The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 23, 1941, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 53 J \' CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1941 v NUMBER 8.
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I Mayor Extolls The
I City In Broadcast
Mayor F. N. McOorkle waa the
I main speaker over a Columbia netI
mork program last Thursday evening,
I the program dealing with progress In
I lhe palmetto state.
T|j(i mayor confined his remarks on*
I tirely to Camden and spoke for nearI
lv 15 minutes. He said In part:.
I "Ladles and Gentlemen of the radio
I audience. I am grateful for this op
I nortunity to tell thousands of listenI
pr8 something about Camdenk South
I Carolina, the outstanding, winter reI
sort community of the midsouth, i^d
I the city of which I have the honor of
I being mayor. '
I ?we In Camden, take pardonabfc
I pride in the achievements of our
I splendid city over, the past several
I years. We are In the public SJpotI
light at this time more so than any
I other community of our sire or., even
I two and three times our size.
"The past winter season was* the
I most successful in Camden history, a
I remarkable fact in view of the fallI
ing off of other midsouth and Florida
I resorts. Our polo games attracted
I crowds ranging from 4,000 to 5,000,
I whereas a few years ago a orowd of
I several hundred at a game was conI
sidered a peak. The Carolina cup
I races, our outstanding sporting event.
I attracted the largest crowd in Its hlsI
troy. The Virginians and Camden
I horse shows were outstanding. Our
I golf course, one of the finest in the
I south, attracted many exacting golfI
ers. In addition we offered our vlslI
tors such sports as hunting, riding,
I skeet, tennis and the like.
When I state that Bince October,
I 1940 Camden has experienced a gain
I of 22 per cent In population, you may
I realize just how rapidly we are growI
ing The recent opening of the army
I flyers training base has given us one
I of the finest, if not the finest flying
I schools in the nation. Camden has
I been selected as the permanent
I camp of an engineering detachment
of some 115 men. When the First
army maneuvers are held in this area
I next fall, Camden will be in the
I heart of the war game activities.
I . "Camden is a modern city, a clean
I city. It Is governed by a mayor and
I six aldermen. We have an alvie and
I alert Chamber of Commerce and our
I publicity bureau Is outstanding.
I "Scores of wealthy northern people
I make their winter reisdence in CamI
den. having their own beautiful
I homes and large estates. Our busI
iness* district is thoroughly modern,
I the shops being up to date, and offer
I a high grade of merchandise. TourI
ists frequently comment on the exI
iremely metropolitan aspect of Cam
den. Yet, with this modernity, we
retain the qhalntness and colonial
H charm which has made us famous as
the ideal place for a vacation, or a
I homeland.
"Now a word picture of Camden,
I for I know that what I have already
I said has aroused much curoslty on
I the part of my listeners as to what
I kind of a place is Camden."
I The mayor then went on to elabI
orate upon the historic background
I of the city and gradually led up to
I the developments of the past year,
I when as he phrased It, Camden literI
ally took the bit in her teeth and has
I taken the rail in the race.
I Merchants Elect
I Board Of Directors
I Formal organisation of the Camden
I Retail Merchants association was
I completed Monday evening when an
I election of directors resulted in the
I naming of the following merchants:
I Moultrie B. Burns, H. H. Mattox, J.
I D - Ryrd, J. A- JIsgins, A. C. McKaln.
I Jack Moore and Dallas.l*s.
A. C. McKain lfi president; Jack
I Moore, vice president; Dallas Dee,
I secretary and treasurer and Frank H.
Heath, Chamber of Commerce, seersI
ta.ry, waa named as secretary exI
Officio.
I The association adopted a constitnI
tion and by-laws similar to that preI
filing at the Columbia Merchants
I association, voted to meet on the first
I Monday of each month at Legion hall,
I ?eetlng8 to start promptly at 8 p. m.
I ?nd clone at 9 o'clock.
The association went on record as
I Inviting all business concerns of city
I and community to become affiliated
I with the organisation, which nows,
I boasts of nMurly sixty members. It
I pointed out that the association
I is not a unit exclusively for stores
I and shops but includes filling stations,
I business houses of all kinds.
