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hot off jL thi k?v When uny hero medals are bestow ,tl i? Camden we suggest that the IriK-ers and meat dealers be given ,,ue consideration in the selecting ol tlu, individual who is to receive well earned and appropriate decorations. From our own personal, observation hose are the boys who are re^ly .?,ning hero medals in ihese days of rationing. For uo reason but their inability to sell what they do not have tht.y are taking all Kinds of criticism and abuse from few of the disappointed CTMtomers are prone to take% the attitude that the More keeper is ill-stocked only as the result of his laziness or stupidity; I no me even suspect him of reserving I Bcarco Hems for relatives and friends, I since his only chance of profit is to I sell what he can get, he is as eager aa I uny customer to buy, but he can get I only so much merchandise?and that's I that. Ho has his own troubles and I plenty of them but he has to be nice to the complaining cuatomer Instead I of kicking him out of the front door I as he may often be tempted to do. I Yes the grocery and meat market I business is the place where heroes I are being made every day. * There was a fine human story in one of the papers the other day, a simple thing but one that sticks in the mind. I a letter came from an army air man I to his sister at home. She was very Blck had been losing steadily and seemed to be dying. The brother wrote "Fight like blazes!" He told I her what he himself had been through I ?all the fears and the cold sweat of IhiB training period, and how he "had gone through hell and heaven and life and death, and worked like blazes to get what he wanted, and got it." You're fighting for something much more important than that," he tpld her. "You can do it, and you must." she must fight in her bed as he fought in the air. And so on for page after page. Not just an ordinary "pep talk" but the stuff that life and cour^Ktge are made of. And within a few Hours the sister was on her way to Hecovery. Well, you let a story like that soak in, and your mind turns ^Kack to the simple words, "like Klazes." It's a common expression, V,.- people would call it mere slang. Hint there may be magic in it. Look Hp "blaze" in the dictionary, and you ^ ind "a torch, a flame, a flaming fire, H glowing light, intense brightness, Krilliance, a fiery outburst." It is, a ^?ery high-powered word. The power H,< great words, backed by strong de^Hir*'. can work miracles. And these are hm-s when great words are needed, Hs the basis of great deeds. I Th? news from Washington con inues bad?at least?bad for motorHts. For the government is formuplans to seize seven million Hrivate owned automobiles and take ^^ u* fifth or spare tire off twenty milBon more. This in brief, is the request made Hy TrifiPr Secretary of War,JtQh&El ^^ aTTerson, and according to radio Hommontators, it will be put Into ^ fect this spring. ? I And th086 of us who happen to be the 20,000,000 car owners who Hust drive without a spare tire, will Hoe another drastic penalty?the use the car on Sundays or holidays, he only cars that can operate on Hmdays and holidays will be those use for direct war efforts. Filling station chaps tell a lot of Hnny things about the hafcpenings I last Monday when the rule pro ^^ mlng the charging of gas, oil. etc., came effective. Very few of the ^Itorists knew of the new regulation d some were caught off guard and Mthout funds to pay for the gas and oil. There sure was some scurrying around to ralBe the dough. * ? Over in Columbia, in C&etonta and many other places the teeth of the OTA have begun to be felt. ..Motorists who thought they were getting by with riding to places of pleasure and recreation in their cars, especially to road houses, etc., found that they had to give up many of their ration coupons, and in some Instances, their whole supply of coupons. ? ? Here in Camden, the tendency on the part of a big majority of the mo1 toriHts, is to be patriotic?gnd they | are doing just that, Hut there are a few chislers who are committing Bubotage by driving their cars to parties, ' cocktail gatherings, bridge and club 1 events and the like. We wonder when the rationing oXficlaia will catch up 1 to them. I Sport Potpourri BY THE SKIPPER I j j x rrr-,-rrr-j* ? We like the way Carl West, eminent ' medico and sawbones of our bailiwick, ' comes out in an appeal for the con1 tinuanco of baseball and other sports. 