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VOLUME S3;-,. - v "&"""**"*.CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA,JFR1DAY, AUGUST 29, 1941 NUMBER 23
British Flyers In
Visit To Columbia
Thirty cadets fromv>the Royal Air
Korce flying base at the Southern
Aviation Bchool here were guests of
the Junior chamber of commerce of
Columbia at a banquet at the JefferBon
hotel Friday evening.
The Columbia State has the following
to state regarding the affair:
The RAF 'captured' Columbia last
sight. "" " " c> : j
"Some 30 clean-cut young men?all
from England?came here as guests
of the Columbia Junior chamber of
commerce at the Jefferson hotel, and
when they departed for their air
training station in Camdou, they left
as on old friend leaving another.
"The main dining room of the hotel
was crowded as the Jaycees staged
their largest Informal "friendship"
meeting In their six-year history.
"A motorcade, led by police escort,
brought the airmen here and returned
them to Camden. .s
"At the hotel, pie RAF was dined
royally at long tables after which
State Senator James H. Hammond
gave one of the best addresses he has
ever made. He struck a note Of
jollity, friendship and comparative
history that made everyone feel that
they had always known each other?
though 3,000 miles of ocean lay in
between.
"After Senator Hammond spoke the
English lads knew they were 'at
home' with 'kin folka'.
"Entertainment was in order and
v Henry Suydam. Jr., accompanied at
the piano by his mother, Mrs. Henry
Suydam, Sr., jplajred * half dozen
varied musical instruments with rare
skill that brought much applause. Hie
biggest hit, though, came on his
trumpet numbers that drew many
plaudits.
"Miss Louise Pendergrast gave an
extraordinarily fine acrobatic exhibition
that was appreciated by the
large audience.
"To top it off, the English group
sang several selections?one a 'light'
Bong of the RAF; "There ^ttll Always
Tte An England" and finally, "God
Save the King." All three numbers
brought a shower of applause from
their American listeners?plus a
couple of rebel yells thrown In for
good measure.
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Publicity Writer
Becomes Benedict
Edward Earl Wheeler, public relations
officer for the Southern Aviation
school here and Miss Margaret
Cahoon of Canso, Nova Scotia; who
has been visiting (yiends In Camden
- for several weeks were married at
Anniston, Alabama; last Tuesday at 4
p. m.. according to announcement
made today.
"Earl" as he is known among the
officers and associates at the air
J school returned to Camden with his
bride a few days ago and they are
making their home at "Deare Place"
on Mill Street.
The bride is an attractive brunet
?nd up to the time of her arrival here,
bad been making her home at Lynn,
Mass.
Mr. Wheeler has won the respect
and esteem of a wide circle of friends
and acquaintances since he came to
the local air school from Alabama to
*ct as dispatcher. Later he took over
toe public relations program and has
been doing a splendid bit of work.
He expects to b* transferred to the
fcc&tur, Ala., branch of the school
ometlme In September but it will be
cood news to his many friends to
taow that he hopes to return to
Camden later in the falL
Belk Store Acquires
An Additional Unit
; The Belk department store has anBounced
the leasing of the double
tore which for years was occupied
by the Elchel department store and
tbe converting of the same into a budtot
shop.
archway has been 'cut in the
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'tore and the new budget shop and
ccording to Manager J. A. Hagfn of
o Belk store, the new shop will featQr*
merchandise priced at bargain
Prices.
"Our new addition will be a barcenter"
said Jftv HAgin. BtSrfif
?o solve the problem of expansion,
ich in view of our rapidly fncreast
trade, has been a real probUa tb
, The ftew unit of tbe Belk store wfB
Placed la rtrmmlsslon this week.
Important Meeting
Called For Monday
A meeting of the Camden 1H?1*
chants aeeoeiation will be held neat
Monday evening, September 1, at the
Camden Hotel, when a report of the
executive committee in regard, to tl?o
date of the cotton festival, will be
forthcoming.
It is understood that the executive
group, after consideration of the army
maneuver program and the resultant
tie up of civilian traffic on the highways
during* the months of October
and November will recommend that
the festival be deferred until December
when it will be combined with a
Christinas fete and the opening of the
beautiful "Santa Clans Lane", a distinct
Camden innovation.