Ad invltstlok wss extended to ths
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Baseball In Camden
z^53 Years Ago
Norman S. Richards)
Liberty Hill, May 16.?Fifty-three
years ago this Bering there was organized
a baseball association In
Camden, 8. C., with the intention of
playing any or all towns and cities
In lower South Carolina.
Among those elected directors were
Dr. John W. Corbett, who still lives
In Camden; Ned Nettles, David
Wolfe, John Glass, who was depot
agent at that time; and Sam Rosenburger.
Sam Rosenburger was elected manager
and Mendel L. Smith was elected
captain of the team. The team
was composed ^entirely of Kershaw
County boys and all were from Camden
except two or three, who were
from Liberty Hill. We played fourteen
games that season and lost only
two of the fourteen games*
I'm giving the names of those whd
played In two games with Darlington
June 19 and 20, 1888: Walter
I. Villepigue, Mendel L. Smith, W,
Fletcher Malone, John Malone, John
G. Richards, Jim Jones and Norman
S. Richards. John Workman played
lp the second game for Walter Villepigue.
In the Darlington lineup were
George M. Boyd, W. B. McCown, F.
E. Floyd, J. R. McCown, J. B. Floyd,
Z. V. Taylor, W. J. McCown, G. H.
Lambeth, C. P. Stuckey. JMp
The first game resulteo^in a victory
for Camden. The score being 6
to 0. The second game, Camden won
by a score of 7 to 6. Judge E. D.
Blakeney umpired both gathes.
The first game required two hours
and thirty-three minutes to play. The
second game required two hoars aufl
ten minutes. There was a good attendance
at both games.
It makes nn old fellow feel pretty
sad tp think of the changes that have
taken place ,and of those who have
passed on. Of all who to6k part in
these two games, the only ones who,
are still living are/ John G. Richards,
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Six Teams Ready
| For Soft Ball Gong
The first game of the season in the
! Kershaw , county softball league will
; be played this afternoon at the high
school athletic field, corner Laurens
and Fair streets between the Kendall
j-mill team of this city and the Headquarters
team from Co. D. 30th U. S, j
Engineers. Game time is 8t30.
o'clock. '
The Kershaw county softball league
was organized at a meeting of softball
enthusiasts at the office of the
chambef of commerce Tuesday evening.
The league will have six teams,
as follows: Kendall Mills of Camden,
Flying Instructors from the army
flying base, Kershaw Spinners, the
Headquarters team from Company D.
30th Engineers, Pontlac team from
the 2nd platoon, U.S. Engineers and
Bethune from the 1st Platoon, U. S.
Engineers. l~
Lieutenant E. H. Williams, In command
of the engineering detachments
was named as league chairman and
Arthur Robinson of the Kendall Mills
Is field supervisor. The league will
be operated under the direction of
the bureau of recreation of the chamber
of commerce.1
The game tonight opens the season
which will continue through June,
July and August with games on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday afternoons.
The league will secure an official
umpire who will work in all games
during the season. Ha. In turn will
name a base umpire. ' '
The city is engaged in repairing the
bleacher seats at the soft field and
will also scrape and rake the playing
area.
Hundreds Attend
Forestry Barbecue
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The anntlAl 'barbecae of the Kershaw
County Forest Protective association
was held at the Four H clnb
camp last Thursday and Friday and
was attended by nearly a thousand
people. Including land . owners, tax
payers, crew leaders and members
and volunteer workers.
The barbecue for the whites wee
held Thursday with closa to _700
present. On Friday the colored folks
were entertained.
The affair got under way at 6 p. m.
with W. C. Perry, local forester in
charge, Henry Savage. Jr.. president
of the county association was introduced
and gave an Interesting talk
after which J. C. Blakeney assistant
state forester gave an Interesting
address discussing forestry In general
and also the 'fire fighting technique.
Ho expressed sincere appreciation for
the cooperation extended his department
by the public.
Following Mr. Blakeney's address a ;
barbecue dinner consisting of hash,
beef, rice, bread, pickles and lemon- ,
ade was served.
Following the dinner motion pie-tares
of forestry activities ween i
shown.
