The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 15, 1943, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 64 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1943 NUMBER 43
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Red Cross To Train
Home Nurses
(Hy Sadie VonTreackow)
Mrs Grainger Gaither, roeutly aplK),
ltt.d chairman of home nursing,
lkt,8 the following appeal: lho
lime aearctty of nurses and doco
s has made it essential for every
woman to learn simple nursing skills,
I that she will be able to care for
h'r finally when illness occurs. No
longer can she telephone the doctor
and expect him to come Immediately
s in the past. In the meantime how
necessary it has become for her to
know what to do, or to bo able to
,11 the doctor symptoms and have
I,i> nrescrlbe. Without this training
she might not be able to follow
'his instructions.
For every home, one woman train-i
a in Red Cross home nursing,"
should be the slogan for the duration.
Red CrosH home nurses sign up
for twelve lessons, meeting twice a
week for two hour periods. The
vourso includes theory and practice
i? making patients comfortable in
bwl taking pulse, temperature, raspiration.
caring for a person with a
communicable disease, making of
poultices, what to do in emergencies
the symptoms of sickness, the
causes and prevention of illness and |
contents of the house medicine cabinet.
There will be afternoon and evening
classes. Colored classes will
be formed later. 80 sign up at Red
Cross headquarters. Telephone 06.
or phone Mrs. Thomas Ancrum, 313.
You will be notified when your class
starts. Also watch paper on class
(1 H t P s.
There is no obligation with this
course. It is for your benefit only
and once you have completed the
course there Is no period of service |
required.
The following articles are neces-,
sary for Home Nursing Service and
Mrs Gaither Grainger requests gifts
of any or all of these: Layette for
baby; 2 dresses: 1 muslin slip, Gertrude
style; 1 flannellette slip, Gertrude
style; 1 flannellette night dress
opened down back tied with tape, 11
shirt, cotton or silk and wool buttoned
down front; 1 knit band, with j
shoulder straps; 1 straight band of
Mannellette; 2 diapers 22and 27 Inches
square, birds-eye or other absorbent
material; 1 flannellette blanket; 1 j
woolen blanket and.?afgan; bedding
and linen; 6 sheets 72x103; 4 standard
sixe pillow cases; 4 simple blankets
108 inches long; 1 single outing
blanket; 4 bath towels; 4 wash
cloths; 2 draw sheets. Utensils?
1 foot tub; 1 large enamel basin; 1
soap dish; 1 tea kettle; 1 two-quart
enamel pitcher; 1 saucepan with
cover: 2 drinking glasses; 2 tin table
spoons; 2 tin teaspoons.
Ms Ralph Chase, chairman of
production, asks that anyone having
kcirtintr needles, numbers 5 or 6, be?
loaning to the Red Cross that they
iU" not using or any of their own
tin y would like to give or loan to
pb-asn bring same to-Red Cross headquarters
as there are no longer knlttir
L- needles available and work Is
hampered by the lack of them.
Announce Changes
A t Flying Post
Lieutenant Joe Riley, who has been
identified with the Southern Aviation
School here for some time past, has
gone to Augusta, Ga., where he will
I"- located at the basic flying school
at that place.
Lieutenant Riley is the famous Joe
Riley of the Alabama Crimson Tide,
whoso pass in one of the Rose Bowl
games gave the Crimson Tide a victory
over Stanford. Riley was also
one of the fleetest dash men ever
turned out at Alabama.
The Southern Aviation School announces
the arrival here of three
new officers. Second Lieutenant Eugene
Mlnetta, a resident of Long Island,
who received his primary training
at Bennettsville, his basic at
Shaw and Spencer Fields, Is now a
flying officer at the local field.
First Lieutenant A. F. W. Habeeb,
of Vlckbburg, Miss., a graduate of
Tulane, and who served aa Interne
in the Southern Methodist hospital
at New Orleans and later received
training at the Randolph Field
School of Aviation Medicine, Is now
affiliated with the medical unit of
tho Camden school.
