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The Camden Chronicle JvOl UMEM CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1942 % NUMBER 11 tul Drive Nears Successful Finish b.(|l|(|, ,, and Kershaw county coneu. ,h community which proves ihcic Ih no ceiling on American Kroeliy and no rationing on supk fur the forces of democracy In present global war. Mayor f. n. b'oikh. county chairman of the Fund Drive, 8am Karesh, in <>f iho city campaign, and Colli johu T. Stevens, in charge of campaign at Kershaw, and Mrsr |m M?y?. Bethune, express dhtlsEion over the manner in which the eU* of the city and county have kondetl to the appeal for funds for United Service Organizations, Ina relief, and Navy relief. Ker w where Colonel John t. Stevens in charge of the war fund, has bed its quota of $400. The city Camden is within several hundred lars of its objective, and tho only k where progress has been at a By,mill), is Bethune. However, with Eoximutoly four weeks remaining the drive to continue, the county Hlrman believes that Bethune will I only attain its quota of $160, but Heed that. hairman Karesh of the city camHn, is confident that when the Epaign period has expired and all Eorts are in, that this city will have exceeded Its Quota. Hdvice from the state office of the Blted Service organization at CoEbla report^ that eight counties and etcen communities in other coun have completed their campaigns H have exceeded their quotas. ^Rbalrman Karesh in a statement Ednesday declared that while the period extends up to and inHding July 4, that he was hopeful the city and county quota would Ettained. If not exceed by the end next week. If this is true ,the Epaign will be terminated. ^bednesday morning tho war fund H&t was enriched by a contribution ^h|100, a check for that amoufat bereceived from Mrs. Edith Wood^hrd by the Chamber of Commerce h tho war fund. led Cross Grads eceive Certificates ^Hridav, May 29, 1942, will go down Camden history as a peak event the k. rshaw county chapter of the Hterican lied Cross. On the greens^Brd in front of the historic Bethesda esbyterian church and around the ^bmite monument of Baron DeKalh, Btoric fieure of the American Revo^bion, Camden citizens gathered to tness the presentation of certfl^bes to nearly 300 Red Cross wcrk^ These certificates were granted to H>se who had finished the Red Cross ^ irsos in nutrition, canteen, first ^b, motor corps, convoy-and blackout giving, and nurses aid. ^Blighlighting the affair which was ged with a background of martial sic and patriotic songs, was the ^Bsentation of a Bervice ribbon bar i Mrs. w. j.' Mayfield, by Major H>ultrie Hrailsford, president of the Hintv chapter, and presiding officer the graduating exercises. the 102nd Cavalry, ^essex" Troop, h&d from Fort Jackson was present I provide the musical setting fori program. Seated on the platform (IMease turn to page 3) h/U<U you &444f WdU WAR BONDS, J" " Tn? Army's fighter planes sre the **?t in the world end develop j**d? up tg 400 miles en hour. ??y cost approximately $100,000 provide fighter escorts for the ** flying fortresses, tad combine >??d. range, altitude end blistering ' power. - - j America's plane production plants * working over-time turning out fousanda of these planes. Jr Savings Bonds-wffl help pay ? them and the vAmiericaii people * committed to at least ten perof their Income to finance their J*t in War Bonds. Every AmeriS' bu7to* his share every pay day, ^ make it comparatively easy to Flying Students Pay Huglin Honor ? ,1 i . i . 11 . Major Henry Huglin, West Pointer, who ha? been C. O. at the Southern Aviation school here siuce It was founded In February, 1941, left Monday for Camden. Arkansas, where he will become commanding officer of a ?e"w air training achool at that place. While there ha? been no official assignment of his successor, it Is generally understood that Lieutenant L. M. Hauprlck will bocome commanding officer Of the Camden post. It is Interesting to note that out of the executive personnel of the army in charge of the school wheu It was established, there remains but two they being Major E. C. Brown, and Captain W. R. Fahs. The officers and cadets of the school staged an impressive review Friday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock on the large ramp in front of the hangars in lionor of Major Huglin. It was quite the tlne8t affair of the kind ever presented at the school and was witnessed by several hundred Invited guests, the school personnel and families being on the