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Royal Air Force'Students May
Train At Woodward Airport
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A report out ot Washington and
appearing under an Associated Press
date line Thursday is to the effect
that a British official is authority tor
the statement that the facilities ot
the Southern Aviation school here
"iA-all likelihood would be used to
train airmen" for England's Royal Air
Force.
The Associated Press report goes
on to state that Royal Air Force i
representatives iiv, this country had
been in touch with the management
of the Camden school.
Frank W. Hulse, president of the
Southern Aviation school here, deHi
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elided to make any definite abatement
when Interviewed Thursday.
There has been a report eurrent in
Camden for several days now that
British boys, were to come to Camden
to secure their primary training at
the Cutnden flying base. This report
Mi* liaise refused to olthor conform
or deny.
It is known that plans have been
made to erect an additonal barracks
at^fhe Camden school and white this
mfeht be used for the contemplated
expansion for American birdmen. it
would also take care of the British
flying cadets referred to by the
Associated Press.
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Camden Exploited
In Dixie Air News
The May issue of the Dixie Air
News, a magazine devoted to aviation
in the southland , ?nd published at
Charlotte by Haytl M. Thompson and
N. A. Brown otters sixteen pages of
text and pictures dt the army, dying
^school here and some interesting
views and news of Camden as a Inter
sport center.
The chamber of commerce has su|p?s
gested that copies of this attractive
issue be placed on sale at the news
stands here and that every Camden
citizen purchase one to retain as a
souvenir. n n
The young men responsible for this
fine magazine are well known to Che
Camden publicity bureau, 'vJffc
Thompson is the state news editor of
the Charlotte Obdertev tih& ttas been
the means of Camden securing some
splendid publicity in the Observer.
Mr. Brown, who was In Florida at the
same time the Camden publicity
writer held forth there is an alert
and prolific writer.
In the May Issue of Dixie Air News
the Southern Aviation school Ib given
prominence on some fourteen pages,
i There is a foreword Ay Major General
IH. H. Arnold, chief of tltig afr corps
{and salutes to the fifing cadets from
-Governor' B. R. Maybank, Congressman
J. P. Richards and Mayor F. N.
McCorkle. There are many pictures
of the air school, the views showing
both the exteriors and Interiors of the
many buildings, also pictures of the
officers, cadets and the others employed
at the school.
The two pages given over to the
winter resort features and a story
from the Camden bureau of publicity
features some interesting pictures
of horse activities, golf and other
'sports. a
Five To Graduate
At Nurses School |
Five young ladies, who are com-!
pleting the nurses course at the Camden
Hospital School of Nursing will j
attend their baccalaureate exercises
at Grace' Episcopal church Sunday at
11:15 o'clock. The commencement
program will be held in Grace Episcopal
church guild hall on the evening
of Friday, May 10.
The baccalaureate sermon Sunday
will be preached by Dr. Maurice I
Clarke. .
The members of the graduation <
class are Miss -Gladys Lawrence, of
Raleigh, N. C.; Miss Ruth Hfcll of
Cass&tt, S. C.; Miss Marion Sharpe
of Edgefield. S. C.; Miss Louise Mun-I
go, of Kershaw, 8. X). and. Miss Kate {
Mathis, of Lancaster, 8. C.
Bryce Herbert To
Address Graduates
The commencement exercises of
the Camden htfh school will be held
in the school auditorium on Sunday,
June 1, beginning at 8 p. m.
The commencement sermon will be
delivered by |lt. Bryce Herbert
of the Lyttletou Street Methodist
| church. . ' <
k The Wrbcessional march will be
"Our America'" and will be followed
by the invocation offered by Rev. A.
p. JBcAra of the Presbyterian church.
In torn will come the singing of
the hymn "God of Our Father" after
which there will be a scripture reading
and prayer by Dr. Maurice Clarke
of .Grace Episcopal church.
*fhe glee club wilt then sing an
anthem "Hear Our Prayer" by Rubenstein
after which Rev. Bryce Herbert
will preach# the commencement sermon.
Following the sermon the glee club
will sing the anthem "Breathe On Us
Holy Spirit" and In turn will come
the singing of "America".
4n anthem by the glee club "Give
Pebco In Our Time O Lord" will be
AoOTwed by the benedlctilon pronounced
by Dr. Maurice Clarek...
