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8 k WOULl) YOU BRIGHTEN UP THE 0 DINNEH PARTY? g RETURNED MEDICAL MISSIONARY GUEST SPEAKER AT LIONS The bi-monthly meeting of the Camden Lions Club was held Tuesday j night at the Camden hotel. After a short business session the meeting was turned over to J. Bon Cox, who had as his guest speaker, Miss Miriam Bruce. Miss Bruce has recently returned from"India, where Bhe has spent,,the past five years as a medical missionary. She is at homo on a years furlough. Mlss^Bruee held the attention of the Hons with her experiences in tho work among suffering humanity. She was especially Interesting when telling of the many strange customs that exist in that far-away country of alien beliefs and religions. She climaxed her talk by display'ng many of the beautiful souvenirs she brought back and with each*she. told the story of ,how it came into her possession. The club greatly appreciated the educational value as well as the entertainment derivecL from what xney heard. All feel with pride of Miss Bruce's accomplishments as she is one of Camden's own. EX-SERVICE MEN TO REGI8TER SATURDAY The American legion has announced that the draft board office on DeKalb will be open Saturday and also Monday and Tuesday of next week for the registration of all world war veterans. It is also announced that a similar registration will take place at the Q. A. Williford office at Kershaw. This registration is in conformity with a proclamation from the national legion offices setting February 22 and the following Monday and Tuesday if necessary. days for legionnaires and other world war veterans to register as a national defense measure. Methodist Church Services The public is cordially invited to attend the following services at Lyttleton Street Methodist Church: Church school 10:00 a. m. Morning Worship 11:15 a. m., sermon 'by the pastor, the Rev. R. Bryce Herbert. Young People's Epworth League meeting 6:45 p. m. Evening Worship 7:30 p. m. Baptist Church Services The following services are announced for week beginning February 23. at Camden Baptist Church: Sunday school at 10 o'clock with C. O. Stoglier superintendent in charge. Public worship conducted by the pastor, J. B. j Caston, at 11:15 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.j Morning subject: "The Man Chi 1sti lesus, evening subject: Falling In 1 x>ve Intelligently. Training Union 6:15 with C, H. Stogner director in charge. Midweek grayer and praise worship Wednesday evening at 7:30. The public is cordially invited to attend all services of this church. Library Association To Meet The annual meeting of the Camden library association will be held at the library. FTlday, February 21, at 5 15 j p. m. Banks To Close Saturday All patrons of the two banks of the city arc requested to bear In mind the holiday, Saturday, February 21 in obflorvance of Washington's birthday. The Commercial Bank of Camden The First National Bank SOCIETY NEWS Telephone 247?J b??????? I i ???? ^ To Moet With Mrs. deLoach The American Legion Auxiliary will meet today at 3:30 o'clock at the homo of Mrs. John de Loach. Mrs. do Ixmoh ami Mrs. Ralph Shannon will he the hostesses. Auxiliary To Meet The Camden hospital auxiliary will meet Monday, February 24 at 4 o'clock at the Nurses Homo. Alt members aro urged to attend. Guests at Luncheon Mrs. John A. Chase, Mrs. C. C. Plncknoy and Mrs. Albert Wardlaw of Columbia, were guoHts at a luncheon given by Miss Virginia Croon Thursday morning at her home in l^aureivs (\>urt. In the bridge game which precoded lunch, the high score prise was won by Mrs. Leila 13. Ktrkland. of Old Lyme, Conn, and Cantden. Valentine Party A lovely Valentine party was given by Miss Sarah Wolfe Friday morning for the children attending Magnolia Kindergarten. Ice cream aud cookies were served on tables featuring Valentine decorations and each child received a bag of Valentine candles to take home. In the heart hunting contest the prizes wore won by Frankle Wooten and Sally Ann Lincoln. Met With Mrs'. Llewellyn The Camden Garden Club met Monday afternoon. February 10, with Mrs. Stanley Llewellyn. The subject of stndiy of South Carolina garden clubs being "Soils,"' Mrs. John Devlne gave, an Interesting and Instructive talk on their origin and formation. During the social hour the hostess served delicious refreshments with Misses Leila Shanotm and Charlotte Shannon pouring coffee and tea. Mrs. Pitts Hostess J Mrs. Reuben Pitts, Jr., gave a pretty bridge party