Second Lieutenant Nell A. O'Brien,
?f Syracbse, N. Y., who received^ his
primary training at Helena, Ark.;
basic at Greenville, Miss., and adduced
at Columbus, Miss., Is now a
flying officer at the Southern Aviation
School.
Police Have Clue
in Store Burglary
A small thread of yarn, found
banging to a part of the window at
he roar of the second atory of the
harringer hardware atore may mean
,h* apprehension of the burglar who
"' mii-c.d several hundred dollar* from
a cash ho* last Saturday night.
, Wa" stated at police headquarter*
'bat the little thread of yarn, presumably
torn from a sweater, ha* d.
I! proven to be a lead which
dayj br1nr *n within a few
jOTBfo'
Junior League In
Patriotic Move
When the Junior Welfaro League
of Camden, siugo their annual midwinter
bull thin year on January 22
in the mammoth dining auditorium
of the swanky Kirkwood hotel, the
event will not only mark the first big
the season at the Kirkwood,
but it will be one of the drat, If not
the first, patriotic dancing event of
the nation at which invited guests
will be courteously requested to aliow
their patriotism by walking to the
hotel.
Just how the southern belles will
travel from their homes in Camden
to the ball room floor with their
dainty tootsies encased in golden or
silver dancing pumps is a mooted
question, but Mrs. J. E. McKain,
president of the junior group, has
suggested that they can carry their
dancing slippers and travel the sidewalks
in comfy walking shoes.
Just because the Junior League
mid-winter ball has always been an
occasion for much formality so far
as dreqp is concerned, Mrs. McKain
has expressly declared that this year,
because of the war restriction against
using cars to travel to pleasure
spots, the League is not stressing the
formal feature. "Couples may come
in evening garb or they can comg. in
sport clothes?it won't make,any difference
to anyone and no one will
have need to feel embarrassed," said
Mrs. McKain.
Eddie Helnre and his famous dance
band from Columbia will provide the
musical inspiration for the dancers
and the merrymaking, starting at 9
p. m. sharp, will continue to the goodnight
waltz at 1 a. m.
The dining auditorium of the Kirkwood,
newly decorated and renovated
by the Ocean Hotel Corporation, new
jowners, will be trimmed with ferns
and plants. It is also announced
that the grill and tap room of the
hotel will be open on the night of
the ball.
The Junior League will use the proceeds
to carry out the fine work of
their annual tonsil clinic for the
benefit of the poor children of the
city and county.
Convert 8,000 Pennies
Into War Bonds
Several years ago Dess Kennedy,
colored barber, and his wife started
saving pennies. The Kennedy 8 careful
stowing away of each "copper"
was the occasion for considerable
ribbing on the part of barber shop
patrons as well as others, but Kennedy
always countered with the declaration
of "save the pennies-and the
dollars will take care of themselves."
The sequel to these several years of
penny-saving came Monday morning
when Dess, accompanied by his wife,
came into the Commercial Bank of
Camden carrying a &ack which contained
8,000 pennies. These pennies
wore turned over to the bank and
when Kennedy and his wife departed
Ihey bore with them $80.00 worth of
War Savings Bonds.
Another False
Alarm at Church
The members of the Camden Fire
Department are hopeful that the year
1943 will witness the extension of
the chimney in Grace Episcopal
church.
The reason?the fire department
was called shortly after noon Monday
to the church edifice when a
passing pedestrian reported that the
church roof was on fire. The firemen
claimed that the chimney is so
low that down drafts of wind from
a peak of the roof caused the smoke
to eddy about the roof top and give
the appearance of a fire in the building.
The call Monday was the fourth
time the department has been called
to the church because of a similar
fire scare.
Seventy-Seven Years
For Mount Moriah
The Mt. Moriah Baptist church,
with its pastor and officers, is preparing
for their seventy-seventh anniversary
Sunday, January 24, 1943.
