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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 ? KEEP THIS DATE IN MIND ? ITS HOSPITAL TAG DAY The Camden Chronicle I j VOLUME 84 , CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARYS, 1943 NUMBER 46 Farmers Gather In t ' Camden On Wednesday I An "occupational" meeting of county-wide scope will be held in the Kershaw county court house Wednesday, February 10, at 10:30 o'clock in the morning. W. C. McCarley, Kershaw county Farwn Agent, has called this meeting and states that it being an occupational affair, driving to it Is not considered in the category of pleasure driving. For that reason ho urges every farmer of the county to bo present. Discussing his plans for U\ia meeting Mr. MoCarley stated "evtry Kershaw county farmer Is willing and eager to do his part toward winning the war, hdwever there are some questions that may be Intelligently answered. "The farmers would like to .know just what they are expected to do, just what they can da. they want to know abont labor, machinery and fertiliser, of the fertilisers they will be able to buy nd whether they' are supposed to grow peanuts or soybeans. To answer these questions Mr. McCarley, Messrs. Clarke, Woodle and Rawl, Clems on college specialists, will be present to 'take care of all inquiries. Camden Mayor Addresses Legislature Dapper Francis N. McOorkle^ mayor I of Camden, addressed the South CarI oiina legislature Tuesday in the inI tercet of a larger portion of the alcoB hoi revenue being allotted to the clB tics and towns in the state. j Mr. McCorkle was selected by the I Municipal Association of South Caro Una to represent all of the municiI pallties of the state at this Joint ses sion. I The purpo/e of this movement, acB cording to the mayor, is to lower I local taxes, by getting a greater part I of the whiskey revenue for the towns I and thereby making it possible for the citizens to meet the ever-increasI ing Federal taxes. ^ | The Ways and Means Committee I of the senate met in a Joint session I with the house of representatives. I The chamber was full. I Under the present system there is I a total of $1.92 tax per gallon on I whiskey. Of this amount the state I receives $1.64^ the counties sixteen I cents and the towns and cities twelve I cents. The municipalities are asking I for forty per cent of the total amount I using as a basis for this claim the I fact that the burden of the policeing I and law enforcement falls on them. I The liquor situation also presents a I traffic problem that the towns have I to cope with, the.mayor pointed out. The Municipal Association is also I asking for a portion of the revenue I from trucks and busses on the ground I that these vehicles also create a trafI he problem and the maintenance of I streets for this travel is a municipal I expense. I Under the request these revenues I will, if approved, go to all incorporated towns in the state. . I Welfare Office I Doing Fine Job The recent, move to effect control I df juvenile delinquency through tlie I medium of a community welfare orI ganiz^iion brings the Spotlight upon I the Kershaw County Department of I Public Welfare, sponsors of this I worth-while project,' and heretofore | I little publicised organisation. \ like > I Kershaw County Board of Public ) I Welfare isheaded by N, 8. Richards, 1 I of Liberty Hill, air chairman; Mrs. < I Margaret Maylield and W. L. McI Lowell, of Camden, aa the other two executives. The department is staffled by Mrs, K. B. Salmon as dlireetor; Miss Mary M. Hayes, Mrs. Musidora |L. James and Mrs. X* C. Goodale, as I "viaitora; Mft. Inez G. Ofbom Hams as junior elerk. * ( I The County Department of Public ' I Welfare was created by an act of 1 Ith? general ag^embly approved by, ( the government May 13, 1937. The 1 county department is coordinated ? fwtth the county, state ~and federal ^ Isovetameitts, waa created for tfie "> Purpose of rendering MTtMffJBOK! p-te persons in need in order 1 f*' Wa* ?f 1Mb. I (Please tarn to page six) I + ~ v Y Hospital Ball To Be Colorful Event Possibly the outstandings social event of the Camden winter season I will be the annual Camden Hospital Auxiliary Ball to be held in the ball | room of the Kirkwood hotel on Saturday . .... 