Hie merchants, will also consider
the matter of afternoon houHi during
the maneuver period. It Is known
that the army makes request the poet
office be kept open evenings for the
accommodation of soldiers and this
fact, coupled with long evenings occasioned
by the daylight saving time
schedule may result in the merchants
deciding to have their places
of business remain open an bour or
more later in tbe afternoon. This
would probably mean that in order to
comply with the hours and wage laws
that. the' opening hour for stores
would also be changed from 8 to 9
a. m.
A. C. McKain, president of tbe
Merchants Association is urging all
merchants to attend the Monday
meeting as it is. hoped to . have
officials as hand who will be able to
offer data regarding merchandise
stocks necessary to the soldier demand
during the two months the
troops ate in t)ils wrea.
Entire Village
Given "Paint Up"
Two thousand gallons of paint is a t
Hot of paint, but It takes a lot of
paiui whan an entire community,
stages a "paint-up" program, during]
which every dwelling in the area is
given a double coating.
But that is just what has happened
at the Wateree village, that suburb
of Camden, wherein reside the hundreds
of workers employed in the
Wateree branch of tbe Kendall Mills;
The paint up program which is
nearlng completion with crews renovating
the weave rooms of the mill, I
embraced the painting and j.e^ovat-j
ing of 105 homes. The Job, done in a
J cream color, required 1600 gallons of j
paint. Over 400 more gallons is being
used in _the renovating of the
J weave rooms. White* and grey are
the colors in these rooms.
The paint shop is handled by a
regular crew of the Kendall Mills
maintenance department and includes
twelve painters a day.
The Kendall Mill Is now operating
on a 24 hour schedule with three
shifts of eight hours each. The emI
ployment a day roll lists over 250
I workers.
[Happy Reunion
Of British Couple
I War haa a ruthless way of shuffling
lives and changing boundary lines.
So thinks Mrs. A. O. Grant, of London,
England, who has been In 'the
United States for thirteen months
with Tier three-ysar-old son, David,
hoping against hope to be rfHmited
with bar husband who wsk etUl back
I In ff?gi?wd ?Ohducting h|s shipping
land transport business.
Then the Joyful reunion took place
I in Washington, D. C., for s brief fifteen
minutes when Mr. Omt
through that city Tuesday on htaway
pgfigsSB
I Mr Grant arrived in Camden Taw*
Lav nuht With Mrs. Grant only a
few hours'behind, retting toCamden
I Wednesday*~ Hle duties at the school
I nravanted them seeing each other unI
til Wednesday night when he quietly
door at th. Camden
I Two hour, together after IS months
sSillls
laTbrlnVa emU. against any adrersK
Mrs. Grant, who haa been
with relatives tag
that she la oulte tonutmtemn'arms
Cm-JTSfatain/ School that hgppena
MMWrw to Washington.
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Patrons To Choose
j School Sessions
The first two weeks of the fall
semester of the Camden schools system
will feature single sessions Instead
of the usual double session with
noon intermission, according to J. O.
Richards, the superintendent. Opportunity
will be given at the end of
two weeks for the patrons to express
their choloe of single or double seaslons.
Other interesting announcements
in connection with the coming school
term includes a statement to the effect
that ia seventh grade will be added
at the Pine Tree Hill school, provided
a sufficient number of students
apply for admission to warrant the
addition. It was also announced that
the Camden schools band will be under
the direction of Newell Wimberly,
assisted by H. B. Burns.
Camden schopl^ open Tuesday, September
9. A general bonference of
teachers and principals will be held
Monday, September 8.
Th# qity schools will be under the
direction of Superintendent J. O.
Richards, Jr.; C. T. Baldwin is principal
of the high school, Margkret
Burnet, principal of grammar school
and Morgan D. Arant, of the Pine
Tree Hill school.
The high school staff of teachers
headed by principal Baldwin are as
follows: H. A. Small, agriculture; Q.
E. McGrew, woodwork, science
diversified occupations; Lindsay
Pearce, physical director and science;
H. E. Burns, science and band; Agnes
Corbett. librarian, library methods;
Henrietta Zemp. English; Phebe
Schenk, book-keeping and typing;
Rachel O'DsnleJL home economicst^ertfnfie
Strother, history and
science; Ada Montgomery, mathematics^
and English; Bertie Zemp,
mathematics and history; Margaret
Wright, stenography and book-keeping
and Mrs. Carl West, French and history.
