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fr Camden Boy mor Graduate <raduatlon exerclaea of rphnnge high achool held I !n Clinton appeared the lea Cheauut Whltaker, of Dung Whltaker waa aa" i i i ii1AMES CHE8NUT WHITAKER atoriaa pf his claaa and was popr ia school. ^H}Ie Is the youngest son*of the late I'^^nlrew 0. Whitaker and Mrs. Mae Kay Whitaker, of Camden. The accompanying cut of the young u was furnished The Chronicle Eough tlie courtesy of The Clinton Ironic le. Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. Herman Baruch, of Kck Hill and Camden, announce the Kgagemetit of their daughter, Frances Loach, to Helmar Abrams, of Korgetown. The wedding will be held Camden. July 19. Miss Baruch graduated from Win rop college June 1. Mr. Abrams Jaduated from the University of nuth Carolina in class of 1937. Brannon?McCumber |Mr. and Mrs. J. E. L. Brannon, an lunces the marriage of their daughBr, Jane, to Sergeant Lloyd E. McBimber, of Dexter. N. Y., and Fort lenning, Juue 2, by Rev. Arthur E. loung. I Mrs. M< Cumber,-, is the youngest feughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brannon. |he was graduated from Midway high Rhool and for the past year has been nployed a' The Smart Shop. I Mr. McCumber Is the son of Mr. and rs. D. N. McCumber, of Dexter, N. . Before going into the army he vas photographer for Time Magazine, fte is Sergeant in the signal corps. I Mr. and Mrs. McCumber are mak* pg their home in Fort Benning, Ga. BAR Fl ELD?GARDNER Kershaw, May 23.?On Saturday aflernoon. May 9, Miss Ernestine Barleld and Frank Gardner, both of KerIhaw, were united in marriage by probate Judge N. C. Arnett at his lome in Camden. ! Mrs. Gardner is the youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Sarfleld of Kershaw. She is a gradiate of the Kershaw high school. Mr. Gardner is the son of Mr. and Urs. D. Jack Gardner of Kershaw. He ecfcived his education from the Kerhaw and Flat Creek high schools md holds a position with the Haile old Mines. After a brief wedding trip tb^ oung couple will reside in Kershaw. From Sergeant Rush Under the heading "News From he Boys" appeared the following: Enid Army Flying School, Enid, )kla.-?Sgt. Isaac Albertus Rush, of amden. won first place in the bond slogan contest sponsored here. Hia slogan: "buying bonds At a reasonable clip Will defeat the Nazis And nip the Nip." Seargeant Rush is the son of Mr. aQd Mrs. Julian B. Rush, of Camden. WANTED Two Sales Ladies for week-end help, in Dry Goods Store. Prefer ladies with experience.y Address all inquiries P.O. Box 267 Camden, S. G pwnaM^nMHMNHHapplia|. 1 SOCIETY NEWS Telephone 29 * >, Entertains With Party Major and Mrs. Harold Glasscock, Jr., entertained a few friends Informally Saturday afternoon with a eqoktall party Sh the homo of Dr. John W. Corbett, >vhere they are staying ' Iho party want given in commeinoratlou of their^jgAduini; uunlveraury. Mrs. Trotter Entertains Mrs. T. K. Trotter entertained the I bridge club of which she is a member ' last Thursday. Mrs. R. 11. Clarkson. I Mrs. A. 1). McArn, Mrs. K. R.. Pitts, i Mrs. J. Q. Richards and Mrs. L. 11. i Rockafellow, were the substitutes. [The rooms were most attractive with ( lovely double pine and blue larkspur , and Alaskan daisies. After a round1 of games the hostess served cookies { and coca-cola. ( Meeting Of Fidelis Class The meeting of the Fidelis class of tho Baptist church was lield in tho Men's llible class room on Monduy evening at 8 o'clock. There was a , good attendance. Mrs. C. II. Stogner, president, presided. After tho devotional, which was given by Mrs. Stogner, a short business session was held. Then followed a delightful social hour with refreshments served by the hostesses of the month. Gave Bridge Luncheon Mrs. Fredericks A. Kirkland gave a lovely bridge luncheon Wednesday morning, for the members of the Wednesday morning club which she plays with so often. Also invited to play with the club members were Mrs. R. B. Clarkson, Mrs. D. A. Boykin and Mrs. D. O. Houser. This was the end of the series and Mrs. R. B. Pitts held high score for the series. After the game luncheon was served by the hostess, assisted by her daughter, Mrs. Jack Whltaker, Jr. Mr*. Goodale Entertains Mrs. N. R. Goodale. Jr., entertained with three tables of bridge for the club of which she is a member last Thursday afternoon, at her home on Union street. The party rooms were bright with spring flowers. Mrs. A. E. Wood and Mrs. C. H. Yates, Jr., w'cre invited to play with the club members. The Defense stamps were won by Mrs. Joe Cline, Mrs. Charlie DeLoache and Mrs. Harrington Yates, Jr. A salad course was served at the close of several progressions. Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. Usher Newton Myers, of Camden, announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Kathryn Myers, of Camden and Beaufort, and Lieutenant James Albert Michener, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Sayre, Pa. Miss Myers, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrq. Myers, graduated from the Camden high school and later attended Winthrop College, where she was a member of Sigma Delta Thesa sorority. She now holds a Civil Service position at the U. S. Naval hospital, Parris Island, S. C. Lieutenant Michener is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Robert Michener, of Sayre, Pa. He graduated from Harrisburg Academy in 1937, and from' Anfherst College, Amherst, Mass., in 1941. His fraternity at Amherst was Theta Beta Pi fraternity. Lieutenant Michener is now stationed with the U. S. Marines at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Myers and their son, Usher Myers, Jr., are to go to Harrisburg, Pa., for the wedding, the date of which is June 20. hobkirk hill chapter held meeting; in8tall officer8 The Hobkinr Hill Chapter D. A. R. met May 15, at the home of Mrs. H. G. Marvin. The meeting was called to order by the regent Mrs. Hughey Tindal. Prayer was given by Mrs. Robert Kennedy. Salute to the flag by members. Reports from officers were heard. The registrar reported that papers had been received giving membership of Mrs. Leslie Whitaker and Mrs. F. M. ^pencer to the chapter. Mrs. Tindal gave a most interesting report of the National convention D. a. R. held in Chicago. , The following new officers were installed: Regent, Mrs. Marvin; first vice regent, Mrs. Tindal; second vice regent, Mrs. VonTresckow; recording secretary, Miss Ada Phelps; treasurer, Mrs. J. L. Guy; corresponding secretary, Mrs. W. F. Nettles; chaplain, Mrs. R. M. Kennedy; registrar.. Mrs. J. R- Montgomery. The hew regent-- 4iamed the following chairmen: Program and year book, Mrs. R B. Pitts; Americanism and national defense, MrS. Freeman; approved schools, Mrs. vonTresckow; Red Cross. Mrs. Marvin; correct use of jthe flag. Mrs. Taylor; D. A. R. pilgrimage. Mrs. Montgomery; geneaological records and historial research, Mrs. Rhame; Junior American citizenship. Mrs. Gay; press relations, Mrs. Marvin; Indians, M1m S. Mlckle. &?.? Personal Mention The O. E. 8tupalaki's have moved] luto their Mew home In Sareflleld. I H. M. Kenuedy, Jr., of Charleston, spent the week eud with hie family. I T. Lee Little Is serving ou the I federal Jury lu Charleston this week.) Born to Mr. uud Mrs. Guy Mayer, I at the Camden hospital, on June 5. a sou. i Miss Esther Marsh Is spending this I week with her graudmother, Mrs. llot-i ife MIekle. ' Eurle Latham, of Lulioy, New York,! Is spending a few days with friends I In Camden. i Mr. and Airs. J, W. Hoover have as | their guest. Miss Paylor Jones, of Camdeu, Ala. j H. P. Ogles by, of Miami, Fla., is >n a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Law-1 rence Oraham. ! Miss Magdalene Glenn, of Athens, lla., was the guest this week of Miss Gertrude Gillis. j Mrs. George Freeman, of Bennetts-1 ville, visited her mother, Mrs. Willie liaile Tueseday. | Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hugglns have I returned from a tishing trip to West-1 ern North Carolina. i Mrs. Tom Davis, of Washington, J D. C., is on a visit to her mother, j Mrs. T. J. Klrkland. j Sergeant John B. Whitley of Fort Bragg, N. C., is visiting relatives and J friends here this week. I Mrs. W. C. Hough, of Cheraw, is j spending the week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Zemp. \ Mrs. L. I. Guion has returned from J a visit to relatives and friends in I Columbia and Spartanburg. I Mrs. A. O. Heyward and children, I of Pensacola, Fla., are on a visit to I her