4. \ A group of committees under the direction of Mrs. Thomas Ancrura, president of the hospital auxiliary, are hard at work 'completing all arrangements tending towards the success of this fashionable event. The general arrangements committee is In charge of Mrs. Lois Coxe who is being assisted by Mrs. Alioe Marye, Mrs. Catoe Glover and Mrs. Miriam Mullen. The musical inspiration for the evening is to be provided by the Fieete Green orchestra of Charlotte*, rated as one of the outstanding dance ensembles of the Carolines. The ball promises to be one of the most colorful events of the season as the guests will embrace officers and their wives and dates from the Southern Aviation School as well as Southern gallants with their wives and sweethearts from Camden. As was the custom when the very colorful Midwinter Ball of the Junior League was held recently, the hospital auxiliary event will be a "walkup" alfalT. Inasmuch as the use of private cars is prohibited by the federal government guests will be compelled to walk to the Kirkwood. Taxi service will be available If tbe government does not Impose restrictions on taxis carrying fares to pleasure events. However, gas and rubber restric- > tions and the resultant regulations concerning pleasure driving will not have any .effect upon the success of the hospital ball. This was true at the Junior League event which attracted one of the largest crowds in the history of that organisation. With Camden hotels reporting an amazing number of guests considering the war, with practically all of the winter homes occupied the auxiliary event gives promise of being one Of the most successful charitable social functions In years. New Air-Raid Regulations Made Effective Wednesday, February 17, a new air raid warning notification will become effective in all parts of the Fourth Service Command of the eastern military area. Under orders of Major General William Bryden. , Local civilian defense authorities have been given all data covering the new regulations. Under these regulations the yellow or preliminary flash will be sent out from the district headquarters to chief of police Alva Rush, chief notiflcatoin officer in Camden. In turn, Chief Rush will give notification to all defense industries, heads of all services of civilian defense, the Southern Aviation school . air port and all others on the notification list. This flash will be a warnlng that enemy planes are in the general vicinity of South Carolina and constitutes a "standby signal." When the notification officers receive the blue flash the air raid sirens will immediately start sounding and will sound with a continuous t blast for a two-minute period. Upon thia signal all lights will be extingulshsd with the exception of those on automobiles and these lights must be on low beam. The sounding of the siren will send all members of the civilian defense corps to their (Please turn to page twelve) Religious Census \ To Be Made Here^ It has been announced that Sijnday i afternoon, February 14, h.jeliglggs.J census~of Camdeln -wltt 'be taken to i determine pie church affiliations of < the new families-of this community and the number of residents who 1 have no church affiliation. Census i cards with oompleU information will i FltoT. J. B. Gaston, paster at the i Baptist cM*,~ ? chairman of the 1 IrlT, and Bar. Herbert j member of the committee. Baptist Hour Speaker Dr. J. Clyde Turner, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Greensboro, N. C., who will speak the first three Sunday mornings In February, 1943, on The Baptist Hour program. Cites Need of More In Nursing Class Mrs. E. C. VonTresckow, the efficient publicist of the Kershaw county R^d Cross chapter, has made a powerful appeal for more girls to take the nursing course that the Red Cross is providing. "Our call is a vital cry for help," said Mrs. VonTresckow. An attempt is being made by the Red Cross to answer all these cries first, by providing the Army and Navy with nurses through Its War Reserve; secondly by supplementing the depleted nursing personnel In civilian hospitals with Red Cross Nurse's aides and thirdly by teaching civilians to care for themselves In Red Cross Home nursing classes. During the next three months the National Broadcasting Company la cooperating vwith the Red Cross in this vital campaign. Several tlmeB weekly over station WIS every one will be able to hear about the excellent work