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The grammar school staff of teach?
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Davis Shop To Move
Into A Modern Store
The Camden Beauty Shoppe, owned
and operated by Mrs. D. M. Davis
and located for many years on the
north side of DeKalb street, opposite
the Camden Hotel, has leased the
store in the hotel block, formerly occupied
by the DeKalb Food Shop,
and will open a modern beauty parlor
there in several weeks.
Mrs. Davis, who maintains a staff
of expert operatives and who keeps
In close touch with the latest Ideas
and customs in cosmetology, will
have one of the most up-to-date shops
of its kind in the state, if not In the
southeast.
New fixtures, including lights and
a splendid yrangement of operating
rooms, reception rooms', and the like,
are provided for at the new location.
The new shop will be heated by hot
water, the system being connected
with that of the hotel.
Press Group Sees
Soldiers in Fort
Camden press representatives who
closed their desks and motored to
Fort Jackson last Friday to be
guests Of Lieutenant Colonel John W.
Lhaflrlo, Fort Jackson quartermaster,
let ? luncheon nad tour of fhe^Fort,
returned home In the late evening
tired but-with a new slant on what
the army Is doing to be reedy for war.
The Camden delegation was a part
of a group of some eighty Qonth Carolina
press association members who
enjoyed the afternoon at the mam- J
moth military reservation.
newspaper men, some accompanied
by their families, assembled at
the poet quartermaster's office at
11:4S p. m.
Colonel LIufrlo greeted his guests
and at the luncheon started the ball
to rolling by Introducing Lieutenant
Colonel Frank L. Whitaker, executive
officer of Fort Jackson, who, in turn,
introduced Major General Henry D.
Russell, commanding general of the
Thirtieth division, and Col. R. B.
Bee be, post commander. \
President 8. L. Latimer, Jr., of the
Prees association made the ^espoauu
to thi post's Welcome to the aaeocter
tlon members.
Following a delightful meal, during
which the association consumed
the same food served soldiers at the
Post, the visiters wars taken on a
New Residential
Development Plan
In line with the unprecedented
growth of the city and with a view
of providing ureas for home construction,
a 45 acre development to provide
100 lots is to be promoted in
that area of the city with the boundaries
of Mill , East Hampton and
Halle streets.
This is what is known as the Court
Inn property, but the new' development
will be known as Upton Court.
There will be five sixty foot streets
put in, several of them with a curve
? popular in the modern residential
districts In the larger cities, ^lready
the work of tearing out trees and
shrubbery to make way for the
streets has been started from East
Hampton street.
The Upton Court area should prove
to.be one of the most attractive residential
areas in . Camden. The lots
are laid out in 25 foot widths, enabling
a prospective home builder to
buy two or three, as required by his
dwelling: plans.
Sufficient area has been left about
the historic Court Inn so as not to
Interfere with the privacy of the
guests of that hostelry.
It became known this week that
I Ralph Little is contemplating the development
of a large area lying north
fof the polo field and west of Broad
J street and just south of the Seaboard
tracks. 1 . .
Jti$tther development, which cannot
be publicised aa yet, but which
will be one of the most outstanding
fit Camden history, calls for the erection
of several apartment dwellings
and the establishment of a plazavwith
recreation areas, garages, and the
like, for tenants of the apartment
homes.
The rapid growth of the city within
the past year, featuring a population
increase of some 23 to 25 per
cent, has made necessary consideration
of plans for Increases in the
school system, hospital, extension of
sewage and water facilities and the
opening of several new streets.
Thousands of Troops
Roar Through City
The Yanks are coming? and going.
Literally thousands of Yankee
troopers riding in lorries and other
forms of war vehicles roared through
Camden streets Saturday morning and
afternoon. - ^
Traffic cops did long stretches of
duty at the DeKalb-Broad streets intersections
to halt cross street traffic
as the Yanks roared westward in
their movement from Port Bragg to
Fort Jackson.
The big push was not withoaf'accident.
A mounted M. P. officer on
a motorcycle was injured seriously
wben In trying to avoid hitting a car
which came from a drive east of the
agricultural building, swerved over
into a big truck. The motorcycle was
badly damaged and the Injured rider
was placed In an ambulance and
taken to the fort hospital at Fort
Jackson.