guest list. Major Huglin will take charge of the Arkansas school immediately. Miss Emma M. Vllleplgue, who has been head clerk of the army office here since the school started, will go to Camden, Arkansas, to head the office staff there. The* eleventh class of students to graduate from the local school left Saturday for schools where they will have ten weeks of basic training. A new class will enter the local school next Tuesday. The class graduating this week was four times larger than the first class to graduate. Take (^are of Rubber Advises Home Agent "If you want to make household rubber articles last longer, guard against the three big rubber enemies," says Margaret Fewell, county Home Demonstration Agent. According to the South Carolina Demonstration Department at Winthrop college, "heat, light and oil grease are the three kinds of rubber enemies to watch. "The higher the temperature, the more quickly rubber gets weak, cracks, becomes sticky. Sunlight is especially harmful because it combines the destructive action of both heat and light. And rubber, left in contact with oil or grease for long, swells and becomes weak. "Rubber used in elastic fabrics? such as foundation garments, is more easily damaged by oil and grease than other kinds of rubber. If these garments are worn next to the skin, the body oils may cause them to .weaken unless they are washed frequently. "Keep rubber goods clean with warm water or with water and soap. You can use any kind of soap on articles made solely of rubber. But if (the garment is part fabric, use a mild soap for the fabrlc'B Bake. Dry all rubber articles or garments. Do not expose to direct sunlight, and if you have to iron a garment with rubber in it, press as lightly as possible. "Never dry clean any garment that has rubber in it. But if you can't get oil, grease, or tar off rubber with soap and water, you can use a dry cleaning fluid to remove them. Sponge the rubber lightly with the fluid. And even in stubborn cases, never leave rubber in fluid more than 2 or 3 min(Please turn to page two) Get-to-Gether is Plan ef-Auxiliary A regular meeting of the Legion Auxiliary, scheduled for Friday, June 12, from 4 to 6 p. m., will be followed by a get-together meeting with representatives of every organization in Camden present to discuss problems of the South Carolina Camp and Hospital Council. Mrs. Leon Schlosburg, president ol the Legion Auxiliary, announced thai representatives of every organizatioi were being invited to attend and tt bring as many members of their re spective organizations with them. An interesting program is In progress-with Rleba/d R- Gabbitt, of .Co lumbta, representing the South Car?, lina Camp and Hospital Concern. In as much as the purpose of thk get-together meeting concerns a nee hospital under construction at th< Southern Aviation School, the affah wfll undoubtedly be wen attended. ! Fire Truck Chasers Constitute Hazard As several score of speed demons sent their automobiles hurtling north of Broad street Sunday evenlug In a frenzied dash after a Are truck, spectators on the sidewalks gasped and one patriotic bystander, with a disjguHtod snort shouted, "To hell with 'rubber und(, gasoline restrictions." For those speeding cars, the great majority being manned by Are chasers, evidenced little regard for tlfM ,and gasoline. Ironically there was no (Are?at least not that way, for the big pumper * had quietly slipped {around the corner on South Broad j street to extinguish a Are that had started in a gas pump at the Hlnson Ailing station. The hose truck, leaving the Are station after the big pumper had gone out of sight, swung north on Broad street and with siren shrieking went pell mell on a tour of the north side residential section in a vain hunt of a Are. Streaming after the hose truck for blocks came scores of autos. Chief Fire Mhrshal Denton on Monday requested that the police department enforce the law which prohibits motorists chasing the Are trucks. The Are department received an alarm from the air post shortly after the noon hour Sunday. A rubbish Ore had spread to a big pile of lumber near the offices of the Daniels Construction company and had gained considerable headway wh^j the Ore pumper from this city reahhed the scene. The pumper was stationed near the swimming pool and pimped a stream of water through a quarter of a mile of hose to the scene of the Ore. 1^ required several hours before the blaze was extinguished. Boards To Call 3-A Men For Draft Anticipating the induction of