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Dodie, of Park Rldgs, sends me the
following ditty, a aort of ode to the
man power shortage.
"Star bright
Star bright
What good are you
To me tonight7
I wish I may
T wish I might
Have a date
Tomorrow night."
I'atsy of old Beloit. drops a,card to
gay that a will of your own will help
vol! to succeed better than the will
oi a rich relative.
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One of our esteemed citizens said
that trying to get a ride on a city
bus in Columbia reminded him of a
friend of his, who living li^i a town up
north where fire had destroyed two
sardine factories declared the people
up there should not worry, that the
town street busses were still running.
IMn admits-tho point system has
him. a hit groggy but ho thanks Heaven
that his wife knows how to count.
After reading war headlines In the
paper and Iisteninp' to the news commentators
over the air, we have come
to the conclusion that every single
town in the European war zene Is an
important rail Junction.
Folks, in times like these, when Ihe
air and the press pour forth stories
of blood and gore from the battlefields,
why not enjoy an evening of
genuine fun and frolic. That is a plug
for the policeman's ball, to bfc held
on the. evening of Thursday, March
25. in the High school gymnasium.
The Shaw field orchestra has been
socyt-d for the occasion and take it
Iroiu your Skipper, there will be a
hot time in the old town that night.
It may be that the eminent Professor
Morrison may be prevai'ed
upon to give a piano selection during
the evening.. If he does that means I
Bo home. There are some things I can
take, but when It comes to a pianist
playing in the cracks Instead of the
alack and white keys?well?it gets
my goat.
Now to the more serious side of
life. First of all a reason why we
?ive thanks:
For our continued freedom and
blessing of our unscarred earth; for
the courage of our fighting men and
the devotion of a united people who
sLand behind them; and for the clear
jnflinohing resolve of the American
Mid British democracies that right
shall triumph, justice shall prevail and
lasting peace shall reign throughout
life world.
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A laugh is just like sunshine
It freshens alt the day
It tips the peak of life with light
And drives the clouds away
The soul grows glad that hears it
And feels its courage Strong
^ laugh is just like sunshine
ror cheering folks along.
I like to think when the day Is done
That I have helped some weary one?
That someone's tired hands and feet
Are rested and her heart more sweet?
Borne red face may be ashine
Because of some kind deed of mine.
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During some of the rainy dreary
lays when the usual rush of the
Chamber of Commerce office Is hushed,
the little lady at the desk next to
nine draws forth her knitting needles
md the welter of yarn and things
Bart clicking. She has magio In her
<ny hands and the garments that
jrow and grow and grow under her
left manipulation of those thlnQS that
ook like chop sticks Is ever a source
>f wonderment to me.
sf-e
And speaking of knitting, I always
issociate that art to a stage play I
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witnessed many year* ago and which
featured that wonderful singer, Al.
Wilsou. One song that Wllaon sang
in a play in which he took the role
of Metz, a lad of the Alps. will ever
linger in my memories of sweet mu?lc.
Met* is seated In front of hie Alpine
sweetheart, his hands outstretched
and holding up the skein of woolen
yarn. The Alpine lady winds the yarn
Into a ball as Wilson, In his beautiful
voice with those heart-throbbing
breaks, softly sings:
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"For when, my love, lovo, rolla tho
woolen, woolen cord
With tender care
My soul, the skeins 'she's winding,
winding round
Her heart so fair."
There Is more to that tender chorus
?wish I knew It now. For today so
many of our dear ones are "sitting
with their knitting. In the good, old
fashioned way."
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Sport Potpourri
BY THE SKIPPER
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Frltzie Zivic lost again to Beau
Jack, the Augusta colored lad. and as
was the case In the irst meeting, a
low blow which robbed him of the
round, was the margin of defeat.
Those Glllett Blade broadcasts of
sVort events over the Mutual and
which can bo picked up with fine
clarity over WOK are listentMl to by
many Camden fight fans. We never
miss a 0110 of them.