Great Interest
In Forestry Train
The forestry demonstration train
operated by the Seaboard Air Line
RAHway in cooperation with the
-BoothCarolina SUte Forest Service,
y,.S- Forwet Service, wag on
exhibit la Camden Tuesday, according
to ?ttutoe. A. GUlett, the railroad's industrial
forester. This train which
will be Jfc operation through Optober
26 and which will make SO atopg In
the state* of Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
North and South Carolina and
Virginia, is intended to show the dependence
of people on productive.forests.
Its Scar display of illustration*
and models of forest stands Is
designed to encourage the private
owner to give his woodlands proper
protection and to cut his timber wlso-|
ly. It is also designed to Impress the
general public with the benefits and
wide use of forest "prOdttats. It is
estimated that a hundred billion dollars
t worth of forest products have
gone into building the American na-|
tlon. The average citizen, however,
seldom^pauses, to reflect that the
futgre welfare of oar country, like Its
pest snd prwent welfare, Is inevitably
siisnshiua ynaf mood add with the
forests that produce it. The exhibit
display on the forestry train dtffMH
home this point and shows in a hlgfe~i
Ineffective manner the importance of
forests and the necessity of protecting
th? trcm the ravage# of forest fire.
High Gridders Off
To Training Camp
Thirty-one boys, members of the
'Camden High School Bulldog football
squad left the eity Friday morning via
bus and auto for the football oamp
iu the North Carolina mountains.
There they will remain until September
6.'
The training of the boys at the
camp will be .under the personal direction
of Head Coach John Villeplgue
and Coach Lindsay Fleroe.
Of the thirty-one boys on the
camp roster, seventeen were on the
1941 squad. These ai*e Hug hey Tindal,
Jack Boykin, Bennle Marshall, Wilbur
Connell, Carl Bruce, Joe Jackson,
Baynard Boykin, Allen Hugglns, Dicky
Cox. Caleb Whitakpr, K. T. Price.
David Partin, Calvin Sheorn, Freddie
Mullen. J. W. Parker, Luther Sowell,
and Steve Connell.
Others on the squad are Hank Hancock.
James Brasington, Ted Marshall,
Frank Rush, Billle Waters, Rhenda
Brown, Charlie Zemp, James Thornton,
Carol Cox, Bobbie Langston, T. C.
Boykin, Jr., Dargan Jennings and
Ernest Parker. In addition the personnel
Includes Ned McDowell, team
manager.
The first game of the season will
take place on Friday, September 6
although the date is only tentative
The team mangement Is making- ax
effort to secure a game for that date
but so far nothing definite has beex
announced. ^
The present season also wltnessei
, the debut of Lindsay Pierce, as aa
sistant to Coach Villeplgue on the
football end of school activities, lb
the other sport such as baseball, basketball
and the like, Mr. Pierce will
have direct charge in the role ol
high school athletic director.
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Daily Consumption
Of Water Average
Although plenty of Camden peoplf
are prepared to take oath that th<
summer of 1941 will go down In his
tory ?e the summer of the big heal
wave, the records at the pumplni
plant of the city water department
fail to show any daily pumpage comparable
with the hlghmark of 620,<
000 gallons featuring one day In June,
1940.
The average dally pumpage during
the present summer has been be
tween 450,006 and 600,000 gallons ol
water a day.
.. It was also stated that at rto time
this year has there been any dangei
of water shortage. There has beer
a sufficient supply to take care oi
even triple the dally demand thie
year.
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Browning Home
To Open Sept fl
Browning Home and Mather Acad
emy will open Its fifty-fifth year or
September 9.
In order to avoid waiting on open
ing day local day students in all
grades are asked to register on Thurs
day,'Friday, and Saturday, Septembei
4, 5, and 6 from 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p.
m.
There will be a second grade 11
enough pupil#- are enrolled to make
such worthwhile. All entering sec
ond grade should enroll on one of the
above dates.. v '
~ Books will be sold Saturday, Sep
t**bdr.^ pad Monday, September ?
from 1:20 to 4:90 p. m. The boob
store win not be open agbla 'until
Wednesday, September 10, at 2: to p,
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Tests for ell high school students
enrolling for the first tlmS ?in be
given Monday, September fflimnd
Tuesday, September 0, from 1:20 to
4:20 p. m. r. '
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On- Yueetisy, September 9, opening
exercises will occur In the chapel at
10:00 s. m. All patrons and friends
of the school are Invited.