registrants with dependents into the Army, probably by the end of this year, National Selective Service headquarters have instructed boards to begin separating registrants with dependents into two classes?Classes 3-A and 3-B. The purpose of the reclassiAcatlon, it was emphasized, is twofold. The Arst is to eliminate men from the dependency classlAcatlon who can not prove their dependents need tbeir income for support, and also to ellm1 inate those who cannot prove they did not acquire dependents to'dodge the draft. The second Is to segregate those who have dependents but are engaged in an occupation vital to war. Boards have been ordered to place in' Class 3-A "any registrant upon | whose earnings one or more persons I depenjl for support in a reasonable | j manner and who Is not engaged in 1 an activity either essential to the war production program or essential to the support of the effort." Into Class 3-B will go "any registrant upon whose earnings one or , more persons depend for support in | a reasonable manner and who is en* t gaged in an activity either essential to the war production program or ' essential to the support of the war ! effort." When it becomes necessary to in; duct men with dependents, Class 3-A will be Arst selected for jnllltary service. Draft boards were instructed to , proceed with the reclassification of i men who registered on February 16 , of this year. After these have been , classified, boards will proceed with the reclassification of men in the first and second registrations. Dependency will not be considered in the case (Please turn to page six) PAY FOR YOUR PAPER NOW! L . Dim to ?v?r.lncrmlnfl cost of publishing a newspaper and ths i decreasing of advertising revenue i due to this war effort, The Camden Chronicle must ask that all . subscribers pay their subscriptions promptly.' We are mailing out notices to all subscribers who are In t arrears.. Ws wilt continue to I carry these subscribers for a short ' time after the notice is mailed, I however , unless the subscribers > pay promptly within a reasonable time after receiving notice, Ths Chronicle win take your name off the list. 8uch a discontinuance of your subecrlptlon Is no reflection on anyone's credit. It la ths onljf means that we have of determining whether eufceertber'e In arrears , desire to continue getting The Chronicle and the one means that r we have of keeping down east of >| publishing ^ ths^paper. We are f ~ State Convention To Meet Here In July The 39th annual convention*?f the South Carolina Rural Letter Carriers' Association in conjunction with the 16th annual convention of thtv Ladies' Auxiliary Letter Carriers' Association, and the 6th annual couveutlon of the Junior Organization of the ltural Letter Carriers' Association, will be held at the Court Inn here on July 1, 2, and 3. The convention of the Rnral Letter Carrlors' Association will be called Into session at 8:30 p. m., July 1, In the dining hall of the Court Inn by president C. W. Qolightly of Inntan, 8. C. The address will be given by Mayor F. N. McCorkle, who will Introduce F. H. Heath,-executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. The welcome will be supplemented by Postmaster C. P. DuHose, Sr., of this city. There will also be short talks by the officials of the association.? Registration of the delegates and visitors and distribution of badges will begin at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The convention will be I ushered in by the singing of "Atuerlica", followed by an invocation. The (response to the addgess of welcome I by Mayor McCorkle ~hnd Postmaster iDuBose will be offered by President Qolightly of the Carriers' Association. On Thursday morning at 10 o'clock there will be a joint session of the Rural Carriers', Ladles' Auxiliary, and the Junior Organisation, in the convention hall. On Thursday after-1 noon delegates and ^visitors will go to the Hermitage pond for an afternoon of swimming and other recreation. On Thursday evening there wijl be a dance given in the dining hay of the Court Inn. On Friday morning the convention will be called to order at 9:80 o'clock and the program will open with the singing of "America", following the invocation a memorial service will be conducted by the Ladles' Auxiliary. This will be followed by a school of instruction and in turn by the report of the secretary and treasurer and committees. Election of officers and election of delegates to the national convention and the name of the 1942 convention city will be next