This annual celebration is an event
in their church life in which they
are reminded of their past history
and achievements and from which
new "lest is Imparted to go forward
in their mission of Peace and Good
Will to Man. ,
The'main anniversary sorvico will
be at 3:30 p. m. at which time the
Rev. V. 8. Carter, pastor of St. Paul
Methodist church, will preach and
will be accompanied by his Gospel
and Jubilee choir which to well
known for its spirituals and reviving
singing. Don't miss this great ocmtoC
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At 7:30 p. m. will be the closing
service at which time there will be
jubilee songs, short addressed by the
officers and reports from the dabs.
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Five Complete
Instructor Course
Fivo members of the Kershaw
county Red Cross chapter completed
the instructor's course In life-saving
and tlrst aid that whh conducted at
Hod ('rose headquarters the past
week by Charles A. Mix, Field Hep
rosentative of the first aid, water
safety and accident prevention service
of the American Hed Cross and
who hails from Washington.
Those completing the instructor's
course and who have now a total of
45 hours instruction were Mrs. Warren
H. Harris, Miss Margaret Dona
Clarke, Mrs. Abbott Goodale, Mrs.
I). M. Mays and Mrs. Clark Davis.
The instructor's course was a 15 hour
affair.
As a result of this course and also
the refresher courso which includes!
seven workers Kershaw county now
hap a total of nineteen active instructors.
Those who took the refresher
course were MIbs Helen llarman,
Mrs. Thelma Moody, Miss Elizabeth
McDowell, Miss Caroline Preston
Hichardson, Mrs. Oscar Smyrl, Mrs.
Alice Wilson and Miss Olive Whlttredge.
Charles Mix has a record of fine
work in the teaching of life-saving
and first aid. He was for several
seasons a supervisor in swimming
and life saving at Daytona Bench.
He has enviable record of more than
200 swimming rescues as well as the
handling of many first aid cases.
He also recovered fifteen bodies from
the water and has thirty resuscitation
cases to his credit.
Home Guard Unit
Needs More Men
An urgent appeal Is being made
[ to bring the local Home Guard unit
to full strength of 90 men. The national
call to arms, through volunteer
enlistment and the draft, has
reduced the Home Guard personnel
to 59 men.
Officers of the local guard unit believe
that there are enough interested
males in Camden and Kershaw
county to bring the military strength
of the guard unit up to the required
90 men. They urge all interested
men to call at the new armory any
Tuesday night after 8 o'clock when
they can view training activities and
also make their enlistment application.
The officers pointed out that
members of the guard unit are permitted
to drive their cars to the armory
on the night that drill is conducted.
They point out that this
will give guardsmen living in the
country an opportunity to drive to
Camden without endangering their
gasoline rationing rights.
The Kershaw county Home Guard
unit is captained by Stephen C. Clyburn,
while John Burns is first lieutenant
and Ancrum Boykin and Kirby
Tupper are second lieutenants.
Troop 38 Enjoys
a Victory Frolic
Eighteen boys were present at the
Boy Scout meeting that was held last
Monday night as an appreciation affair
in honor of Troop 38 for winning
the October salvage contest in the
city of Camden. The troop collected
18,600 pounds.
The meeting, held at the Scout
club, also in the nature of a farewell)
to troop Scoutmaster Bill Major who
is about to enter the United States
.Air Corps. Rev. J. B. Caston, of the
Baptist church, the sponsor of Troop
38, introduced Dan Davis, assistant
manager of the J. C. Penney Company,
who will be the new Scoutmaster
of the troop. Rev. WallaceEdwards,
assistant pastor of the Baptist
church, who has been appointed
to serve as District Commissioner,
directed the Scouts present lrt^a number
of interesting games.
Scoutmaster Ben Davis gave a
short talk to the boys and then introduced
Charles Oarnett and DaCosta
Brown who are to act as assistant
scoutmasters of Troop 38. Mr.
Garnett is identified with the Camden
stables of Mrs. Marion DuPont
Scott and Mr. Brown is foreman of
the composing room of The Camden
Chronicle.