Wednesday afternoon for the members of hoi* club and the following additional placers: Mrs. Nettles Lindsay, Mrs. Dan Mackey, Mrs. Roland Goodale, Mrs. Jack Whitaker, Jr., and Mrs. Robert Breck, of Boston, who is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Pitts, Sr. A salad course and coffee were served after cards. Mrs. Jack Whitaker, Jr., made the afternoon's high score. Bridge Tournament Fourteen tables were in play at the Catholic bridge tournament held Monday afternoon at the Kirkwood Hotel. The tournament was in charge of Mrs. Woods Robinson, assisted by Mrs. John Mullen and Mrs. William Buckley. The score prizes were won by Mrs. Harry Baum and Mrs. T. J. Kirkland, and at the conclusion of the game tea and cookies- were served lor the players, and a number of tea guests who arrived, later in the afternoon. a Hostess at Bridge Recent hostesses entertaining for the Thursday afternoon club were Mrs. Jack Nettles and Mrs. Charles DeLoaohe. At her party, Mrs. Nettles Included with the club members, her sister Mrs. H. P. Bolte, Mrs. W. E. Manning, and Mrs. Everett Montgomery. The highest scores were made by Mrs. Roland Goodale and Mrs. Lee Mays. When Mrs. DeI>oaohe entertained for the club at her home on Lyttleton street Thursday afternoon, Mrs. Joe McKain was the high score winner. Dance By "Wit-Nit" Club Outstanding among the social events of the week was the dance given in the Kirkwood grill Friday evening by the members of the "Wit-Nits" club. Membership of the club Is composed of tpn girls In the seventh and eighth grades of the Camden Schols. and (his was their first entertainment. Among the guests invited were the members I of the Tri Gamma Club of the Camden I high school, and their dates. "The hall i was prettily decorated In tho club col| ors of red and white with large I bunches or balloons hanging from the | ceiling, and during the intermission. : punch arid sandwiches were served. I Music was furnished for the grand I march by the Kirkwood orchestra. Leading the march was Miss Mary ! Nell Campbell, the president, with her j date, Charles Ze.mp. Jr., and they were I assisted by the other club officers with | their dates. Vice president of the | club is Miss Molly Redfern, Miss Joan : Schlosburg Is secretary and Miss Kate Williams is treasurer. Seventy guests were present at this delightful entertainment. ? ? Aid Bundles For Britain Razook's ready-to-wear shop at The Kirkwood, mailed out cards this week , announcing that a percentage of their sales during the week beginning February 17, would go to tho aid of the [ "Bundles For Britain" movement. . This money will be turned ovpr to the i ladies in charge of this humane work. BEFORE PURCHASING Flower, Garden and Field Seeds | SEE OUR LARGE ASSORTMENT We Carry Only Fresh, Reliable and Tested Seeds | HIGH IN QUAUTY and FULL OF LIFE | Authorized Distributor of Seeds T. W. WOOD 8c SONS ' FERRY-MORSE SEED COMPANY S. N. NICHOLSON | 934 Broad Street Personal Mention B. J. Truosdalo. of Effingham, wa* a visitor in Camden Tuesday. 0. II. Yates haa returned from a business trli? to Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs Ann Idncoln Ims uh her guest, her mother, Mrs. Dart, of Summerville. Mra A. Gf Blackburn, of Columbia, was the guest Tuesday of Mies Jo Hamlin, Mr. and Mra. N. J Shebeen .announco the birth of u daughter February 14. Mr. and Mra. \V. P. Nettles, Sr., returned Friday from a week's trip to points lu Uoorgla and Florida. Dr. Maurice ciurke and his daughter, Mlaa Margaret Clarke, are spending a few days In Durham, N, C. Mr. and Mra. Kalph Shannon and Mr. and Mrs. Pjerco Can toy were among 'the guests having dinner Sunday at the Gobi Eagle Tavern In Ileaufort. Mr. and Mra. A. Heed Sarratt had aa their gueata last week end. Miss Dorothy Sarrutt, Miss Elizabeth Sarratt and Mra. Nell Caldwell, of Charlotte. Mr. and Mra. Henry Savage, Jr., were gueata at the dinner given by tho Columbia Rotary club Monday evening in the ballroom of the Jefferson hotel. McKain Ifirhards, who la attending Annapolis Naval Academy, la expected homo Saturday to Hpom) the week end with his parents. Mr. and Mra. J. G. Hicharda, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. If. D. Bradshaw, of Euro pa. Miss., announce the birth of a son, February 4. Mrs. Bradshaw before her marriage wajs Miss Sorn Nettles, of Lugoff. Moultrie Burns, Ralph Shannon, Thomas Ancrum and John deL/oach attended tho Sowanee stopper given Monday evening in the crystal room of the Columbia hotel. J. Gardiner