Kershaw Second
In Area Releases
Up to and Including -Wednesday,
May 21, a total of 1,642,502 acres of
land in North and South Carolina had
been signed up by the Fourth Corps
Area Rents Board for army maneuvers
next fall. It will be necessary to
have 'five million acres In order to
carry out the program of.war games
by the First army. .
Up to the date mentioned 1,028,928
ncres had been signed in South Carolina
and 613,574 In North Carolina.
This represents 8,382 property signers
in the Palmetto state and 2, 917 in
North Carolina.
In South Carolina the county leading
so far in acreage - signed' 'was
Chesterfield with 1,266 signers for a
total of 221,100 acres. Richlland
is second with 978 signers for 172,750
acres, but Kershaw with 880 signers
lists a greater acreage than Richland,
the total being 184,396.
Th'e executive for the Fourth Corps
Area Rents Board Is Major A. R.
Wellwood, of Fort Jackson. The Pulic
Relations department Is in charge
of Captain T. M. Faris, of Fort Jackson.
The ' corps representative iR
Kershaw county is Lieutenant John
D. foal., while the county director la
Ernest O. Zemp.
CANTATA-PAGEANT
PRESENTED TONIGHT
The Camden grammar school will
present a cantata-Pageant entitled
"America, tha Beautiful," tonight at
8, o'clock in the school auditorium.
The public is cordially invited, there
will I#*, no admission charged. The
following Is the program: ^
Episode 1?'"America the Beautiful.
_ Episode 8?"Our Emblem"
EpisideS?"The Land of Beginning
Again."?Pilgrims are radiant with
joy because of this wonderful land of
opportunity?a new life of freedom.
Episode 4?"America Victoriua"?
Early Americans with harvests of
fruit and grain, struggle for. independence.
Episode 5?"Leaders of Men"?
George Washington, Abraham Lincoln.
Episode S?"Betsy Ross,"?The
making of the first American flag. '
Episode 7?"Building a Nation"? ,
Various types of early Americans.
Episode 8?"Wagon Wheels Turn- :
ing West,"?A kindred desire for new
frontiers led to the great Westward
movement. . i
Episode t?"God Save America,"? <
Ensemble. <
Around one hundred and .fifty pu- 1
pU* of the grammar grades wfll par- 1
Hotpots ia the pragmas, la iplsods one
the following wm be on the pre
gram:
Tommy Ancrum, Donald Campbell*
Harry Oandy, John deLoach, Shannon
Lindsay. Sam McDowell. Bill Jen*
nlngs, Onry Ogbnrn, Maurice Matthews.
Billy Wi)ltams. Leon Williams.
J. D. Shay lor, Pomeroy Lowman, Raymond
Boulware, Paul Ford. Paul Atkinson.
Giles Hoggins, Earl Prtester,
Norman Burns, Dan McCaaklll, Mattin
Sue Ammons, Ernlstine Conyers,
Carolyn Hammond, Ernestine Houser,
Margaret Laney, Mary Joe McManus,
Raymonds Newkirk, Llllia Peebles,
Martha. Poison, Barbara Ray, {Catherine
Sheorn, Virginia Stokes, Betty
Sue Wilson, Peggy Hasty, Genera
Roberts, Luene Smith, . Donnell
Brown, Betty Jean Clyburn, Mlttle
Faye Threatt, Elizabeth Ray, Evelyn
Brattham, Catherine Hasty, Thelma
Marsh, Doris Truesdale, Sarah Jordan,
Dorothy Tuesdale, Delsle Threat,
Margaret Marsh, Margaret Dixon,
Lotr^Beth Shoemake, Agnes Hayes,
Alice Gaade, Mary Alice Boyce, Jean
McLean, Frances Mims.
In episode two, "Colombia," Is represented
by Ida Scarborough; "America"
by Barbara Raley. Others in
this episode are Blllte Lee Smith,
Bobble Ruth Mickle, Frances Clyburn.
