more of babies.
Columbia will send over a float, this
to be sponsored by the Columbia Merchants
Association. Sumter merchants
will also be represented and
the committee lias been advised that
Charlotte may be represented bv a
fine float.
Maurice Allen of the Bell Decorating
Company of Richmond, Indiana
will arrive in Camden November 25
and will have headquarters on Broad
Street where he will have a supply of
deoor&tion material for those seeking
to obtain it for decorating of cars or
floats. The Bell Company will deoorate
the streets and also prepare the
Santa Claus float.
All entries In the parade will report
at the high school area on Laurens
and L?yttleton streets at - 3 o'clock
Judging-of floats, groups, Individuals
and baby entries will take place before
the parade starts. ..
The Judges named by the committee ? ;?
for the several divisions are as follows:
Floats?Mrs. Amy Fitzgerald of
Manchester, N. H.; Mrs. Bert Clarke
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8CHOOL8 WILt CLOSE
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According to announcement by Superintendent
J. Q. Richards, Jr.
of the.Camden schools, there will
be a single session of school on '
Friday, November 29 in order that
the pupils will have ample time to
see the-festival parade that after*
noon. |
The Camden Schools band, many
students In all grades are planning
on beln& In the parade. Some of
the faculty members will serve on
parade committees and also on the
| Judging assignments.
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