Richards, Jr., Camden's school superintendent. leaves Saturday for Atlantic City where he will attend a convention of National acnooi executives. Ho will be gone for one week. Captain and Mrs. R. T. Wright; of Iv&keland, Fla., are newcomers to Camden. Captain Wright Is associated with the Camden Aviation School:' They are occupying the Trotter residence near Lakevie w. They have two children. Mrs. Hiram Nettles, Mrs. Fred Dellinger and sons, Fred Dellingor, Jr., and Nettles Bellinger, of Aiken; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nettles and daughter, Ciel Nettles, and son, WiLllam Nettles, of Marion, were gueata last Sunday of Miss Sallie Alexander. Among the newcomers to Camden are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jefferson residing at 1209 Lyttleton street. They are from Philadelphia, Penn4 Mr. Jefferson is a pilot omployed by the Aero Service Corporation engaged in making aerial maps of many section of the state. Robinson Cup At Stake In Series Newspaper and radio men of the Carollnas who gather in Camden Sunday as guests of the Camden Polo Club will witness the opening game of the Robinson trophy play between the Town and Country foursomes. This will <be the first series for this handsome trophy and the competing teams will be made up of the fine talent featured In the personnel of the local club. The polo menu for the next two weeks Is one of the most ambitious of the Reason and features the appearance here next Sunday of the crack Aiken outfit. On the following Sumday the club Is assured of the muchlooked for tilt with the Essex troop foursome from Fort Jackson and j Newark, New Jersey. It was hoped to ofTer tho Essex I troop game this afternoon but the club i was advised Thursday that the guar- j nntine on tho ponies of the players ! has not been lifted and hence it was Impossible for them to come. 'Die j Essex players have been regular' at- i tendants at the games hero for the past sevral weeks and on one occasion i members of the New Jersey group act- j ed as officials. The game Sunday,, March 2. with j Aiken will be an acid test for Camden | polo talent and ponies, for the invad-j era will boast, have some of the finest j polo i>onh*8 In the nation, whereas the | Camden riders will be mounted on ? steeds that do not have the speed or Supper Club Plans For Novelty Events A number of novelty events have boon arraugod for tho entertainment of guests at the Sarattold Club during the remainder of tho winter koason Every Wednesday night there will be a nuisieal memory quiz with a priie to be awarded tho guest wlu\ comes nearest to giving tho names of twelve musical numbers to bo played during the evening Every Snturday jtlghi at OlOVen o'clock there Will be a champagne waltz contest. Tho music of Jerry Gilbert and his band Is proving a delightful adjunct to the Sarsflold program. The orchestra provides concert and dance numbers every evening. Sunday Concerts Score Real Hit Tho Sunday evening concerts in the music room, of The Kirk wood have proved a popular (novation with Camdenitos and great interest has been displayed in the featured Instrument, the elctrlc vlbraharp. played by Ernest Pollard. Wharton Ford, the conductor of the popular quartet, has arranged a well balanced concert for this coining Sunday. Tho music will start at 8.:30 p. m. and the following selections will bo offered: "A Song of India"; "Sweot And Ia)w"; "Tea For Two", from No, No, Nanette; "Ixmdonderry Air"; "In The Gloaming"; "Tho Flowers That Bloom In The Spring", and the concluding number of "I'll Takb You i Home Again Kathleen ". ________________ POSTS VACANT IN NURSING UNIT FOR OVER8EA8 DUTY Washington, I). C.?Posts on the nursing staff of the American Bed Cross?Harvard Hospital to bo set up this month In southwest England for the study of wartime communicable disease are still open to qualifying nurses. Miss Mary Board, director of Rod Cross nursing services, declared here. Appointment of 32 of the 65 nurses needed to staff tho hospital has been made, she said. To qualify for the positions, nurses must be single, under 35 years of age. graduate nuiso?