1 Dr. Carl speaks his mind bluntly and ' fearlessly and wo hope that his words ' of advice and wisdom will have a ' favorable reaction. We listened to the Fritzie ZivicBeau Jack fight at Madison Squure Garden last Friday night and quite agreed with New York Bport writers that an unintentional low blow in the eighth round which tookx the round from Zlvic was the deciding factor in ' the decision of the Judges. This boy Beau Jack is no slouch however and we down here have some interest in him since he hails from Augusta wh^re he was a caddy and shine boy at a golf club. , * * Did you know thajt, there is some interesting basketball being dished up these evenings at the high school gymnasium; The teams are from the high school, the city and from the aviation post and the going is hot and furious in every one of the encounters. Drop around some evening and sit through a game or^ho. 9 9 Too bad the high school basketball program is shot full of holes so far as a regular schedule of games between high school teams is concerned, for the 1943 edition of the Bulldog basketball is ond of the best in many moons. Sitting in the bleachers the other night I saw Scotty blow in and hailing him, suggested he como and sit with me. Noticed he looked sort of down in the mouth and so I inquired: "What's the trouble Hoot Mon, hast thou any trouble with dyspepsia?" Whereupon Hoot Mon replied: "I did only once Skipper, that was when I tried to spell it." We like the little ditty that Scotty poured into our ears when he leaned off and In that attractive sing-song voice of his murmured: A divinity student named "Tweedle" Refused to Accept his Degree; He didn't object to the "Tweedle" But hated the "Tweedle, D. D." ?- In the absence of any great sport stuff to talk about, we are Just filling space by trying to tell funny things. Fnr instance, ladtefr who stepped from the Glrdler plane last year one afternoon and the big stout one murmured: "Oh, I'm so glad to get my feet on Vice versa again. Whereupon her companion turned on her and said: "My dear, you don't mean vice versa,, ypu mean terra cotta." Well, as Squire Perkins-said to me ( one day: "Lot pHimes a feller could get to the seat o' his troubles by kick- ( ing himself." j f Don Hutson, the Green Bay Packer end who capitalized on "scientific loafing" to become a grldfron success, Thursday night announced his retire- ( ment a few hours after being named the National Football league's most valuable player for the second straight , year. V i A product of the University of Alabama, Hutson announced he would devote his full time to operating his Jacker Playdium, big Green Bay bowling palace. He holds more records than any player lu the 22-year hla | lory of the league, totaling 17 In-, dividual records. Popular and active In civic affaire he whs recently named chairman of the llrown county Hod Orosa drive. The eight-year (Jreen Day veteran, who will celebrate hie thirtieth birthday Sunday, le the first performer ever to repeat lu the moat valuable player hullbting Previous winners of the award made in memory of the 4> founder of the proleague were Mel llein of the New York (lianta; Parker Hall, of the Cleveland Hams, and Ace Parker, of the llrooklyn Dodgers. V Roses and Thorns Back In the homo town, the zoot Bult wuh unkuown by th*t name, though any 5-year-old with big brothers wore a reasonable facsimile thereof. ? Von Thomas tells his British captors that all the generals hate Hitler. Nevertheless the Fuehrer still has a night hand mnn?when beside himself. * This new generation, sated with radio, will" never know the comfortable feeling of growing old along with a song hit as in the nineties. Biggest beef over the salary ceiling comes from dazed Hollywood, though we don't see why. It is only by living thus and suffering that one becomes the great dramatic artist. * America's favorite perfume, according to a Canadian newspaper, is rose. Shucks, we always thought it was the aroma of bacon and eggs frying in the dawn. A noted physician says the best reducing system is described in four words: "No more, thank you." m m Before long you'll probably be seeing purses with Bpecial pockets for your ration book; calendars printed with dates when new coupons become valid; specially