The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 06, 1942, Image 1
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VOLUME 54 CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAV, NOVEMBER 6, 1942 NUMBER 33
mportant Ration
look Information
\ man W()um>1 enterlug the mil.
y 8t.rvi? c must turn in his or her
,(r Ka:i<'ii Hook to hie local Hat ion
jjrd. Aiso, civilians such uh Hed
^ workers, or representatives of
^rnnif'it agencies, or others, who
(ye tin failed States for more than
My day* must return their wur rapj
books to their local ration board.
^ ration hooks of persons who
di,-ii must jilso be turned in at
^ to Ho* local ration board. The
Ration of the war ration books of
U of th'1 above classes of persons
j? violation of the provisions of
? off in' of War Price Adminlstru^
i-viiii)ilies having possession of
I ration books of the ubove por^
are not to use them but to rern
thfin at once to the ration board.
It is very important for people who
ire not registered and have not rented
War Ration Book One to do
|lt the earliest moment as It will
i necessary for a person to have
^ Ration Hook One before he can
Kjve any coffee. War Ration Book
n has gone to the press and will
igy be used to ration a number of
He commodities, and people who
i not have War Ration Book One
g not be eligible to receive War
pen Book Two.
Only those persons who were flfs
years old at the time of orlgi|registration
for War Ration Book
i will receive a coffee ration.
f?e will be rationed at the rate of
i pound for each five weeks,to each
son fifteen years or older at the
e of the original registration All
r Ration Books will be surrenderto
the local War Rationing Board
lome future date for audit, peri
who use sugar stamps for pera
und?T fifteen years of age for
i purpose of purchasing coffee,
n it ;s rationed, will be violating I
regulation. '
rording to the Information at
i a: present, institutional users,
11* hotels, restaurants, cafes and
niing houses will have a 33 peri
1 cut from their past usage of'
ft The date Qf registration for J
ra.n-- of coffee has not yet been:
ire:'- or guardians of all chili
since the original reglstrad
register at once and reRation
Book One for these |
Important to everyone Is i
innot receive War Ration)
unless you are in posses-:
ok One says A. Douglas i
Four From
h in Service
.urch, the historic Kpisco-j
:i Camden has sent fifteen |
f its members into the
i'-es of the nation. Out of
r.icants, 44 are now either
navy, marines or Hying
mentioned, every one was
and 40 of them are offi-j
Of those who went into
hey have ranks ranging
d Lieutenant to Colonel;
from Ensign to Lieuten:.der
and in the marines ^
1 Lieutenant to Major,
hers in the flying service
i Second Lieutenant to
he Shrine of Honor is
nipletlon in the church,
new altar being installed
of the chancel panels
names of the men In the
y. also the names of those
in the first world war,
he panel of the present
oarrtes a gold star, that
e the name of Ensign
i-ue. who was reported
?r the sinking of the
summer. Jack was the
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ier Asks That
fie Repainted
nequeat of the Camden
Commerce the Statp
partment is sending a
' rs to this city to check
-irur and repaint those
become weather-worn,
b-r of Commerce contactor
Williamson, chief of
r oimmlulon and called
n to the. early approach
T season and a deaire.to
n in splc and span attire
**tors antra.
Daylight Raid
Alarm For Nov. 19
Commander \V R. Honsu), ofV tilt
Civilian Defense Corps, lias ivqueat
c(J the Interceptor Command to i>oVr
tuit a day air raid drill to be held 011"
Tliuriday, November 19, in Camden
ami Kershaw county.
Commander Bonsai believes that hs
will receive the necessary permission
without delay and has arranged to
hresent the public with a gist of the
rules and regulations of a day drill
on the 19th. Mr. Bonsai states thut
the day drill will offer a vastly different
program of regulations than the
night air raid programs have featured.
He stressed particularly that
when the air raid sirens bogln sounding
the alert on November 19 that
everybody must seek cover. That
only the workers of the Civilian Defense
Corps will be permitted on the
streets. He also stated that all traffic
will have to come to a dead stop
with cars pulling to the curb at the
first sound of the sirens.
The drill period will continue for
fifteen minutes and Commander Bonsai
declares with much emphasis that
failure to cooperate with the regulations
will result in the police making
a case of every violation.
Colored Group
To Confer Here
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The third session of the South Carolina
conference of the Methodist
Church, Central Jurisdiction, and the
137th session as legal successor of
[the South Carolina Conference of the
J Methodist Episcopal Church will be
'held at the Trinity Methodist church
jon west DeKalb street in this city
November 25 through 29.