being done by these Red Cross Services. While the thousands of nurses answer the call of the armed forces, nurses remaining behind must help if they are to give adequate care to civilians. To fill this need the Red Cross and National Broadcasting Company are appealing for 25,000 healthy women between the ages of eighteen and fifty with a high school education to take the training for Red Cross Volunteer Nurse's Aides in the next three months. But even with nurse's aides, the hospital stafTs are overworked. There are not enough doctors to car6 for the civilian population. It is up to Americans to keep healthy and to know how to care for illness in their own homes. Americans can get this knowledge, can do much to ease the (Please turn to page twelve) Patriots Respond To Call To Arms The reason Captain S. C. Clyburn of the Camden and Kershaw County Home Guard Company is wearing a broad smile these days Is because there has been a most interesting response to the patriotic call for members of the guard unit. I Since an appeal was made through the medium of The Chronicle two weeks ago, there have been some twenty new members added to the > roster which brings the total now to I iearly 70 and only twenty more to go to establish a perfect quota. The home guard is not a fad?but i it is an honest-to-goodness effort on < the part of "patriotic citizens to serve their nation on the home front. The i iome guard was planned to be a bulwark for a community against some inforeseen eventuality or emergency i that might arise through flood, toriado, invasion or some other reign >f terror. The drilling, held every Tuesday i ilght at -the, new armory, affords the i members an opportunity to become (killed in army technique and Jo Improve " their health through the melium of exercises and drills. The feature which impresses all i visitors who attend the drills of'the military unit is the companionship ind friendliness Ot all concerned Captained, bjr Stephen C. Clyburn and i corpw egicers, the man trw stm the very ts*?t ih *rtH ?TOlutions. They mpst a great many i men with the same patriotic tster- : 1st they have and every mlnnte of % - War Relief Drive Starts on Monday The war relief drive will get under way Monday, February 8, with a eaovea of the business section of the city for special gifts. The committee is headed by Mrs. John Mullen and Mrs. W. J. Maytlold, who are to be assisted by Mrs. Ed. Drakeford, iu charge of West 'DeKalb street; Mrs. NettleB Lindsdy in charge of the Crocker building; Howard tipeuks in charge of all filling stations; Mrs. Perry Langston, in chargo of Broad street, north of DeKalb; John Mullen in charge of the police department, city council and tire department. The businoss section between. DeKalb and llutledge streets will bo canvassed by Mrs. Mullen and Mrs. Mayfleld. Legion to Name Outstanding Citizen v A citation for outstanding community service is to be awarded to a ciitizon of Kershaw, county by the Leroy Belk Post of the American Legion within a short time, or Just as soon as the committee named to designate ttm person to draw the honor has agreed upon an individual. The citation commltte consists of M. M. Jteasonover as chairman; John Whlinked, Jr., A. Sam Kareah, John Mutyen and Marion Williams. This committee may arrive at a decision as to the winner of the citation in time to have made announcement at a. banquet given Thursday evening at the Sarsfleld club. At this banquet, given by the local Legion Poet, guests of honor were officers of the Camden Home Guard company and the members of Draft Boards 46 and 47. The company officers are Captain S. C. Clyburn, Captain George B. Rhame, Captain and Chaplain J. B. CaBton; Lieutenants J. J. Burns, W. A. Boykin, Jr., Kirby Tupper and Frst Sergeant M. L. Duval. Also invited to the banquet were examining physicians of the draft boards, Dr. Carl A. West, Drytftorge B. Rhame and Dr. A. W.Humphries. The members of the draft boards are; Board 46, John ^Vhitaker, Jr., chairman, L. D. Boykin and M. M. Reasonover. Board 47, M. G. King, chairman, G. P. Bell and Oscar J. Smyrl. The local Legion Post will make the community service citation an annual event. The person to whom the honor is awarded will receive a certificate which after the wdr will be replaced with a suitable plaque. The citation this year is based upon accomplishment