mother, Mrs. W. C. Nicholson Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Lee had as their I guest last week end the letter's moth- J er, Mrs. R. M. Parson, of Anderson J Miss Mary Florence Little, of Charlotte, was the week end guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Lee Little. I Mr. and Mrg. Everette Goodale, of Washington, are on a visit to the former's mother,! Mrs. James Goodale. Mr. and Mrs. Adicks Klrkland. of .Wlnnsboro, were the week end guests of the former's mother, Mrs. T. J. I Klrkland. Dr. R. E. Stevenson has gone on a J visit to his brother in Dallas, Texas, and Ralph Stovenson, Jr., in Los Arf-| geles, Calif. I The many friends of Miss Caroline Richardson, who has been working! in New York, will be delighted to know she has returned to Camden. I Mrs. Henry Lee Clyburn and chll-1 dren left Tuesday to join her hua-| band, Captain Henry Lee Clyburn, I who is now stationed at Norfolk, Va. Miss Sarah Lynn . Richey, who taught the past year in Atlanta, arrived home Saturday to spend her vacation with her mother, Mrs. H. L. Richey. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Whitley and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Whitley all of Charlotte, N. C., were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Whitley and son. Mrs. R. Is. Zetroer, of Gainesville, Florida, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Jenkins, of Baltimore, attended the funeral of John F. Jenkins, held here Thursday. , Lieutenant and Mrs. Hamilton Osborns moved last week to their home on north Lyttleton street. Lieutenant Osborne will be stationed at the air post for about ten weeks. Lieutenant R. M. Kennedy, III, of Fort Eustis, Va., came down for the week end and on Thursday, carried Mrs. Kennedy and children back with him where they will make their home while he is stationed at Fort Eustis. GRACE CHURCH BOY8 AND GIRL8 GO TO KANUGA, N. C. When the Junior conference opens at Kanuga, N. C., on June 13, there will be a large delegation of boys i and girls present from Camden, most of them members of Grace church. The conference is under the control of the Episcopal church in the two Carolinas but is not limited in attendance to members of the Episcopal church. ? Among those who will leave on Saturday are: * Miss Margaret D. Clarke, who will be a member of the faculty: Louise Blakeney. Betty Blakeney, Donald Campbell, John deLoach, Shannon Lindsay, Tommy Ancmm, Berpie Atkinson, Arthur Dibs, George Dibs, Catherine Sheorn, Mert WhUaker and Mortimer Muller. Sevens of these have received half scholarships for regular and faithful dlsAarge of their ct^urch duties. Last 8unday morning all of them received the sacrament pf the holy communion together with their advisor, Miss Margaret Clarke. Grace Episcopal Church The services for Sunday, June 14. will be as follows: Holy communion at 8:00 a. m.; no church school at 8:46, but the church school will attend at 10 a. m. Members and friends asked to note the change of time from 11:1* to 11:00 a. m. This change will continue in Effect dorr. leg "ggiL ... i tat the summer. The service wit > Jest one hour. I Red Cross Chapter Returns Thanks Friday, May 29. wbh indued a ted letter day in Kershaw county Red Cross annala and the program com. mittee, Mrs. K. c. VonTreackow, the chairmau. wishes to thank all thoae who assisted In making the maaa graduation exercises a success. K'jpo. clally, Mrs. A. A. Reasouover and Mrs. William Whitaker on the decor, atlon committee. June Italy of the city department and Chldr Alva Hush and the police department; the Camden FlowttAflfcpmpauy for the ex-1 quistte flowers donated; lluv. A. D. Mi Ai n for the use of church grounds and Sunday school rooms and the American la'glon for uao of UuRed States flag. Special thanks are certainly due Colonel McQowan and Captain Skidmore and the hand who gave so gen. erously of their time and talents. The ushors and committee on the formation of classes did yeoman service. Unfortunately all the graduutes were not represented, as we bad hoped for, on the platform. For 180 persons graduated lu June and the fall mouths of 1941 in the 3 courses of first aid and 16 of these took the instructor's cpurse. A total of 346 persons hav?