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We had an idea from the tone of
the blow-by-blow reporter and also of
Bill Corum,. chief .announcer, that
Zlvic had the Augusta boy chasing
rainbows the last several rounds. In
fact, we thought 'that despite a slow
start, Zlvic earned the decision. But
he did not get It.
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The sport scribes were unanimous
in declaring the bout a good draw
after Zivic had been robbed of the
eleventhVound. And we say "robbed"
because that was what happened. The
referee was the only person In the
20,000 under the Madison Square Garden
roof, that saw a border line blow
as being foul.
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Fritzie was over 8 years older than
Beau Jack and he was at the bottom
end of ji 3 to 1 choice before the
fight because of that age disparity.
None of the so-called experts gave
Zivic a chance against the yqunger
Jack, especially over a 12 round distance.
But Fritzie surprised them.
After a bad start, during which he
dropped some five or six rounds on
points, he started on the long trail
back and instead of the aged Pittsburgh
laddie getting tired and losing
his punch, it was the youthful colored
tad who began to wilt and who drew
a bad larroping In the closing rounds.
We heard a splendid broadcast of
the championship game of the Southern
Conference, played at Raleigh last
Saturday night between Duke Uni-|
verslty and George Washington University.
The announcer, and he was
one of the best I have ever listened
to, In his pre-game chatter seemed to
regard the outcome as being In the
bag for Duke. What an upset. George1
Washington, presented a brilliant defense
and with a superb shooting offensive,
made the game a veritable
rout, winning 56 to 40.
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If any one knows their basketball,
they might have discounted the pregame
prognostication regarding the
prowess and winning proclivity of the
Duke team. True, Duke has been tops
for almost three seasons but then
Duke never played a team like that
Goorge Washington gang. Whenever
you see some of those Whiss Kids
from the Midwest iu a team line-up
you can wager that the team ie good,
dim Haunch, high scoring player of
the tournament and who sparked
George Washington to the title hails
from ICvansville, lml. Kd Gustafson,
another high scorer, is from Moll no.
111. liob Groetslnger, who started as
guard, is from Peoria, while the other
ace player, Johnny Konlzowskl, is
from Pennsylvania. Joo Gallagher,
captain, Lh from up Now York way.
Speaking of basketball, this week
will probably wind up the City league
program and then softball. Already
plans are being made to have a league
of six or eight teams with gqV*"*
played at least three nights each
week on the high school field, corner
of Fair and Laurens street. Coach
Lnldsay Pierce of the high school
says he can place at least two teams
in the league while three or more will
enter from the Southern Aviation
school. It is hoped to have the Home
Guards place a team In the loop and
there may be others from the mill
villages.
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"Why should we use an English I
tune in our church service when this
nation has a national anthem, "The
Star Spangled Banner?" asks a lovely
lady at one of our tourist hotels.
The lovely .lady .propounded the
question to me because I belong to
Grace church where a verse of
"America" is sung at the Sunday
morning service. It is the one number
of the morning's menu of hymns that
everyone joins in an sings.
The statement of the lovely lady
perplexed us. Of course we wanted
good Dr. Clarke to have a truly Amerljean
song sung when the glorious Stars
and Stripes are uplifted in front of
the altar. Should we change from
America to "The Star Spangled Banner"
which is unsingable except to a
daring tenor or soprano?
Well, our troubles same to a conclusion
last Thursday when we discovered
hidden away in the columns
of the Charlotte Observer a column
of comment anent the very soul-stirring
problem which fell upon our
shoulders.
"The Star Spangled Banner" is just
as much a foreign air as "America,"
which we all know is sung ?to the tune
of the British national anthem. But
horrors folks?we filched the tune
of "The Star Spangled Banner" from
the Germans, who today are about the
most hated race in the world.
That famous columnist Westbrook
Pegler, thinks we should adopt a genuine
American number for a national
anthem.. We think so to.. We confess
we do not know all the words to the
Star Spangled Banner and those who
have tat or stood near us when we
triecj to sing "it|* are conscious that we
certainly fail shy of knowing just how
to reach tfcose words "The land of
the free." As Pegler says, If a thousan
patriots try to sing it there comes
a point at which they all fall back except
a dogged few who sound like old
women wailing at a weed-grown
grave."