Following a weiner roast the
Scouts played games and- in general
enjoyed themselves throughout the
meeting.
The next meeting of Troop 38 is to
be held Monday night at which time
the new Scoutmaster and assistants
will preside.
Waves-Spars Are
Seeking Candidates
Announcement has been made of
the appointment of a Women's Civilian
Committee in connection with
the work of procuring personnel for
the WAVES and the SPARS.
This committee is headed by Mrs.
Retta McDowell as chairman. Miss
Ethel Yates and Mrs. 8amuel Russell.
The 'committee has designated
the Corner Bdok Store as a center
for information . regarding the
WAVES andUhe SPARS and also
where application blanks for these
women's war set vices map be obtained.
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Farm Mobilization
Day is Observed
"Farm Mobilization Day" wag observed
Tuesday, January 12, in Kershaw
county.
Farm men and women were invited
to attend meetings In all high schools
In the county at which time speakers
were present to announce the 1943
war production goals for the county.
A radio was available at each of the
meetings and the farm men and women
present heard talks made by
President Roosevelt; Secretary of
I Agriculture Wlckard; British Food
I Minister, lx>rd Woolton; Jtusslan
j Ambassador Litvinoff and others.
Also a chapel program was presented
at all the schools in the county
stressing the importance of food and
fiber being produced in the county
to promote the war efforts.
The 1943 war goals for Kershaw
county calls for Increases in peanuts
from 2,450 acres to 6,000 acres,
long staple cotton from 0,000 to 16,000
acres. Also an increase in all
kinds of livestock and increases in
all kinds of food crops.
The Government realizes farmers
have many obstacles that will hinder
them from meeting these war goals.
They also had obstacles in 1942 but
the war goals were met and if farmera
will figure how these goals can
be met rather than how they can't
be met, it Is certain they will be met
in 1943. The Government is beginning
to realize more and more the
part the farm people of the United
States are playing in promoting the
war effort and also the importance
of food and fiber In the writing of
Ithe peace after the war is won.
\ Kudzu Planting
Urged by Mullen
(By V. T. Mullen)
Farmers who have been most successful
in establishing kudzu have
found that thorough land preparation
well in advance of planting helped
to get good Btands, says V. T. Mullen,
Work Unit Conservationist of the
Lynches River Soil Conservation District.
Land prepared in the fall or early
winter was well settled when the
plants were set out. an Important
factor in geFTing good resultB with
this fast-growing plant.
I In preparing land the conservationist
recommends plowing deep furI
rows 25 feet apart and applying one
ito tfro tons of manure and 200 pounds
jofr superphosphate - per acre in the
furrows. Then throw additional furirows
to the row to form a broad,
'flat bed. approximately 10 feet wide
and allow to settle until planting
time.
I If the beds have not settled sufficiently.
it will be necessary to harrow,
roll or otherwise firm the ground
iio produce a firm bed. Plants set
out in loose, fresh soil, often dry out
and die.
With an ever increasing emphasis
on the production of feed crops, the
demand for kudzu planting stock by
Kershaw county farmers is expected
'to exceed that of any previous year.
Added to that is the possibility that
ithe supply of plants may be limited.
For these reasons, it is important to
take every prcaution to see that
plants set out this winter survive.
Red Cross In
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Kershaw
County American Red Cross chapter
will be held Monday, January 18, in
the Sunday School rooms of the Be;thcsda
Presbyterian church. Because
[of the vast and varied successes of
the Kershaw chapter during the past
[year a large and enthusiastic attendance
is anticipated for the 1943 annual
meeting.
The meeting will be called at 8:00
o'clock in the evening.
Kershaw County
Makes Good
The chairman of the Kershaw
county War Savings Committee has
received a letter from W. P. Bowers,
state administrator, commending the
committee and all co-workers on
their splendid accomplishment In exceeding
the December quota of $40,000
by $6,562.50. We are warned,
however, that the necessity of the
government grows greater and that
the good work must go on during the
duration of tEe war.
