The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 26, 1941, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3
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Have you noticed the little cottage
small that has been erected in front
of the post office. Cute isn't itf
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That will be the keystone location
for the gigantic Red Cross drive that
is now under way it} Camden and in
every other commuriitjr. in this great
nation.
We understand that the Idea of the
little white house came from Mrs.
Samuel Russejl and Mrs. John Mullen.
Congratulations ladles.
All of which reminds us that all of
us must glye to the Red Cross to the
best of our financial ability.
And also good friends, bear in mind
that y^ur purchase of defense stamps
and bonds will go a long way toward
helping Uncle Sam slip the kayo to
the axis monsters.
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We Just received a letter from
tba> Tournament committee of the
Kiwanis club, embracing the schedule
for the Camden Trade District basketball
tournament, to be held the last
week in January.
Our hats are off to the Kiwanis
boys for staging this event, for it not
only means a splendid sporting program,
but it is the right step toward
cementing friendly relations between
Camden and the people in the Camden
trade area.
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Speaking of Christmas, well this
corner received a real Christmas gift.
It was given by the United States
army. It sure was swell to have Ben
pull in last Friday from Chanute Field,
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- bis duties at Sfi&w Held it will be a
very happy holiday in one man's family.
Some of our northern friends, driv- |
ing down via No. 1, complained that {
the route designation sign at the junction
of No. 1 and No. 9 at Cheraw did
not have the name Camden thereon. ,
Which prompted us to communicate i
with C. R. McMillan, state highway (
engineer, and receive his assurance j
that an arrow designating Camden on ,
Route 1 would be affixed to the sign ,
Getting Into baseball?it's about
[ three months, a bit less perhaps, be- ,
lore the Toronto team of the Interna- ]
tional league arrives In Camden for a ,
a five to six weeks training period. ]
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Getting Toronto to locate In Cam- I
den for spring training means a lotji
to Camden. While the .Harrlsbur
visit a year ago left & bad taste in th
mouths of local fans, this Toronto out
fit will be different. And this come
wants to take this opportunity to as!
the cooperation of every Camden re
sldent In making the stay of the Ca
nadlan pas timers here a most pleat
ant one. If this (a done, it Is quit
certain we will have them back agaii
and again.
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This writer looks forward to meet
lng Burleigh Grimes, manager of thi
Leafs, an old acquaintance of W. 1
League days.
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The press is full of the news of th<
Red armies pursuing the retreating
Germans and one day the headlinei
announced that Hitler's 134th divisioi
had been wiped out to a man. Unti
there are more developments we fee
it is too soon to decalre that Russit
has defeated Germany. We will ad
rait that Russia however, was the first
nation to halt the Nazi.
Camden may never have an air-raid
scare in this war that is now raging
but that does not mean that ever]
man, woman and child should not b<
drilled in what to do if the emergencj
does arise.
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Listen folks, if you have reachec
the end of your imagination and can'i
possibly think of what to buy youi
friend for Christmas, there is stil
time to go to the post office and gel
defense savings stamps or bonds.
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Speaking of that word defense, wt
think Bill Stern, famous sports commentator,
has a swell idea in having
the nation get away from that word
defense and change it to offense
Yes, sir, to say "Kershaw Counts
Council of Offense" sounds better tt
our way of thinking.
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Oh hum! There is one thing can
be said about Napolean and that la
that he got to Moscow.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Is measuring
up to the task as a fighting president.
He seised firm hold of the reins from
the moxqent war came. That makes
him a leader whom all can accept
with enthusiasm for the great task
fit hand.
What a beautiful wedding thg? was
it Grace church last Saturday when
Betty Boineau became a .bride. It
ioes not seem that four years ago
Betty used to bring snapshots of
Uamden scenes to use In our publicity.
, Now she is married; Time
narches on.
[ SPORT'POTPURRI
r (By Skipper)
Who says one can't do two things
1 at once and do them well.
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I>ast Sunday Beck Russell and yours
I truly did Just that. We sat In Moul^
trie Burn's gas buggy, tuned In on the
Bear-Giant world title footbalP game
and watched the polo game?at the
j same time.
What those Bears didn't do to those
i Giants. Ouch. 37 to 9. And as the
sports announcer said "We are seeing
' this afternoon why this Bear machine
Ut the greatest football team the world
bas ever known."
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The polo game was a humdinger
1 as well.' The affair passed off very
1 happpily but it was connected directly
with several near tragedies. Those
lads from Yale, especially Williams
and Flint, who were to play the ?sllowjacket-Mulberry
game were in an
' auto accident- near Fredericksburg,
1 Va. All five lads were badly shaken up,
; cut or bruised but fortunately escaped
- serious consequences. Williams was
able to play but Flint did not get <nto
uniform.