in order. The convention will come to a (Please turn to page 3) L I CAMDEN MEN; BE ALERT This is a message of vital importance to every man living in Camden. Is there a man in Camden who is not willing to sacrifice time and energy for the protection of his family and loved onesf Apparently there are many, who j either do not care* or have not ! given the matter proper consideration. j No man can properly protect his family, his. friends or himself unless he receives the proper training against gas, bombs, fire, etc., prescribed by the military authorities of our country. Men of Camden, are you willing to gamble with safety, security, and thfi very lives of your families that nothing whatever happens to Camden. Something is radically wrong. Civilian Defense has been conducting for the past five weeks three nights a week classes by an accredited instructor in the Camden high school, on the various phases of self preservation. It to be deplored that the attendants at these schools has been less than fifty per cent of the enrollment of the different services. Please take note the classes which are now running will finish' next week. In the week beginning June 15, another class will be started for those who failed to attend regularly the prosent class sessions and for those who have had no instruction at all. Announcement of the date, time and place for the new classes will appear in nex{ week's Chronicle. This is an appeal to every man in Camden not connected with the Home Guard, to give his family the protection that they are entitled to receive as offered by our government, free of charge. Men of Camden?ponder thisj question. Why should a few menJ sacrifice their time and energy mad shoulder the responsibilities of the ms*r.-vrv; - - . * Idea of Csmlsn, it's up to you. Old Time Stars Are On Softball Field (By The Skipper) , All that was lacking In thfe softhall picture Monday when the opening games of the city league were played was the presence in the far right field of Dr. J. W. Corbett and purty, and good friend John Vitteplgue. Remember folks buck only a year or so when we had the softball program hitting on all cylinders, you would almost see Dr, Corbett and his group, Including Doug Doykin, John Villepigue and others watching from out of the dim distance along Laurens street. Monday there wus a new note added to the perspective, that of scores of bicycles plied along the parkway on I^aurens street. True, there were I plenty of automobiles present, in fact they quite filled the line of the curb J about the softball field. ? What aroused our enthusiasm most Of all was the galaxy of former stars on the diamond during the evening. K. Clarkson Rhame, one of the best pitchers this ballwlck has turned out was out for the first time In some three years and while he retired In the fifth in favor of Harrison, he will be a hot member for the Home Guard unit after he shapes Into form. Aud who do you think was standing oh the first sack for the Guard team?quite covering the bag by the way? None other than Mons. Stanley Babln whose Gehrig ability back In the days of the Slnclalrs, made him one of the best first sackers In South Carolina softball. Over on third base was none other than M. B. Burns, polo star, Rotarian, Chamber of Commerce director and what not In the busy scheme of life. Again our eyes lighted up with interest. We rubbed them and gated again. Sure nuff, 'tis he. A former merchant star of the diamond, the lad who had to take the loudest ribbing from the fans during the day of his meteoric career?Introducing Joseph Farina Moseley. Yes folks, 'twas good old Joe who was doing the umpiring in the first game and who cavorted around the second sack (Please turn to page two) Last Minute Entries In State Campaign Columbia, June 1.?Former Governor Olin D. Johnston of Spartanburg qualified today to oppose Wyndliam M. Manning of Sumter for governor in the Democratic primary this fall. Johnston had kept his Intentions a secret until he arrived at the office of James Hunter, Jr., Democratic party Secretary, a few minutes before the noon deadline. Eugene S. Blease of Newberry, former chief justice of the state supreme court, qualified for the United States senatorial race to oppose Senator Burnet R. Maybank. Blease filed his pledge and paid his fee about four minutes before the deadline. He had announced last week that he would not be a candidate for any state or federal office. Asked by newsmen why he changed his mind, he said, "I'll make a full statement when the