The postofflce booth will be open
all day Saturday in charge of Mrs.
T. Lee Little with the ladles of the
U. D. C. assisting. Both war bonds
and savings stamps will be on sale.
Don*t Hoard Milk
Bottles Is Plea
Inasmuch as there is a dwindling
supply of milk bottles on the market
Camden dairymen are making a plea
that housewives place empty milk
bottles where they may be picked up
daily by the milk delivery drivers.
One of the dairymen pointed out
that many housewives unintentionally
forget to place their empties where
the delivery man may pick tl.em up.
Sometimes they will wait a week or
two before placing them out. When
there are many Instances like this
the supply of bottles available at the
dairy Is cut down.
f The dairymen urge that ad housewives
pay heed to this plea and see
that the empties are placed out dally.
Plea Is Made To
Belated Members
Ail Appeal has been made by the
Christmas Seal committee that all
persons who have as yet failed to
make u cash return to treasurer
Oliver Rice on their stamps, to do
bo at once.
The Christmas Seal quota for
Kershaw county was $2,000 and the J
amount already recorded Is $1,850, i
leaving the county $150 shy of the
prescribed amount. The coinnitteoo
urges that all persons interested In
the great fight against tuberculosis
I to cooperate by sending In the amount
! of their stamp purchase ut once.
Needs $150 To Top
Quota For County
The battle against the great white
plague, waged annually by the 'Kershaw
county Tuberculosis Association
through the medium of the
Christmas Seal campaign, has still
to be carried to a complete victory.
The campaign is within $150 of attaining
the $2,000 goal sot for the
county and it is the hope of the
county group that the supportors pf
this cause who have as yet fulled
to turn in their chocks for their supply
of seals, do so at once. If this
is done, the county will go over the
quota assigned to it.
Thomas9 Tavern
Has Big Opening
They walked, they came by bicycles
and officers of the flying field
with their wives, came in cars?but
they came to be present at the formal
opening of Camden's new and
swank tea room, introduced to the
public Saturday night under the name
of "Thomas' Tavern."
The "Tavern," located in the building
formerly occupied by the Wooten
Tea Room is one of the moBt attractive
places o? its kind in this section.
It Is owned and managed by Elizabeth
Thomas, for seven years in
charge of the restaurant and grill on
the First National picture lot of the
Warner Brothers in Bollywood, California.
She also managed the well
known grill at the plant of the Lockheed
Aircraft corporation in Ix>s Angeles.
The Tavern is unique In furnishings
and design, the interior being
J in a waxed antique finish. The deci
orative motif was carried out under
i the direction of Mrs. W. L. Goodale,
jwho was also responsible for the dosign
arrangement. It is most effective
and adds an air of dignity and
Camden Polo Team
Wins Four Straight
While the polo program at Camden
is definitely out of the picture
this season, Camden polo continues
to make tho headlines.
A number of Camden poloists have
been traveling via cho choo to Pinehurst
the past several weeks and'
playing as a team against a Fort]
Bragg quartet. To date four games
have been played and the team with!
the Camden players has won every
one.
David Williams and Carl Lightfoot,
stars of the Mulberry foursome in!
recent years, constitute the Camden
talent in the Pinehurst games. Jack'
Daniels played in two of the games.
In the last game, played last Sunday,
Pinehurst was ahead 4 to 2 at!
the end of the fifth chukker, but'
David Williams counted three goals
in the sixth to give Camden the game:
5 to 4.
charm to the place.
At the rear of the Tavern is a
commodious mezzanine, where a
cover charge is levied for those
seeking dining service. There Is
however, no cover charge for the
tables on the first floor. A wide
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Religious Census
Planned by Clergy
' .
A cj*y-wide census and Tinffhtlon
campaign will be conducted by'-'the
[ churches of Camden on Sunday, February
14.
I This was decided at a regular
meeting of the Camden Ministerial
Association held Monday evening in
the office of the First Baptist church.