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It happened up in the history class
at tho Hlflh school?or did itT The
t teacher said to the pupils, "Name two
ancient sports," whereupon one of the
lads shouted "Anthony and Cleopatra/'
Talking to Mary up in tho library
the other day and happening to mention
that Friend Donny was u martyr
: <o ^yHpepaia, where upon Mary seas
"Not exactly Skipper. He's got dyspepsia
all right, but I'm the martyr "
Oh Ye*, Oh Ye*?tho troublo with
this daylight saving as I see it Is
that a bird doesn't get sleepy early
enough to get sleep enough to be up
early enough to catch the, worm
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: Nice Work Fellar
The rehabllatatlon of the traffic
markings on the streets of the City
can be charged dlreotly to Mons.
Wylie Sheorn, member of the City
council, and chairman of the committee
on streets. Nice going brother
Legionnaire.
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The work of the police department
in saving the limbs and necks of Camden
bike riders is to be commended.
Last week 23 of them forked over a
buck each after they had fallen prey
to the seeing-eyes of tho Camden coppers
when they essayed to sully forth
on their pedalstoeds after dark without
lights. To our way of thinking
that dollar was a darned good Investment?for
it probably will bo a warning
against further risking of necks.
We hope everybody will go blngoing
on March 19.. Father Edmund
Burke's super-deluxe bingo classic
will be staged that evennlg at St.
Mary's hall under the personal direction
of that eminent artist from the
Christian stables, Mr. Jack Healy.
Take a bow Jack.
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And speaking of that bazaar, bingo
reanlo and what else have you, it's
going to be an evening of rare joy
and happiness and we hope that every
one In Camden will turn out 100 per
cent.
: The afternoon from 6 to 7 p. m.
those gracious ladies, Mrs. Jack Healy
and Miss Riley will have charge of
the children's program and what a
lot of fun In games, etc., has been
planned.. At 6 o'clock the world's
greatest exposition of grand-cooked
things in the form of a dinner will be
served to the hungry by the Grandest
Girls committee. The bingo classic
will get underway about the same
time so If you are not eating you can
go blngolng,
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Then will come the raffleing of the
war bondB. The good Father informs
us that Donaldo Morrison, famed pianist
and health expert is to help out
in the evening program so we assume
that Donaldo will have some shooting
to do in the bingo as well as the auction
event.
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And of course there are going to
be some auper-dooper booths at which
many useleaa thinga will be sold at
most outlandish high prices.
' Anyhow, the whole thing Is going
to be one riot of fun and I'm telling
the world you'll be sorry If you miss
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Cause For Laughter
"Why," said Judge Rice In police
court to the women who faced him
ee e prisoner charged with asaault,
"why did you throw that hot flatlron
at your husband."
"Lawdy Jedge," said the woman
prisoner, "I have a motter. several
motters and one of them be strike
while the Iron am hot."
Noted in a magazine the other day
the statement that wo all have to
learn, ho don't he blue when you are
green. Which reminds me that blackberries
are red when they are green.
Oh Shush!!!
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"Is It true Don," sez I, "that women
live longer than men?
"8ure 'tis," said Don. "Especially
widows."
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This is a real Scotch story. An
old man was sitting in the waiting
room of a railroad station not so far
from here, smoking his pipe. A porter
saw him and going up to him said.
"Don't you see that notice on the wall
over there 'No Smoking Allowed'?"
"Sure," said the old man. "Hut how
In the devil can 1 keeb all your1 darned
rules? There's another one on that
wall that says. 'Wear Splrella Corsets'."
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It might be tin* "barometer blues"
that Is giving you that down-in-thedumps
feeling. Find out how weather
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Here's a fascinating article
you'll enjoy. See It in the March 2lst
issue of
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