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VOLUME 84 4 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1943 NUMBER 52
Regional Office Approves
Appropriation For Center
I Favorable Action Looked For
From Federal HeadI
quarters ,
I Mayor F. N. MeCorkle has received I
word that the application of the City,
of Camden for an appropriation from
I the Federal Works Administration for
continuance of the recreational center
I on Rut ledge street has been approved
I by the regional office In Atlanta.
Assurance has als'o been received
I from Senator E.\D. Smith, Burnett R.
Maybank and Congressman J. P.
I Richards that with favorable recomendations
from the regional office to
I the Washington headquarters having
I been made, they are following the
matter closely and It is believed will
he able to announce final approval
H by Washington within a short time.
The Camden project calls for fedH
oral assistance under the Lanham
Fund. The amount of $7,500 and this
will bo utilized exclusively In recrea
tkmal activities. Up to the present
time the recreation center has been
operated by the WPA under sponsorship
of the Chamber of Commerce.
With the closing of the WPA pro
gram the city was faced with the
stoppage of the recreation centor proH
gram and the complete collapse of
any program entertainment for the
many hundreds of soldiers and cadets
in camps and posts contenglent to the
city. The week-end soldier problem
has been well taken care of by the
I recreation center. During the ma
neuvers in 1941 and agkln last year
^B the city found Itself with many hunI
dreds of soldiers either quartered
H here or as visitors. To offer enter-"
H tainment and service to these men
I a recreation center was established
I in the old armory on Rutledge street.
^B Equipment and furnishings were ob^B
tained. showers installed and a WPA
I staff, headed by Mrs. May G. Gaskln,
^B assisted by Mrs. Jeanette Bell, in
^B charge. All during the maneuvers
this center was popular with service
men. The program was continued
^B with the servin^of transient soldiers
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Questions Asked
By The Prospective
WAACS Answered
Sgt. Jack B. Pulkerson of the Army
Recruiting Station, Room..No. 249,
Post t)ffice building, Columbia, S. C.,
ill a statement today sought to answer
many of the Questions put to him by
mall and telephone by prospective
members of the Woman's Army
Auxiliary Corps. He is accepting enlistment
at the post offico station.
His statement follows:
"As a member of the WAAC you
wiH be ehrolled for noncombatant
duties. Your term of service in the
WAAC is for the duration of the war,
plus a period of not more than six
months thereafter. You may be assigned
to duty with a WAAC unit of
fifty or more members to wherever
the army is serving at home or
abroad.
"During basic training you will be
given regularly physical training, including
swimming, athletic sports,
calisthenics and drill, to condition
your body for buoyant health and
mental aliveness. The keen, brighteyed
look of WAAC members is the
envy of other woirien wherever they
appear. After one or two months
you'll probably feel finer than ever
before in your life.
"Opportunities for promotion in
the WAAC are excellent. The corps
is expanding rapidly, and the woman
with special ability or demonstrated
qualities of leadership may soon advance
to a higher grade with increased
pay. All officers are now commissioned
from the ranks, and every
woman has equal opportunity to compete
for appointment to an Officer
Candidate School.
"If you are attending college or
business school, you may enroll in the
WAAC and remain on an inactive
status until the completion of your
current school year.
"If you are married, you may apply
for enrolment in the WAAC, but, no
applicant will be accepted who has
1 anyone financially dependent on her
i pay as a member of the WAAC. No
applicant will be * accepted for enrol|
ment in the WAAC If she has one or
1 more children under 14 years of age.
IMany Reasons For
Laggard Results j
In Red Cross Drive
By The Roying Reporter _J
I'pon the request of Mrs. Leon
Schlosburg, chairman of the war fund
drive of the Red Cross, I called upon
t< n man and women, on Wednesday!
and Thursday and In each instance I
off.'red tho inquiry: "Why has there
b?? n so much difficulty in securing
war funds?"
i him not going to . -mention ?any
names, but will recite the replies in
th- sequence in which they came to
me.