Ida McDowell, Alice Wilson,
Ann Zsna Melita Barley, ... Roe#
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Essex-Camden To
Battle In Final
What ts being described hs "the
best game of the season" will be that
scheduled at the No. 1 polo field hero
next Sunday between the Essex
Troop riders and a Jeam selected
from the ranks of the Caiuden polo
club. It will be the final game of the
season.
"The "best game" prediction came I
from Captain C. P. DuBose, Jr., of the
Camden polo club, who points to the
thriller waged last Sunday when the
Essex team downed Camden S to 2.
It was a game that featured a thrill*
a-mlnute and the game next Sunday
should have even greater brilliance in
play.
Major Donald McQrath of the
Troop polo team has announced ho
will have three polo artists from the
Troop mounted next Sunday and has
requested that Carl Lightfoot be permitted
to be guest player with his
foursome. Major McQrath will
handle the Nq. 1 position. Lieutenant
Edgerton will be at No. 2, Lightfoot
at No. 3 and Brown at No. 4. It
may be that Lightfoot will change
with Brown and play No. 4 or back
position.
Captain DuBose of the Camden
team has announced his linenp as
follows: * Moultrie B. Burns at No. 1,
C. P. DuBose at No. 2, Klrby Tupper
at No. 3 and Joe Bates at No. 4. The
makeup of the Camden team features
some interesting facts. Captain DuBose
is the president of the Camden
and Kershaw county Chamber of
Commerce while M. B. Burns, No. I
player is president of the Cnmden
Rotary club. Tupper is a plantation
superintendent and Bates, who hallp
from Wateree is a brother of Stat*
Treasurer Jeff Bates of Columbia. ;;
DuBose, in announcing the final
curtain of the polo season for next
Sunday stated that the present polo
program was the longest in the history
of the sport in the south in that
it extended some six months. During
that time only two games were
postponed because of inclement
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Gateway
On Memorial Day
Dedication of the massive memorial
gateway to the city, located on U. B.
No. 1 at the western limits, la to take
place Friday, May 30th at 6 p. m.
This memorial, erected through
popular subscription, will be . dedicated
to all the men of Kefshaw
county who served in the first world
war. Handsome bronze plaques, citing
the dedication objective, have
been placed on the gates.
The dedication exercises sponsored
by the American Legion and the
Legion Auxiliary will be opened by
the playing of a patriotic air by the
Camden schools band. Then will follow
the advance of the colors and
the pledge to the flag.
Introductory remarks will be offered
by Mrs. Wylie Sheorn, chairman
of the Legion Auxiliary and will be
followed by the invocation offered by
Rev. A. Douglas McAm of the Presbyterian
church. Following the invocation
there will be a minute of silent
prayer In memory of the dead.
The reading of the preamble of the
Constitution of the United States will
be followed by an introductory address
by attorney John K. deLoach,
captain of Company E, First Regiment
S. C. D. F., who will present the
speaker of the program. Announcement,
of the speaker Is to be made
next week.
Following the address there will be
the singing of America by Miss Carter
and in tarn a speaker will give a
history of the memorial.
The presentation of the gateway
will be made by F. N. McCorkle, mayor
of Camden and the acceptance will
be :' made by Commander Perry
Langs ton of the Lerdy- Belk Post,
American Legion.
The benediction will be offered' by
Dr. Maurice Clarke of Gr?oe Episcopal
church and the exercises will
close with the singing of the national
anthem.
SeniorClass Pageant
To Be Held June 2
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The Senior class of Camden high
school will present a pageant depicting
eight episodes in American history
Monday, June 2, at 8 p. m. This
pageant sponsored by Mrs. Phebe
Schenk and Miss Gertrude 8trother
has called for much research.
For the past month the seventynine
seniors have been taxing the
libraries to their capacity, delving
into the pages of history for infromation
concerning great men and women
who played Important parts in
America's straggle for liberty. There
will be. tableau#, music, and personifications
of notable characters such
as Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson,
Abraham, Lincoln, Emma Wlllard,
Amelia Barhart, Wood row Wilson,
Quend John Pershing, Dorothy
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West In Appeal
For Clean Sport
(iootl si>ortHinnnHhli), fair play, loyalty
and toam play constitutes the
qualities l)r, Carl A West, state
athletic director of the American
Legion, la requesting for the South
Carolina American Junior haaeballl
program this season.