of 1942 and preceding years, but in 1944, the pward will be based primarily upon the outstanding services in 1943. Farm Women Held Meeting The Executive Board of the County Council of Farm Women met on January 29 aW 11 o'clock ait the court house! The meeting was presided over by the president, Mrs. O. J. Smyrl, who outlined the purpose of the meeting. She pointed out that the major objective was to discuss production and conservation and the Farm Women s part in the Better Farm Living program. The Farm War Goals for Kershaw county were outlined by Miss Fewell, the Home Demonstration agent. County-wide Council goals were adopted and the means for executing theee were discussed. The work of the Various county chairmen in regard to these goals was outlined and each county chairman was urged to provide information for the local chairmen in each Home Demonstration club. The treasurer, Mrs. Wade Holley, submitted her report including the report on scholarship, which shows that the Council has one girl on scholarship at Winthrop now. Two scholarship girls completed their course last year and will soon be in position to pay back their loans. The splewHd worlL. belo* done by the colored Home and Farm agents was brought .to the attention of the group And full cooperation for the continuance of this work was pledged by the Board. The Council snpplemenis the salary of the colored Home Agent and feels that this is money r Tb^m^Ptor additional funds for stenographic help in the Home agents offfeo was brought to the attention of this (Please'tarn to pegd twelve) Organize To Promote Welfare Of Juveniles One of tho most Comprehensive projects undertaken in Camden and vicinity in uoino time and ono destined to effect the future of the growing youth of tho community, received marked impetus at a mass mooting of representatives of practically overy organization in Camdon ahd Kershaw county at the high school auditorium Thursday afternoon. Represented at tho mooting wore tho following organizations: C4ty of Camden, Chamber of Commerce, Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, Jewish "Sisterhood, City Cour^ll, Korshaw County Educational Association, Sheriff's office, Qraco Episcopal church. Amorican Legion Auxiliary, Probate Judge, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Red Cross, Community Service Corps, Hermitage Cotton Mill, Kirst Baptist church, County schools, lðodist church, Council of Farm Women, Legion Auxiliary, Wateree Mill, U. S. C? School Attendance office, police department, Olty and County Health Department, Women's Missionary Society of the B&ptl?t 'church, Town of Bethune, Prebyterian Auxiliary, Civilian Defense oouncil, Daughters of the American Revolution, City Schools, and Department of Public Welfare. Mrs. Clyde Helms of Columbia, head of the Child Welfare division of the state department of Public Welfare, was the main speaker of tha afternoon and was Introduced by ^Irs. Kathleen Watts, Cdunly' Superintendent of Education. Supt. J7 G. Richards of the Camden public schools presided at the meeting. Mrs. Helms presented a plan of organization, which with two others, (Please turn to page eight) * Rotarians Give Up Ladies Night ' * 1 * The Camden Rotary Club has an- " nounced that the annual ladies' night will be dispensed with this year, the money usually expended for this big get-together to be used for some essential war effort. The meeting of tho local Rotes last Thursday (was most interesting and featured a talk by Henry West of Charlotte, who is president of the Charlotte Motor clujj and affiliated with the Chevrolet Motor company. Mr. West spoke on the topic "The Victory Driver Campaign," and then submitted a film entitled "Americans* Can Give It." This film showing the production of war materials. Carrying out the program of hav? ing two high school students And two farmers present at alternate meetings, two of the outstanding farmers of Kershaw county, Joseph Pafe and i Paulp>|)rown were guests at the Thursday meetings - / . Mention was made at-the meeting of the contemplated visit of Sr. Fernando Carbajal of LAma, Psru; - president of Rotary International, who will be the speaker at a meeting of t?e' Columbia Rotary club on February 19. It is expected that manyRotarians will attend this meeting. Rotarian Jack Mullen, - who has been on leave of