campaign ! opens at Lexington tomorrow." Until a few minutes before the deadline It appeared that neither May. bank nor Manning would have opposition in the senatorial and gubernatorial races. Such a situation would have been without precedent in South Carolina politics. Johnston had steadfastly refused to disclose which of the two men he would oppose, although he had an. nounced he would seek a public of. (Please turn to page aix) ?r yo , ? WANTED?SO WOMEN i V* The Civilian Defense has need of 60 women to act as Ere watchere. . .. Volunteers will please contact the chief air raid warden In the ward In which they live and put In their application to him. From the ranks of the volunteers tan women will bo selected in each ward to reoeive instructions ' aa Ere watchers. A school will - toe started next week for the Instruction of these women. It will toe necessary for them to take 3 hours of Ere defense, 2 hours of gas defense, and 6 hours of general instruction. j The Air Aald wardens of the. re* spectlve wards to whom applications are mads are as follows: Ward 1, Clyde V. M esse beau; Ward 2, H. H. Pooser; Ward i Wytle Sheorn; Ward 4, Las LlttU; Ward 6, Jos McKaln: Ward i, Father Ed Burks; and Dusty Band, id West. Derieux To Speak At Meeting Here James C. Dorteux, stale director oI the office of price administration, Lieutenant L. M. Hauprick, and Mayor F. N. McGorkle. will be the apeakera at an Important meeting of the Merchant a' Auaociatlon to bo held Monday ovuning at 9 o'clock at the Court Inn. It was announced by the offlcere of the Merchants' Aaaociatlon Thursday, that In aa much aa Mr. Derieux will have to leave the mooting promptly a. ut 9 o'clock in order to catch a bua for Columbia, that the meeting la to Btart promptly at 8 o'clock. It was alao atated that the meeting will be open to all persons who are Interested in the program of price administration. Sugggestion hHa been made that persons who wish for detailed information on varlouB phasea in the price administration act, have these questions writton out so that they may bo presented to director Derieux who will then give information along the wanted line. The presence of Lieutenant Hauprlck at the meeting will give the business men of Camden an opportunity to meet the commanding officer of the Southern Aviation School. Mayor McCorkle will be on hand to discuss matters of city administration which are germane to the interest of the business men. Another speaker at the meeting will be Postmaster C. P. DuBose, Sr., who will outline to the merchants the plan to be followed at noon, on July 1, when all business houses over the nation will confine the period between 12 o'clock noon and 12:16 o'clock In the afternoon to the sale of defense bonds and stamps. Mr. DuBose will explain to the merchants, and other business men, Just how the stores are to be supplied with bonds and stamps which are to be sold. It is Interesting to note that during the 16-minute period not a single item of merchandise will be disposed of In any of the mercantile establishments. New Books Added To Camden Library V. - - - , Fifty-six new books were added to the Camden Library duflng the month of May. These Include non-flctlon, children books, and novels. "The Last Time I Saw Paris", by Elliot Paul, the national best-seller, presents typical Frenchmen and women In yall their virtues and vices. It concentrated upon the block of Paris and present$v With fantastic humor the author's keen observation of a city In which he lived for eighteen ? years. "Is Tomorrow Hitler's?", by H. R. Knickerbocker, whose hate affair with Hitler is one of the most torrid In political history, should be most authentic as the author not only spent years In Germany, but also published six books in German, knew practically everyone, and explored the country from top to bottom. For distinguished foreign correspondence he at one time won the Pulltser prise on a series of articles of Russia's. Five Year Plan, but almost for ten years Berlin was the focus of his life. "The Making of Tomorrow", by Raoul de Roussy de Sales, historical in outline and rich In detail, .Is an (PImum torn to page eight) illmyltfiM "Every penny saved helps to hfachoMt the Axiu** 4 . ' ' > rV THE simplest of home recipes S for saving pennies: turn out unnfffinty lights. One person shouldn't have to follow others wound, turning switches! Betides?ample electric supply is eitaf to war production! U>t tfa? Hlllrt mved lo pm> cWU. S.^l^SSTAM^-,,f^t4m' >. . | | ? . .. J*.~ 'rus.v A t< '