And right on the field of play, in the
third chukker, Ancrum Boykin and
i his pony put on a head-over-heels act,
' as Announcer Ralph Chase termed it.
Ancrum rolled free as the pony fell
and with hooves flying, rolled over
several times. It was forunate that
neither horse nor were injured.
Ralhp Chase was at the mike at 1
tfeetpolo game'and the good old chap
was right ther with blarney and
chatter.
Again we say we are glad that Art
Robinson is to be assigned to aid us
in the recreation and sport program.
We expect to get a league of basketball
players started soon.
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Paging "Maggie" McDowell and
Peggy McGuirt. How about getting
up a girls' team ladies. Think it over.
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Getting back ~to polo again?that
Paul Revere ride by Bubber DuBose'
in the third period was a honey. Bubber
went the full length of the arena,
out distancing the Yellowjacket riders
and carrying the ball right down in
frorit of the Jacket goal. There he
made his goal shot and the ball plunked
right into the fact of a goal post
and rolled away. Tough chuck Chawley.
We hope that when Camden gets its
first air raid and blackout test that
dome wilful people will not regard the
matter too lightly and thereby Incur
trouble for themselves.
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Full details and instructions as to
how to observe the air raid or black,
out regulations will be given by the
IJtilltieg, aud Protection committee iu
sufficient time to educate the people
us to what they are to do. There will
will be uo excuse accepted for failure
to comply with regulations. This nation
is at war and the sooner the civilian
population realises that their
routine-otjlfe must be subject to certain
disciplinary requirements, the better
off they will be.'
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We suggest complete cooperation In
the blackout and air raid program.
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g By the way, the reckless motorists
e are getting away with murder In dis
regarding traffic regulations these
r days. We hope that there will never
k come the time when this description
i- might become literal.
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1 often wouder why it is that time
e saved in getting over a highway is
a prixe<Kmore highly than time saved
by any other moans. Is this time
deemed so valuable used for impor.
taut purposes? Excepting the errand
9 of doctor or fireman or one hastening
I to the deathbed of some loved one,
the few remaining minutes gained by
traveling at 65 to 75 instead of 45 to 50
3 miles an hour are usually just "killed".
? The start might Just as well have been
) made a few minutes earlier if one had
i to be at a certain place at a certain
1 time, or a little less loitering might
1 have been ddhe'^htfn stops were
i made for refreshments. The more we
- read of traffic deaths and Injuries, the
t piore we are convinced that a large
share of them are due to a mistaken
value placed on speed and what It acI
compllshes.
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America At War
Washington, l>?c. U?On Monday
the House and Senate with only one
dissenting vote accepted the challenge
Of war frotn Japan. Today with no
dissenting vote accepted the challenge
the challenge from Germany and Italy.
Thd war now encircles the globe and
pre are in it to the hilt to win?we
must win for ourselves and for civilisation.
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The American people, despite their
efforts to maintain peace, are faced
once agaiu with the challenge of war
?a war wantonly and treacherously
begun by Japan, hand in glove with
Germany and Italy.
There can be no doubt that full responsibility
for this breach of peace
iu the Pacific rests with Japan, upon
the shoulders of this fanatical nation.
History holds few parallels to the record
of treachery and deceit which
has attended the maneuverings of
Japan during the past decade. ' From
the hour of the assault on China, in
1931, the Japanese have taken unscrupulous
advantage of the decency of
other peoples. The desire of the
Western nations for peace and their
long-enduring faith in honorable
methods to maintain it have been seized
upwi by Japan as instruments for
self-aggrandizement. While encroaching
step by step upon the rights of
others, Japan has sought to mask her
real intentions by false pledges of
good faith.
Netiher can there be any doubt that
the urging of Hitler and Mussolini
caused Japan to strike when she did.
it is the familiar totaliarain pattern?
get in the first blow through lies ahd
deceit. The picture, now revealed,
shows that for weeks Japan has been
making aggressive naval moves in the
Pacific on the one hand, playing for
time on the other by keeping up?the
pretense of diplomatic negotiations
with this country.
That we have suffered a seridus
blow, there is no doubt. Our Pacific
fleet has suffered great damage.
Neither is there any doubt that some
one somewhere was asleep at the
switch. We have been told so long
by Naval Authorities that Pearl Harbor
is Impregnable, that our great
naval base there could not be surprised,
that we believed It., We know better
now. That Is water under the bridge
now. This disaster may prove a blessing
in disguise. Now the AmertcaV*
people realise that wo not only have
a treacherous foe in the Pacific but
a powerful one.