Present at the meeting were Dr.
Maurice Clarke* chairman; - Rey.
Henry Collins,, Rev. J. Barnwell Caaton
and Rev. B. * Wallace EdWards.
In the religious census campaign,
cards will be used te record family
Information, ft fe proposed to call
a general meeting of. all campaign
workers' prior tb February 14 at
which all details of the census will
b* outlined. ...
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Motorists Learn
IJ. S. Means Business
After a week of discussion, condemnation,
damning and the like, the
general public, particularly those who
operate motor cars, have finally arrived
at the conclusion that pleasure
driving of motor cars is definitely
out. The government has served
notice by some hard-boiled drastic
action thai It intends pleasure driving
is a thing of the past. The
motorists may just as well accept
the decree with resignation andL a
spirit of patriotic cooperation.
Just what is the definition of
pleasure driving, a driving that will,
if indulged in. mean the loss of gasoline
to the offenders? 0
Pleasure drivirig, according to the
latest Interpretation from the OPA
headquarters at Washington is the
sort that carries one to the movies,
| to the night clubs, to bridge partleB,
cocktail parties, to any and all forms
of social ttosta, dances, social calls,
hunting and fishing, or driving
around In an aimless manner Just to
kill time.
According to the OPA the people
must give up all those pleasure
events and then some more?for the
word has gone from Washington
that Uncle Sam Is only beginning to
make the public aware of the fact
that we are in a big war.
There Is no doubt but that the
edict of the goverment on all matters
of rationing, curtailment of motor
driving and the like will be accepted
cheerfully by the American
public. Right now we are In the
kindergarten stage of the process of
learning what real all-out war means.
As wo progress the lessons will become
harder and harder.
Mayor F. N. McCorkle of this city,
has issued on order to the police department
that every cooperation will
be extended to the state and federal
government In checking on all motorists
who neglect to observe the
''rlde-for-pleasure" ban to the letter.
Already quite a number of Camden
motorists have felt the lash and will
have some expert explaining to make
to the rationing board as to why
jthey should not have their gasoline
i privilege cancelled. Judging by the
! drivers who are still taking the whole
I setup as a joke und have defied the
! regulations, there will be many more
Icalled on the carpet to tell why they
have been so unpatriotic.
The sheriff's office Is also cooperating
in the questioning of car owners
as to why they are at certain
i places without any legitimate excuse.
The determination of Uncle Sam
to make his children behave is going
to mean a death-blow to all social
events In Camden until after the restrictions
have been lessened or lifted.
No motorist Is going to use his
car to go to a dance, party or some
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C. R. Blakeney Is
New Scout Leader ?
C. R. Blakeney, of KeraJiaW, was
plected chairman of the Kershaw $oy
Scouts district at a meeting held in
this city on Thursday, January 7, at
the home of A. Sam Karesh. Thomas
of Camden, who has been cha'fman
for the past year was named vice
chairman.
Scout Executive Roscoe Stevens, of
Columbia reported to the District
Board that Rev. J. B. Caston, of the
Baptist church, has announced that
Dan Davis, assistant manager of J.
C. Penney store, will serve as as
slstant Scout Master of that church
troop. Rev. Wallace Edwards, assistant
pastor, will act as Mr. Davis's
assistant.
William Major, Scout Master of
Troop 38, who Is soon to en^er the
army, will be guest of honor at a
welker roast on the night of January
11. This welner roast will be given
to Troop 38 as a reward for the outstanding
work done In the recent
salvage contest.
The next meeting of the district
committee will be held at the Boy
Scout house in Kershaw on Thursday,
February 4. N
Hundreds Gather To
Enjoy Dance Event
The dancing party given in the
old Armory on Rutledge street by the
WPA last Thursday evening, from >
to 12, proved to be the mecca of some
two to three hunth'ed daaoers, the
majority toing from the dying school.
The usual program of square
dances was given, with round dances
during the intermissions. A string
orchestra provided the music for the
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