designed folders for the kitchen, to hold fuel oil coupons and general ration books. * Gov. Kelly of Michigan has signed a law ordering the hands of the clocks turned back an hour on February 15 through the state, exempting Michigan from eastern war time. In case anybody has any mistaken notions, there will be canned goods available for civilians in 1943. The Cans won't look quite the same, and there won't be quite so many of them. But yOU won't be buying all your packed fruits and vegetables under glass. Before long you'll be seeing two new types of can on your grocer's shelves. One will have no tin coating. Instead the chemically-treated steel can and will have a coat of baked enamel or lacquer, in colors ranging from gunmetal to brown or bronze. DIALING YOUR RADIO Your skipper likes nothing better than a pipe of Sir Walter Raleigh and a radio these fine winter nights. And one of the favored programs, one that teems with plenty of laughB is "Can You Top 'This." An evening with Senator Ford, Joe Laurie, Jr., and Harry Hershfleld will Bend._ojq,a to . hecTchuckling with Joy over the many side-splitting stories told by this famous trio, described as the "Thieves of Badgags." For instance, Laurie steps in with the declaration that a brain is only as strong as its weakest think. And Hershfleld chimes in to state the difference between Napoleon and Hitler is that Napoleon was satlsfield with one retreat from Moscow. And Senator Ford solemnly declares that most girls aren't walking to reduce but they're reduced to walking. . We got a side-splitting convulsion over the tale told by Ford regarding an opera soprano who prevailed upon a music professor to accompany her upon the piano. Her voice was so terrible he slammed down the piano oover shouting; "Enough, enough!" 'Don't you like my singing?" Inquired the soprano. "Listen," he stormed, "if 1 play on thy black keys or if 1 play on the white keys?you always sing in the cracks." Ford gets a high meter rating wheu ho booniB forth wltli the remark that "hell hath no fury liko a woman's corn." Laurie likes the one about the boy who took a beautiful gal out ou a moonlight night after the prom dance. After driving for about an hour, she says "Horace, can you drive with one hand?" "You Just bet your life I can," says Horace. "Well," retorts the sweet young thing, ''then wipe your nose, it's leaking." Camden Cage Loop Has Six Quints The Camden Basketball league, now lh operation, boasts of six splendid teams with games taking place in tho high school gymnasium on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays at 8 and 9 p. in. The teams In the league are made up of Teams No. *1 and No. 2 from the Maintenance department of the Southern Aviation fcchool, one from the ranks of the Flying Instructors of (he Southern school, the Camden high J school team, a louin from the Home Guard and one from the Army 64th 1 AAFFTI), The schedule adopted contemplates j a round robin tournament with each i team playing each other team one game. The first aud third ranking { teams and the second and fourth I teams, decided on the percentage ' basts, will play an elimination tournament for the league title. i The games are offered to the public i at a small fee. adults being admitted ! for each double-header for 10 cents j and children for 5 cents. The money i taken in will be used to defray the' expense of lights, heat and Janitor j service at the gymnasium. The team captains so far announced are; Arthur Robinson for Maintenance l^p. 1, McCluro ,for the fyling Instructors, Idndsay Pierce, of the high School, and Captain W. R. Fahs of theuArmy team. Two officials aro to work In each game, a roferee and an umpire. The following Is the schedule of games arrunged: Feb. 10, 9 p. m.-?No. 1 Maintenance vs. Home Guard. Feb. 12, 9 p. m.?High school vb. Army 64th. Feb. 16, 8 p. in.? Maintenance 3 vtj. Instructors, 8 p. m. Homo Guards vs. High school, Feb. 17, 9 p. n?.?64 AAFFTD vs. M alntenance. Fob. 19, 9 p. in.? Maintenance No. I \s. Instructors. Fob. 22, 8 p. m.?Maintenance No. I vs. 64 AAFFTD. 9 p. in.?Home Guurd vs. Instructors. Feb. 24, 9, p. in.? High school vs. Maintenance 2. Feb. 26, 9 p. in.- Maintenance 1 vs. High school. March 1, S p. m.? Maintenance ,2 vs. Home Guurd. Instructors vs. 64th AAFFTD. March 3. 9 p. m.? 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