| with experience or training in the care of communicable diseases, and able to pass rigorous physical examinations. "Any nurse interested In the experience of Mils service in England, feeling she has the proper qualifications, should write immediately to the American Bed Cross Nursing Service, National Headquarters Washington,; D. C .," Miss Beard said. The hospital staff, including 25 doctors and medical technologists under the direction of Harvard Medical School, will report findings of their study to the U. S. Army, Navy and Public Health Service as a part of the National defense program. training of the -visiting equlnes. For tho game Sunday afternoon Cyril Harrison, club coach and manager will captain the Town team and will have M. B. Burns at the No. 1 position. Robertson at No. 2, Bates at No. 4. while Harrisqn will play the No. "3 spot. Country will line up with Kirby Tapper in ihe No. 1 |K>Hl(lon, Captain I C. P. I>uBose. Jr.. at No. 2. Carl Lightfoot at No. 3 and Anerum Boykin at No. 4. Tho game will be broadcast play by play by Chris Wood, nationally known sportcaster of the National Broadcasting Company. Wood Is in Camden getntts horses In training for the Carolina c\tp race and is to be at the mike for the radio broadcast of this famous steeplechase classic. His play by play broadcast of the jm>Io games has added much color to tho sport. In the event of rain Sunduy, tho Robinson series will -bo postponed un-1 til after the Aiken and Essex troop' games. The tea for the newspaper! writers and radio broadcasters will also be postponed until next Sunday March 2nd. ROXY CAFE CAMDEN, S. C. SPECIAL SUNDAY MENU ROAST YOUNG TURKEY DINNER - - - 65c Dressing and Cranberry Sauce with Freah Shrimp or Oyster Cocktail SOUP: Cream of Chicken. Home Made Vegetable or 1 Tomato Juice REGULAR DINNER for TODAY - - - 50c ... SOUP: Cream of Chicken, Home Made Vegetable or Tomato Juice Choice of One Meat { Roaat Chicken with Oreaaing ! Fried Young Chicken Broiled Lamb Chops on Tcast Broiled Special 8teak Fried Cured Ham t Breaded Veal Cutlets with Tomato Sauce Roast Freah Pork Ham with Brown Gravy | Roast Leg-of-L-amb with Dressing . Roaat 8irloin of Beef with Gravy Deviled Crabs with Tartar 8auce Chicken Liver 8autte on Toast Broiled Calf Liver with Bacon \ The Above Dlpners Served with Vegetables Candied Yams, Creamed Mashed Potatoes, 8tring Beans, ? . Combination 8aJad j DE8SERT: Bshbiu Pudding ? ^ WESTERN SIZZUNG STEAKS ????????? j TWO MORE DAYS --- ! V i j ALL SALES made during j I FRIDAY and SATURDAY j * ! of this week, a generous discount j I | will be giv^en for the benefit of the j j Bundles for Britain ii I ... j tMPQR TLRi. /7VO^ | KIRKWOOD HOTEL CAMDEN, S. C. || Aid For Britain Strong In Camden, The appeal for revolvers, binoculars, helmets and ammunition on the part of the Defense of British Homes Commit tee has met with generous response in Camden and Kershaw < ounty. according to C C. Whltakor. Sr., chairman of the special committee of the local unit of the Defense of British Homes organization. William C. Moore of Camden has donated an automatic Colt revolver, Mario A. Klrkland of Camden a pair of Mattson binoculars. Perry It. I^angston of Camden 12 guage shot gun, J. C. Gillis of Camden a 12 guage shot gun, C. C. Whitaker of Camden, a rifle; Joe Baruoh of Camden, a shot gun and from Miss Olive W. Whltredge, a 32 caliber revolver, 4 bullets and fifty cents in coin. O. N. Ilea8onorie, 3 boxes of 12 guage shot, gun shells, Perry R. Dangston of Camden, 5 boxes of shot gun shells. Pete Jetton of Camden 2 boxes of shot gun shells, Dawrence L Whit nkor of Co mil on t stool helmet, I'oetor Maurlco Clark of Camden two ?lollars. Charles Vllleplguo of Camden a stool holmet, K. H. McMasters, Camdon. a pair of binoculars and one gas mask, the Camden Police Department s^iot. nun. two rifles and an automatio Cull revolver and six shells for the revolver.' American Legion, Camden, a rifle, and Henry D. Morris, Camdon, a 38 caliber revolver. Mr. Whltaker states that addltonal contributions are coming In dally. Supplementary lists of contributions will be printed in next week's Chronicle. Income Tax Returns A deputy collector for the Internal revenue department will be in the places named below for the purpose of helping die Income tax returns on ; the dates named: Camden, at court house, March 5. Lancaster, at post offioe building, March 6 and 7. Wlnnsboro, at court house, March 4. I * *7ofU. in Pl&l&ience, becouA& itl | in PcaJzasm. once The new GENERAL ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS are here! This new giant sized G-E "Big 7"? at the former price of a G-E "6" ? is the buy of the year! New j . advancements in convenience and food preservation plus G-E's unsurpassed performance record (or long life and faithful service. 6 Cu. Ft. Boxes l129" W. F. Nettles & Son CAMDENt sc.- ?? - 2 ?i i ' i in