My first call was upon a lady who
1- active in social events in Camden
and she very frankly declared that
f-he felt that the time, tho.drive com-,
i 11 k when the-pinch is most keenly felt
because of the payment of income
taxes, was "poorly chosen. In all
previous efforts she pointed out, the
drive was held around the first of the
year and was far more successful.
fN'ote) Last year the drive was at the
ttc'tal time of the year and the county
f.?i!.-d to subscribe the quota assigned.
My next three interviews werO*$rith
business men who asserted that the
Peoplo had been practically bled of
funds by taxes, and )n a majority of
cases had had to borrow to meet
their income assessments.
The next person was a retired army,
wan and he was quite emphatic in
declaring that the quota assigned
Kershaw county was far too high. He
"Poke of the millions of dollars that
*fre expended in Columbia* the tre(Please
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TELEGRAM3
March 16, 1943
Miss Allle McNeill,
Field Representative, A. R. C.
South Carolina reports $498?69 or
per cent of goal of $605,700. Highest
percentsge In Eastern area, Mary'and
second, with 71 par cent. Every
reason to believe If adequate and
prompt reports can be aeeured, 8outh
Carolina has good chance being first
otate in Eastern area possibly In Nation
to attain goal. Know you will
^ant to make this achievement possible.
Sam. B. Montgomery.
March 17, 1943. j
From Alexandria, Virginia,"
Jo Mi?? Allle MeN?t - '
l-Jeid Representative, A. R. C.
Reports 86 par cent chapters Indlw?
hava raised 4941 per cant;
hn? ?*r fund Bouth Career
tends first place In area with!
P per cent state's auota reported.
r
j Was. Cast Hunt.
Society Awfiits
Hospital Dance
With Anticipation .
Camden society is on the qui-vive
as they await the all-important social
t event of the season, the Hospital Ball,
to be given on the evening of April
3. In the spacious ball room of the
Kirkwood hotel.
The famous Fleet Green orchestra
of Charlotte, N. C., has been secured
to offer the musicgl inspiration for
the evening. In addition to the usual
program of dance numbers there will
be a waltz contest and also one for
the jitterbug enthusiasts.
Committees of the hospital auxiliary
are working hard to round up every
detail that will go toward the success
of the ball. Camden girls will
appear in exquisite formal costume
while the male guests will be in the
army, naval and marine as well as
formal civilian attire.
The dancing epic will mark "the
close of the social season, so far as
the Kirkwood hotel-is concerned, as
the big hostlery is to close for the
season the middle of next month.
Ralph Chase, Jr.,
i To Be Ringmaster
At Big Dog Show
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Ralph Chase, Jr.; ton of Ralph M.
Chase, well-known equestrian expert
of Camden and Middlefleld, Conn., Is
to be ringmaster at the annual Leuton
dog show given by the young men
of Grace Episcopal church in Rectory
Square Friday, March 26 at 3 o'clock.
This seventh annual exposition of
valuable dogs will attract a large
crowd of people this year as in the
past. In the event of rain on Friday
the show will be staged on the following
day, Saturday, at the same
hour.
Classes arranged for this year are
as follows: pointers, setters, hounds,
j dalmatlans; spring spaniels, cocker
spaniels, Boykln ripanlels, terHers,
miscellaneous Including througMhreds
and mutts, puppies, any breed and
championship. > j
Chairman of the show is Donald
Campbell, assistant chairman is Paul
McDowelL Shannon Lindsay has
charge of the programs, J. H. Maddox
has charge of the posters, Tommia
Ancrum Is publicity chairman, Mert
Whltaker la chairman of ushers and
Johnny Lindsay Is treasurer. Ksgfstrots
of dogs are John Zemp and Joseph
Jackson. ' * . # j -' *
Blow-hole* and similar foundry impsrfactions
la metal castings may b#
satisfactorily sealed by forcing a new
staling solution Into the porss under
in?ui > and then baking tbs easting.
U. S. Tanksr-jvj^ussie Crews
SJ.
Australian manned General fttiMt tanks from the United State*
played an Important part In the final rant on the Japanese in Papua.