# completed the courses in first aid alone. The group of graduates on platform was augmented by piorabera of classes who graduated in 1917-1918, during world war 1. Many in Camden have the right to wear the several veils. Four nurse's aides have graduated and another claBs is now anxious to begin, but an Instructor Is needed, a trained nurse from a hospital of 60 feeda or oves. Anyone in Camden who can fill the requirements and has the time for the work is urged to ofTer her services immediately either at Red Cross headquarters, phone 304[W, or Mrs. John Langford, phone 35. Mrs, Sam Russell reports for sewing room 31 sewers made 31 articles in 151 hours. An Institute for the State will be held at Columbia, June 15 to 18, Inclusive. at th^ Columbia Bible College and for one of the few occasions in the history of the American Red Cross attendance is put as a must, and It is hoped every officer and chairman and member possible Iwlll atttend for one day or more* headquarters personnel will conduct *he sessions, Monday, June 15. Some of these definite Institute objectives on Monday, beginning at 9:30 a. m. will be: Relationship of Red Cross to the war eofTort; plans for combined roll call and war drive and general financing; disaster preparedness; civilian defense; foreign operations; pulic Information. Tuesday, June 16?Service to the armed forces; military and naval warfare; home service; first aid, water safety and accident prevention. Wednesday, June 17?Nursing services, Junior Red Cross, volunteeer special services. Thursday, June 18?General operations for chapter executives. The Institute headquarters will be at the Columbia Bible College. The rateB for rooms will be fl each for double roooms with twin beds, and 11.50 each for single rooms. Good cateering facilities are within easy reach of the colleg. If you Intend going, please report at once to Red Cross headquarters, Broad street, or phone Mrs. W H Harris, 304-W. Mrs. Ren Pearce Dies at Hospital Mrs. Ben McCoy Pearce died at the Camden hospital Monday after several months Illness. Before marriage she wag Miss Ella Tiller, of Chesterfield, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dickson Tiller. Since her marriage she has resided in the Pearce homestead in the Stockton section where she had many friends and her home-life was one of unusual hospitality. She was a lifelong member of the Lyttleton Street Methodist church and a leader in ber community. Mrs. Pearce Is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Hampton Irby, of Columbia and Miss Sallie A. Pearce, of Sumter; two sons, E. T. Pearce, of Camden and J. C. Pearce, of Lancaster; one stfep-son, E. C. Pearce, of Camden, and a foster son, Dr. J. C. Pearce, of Graniteville, and one grandson, Benny McCoy Pearce. Surviving also Is one brother, J. H. Tiller, of Georgetown, and three sisters, Mrs. G. K. Laney and Mrs. Mamie Butler, of Chesterfield and Mrs. J. C. Humphries, of Sumter. Funeral services were held at four o'cloek Tuesday afternoon at her realdeuce in the Charlotte Thompson Community apd interment followed in the Quaker cemetery at Camden. i May bank Honors Confederate Heroes Senator Burnet R. Maybank, principal apeaker at the Confederate Memorial Day ceremonies In the amphitheatre of Arlington National cemetery, broadcast to the people of the South that the spirit of Dixie's fighting men?the "heritage of being willing to fight and die for what we believe to be right"?will "win this war today". Speaking in the shadow of the home of Robert E. Lee, now a national shrine, 8enator Maybank declared the South "shall never forget the principles and convictions on which Southern people built their olvilizatlon." Camden Suffers First War Casualty. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon from the residence of his mother for John Furman Jenkins, Jr.,?bo far as is known Camden and Kershaw county's flrBt war casualty. Mr. Jenkins died from burns suffered when the ship he was on was torpedoed in the Gulf of Mexico on May 16. He, with some twelve others of the crew were rescued and taken to a hospital in Houma, Louisiana, near New Orleans, where he has been a patient for the past three weeks. Mr. Jenkins was the son of Mrs. Mary Alexander Jenkins and the late John Furman Jenkins. He was born in Elberton, Georgia, June 27, 1906, but spent most of his life in Camden. At the time of his death he was employed as agent for the Charlotte Observer and Columbia State, making the early morning da to many | towns adjacent to Cgmden territory. Prior to that he spent about ten yoars Jn the Merchant Marines and many ports in all parts of the globe. He had many friends in Camden and ' elsewhere who regret his tragic death. Five years ago he was married to Miss Katherlne Jones, of Lugoff, who was with him at the time of his death. Surviving besides hie wife are his mother, Mrs. Mary Alexander Jenkins, one sister, Mrs. Sorla Burke, of Camden; three brothers, Joe Jenk- ' ins, of Camden; Richard Jenkins, of Baltimore, and George Jenkins, of Fort Jackson. Funeral services were to have been held Wednesday afternoon, but train connections delayed the arrival of the body. As a mark of respect to one who lost his life while battling for the nation, all storeB of . Camden were closed during the funbeeedhpur. Serving as palbearers Were: George A. Jenkins, Joe W. Jenkins, Richard F. Jenkins, Sorla Burke, John Oliver Jones, and Jack Reese. Frank Campbell Succumbs Suddenly Frank ("Ted") Campbell, 68, Cheater business man and prominent cotton factor, died Saturday about noon at his home in Chester. He was a native of this city. ^ He had been in good health until he suffered an attack of Indigestion about 8 o'clock Saturday morning. At first, his heart did not seem to be involved. Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from St. Mark's Episcopal church at Chester, by the Rev. Julian S.- Ellenburg, as* stated by the Roy. J. E. Rawlineon. The funeral cortege left immediately afterwards where burial followed , in the family plot In the Quaker] cemetery after services in Grace Episcopal church. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Nannie Benton Smyrl Campbell; a son l Frank Smyrl Campbell of the Pal J i metto Air school, Spartanburg; ? daughter, Mrs. Laurie Woodbury, of Chester; two sisters, Miss Sarah Campbell, of Camden, and Mfsa Jessie I Livingston Chmpbell, In Red Cross service at Honolulu, Hawaii; nlnS ? ** ' * ^ /# ' -V-* brothers, Laurie B. Campbell, H. Stoney Campbell, Juliua E. Campbell, Herbert A. Campbell, Donald A. Campbell; and R. OsWald Campbell of thta city; Albertus M. Campbell, of Florence, Andrew B. Campbell, of Savannah, Oa., and Maurice ~Fr~Canip?-? bell of Columbia. , Mr. Campbell was a son of Mrs. Janie McDowell Campbell and the late Frank DeHay Campbell. He was a Mason and a Shrlner. Educated In the Camden schools and In the McCandleBs school here, he entered the cotton buslnesa early In life, first with Springs and Shannon and later with John F. Maybank and company of Charleston and, after that, with Frank M. Wooten here, all cotton factors. He then formed a partnership here known as Campbell and Smyrl, afterwards moving to Chester, where he became associated with Oliphant and company. Later he joined O'Neal and company of Rock Hill, managing that firm's Chester offtpe. NOTICE TO J3ANDIDATE8 James H. Clyburn, Clerk of Court, requests The Chronicle to announce r0 that Saturday, June 27, has been set' by the Kershaw County Democratic Executive Committee as the last day for paying assesments and filing pledges for entrance by candidates In the August primary. . Baby nursing bottle nipples are used for slipping over small openings to prevent foreign objects from falling into engines " during manufacturing stages. ^ . cur- COMING ATTRACTIONS At The Camden Theatre FRIDAY, JUNE 12 Judy Canova ? Allan Jones Ann% Miller ? Jerry Colonna. "TRUE TO THE ARMY" AWOL meaning? "A world of Laughter" j 1 ? SATURDAY,' JUNE 'lV "% I Michael Ames ? Julie Bishop Regis Toomey^,? Patty Halo "I WAS FRAMED" Added: Gang Busters and Comedies i SATURDAY, JUNE 13 Late Show 10:30 Lloyd Nolan ? Marjorle Wearer ! "THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T DIE" ''' SUNDAY," JUNE lV ? ?~ ~ Lee Bowman ? Jean Rogers t? "PACIFIC RENDEZVOUS" ?gggipgpiOiOM??? MONDAY and TUESDAY JUNE 18 and 18 - ?== === Bette Davis ? Olivia DeHavilland , "IN THIS OUR LIFE" ] ' ? WEDNESDAY, ?JUNE ?17 " ?3 Joan Davis ?- Jinx Faplkenburg . "SWEETHEART OF FLEI?r. THURSDAY audi FRIDAY Ann Sheridan - Robert Cummlags ' ^ * "KINGS ROW", ~ v .???_