absence from the club because of defense duties, was welcomed back. J. . . Guests at the meeting were Rev. B. Wallace Edwards, guest of J. C. Swing; Lather Osterhoudt of New York, guest of William Bates and Dr. Lyons (Please turn to page six) Total Purchase War Bonds $265J041M A report on the purchase of war" bonds by the citizens of this county has been made by the CknmtjK W** Saving Committee, shewing the month-by-nxrath buying during the last eight months of the year 1942. The report covers those eight months since it was daring those mnnlhslthst the- system ef assigning ? each county a specific monthly Quota was in effect. T^e auota system .WML-'. eSTa bits bed last May, and was in sf- * foot from May on. Total purchase In the county during the. eight-month period amounted to $265, 041.45, and this amount was * subsmffig^awtribntton to thUTWlos pf mors than $60,000,000 in bonds ha South Caroling last ysur.._ii^ ^JhO-teporfcmade hers ts bated oh figures sent ftom W. P. Bowses, state bond adainstretbr, at Columbia. . ! Point Rationing Will Be Topic Camden merchants unci ?U others Interested In the Point Rationing System which is to become effoetlvo within a few weeks are Invited to attend a mass meeting to be held in the auditorium of the grammar school on Friday evening, February 12, at eight o'clock. This mooting arranged through the cooperation of the Chamber of Cam merce and Merchant's Association with the State Office of Price A(! ministration will be addressed by Martin F. Gaudian of the State OPA staff. The Chamber of Commerce and the Merchant's Association extend an in vitation to all interested parties t(^ attend this meeting. The ramifications of the point rationing ramifications of the point rationing system will be gone into with much detail by Mr. Gaudln. The State O. P. A. office advises the Chamber of Commerce that this meeting, which will be educational in nature, is of vital importance to all concerned. All questions offered from the floor will receive the cheerful consideration of the speaker. The Chamber of Commerce and the I Merchant's Association earnestly urge all business men and citizens to be present at this meeting. It will be of special value to the shopping public as the Point System is to be carefully and clearly explained. Speaking Campaign For The Red Cross An extensive speaking campaign to arouse interest and cooperation in the annual Red Cross Roll Call has been arranged by the Kershaw county chapter. | Under the program planned Red Cross speakers will attend every meeting that is held in the county during February. On Tuesday at a general meeting of the chapter at . Grace Episcopal church guild hall, Rev. Henry Collins of the Lyttleton Street Methodist church was the speaker. Mrs. Samuel Russell will speak at the Baptist circle meetnig to be held at the home of Mrs. J. L. Gillis; Mrs. E. C. VonTresckow will Bpoak at the Baptist circle meeting at the home of Mrs. J. E. Ross and Mrs. Margaret Mayfleld will be the speaker at another Baptist circle meeting at the home of Mrs. C. O. Stogner. At a Mothodist circle meeting at the home of Mrs. Robin Zemp, Mrs. John Wall will be the speaker; Major Moultrie Brailsford, county Red Cross chairman, will speak at the Methodist circle meeting at the home of Mrs. Henry F. Collins, while Mrs. Leon Schlosburg is to speak at the home of Mrs. Watson Baddy. Attorney Oliver Rice will be the speaker at a meeting of the Business Women's Service League at the home of Mrs. Wilson Bebe; Miss Helen Harman will be the speaker at the American Legion banquet held at the Barsfield club Thursday night Speakers who have already been heard were Marlon Hyman, who addressed the Junior League meeting at the home of MrA. J. E. McKain; Colonel E. C. VonTresckow who addressed the D. A. R.; Father Edward Burke, the Garden club;' and Rer. A. Douglas McArn who spoke at the Farm Women's Council. / * New Features For Chronicle $ | The new management of The Camden Chronicle wishes to announfce the addition of several new features in the pages' of this newspaper. They will be run as a regular service In every Issue. - Special attention is catted to the International Sunday School leeson which will be found on page Cornice on page 8. nan^Tfwuwilit Wtu be of benefit to the comafinMy and pleasure to oar reader* let The Chronicle office know. SB