Here one of the tanks, with Australian infantrymen In the background,
Is moving against enemy mil-boxes and at the same time
spraying the tram with machine-gun fire to ellmhtii Snipers. This
Is an actual fighting picture at Quppl Polnt.
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Police To Give
$50 From Dance
To The Red Cross
Announcement was made this week
by Police Commissioner C. V. Massebeau,
that the sum of $60 will be deducted
from the proceeds of the police
ball to be given Thursday, March
26, and will be turned over to the
War Relief Fund of the Kershaw
County American Red Cross chapter.
The 1943 dance frolic which will be
given In the High school gymnasium
under the sponsorship of the police
department, gives promise of being
the largest attended of any similar
event in recent years. The ticket
committee, comprised of every pom*?^
officer In the city, reports a recordbreaking
sale of the pasteboards. Cooperation
on the part of the general
public Including local people as well |
as winter visitors has been most
heartening and interesting according
to the police.
Music for the police ball will be
provided by the Shaw Field dance
Orchestra'. Commissioner Massebeau
announces that there will be awards
for the winners as well as runners
up In the waltz and jitterbug dance
contest.
Another Interesting feature of the
evening will be the appearance on the
dance program /nt the police department's
melody king, Beaufort Hancock,
master of the ivories. Officer
Hancock, who is an accomplished
pianist,' is to play solo for several of
the dance numbers.
Formerly whole-milk powder did
not keep very well; it does now under]
new methods developed by the U. S.J
department of agriculture. I
Dehydration Plant
Wot* To Be Started
Within Short Time
'
The Camden and Kershaw county
Chamber of Commerce announced
Thursday morning that word was received
from Washington that final
red tape has been dispensed with in
relation to the priorities on equipment
for the new dehydration plant
for Camden and the movement of the
necessary machinery and materials
for (he industry will be started next
week.
The Chamber secretary, contacting
R. E. Fulmer, head of the Fresh
rprled Fpods, Inc., was informed that
*tiie Camclen plant will be in operation
in approximately two and a half
months. Construction work necessary
at the plant on East DeKalb street,
will be started next week so that all
ohanges, etc., will have been completed
before the machinery arrives.
Mr. Fulmer states that the majority
of help to be employed will be female
and has asked all interested people
to file their names with the Chamber
of Commerce office. They will be
transmitted * to Mr. Fulmer and as
eoon as the plant is ready to be
Btarted. Mr. Fulmer will get in touch
with all applicants by mail and arrange
for appointments.
Mr. Fulmer states that he would
like to hear from the farmers who
are planning on growing cabbages
and sweet potatoes for the plant.
They may submit their names to W.
C. McCarley, the county agent.
Under existing rates in Britain, it
is virtually impossible for anyone to
have more than $20,000 left after
paying his taxes.
YOUR RED CROSS I
("I'm going to shock you!
"Because I'm godng to hit right from the shoulder,
starting now.
"Out there, our boys are fighting, and they're
falling. Not one or .two at a time, picked off by a
mice clean bullet. But fifty at a time in the roaring,
flaming hell of a shell burst. ' "Out
there, they aren't walking around in clean
white uniforms on neat decks. They're running and
slipping around on the bloody heaving flanks of a
carrier foundering in a sea of oil with her guts torn
out.
"They're not lying in cool, immaculate hospital
beds with pretty nurses to hold their hands. They're
flat on their backs on cold steel taking a smoke and
waiting for a doctor to get through with the seriously
; wounded.
/J~,'Out there, they're fighting and they're falling
but they're winning I And get this straight?they're
not complaining. But I want you to know what they're
up against. I want you to know they look to you to
gave them in your way the same full measure of help
and devotion they get unasked from their own shipmates.
!
^ "And you can help them?by giving generbusly
to the Red Cross. <
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"If you had seen the faces of men pulled naked
from the sea as they received kit bags and cigarettes
handed out on the spot by Red Cross Field Directors?
you'd know what I mean!^- '.r ~ " i
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On every front the Red Cross presses forward.