Bishop Dorenzo H. King. Resident
Bishop of the Atlantic Coast Area,
will preside at the Conference and
will he assisted by Rev. E. C. Right,
District Superintendent, and Rev. R.
F. Freeman, entertaining pastor.
The conference program opens on
Tuesday, November 24, at 2 o'clock,
with registration at Trinity church.
'At 7 o'clock that evening a cabinet
meeting is to be held at the Thon^as
residence, 705 DeKalb street and at
the same hour a service will be conducted
in Trinity church. The vestry
clergy and delegates will be welcomed
to the city by Mayor F. N.
McCorkle while the welcome from
the local churches will he offered by
Rev. J. W. Boykin.
On Wednesday morning Bishop
King will lead in a devotional service
at 9 o'clock and at 10:30 that morning
Rev. C?. S. Sawyer will deliver
the memorial sermon. Conference
sessions will he held Wednesday afternoon
and a ser.vice with Rev. J.
A. Curry presiding will he in Trinity
cli urch.
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Clarkson Service
Will Be Of Best
A service combination that will be
accepted by motorists of Camden and
vicinity took possession of the group
of buildings at the corner of DeKalb
and Church streets Monday, one of
the buildings being a moderti up-todate
filling station and the other a
building where tire service will be
featured.
The Clarkson's have occupied the
filling station while the Huggins Vulcanizing
and Retreading works is located
in the other building.
The Huggins Vulcanizing And Retreading
Works, owned and operated
by R. B- an(' Clarkson is (
one of the most completely equipped 1
plants of the kind in Kershaw county, t
All of the tire repair and rebuilding
operations, including the finest
1.of retreading work is under the heat (
of live Hteam and under the personal
|supervision of T. D. Huggins, a tire .
expert of many years experience.
The retreading and tire repair plant
features the very latest in steam-oporated
equipment, which is similar to
the equipment In use In tire plants ^
I and the foremost retreading estab- ^
lishments in t*ie country.
The filling station will he in charge
of pill Clarkson. a well knoen and
popular young man of the clty. who
?.ul he assisted by J. S. H. Clarkson.
Jr.. also well-versed in stAtlon ^
technique. _ I
Banks To Have Holiday '
The Commercial Bank and rs 1
Nation.! Hank .!?" ' ?
.erve Wedneaday. November 11. Ar
di.rmv a. a holiday. All pa- 1
mlstlce Day, ?? . . ? ___ ,
trona of the ctty'e ?* ?
quested to remember tbl. date.
Farm Courses
To Be Organized
To help farmers make tholr contribution
in the war offort for In^eased
food production under the
tyWal Wur Training Program, many
I (burses are being organised in the
j Various sections of the state by the
time hers of vocational agriculture.
Commodity courses for increased
food production have been set up to
provide instruction which will aid'
farmers to make and carry out tholr
plans for attaining the production
goals designated by the national war
board. In order to get the needed
increase in production, courses may
-be organized to give training in building
up the production of milk, poultry,
meat and eggs, pork, beef, soy
beans peanuts and vegetables.
Due to the shortage of now farm
machinery and new replacement
parts and farm labor, provision has
been made under the same program
to provide a course in the repair, operation
and maintenance of farm machinery.
It is imperative that farmers
keep their machinery and equipment
in repair and good operating
condition.
The commodity courses are to be
organized for a minimum of twenty
hours of instruction, and the farm
machinery course for at least thirtysix
hours. M. I. Cline, local teacher
of vocational agriculture, is at present
completing plans for the organization
of courses In poultry meat
production In the Camden and the
Rabon's Cross Roads community.
Some of the other available courses
will be organized for Camden and the
various adjacent communities as the
need arises. "X
The courses are open to all persons
over seventeen years old, of
either sex, who are interested in increasing
their production of any ol
the various commodities. for further
information relative to the
course in poultry or any of the other
courses,1 Mr. Cline should be contacted
either at the high school or
at his residence at 416 Chesnut
Btreet, . .
Camden Girl Now
With Nation'sForces
Fort Jackson. Oct. 29?Eight women
from South Carolina and one
from Pennsylvania were members of
the nation's military forces iu service
today following their induction at
Fort Jackson into the Women's Aimy
Auxiliary Corps.
The next auxiliaries who returned
to their homes to await orders to
proceed to Fort DesMoines, Iowa,
where they will undego their basic
training, were:
Miss Cynthia Martin, photographer's
assistant of Newberry, S. C.; Mrs.