With the Legion baseball program
about to get under way Dr. West is
seeking to make the 1941 venture the
most outstanding the 14 years the
competition has boon carried on. To
that end the athletic leader is making
a direct appeal to all Legion Posts
sponsoring teams, to team coaches
and the players themselves, to be
mindful of the six analogies between
true sportsmanship and good American
citizenship.
"Only good sportsmen are the proper
men to handle Legion Junior ball
teams" said l)r. West. "I think that
sometimes an athletic officer or coach
is prone to regard himself in the
light of being a coach only, and with
the sole objective being the winning
of games. There is a lot of satisfaction
in winning a ball game, not only
for the players, but for thd coach, the
athletic officer and the Post, but as a
matter of fact I believe the real Joh,
the task that should be uppermost is
to keep before the boys at all times
the citizenship lessons that are coming
by reason of their ^participation
in the games. We all know that only
one team can win a. game, and we
should know that every player In
that gaihe; or any other game, can
win something of vastly more Importance
; the* spirit of fair play, of loyalty,
obedience, team work, gameness
and democracy. And that should be
the foundation stone of American
Jun-lor Legion baseball.
"I hope fao-eaveytt^e 1941 season go
through without complaints of teams
using boys about whom there is doubt
of eligibility. I hope every coach in
South Carolina's Legion ball program
will bear this in mind. Of course we
want keen competition, but first, let
It be clean and above board. It Is not
fair to a team which has gone
through a fine season of hriDiaat and
outstanding nasebaii, to suddenly be
barred from championship play be'cause
some member of the team has
been found ineligible. We must
guard against this very thing. If we
chedk carefully, as required by the
regulations, these things are not so
apt to occur. In all falrnesB to the
boys, I want careful investigation of
players.
"Rules are made to be respected
and one of thettut analogies between
true sportsmansnip and good cltlzonship
is respect for rules. Then there
is a second analogy, that of sportsmanship
and fair play. The good
citizen has learned fair play in that
he 1b always tolerant of the views of
others. Then comes loyalty. Loyalty
is the basis of all sound organisations.
Team work?just another
name for cooperation, which is so essential
to success in any undertaking.
Gameness?that means being able to,
take It when the tide is against you.
This matter of gameness extends beyond
the personnel of the teams on
the field. It extends to the crowd In
the bleachers?and may I say to all
Legion members?It is up to you to
set a good example in the matter of
sportsmanship, in loyalty, in gameness
and in fair play. Make instant
condemnation of any and all acts of
unsportsmanship. Remember, - you
are not only the representatives of
the boys on the field?you are the
representative of your Post. The
good name of your Post is one to be
cherished.
"And last, but by no means the
least?get Into the spirit of the
game and support your team with enthusiasm?whether
it wins or loses.
You can offer no greater lesson in
citizenship than this. Bear in mind
the boys In the field are American
citizens in the making. Encourage
them."
Future Farmers Held
Oratorical Contest
Monday night, May 19th, the Camden
High School Library was the cantor
at activitiy. The Kiwanis Club
sponsored their County High Oratorical
Contest for boys taking vocational
agriculture In the high school.
These two contests were held at the
same time. - ~
Fred Cunningham of CamheA ^on
first place in the district Oratorical
Contest
Lee McNeely, of Midway High
School, won first place in the Kiwanis
Oratorical Contest - John Henry
Clements, Jr., of Liberty Hill, won
second place. J ^
Those taking part In the Kiwanis
Oratorical Contest were Donald Crolley,
of Camden, his subject was Soil
Conservation; Jeter Guinn, of Camden,
his subject was Is There a
Future For The Farm Boy; John
Henry Clements, of Liberty Hill, his
subject was Improvement of Farm
Conditions In The South; Barley Fail,
of Mt Plsgah, Ms Fas National
'Defense; and Harvey Morland, of
Charlotte Thompson N. T. A. Center,
his subject was Work Dons In Charlotte
Thompson; Tommy Stover, his
subject wss Vocations! Education.
Judges were Mrs. Ethel Murehison;
Harold Fonderburkr~and Rev. Bryos
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