No American will need to be told
of the magnitude of the stakes involved,
for it is clear that our future as a
free Nation for many generations to
come will be decided by the results of
this war. Nor will it be necessary to
stress the weight of t,he burden that
we will have to carry.
In attacking us, Japan also has attacked
Britain, the Netherlands and
the little kingdom of Thailand. We
may expect that Russia's Siberian
forces likewise will enter the war on
our side. But the mere fact that allies
are numerous should not be permitted
to blind us to the truth that
the major share of the fighting in the
Pacific will devolve upon us. Britain
and Russia already are heavily engaged
against the other end of the
toalltarlau Axis. Thailand is a negligible
factor in a military sense, and
the Dutch forces In the east, while
brave and able, are limited in strength
and cannot be greatly supplemented.
For these reason* we must look primarily
to our own efforts for own salvation.
Victory will not be easy and we
could make no greater mistake at the
outset of the war than to fall into the
belief that Japan will prove to be a
;weak opponent. Despite her other involvements,
her national energies
have been directed primarily toward
War for many years. She la as ready j
as she will ever be.
As to Hitler and Germany, we face j
the most powerful war machine the
world has ever seen. Armed* to the
hilt Hitler seeks world domination
and American troops must meet him
on the battlefields of Asia, Europe,
and Africa. We are not yet prepared,
we only have a small army, but Justice
and liberty are on our side. .. Our
gigant|c war strength has not yet been
tapped. There is strength in unity
ind Americans are now one unit. It
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jwill take saerlflce to win and to that
end wo must, If necessary, pledge "our
fortunes, our lives and our sacred
honor".
Christmas
J Washington, Dec.?I wlBh for everyone
In the Fifth Congressional District
a happy Christmas. May* the New
Year bring to you happiness, and prosperity.
May war clouds hovering
about our homos be soon dispelled by
victory and peace.
The House and Senate have both
been working over-time this week in
the hope that Members can get home
for a few days at least during Christmas
week. Both branches have had
under consideration extension of the
Selective Service Act. The major differences
of opinion between the House
and Senate is whether or not boys
between 18 and 21 years of age should
be drafted. The House passed the bill
recommended by its Military Affairs
Committee, which placed the minimum
age at 21 years and the maximum
at 44. The Senate bill makes all
men eligible to the draft between the ,
ages of 19 and 44, The differences are
now being discussed by conferees, and
I hope that the conferees will get together
on the House Bill. In view
of the fact that we can get millions of
man-power even from the 21-36 years
bracket, it is haxd to understand why
the War Department would want to
draft these younger boys who have
not completed their education and
have not developed into manhood. Of
course, if the time comes when the
nation needs them, they will have to
be called but we cannot train and
equip now the men already registered
for the draft. General Summerall,
President of The Citadel, said in a
telegram dated December 18th:
"Strictly oppose drafting boys under
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JOY TO ALL
Blow, bugles, blow I
*TU New Year again,
time to be jolly,
time to renew old
cq??lntMcet, time
to make new
friend**
May " 1942 brine a
fulfillment of yonr
ambition*, new
prosperity and Inerca*ii>C
Imp pin em.
May It mark a truly
great milestone la
your life.
wrt?Cri$
OUTLOOK SHOP
d?HERE are many words In the j)
dictionary . big words and little words . . . words
with tha splendor of royalty, words with the brilliance ,
of diamonds, words as pretentious as the sweep of a
, peacocks train. *" i
There are homely words, too, end between home
foflcs like ourselves these ere the ones we choose to
carry our simple New Year message to you. Many
thanks for your kindness, end every good wish for a
Happy New Year.
[ CAROLINA MOTOR CO.
S. C. CLYBURN, Manager
Phone 210 ' Camden, S. C.
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I Just a timely and friendly greeting to
lot you know that we wish for our
friends and customers a whole shipload
of good things?spiritual and material
?for 365 days. High thanks we owe
I you. And high thanks we give. God
bless you and keep youl
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M-K COFFEE SHOP
RING out the old! Ring in the new! There's
a warming of the heart as the New Year
dawns. Eat, drink and be merry! SSStettT
For yonr friendly patronage dor- 1
ing the past year we thank yon
sincerely. It is the wish of every- - ?J? .
member of this organisation that , J
yon may find 1942 filled with good
things ... new horizons, greater
prosperity, and greater joy in livh?.
HAPBY NEW YEAR! ^Uli
, THE CAMDEN FOOD SHOP
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