Dorothy MoLeod, business secretary,
Camden; Miss Flora Kelly, unemployed,
of Rldgeway; Miss Sybil MctVeen,
clerk, of Sumter; Miss /Virginia
Hatcher, of Greenville, who in
civilian life was employed by the
Gaylord Uox C,o.; Mrs. Mabel Osment,
textile worker, Pacolet Mills; Miss
Margaret Foster, textile worker, Pacolet?Mitts;?Miss
Elizabeth Harvey,
photo finisher, Columbia and Miss
Gladys Adams, officer worker, Kittainling,
Pa.
Miss Hatcher became the first auxiliary
inducted at Fort Jackson to apply
for service as a bandswoman. A
cornet player she will apply for duty
with the second WAAC band to be
established at the training center at
Fort DesMoines.
Lieutenant Dorothy Cooper and Elizabeth
Puhr, WAAC recruiting officers
at Fort Jackson again sounded
a call for women experienced in
radio operation and repair, and for
women who play musical Instruments.
Women desiring to apply
may secure application blanks at the
post office in Columbia, Greenville
and Spartanburg and at the Charleston
Coast Guard recruiting station,
as well as at the WAAC recruiting
station at Fort \Jackson.
Junior League To
Have Bridge Event
The Junior Welfare League has
announced a bridge tournament will
be held at the Sarafleld Club ThursJay,
November 12, at 3 o'clock. A
small fee of 50 cents per person will
be charged and there will be a 25
ttents fee for the tea that is to be
siven at 5 o'clock.
The .Junior League announces that
the project of the organisation for
the fall Is a dental clinic for the un?
ler-priviledged children which will
Lake in puplla from the first through
the seventh grades in all county
schools. "Lt -*??" **
It was alio announced that every
member of the League la'giving two
lours each ,week In making surgical
Iresslngs at the BM Cross headquar...
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Big Crowd At
Merchants Meeting
J Out* hundred and II!ty business men
of Camden and Kershaw county gathered
at the public school library auditorium
Thursday evening lo attend
Ji meeting sponsored by tbo Distributive
Education Division of the State
Department of Education, the Camden
Merchants association and fhe
Camden high school.#
*(). W. Hundrlck. director of the
diversified occupation program presented
A 8am Karesh. executive eeeretary
of the local OPA board, who
presided over the meeting.
Mr. Karesh turned the meeting
over to Miss Mamie Hose Clawson of
the State Department of Education,
who explained the various war training
programs that were available to
the merchants through the distributive
education program. She lold
about classes being organized for
BBople who have never worked in
stores before in order to relievo the
Shortage of storo salespeople.
? The OTA meeting was organized
lp order that the merchants might
Have a chance to hear the various
price regulations discussed by an
OPA official, and have an opportunity
to ask questions. Miss Clawson
then presented Martin Oaudln, of the
Price Control division of the OPA
office In Columbia. Mr. Gaudln gave
a vivid account of some of the reasons
for setting up the OPA. He
brought out> the poipt that the part
tho merchants have to play In this
war is to keep prices down even
though they make less profit. Everyone
is being called on to make sacrifices?and
none are too great, if they
are necessary to win the war, ho declared.
A picture called 'The Retailer
Eights Inflation," was presented to
show the correct way to keep records
and post prices. After the picture,
some special price schedules were
discussed, then the meeting was
thrown open to open discussion. The
Interest of the group was displayed
by the many thought-provoking questions
that were asked. As a whole
there was a very cooperative splvlt
displayed throughout the meeting.
Rev. Collins Returns
To Church Here
Camden and Kershaw county people
of all denominations will be glad
to know that Rev, Henry F. Collins
has been returned by the South Carolina
conference held at Bishopville
last week to serve another year as
pastor of the Lyttleton Street Methodist
church here. Rev. and Mrs.
Collins have made many friends
since they came here from Charleston
last year. Other appointments
for Sumter district are as follows:
Sumter district, J. Ross Johnson,
superintendent; Bethune, K. S. Carmichael;
Bishopville, J. C. Smiley,
Camden. H. E. Collins; College Place,
Paul Whttaker; Columbia circuit,
Lamar H. Watklns; Heath Springs,
Glenn E. Parrott; Jordan, Irvin
Frye; Kershaw, C. O. Shuler; Lynchburg,
W. T. Waters; Manning, D. H.
Montgomery; Oswego, T. C. Shuler;
Pinewopd, E. P. Bell; Rembert, W.
C. Stackhouse; Spring Hill, G. A.
Teasley; Summerton,1 F. G. Smith;
Sumter, Trinity, W. D. Gleaton;
Broad Street. Welbourne Summers;
Wesley Chapel, Hebron, Carl L. Parkerr
West- Kershaw; K. Wr Bedenbaugh;
assistant editor and manager
Southern Christian Advocate, L. D.