Each day, the need increases for your support. Your
Ohaptgrfo raisangJtB ^comi^W ar Fund in jf arch. Give
Camden and Kershaw County
Fall Down On The Fund Drive
Golf Classic To
Feature Sunday
At Country Club
The second match play classic of
the season between the Camden Town
Kolfers and the clubswinxinK talent
from the Southern Aviation school,
will tako place Sunday afternoon,
March 21 at the Kirkwood course under
the direction of the Canulou
Country club.
The matches are scheduled to get
under way at 1:30 o'clock and, .because
of the keen rivalry between the
respective camps, it is bollovod there
will be a big gallery of spectators tagging
each of the many foursomes.
Following the match the golfers
will assomble in the country club
house where a buffet luncheon will he
tho order of affairs.
Whereas some ten foursomes participated
In the play on March 7,
with Camden Town scoring a decisive
victory over the flying gentry by a
20 to 9 1-2 soore, it is expected that
there will be quite an Increase in ttie
entries next Sunday. Dally therd has
been a steady influx of golfing guests
at tho Kirkwood hotel and many of
these visitors will be properly placed
in the tournament registration.
The influx of golfers to Camden this
year has been a source of much satisfaction
to the management of the
various tourists hotels and to the
CamdeiT ^Country club. From letters j
received by the club, the Kirkwood
hotel, and the Bureau of Public Relations,
the close proximity of the golf
course to the Kirkwood has served
as a marked Incentive to golfers, who
are now flocking to Camden to get
In a few licks at their favorite and
beloved sport before the northern
courses are available for play.
The Camden Country club extends
a hearty welcome to Camden people
and guests to come to the golf club
Sunday afternoo nand Join in the gallery
to follow the various foursomes
in the tournament. In past years the
Sunday afternoon program featured
polo. In the absence of this sport
this season, the lovers of good sport
will find that watching a golf match,
not only provides a wealth of sporting
entertainment, but also provides
healthful walking about in the fresh
air. The Camden golf club invites
all persons interested in the sport to
join the gallery at all tournament
events.
Publicity Chairman Pleads For
Return of Traditional
Spirit
By tho Sklppor
Members of the Red Cross War
Fund roliof campaign, aftor two weeks
of earnoHt and sincere effort towafrd
boostlug the drive total to a respoctnblo
figure, wore astounded and grieved
to find that tho two week mark
had barely passed $2600.
It will be remembered that back in
the days of the first world war jvhen
the war fund drive was carried out,
tho quota of $6,000 was tripled inJust
three weeks time. The quota
this year of $11,000 flnda less than
one-quarter subscribed at the half
way mark.
In another column of this issue of
The Chronicle, the report of a "roving
reporter" will ho found. This reporter
was assigned to contact mon and women
of the city and county and seek
! to ascertain their views as to the
present luko-warm situation over the
fund drive.
Bluntly stating?Kershaw . county,
and that Includes the city of Camden,
Is falling down In a most doplorable
manner. Some individuals who were
consulted as to the cause, merely
shrugged their shoulders and declared
that Camden'and Kershaw county had
not reached the *point where the serfousnoss
of the global war was realised.
They pointed to the apparent
disregard of "pleasure driving" mandates
as indicating the absence of any
sense of war consciousness in many
of the people: The "flop" of the war
fund drive to date 1s described as
being an inevitable conclusion in view
of what has happened in the past
several weeks.
The air waves have been filled with
personal anecdotes of soldiers, sailors.
marines and flyers, who back
from the war front, have declared
their admiration of the fine work being
done by the American Red Cross..
They tell of the bravery and the fortitude
of the American boys "over
there" and describe in no gentle terms
the hell our fighters are going
through. They admit with startling
directness that the home front- is
woefully weak.
Right here in Camden the situation
is perhaps similar to that in other
communities. There is blenty v of
money available for things other than
relief funds and the like. This writer
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Father Burke
Admits His Back Is i
Up Against The Wall
Beloved Priest Draws His
Battle Lines For Annual
Fun Frolic Here.