Banks and Postofflce To Close
The two banks of the city will be
Mosed Monday, September first In observance
of Labor Day. All patrons
are requested to beer this in mind
when transacting business Saturday.
Postmaster C. P. DoBose announces
the postofflce wftt be closed on that
day. There will be no city delivery
or rural, delivery. The general do*
livery window will be open for one
hour in th? morning.
In order to build motor cars to fit
driver, automotive engt
I Clean Carnival
For County Fair
The Kershaw county fair, to bo
staged for one week beginning Monday,
October 13, will be featured this
year by a high class carnival company,
an outfit which the fair management
has been assured offers a clean
wholesome program of 'midway attractions,
rldee and othor shows.
While the fair officially opens on
Monday, October 18, the -first two
days will bo given over largely to the
putting In of the exhibits and displays,
although there will be activities
on the midway with free shows at
9 p. m. on Monday and 4 and 9 p. m.
on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, the farmers of the*'
county wi^haye their Inning aB this
has been described as "agriculture"
day. |The Judging of the exhibits will
start at 1:00 o'clock while at 2 p. m.
the mule and horse shows are sched?
uled. Free attractions are listed for
' 5 p. m. and at 8 p. m. there will be
a football game In the adjacent Zemp
stadium. The game will be followed
by free attractions at 10 p. m.
On Thursday, October 16, mer1
chanty and manufacturer's day, the
program will he featured by attrac'
tlons in the manufacturers' exhibit
> building. A dog show at 3:80 o'clock
will highlight the afternoon program.
1 In the evening at 10 p. m. there will
be free acts and an elaborate fire1
works display.
On Friday, educational day for
> white, children, with Mrs. Kathleen B,
Watts, J. 0. Richards, C, B. Buabee
1 and Ford B. Stanton as the committee
1 in charge. All teachers and pupils
' wilt be admitted tree from'2 a. m. to
| 6 p. m. The payment .of premium
- money will be made at 12 noon and
the afternoon given over to midway
attractions and free acts. In the evening
there will be a football game
in the stadium.
| The colored school children will
take over Jhe- fair grounds on Satur>
day. The children will parade to the
? grounds with all of the colored chil|
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Volunteer Nurses'
Aides Planned
>
The American Red Cross has plan^
ned a program for Volunteer Nurses'
. Aides throughout the Nation. It is
designed to increase the effectiveness
of exlstive trained nursee by supply,
lng qualified assistants to .work under
. them. Physically fit women between
i 19 and 50 with a high school educa*
> tlon or its equivalent, are wanted.
i Should d great emergency come, a
broa,d, speedy, expansion in hospital
beds would be required and at present,
there are not a sufficient num- '
ber of nurses to meet a great emer|
gency. *
Major Brallsford, the county chair>
man, has appointed Mrs. John Lang,
ford and -Mrs. Emmie McLadchlin /cm
the committee to organise the Volun.
teer Nurses' Aides Camps for KerI
shaw County. .Those desiring to take
the course will please contact them.
The course will be 8o hours. This
Includes practical work at the hpspltal
and lectures at the Red Cross
, Headquarters.
! Mr. Baruch and Mrs. Zemp have
. offered the facilities of the Camden
, Hospital.
Lots of women who have been askinff^'^ebat
can I do?" may find the
| answer here. ; '
! Red Cross First
Aid Rally Held
'A meeting was held in Uie cpnnty
court house, Monday afternoo^ August
25th, at which representatives
from various suctions of ths oountar -?
; were present
The object of the meeting was to
establish First Aid)classes at Blaney,
Kershaw, Pine Grove, ML Plsgah,
DeKalb, CharkJtte Thompson and .
Boykin. It is Also expected '/to give
the course to Vchool bus drivers. It
Is hoped thp/ legislature will make
such training mandatory.
Major Brallsford reported there la
already a class at Bethnne, graduating
thirty-members thq end^SE.
j Orv Humphries, cfcalnnAn ^ofT^the ~
*??Un ww??.
nperlntendent of edneetkm, were the
prima movers in orniilai
- meeting^:. I * . " rrfrrr
^n- Leonard, of the State
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