Hamer; professor Duke Univorsity,
Mason Crum; U. S. Army. R. A. Berry,
Plnewood Qc.; chaplain U. S.
Army, F. S. James; chaplain U. S.
Army, J. H. Justus; chaplain U. S.
Army, S. R. Crumpton; district missionary
secretary, J. C. Smiley.
The conference selected Sumter as
their meeting place for 1943.
Bulldogs UpsetDope
Hold Chester To Tie
(By Arthur Robinson)
Camden's Bulldogs outplayed a
Chester powerhouse at Chester last
Friday night but had to be content
with a 12 to 12 tie decision with the
Red Cyclone talent.
The game was witnessed by the
largest crowd to witness a football
game in Chester history. The twlredefeated
Camden team was the drawing
card. Chester fans have from
past experience* found that Camden
teams are unpredictable?they sre
apt to upset the hpple cart.
And that is Just what happened on
Friday night. To the amazement pf
the several thousand spectators the
light Camden team completely cutplayed
the heavy Chester (6am.
Mindful of the fact that Lancaster
had drubbed the Bnlldogs 20 to 0."
whereas, Chester had outplayed that
team and lost only by a nuke, local
f?ns expected to see their Cyclones
devastate-the Bulldog group.
J For three quarters of the game
Camden had It over the home crew
ftke a tent. It was not nntll the
fourth period when * the incessant
founding by the heavy Chester squad
Commenced to 4eH on the .Camden
Strength did Cheater^ get anywhere.
Red Cross Chapter
Needs Workers
(Hy Sail!" VonTresckow)
The llrut lecture of the Staff AshIstance
Course will begin at Red Cross
headquarteiH on Saturday. November
7, at 10 a. m. This training course
consists of twenty hours. The first
ten hours are given in tho form of
lectures on tho various services of
tho Red Cross. This is an excellent
course not only for Staff Assistants
but for all people interested in Rod
Cross work. The second part of the
course is a series of lectures ou Clerical
Work, such as telephone usage,
filing, card Indexing and the like. Our
Red Cross seriously needs Staff Assistants.
Please join our classes!
For further Information call Miss
Virginia Green, chairman Staff Assistance.
685-J.
The work hours at the Red Cross
for making surgical dressings will be
Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday and
Friday from 9:30 to 12; 30 Wednesday
and Friday afternoon, 2:30.
Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7.30.
Please bring scissors und a wush
dress.
John K. deLoach
Dons Uniform
Three former presidents of the
Camden Rotary club are now in tb
ranks of Uncle Sam alUbavdngJoinod
through voluntas enlistment.
The latest of i\Uf torn er _ Ro,?
leaders to leave Camden is John K.
del>oach. well known Pricing attbrney.
former president of the C.vm
den and Kershaw county chamber of
commerce and senior warden of the
vestry of Grace Episcopal churc?\
It is interesting to note the other
two former presidents, M. B. Bui
and Ralph Shannon, were also mem52?.
of tue Grace church veatry and
Mr Burns was also president of in
chamber of commerce three years
ago Charles Shannon 4th, now In
Bervlce Is a former prosldent of Iho
KIwanlB club and he too ??> -
ber of the Grace church vestry.
Attorney John K. deLoach has been
captain of the Camden HOI"e G"a.yjj
unit since It was organized. W,'b
his departure the captaincy will fall
udou S. C. Clyburn, who has been
first lieutenant since organization o
^Captain deLoach left Saturday for
Columbus. Ohio, where he will be
enrolled as an aviation Mu?te?r
cialist with the rank 1lieutenant
Which Is equivilent to the rank of
captain in the United States Naval
^Mr deLoach chines from a long
line of soldiers, his ancestors baring
held commissions as
tho Revolutionary war. War Betwc
the States and other ware He Is a
member of the Leroy Belk lost, No
17, American Legion.
Training Course
In Operation
Two war-time programs began
functioning, in Camden last Monday,
November 3, under tho dlrectlon of
the local high school and the Distributive
Education division of the State
Department of Education.
O. W. Bundrick, director of the dlwrstfled-occupation
program Tor the
Camden city schools announced that
the program provides fining for
high school boys and girls fcfr part
time work in the retail
menta to take the place of people
called into the armed forces or *ho
are engaged in defense work.
All of the training is done at the
high school and involves principles
of sales work, especially at war time
and Is conducted by Mr. Bundrick
and merchants of Camden.
A training program for retail employees
dealing with OPA regulations
will be conducted by an expert from
the distributive education division in
the stores during working hours.
Stores cooperating in the program
include department stores, variety
stores, grocery, womens wear ana
even the various cafes of the city.