By the Skipper
There was real drama packed Into
St. Mary's hall on Pine street this
morning. Chaplain Father Burke of
the army of Grandest GlrlB, Bingo Experts
and Bond Salesmen stood before
this assemblage of hustlers and
in ringing tones spoke of tonight's
coming fun fest, which he described
as being the greatest conglomeration
of extraordinary and colossal events
ever staged under the big, top In
Camden.
"My fellow compatriots." declared
the good Father in one of his choicest
sermon voices. 'In conclusion let me
say 'Go Out and Fight, My Back's
Against the Wall'."
It was the final word of the good
Father before the annual basaar and
funfest of the good people of the
parish of the CathoHc church. And
to the credit of the fine body of workers,
everything was in apple-pie order,
under control and what have you for
the day of days.
' As one of the Orandest Girls satd
"Father Burke may have his back
against the wall light now, but if we
have the crowd I anticipate tonight
the wall will be moved out."
The annual Catholic frolic and fun
Jamboree, coupled with that gorgeous
menu of choice things to eat under
the direction of those Grandest Gals,
starts this afternoon at 8 o'clock with
the children's period extending to
o'clock and under the pergonal supervision
of Miss Celia Riley and Mrs.
Jack Healy.
The "trough" will be formally
opened at 6 o'clock and according to
the Grandest Gals, the menu that will
grace the big tables will be most filling
and appetising. The Bingo evefets
under the direction of Jack Healy
and Don Morrison will take the stage
at 6 and continue until 9 when .the
auction of war bonds Will take the
spotlight. The remainder of the
evening will find the visiting firemen
gaslng upon the exquiefte display of
beautiful and Uselees gifts and stratosphere
prices.
And we venture say that when
the clouds lift and"*the sonnd_ of
revelry by night I* stilled. Father
arrack *5.ssnus
(PIwm Mm ttM*
Bonsai Disgusted
At Air Raid Test;
' Punish Violators
Civilian defense officials were
chagrined over the mlxup and lack ___
of cooperation featuring tho blackout
that was staged last Friday night.
Commander W. It. Boiisal of the
defense corps succicently declared the
practice affair to have been "lousy"??
and was sharply critical of tKe failure
of the public to cooperate in a patriotic
manner.
In fact, the defense head was bo
irked over the civilian apathy In., the ?
matter that he contacted city authorities
to ascertain if it waa .'the
Intention to Impose a penalty upon
violators of the afr raid ordinance.
Not that any names were t^ken that
Friday night but It was believed that s,
offenders of the law in last night'a
practice affair will probably appear
in recorder's court next Monday.
Mr. Bonsai Cited instances last Friday
night of cars being left with
parking lights turned. on.. and doors
locked, lights "In siores and even in
the county agflrtonRural building. The
worst feature of thb afalr was the
messing up on. the siren signals.
This mlxup was not confined alone
to the civilian population but evem
into the ranks . of the defense setup.
Thousands of leaflets were distributed
this week throughout the city to
accQuaint the public with the new
air raid signals, a system that was
formulated by the war department
and United States Army.
Because of flagrant violations of
the black out ordinance by taxi cabs,
Mt^Bonsal had arranged fbr police
anOWwxiliary police to list all offenders
list .might - SCHEDULE
Of FARM, 4-H AND
} H. D. C. MEETINQ8
Tuesday: Timrod H. D. C.( 3 p. m.
Wednesday: Malvern HU1 H. D. C.
at P co'clock.
Thursday: Three C's H. D. 0. at
3 o'olock. Three C's 4-H, 4:30 p. m.
Friday:, Flint Hill H. D. C. At 8
o'clock. - J *
Saturday: Country Market at f
o'clock.
RATION CALENDAR /
GASOLINE: "A" book coupon number
4 expires March 81.
COFFEE: Stamp No. 15, 1 pound,
expires March 21.
TIRES: Class "A" first Inspection
deadline March SL
FUHL OIL: Period 4 coupons exApril
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