Mrs. Boykin Is
Cadet House Mother
The Southern Aviation School has
announced that Mrs. Ann Boykin has
been appointed as house mother at
the Cadet Club on Mill Street.
In addition to her duties as house
mother and club chaperone Mrs. Boykin
will also act as a coordinator of
all the social activities of the army
and the school. - All dances and other
events given for tho cadets will be
programed through Mrs. Boykin, who
will be the official representative of
the school actlvties.
In her capacity as house mother
and Chaperone Mrs. Boykin will be
at the club on Friday and Saturday
nights and Sunday afternoons.
It is proposed-to have dancing and
other social events at frequent interval#
at the Cadet Club. These wiU
all be tinder the personal supervision
of Mrs Payklu
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Plans Being Made
For Seal Campaign
Tl?o Kershaw County Tuberculosis
association 1>uh announced that plans
are about completed for the annual
ChclHtmati *ertl campBtgn.
Mrs. Loon Schlosburg, seal sale
chairman, In a statement this week
said that seals purchased at Christmas
time are at work every day of
tho year?with ?*one purpose?the
eradication of tuberculosis. 4
"There Is no medicine to cure tuberculosis,"
says Mrs. Schlosburg,
"but the Christmas seals have saved
thousands of llvos. They make It
possible to find the disease In time
and provide the means to arrest It.
The yearly gifts of the public helps
to render a definite personal service
to the people of Kershaw county1.
They help to provide X-rays to find
tuberculosis In Its early stages, clinics
to find tuberculosis uniting apparently
healthy people, treatment
to those with tuberculosis and tho
year-round education campaign which
saves countless lives."
The first group of committees to be
formally announced by Mrs. Schloaburg
is the many colored units with
Professor P. B. Mdodana as general
Ichairman. Rev. J. W. Boykln is the
rchairman of the ministers and the
churches group; S. Smiley, of the
Mather Academy group; Dorothy
Levy, chairman of the Jackson grammar
school group; Sally Payion, Mchalrman
of this same group; Ruth
Whltaker, chairman of the Jackson
high school group; Willie Mae JoneB, ,
co-chairman of this group; A. M.
Ransom, chairman of city bonds and
bangles; Susie Flemmlug and Ruth
Alexander, co-chairman with A. M.
Ransom; W. S. Mouzon. chairman of
the mailing of Christmas seals with
Margaret Plckott. as co-chairman;
while James Dibble is county schools
chairman.
City Alarmed as
i Siren Runs Riot
Camden, at least that part of the
city In the area about Kershaw Park,
had a real air-raid alert last Thursday
evening. A
The big siren mounted on a 60foot
pole In the Park went on
page, following the usual 6 o clock
testing and screamed and bellowed
for ten to fifteen minutes before a
trouble crew from the light and water
'department had disconnected It.
I The wnter and light department
! ascribed the un-autborlze<l blowing
'as having been due tO~ somoone .
punching the button near police headquarters,
wherean the police stoutljf ,
denied this and said that the siren
had stiieed a previous endurance test
when the automatic cutoff failed to
work and the same thing had probably
happened again.
Commander W. R. Bonsai of the
civilian defense corps went Into a
huddle with JWayor F. N. McCorkle
Friday morning and as a result the .
mayor summoned 'Leon Tobin. head, ,
of the water and light unit, and asked
that steps be taken to prevent ft ' *
repetition of the false alarm. ^
Nevertheless, the screaming of the
siren created ,no end of speculation
and excitement In the city. It Is customary
to have a dally test of all of
the air-raid siren installations daily
and this takes place at 6 p. m. When
the Bwltch button which controls all
of the sirens was punched Thursday,
all of the sirens sounded. When the
button was released all shut off with
the exception of the one In Kershaw
Park.
From defense headquarters comes
a report that there were a number
of areas In the city where the airraid
sirens are not heard by people
who are Indoors. There Is also the
complaint that the sirens sound Identically
the same as the Are sirens., ^
Either more powerful and far-reaching
sirens will replace the present
installation or more additional Installations
will be made to reach the
areas where reception Is poor.
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Cadets Are Given
Toughening Routine
Cadets at the Southern Aviation .
8chool here are to be put through ft
rigorous program of physical exerl
clses Including some Intensive activity
over a particularly severe obstft^r
cle course. - +
The obstacle course at the SoUthem-School
has been planned and constructed
under the persona* sqper visw
Ion of Joe Riley, who will be remembered
by football fana as the famous
Riley of, the Alabama Crimson Tide?
?the Riley who tossed the winning
pass In tho Rose Bowl game of 1M6.
Lieutenant Riley's hardening process
through the medhjrjt^of^the ob^