The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 02, 1943, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
CHAMBER EXECUTIVE URQE8
U N8ELFI8H EFFORT TO AID
AND PRESERVE AMERICAN WAY
(Continued From Firm Page)
we ure usoIchk. Their voice must be
the voice of Camden. Our service
nuiHt servo Camden. The heartbeat <
of the Chamber of Commerce must
beat with ami for Camden.
On every Main hi reel in this great
America, Chambers of Commerce
have spontaneously organized their
businesses and their communities to
moHh witli the natlon'H war program.
Thla war program for huslnesH in no
regimented gooHn Step It in a marc^
of fr?u> men. Cltlzcna building hattloliumtH
of public moral, strengthening
our production lilies, it 1m a program
that evolves naturally out of our
American business aystem which encourages
individual Initiative and individual
responsibility. I think It was
President Wilson who called it "the
spontaneous cooperation of a free
people."
Your Chamber of Commerce with
11h trade and Industrial associations is
prepared to work with and for your
community.
In the membership of your Chamber
of Commerce, you will find men and
women who know you?'who are interested
in you personally because
you are a part of the community
which your Chamber seeks to serve.
Perhaps we do uot know all the answers,
but we do know where to get
most of them and get them quickly .
My appeal at tills time Is to tho
general public that they use our facilities.
We are geared for action. We
are the focal point around which
business and community efforts should !
he centered. We Invite all groups and
Individuals to calf upon lis for as-1
sistance and we also at the same
time invite them to pledge iim their,
cooperation.
The past year has been one in1
A'hk'h your Chamber bus consolidated
tains made In previous yearn. I feel
that today we have completed the
inilldlng of a foundation which perin
11 h of organization for greater hervlc?
and development.
To the man who known It bent, no
organization ever accomplished Its
maximum In possibilities No intuitu(long
services entirely satisfy Its own
officers. directors* or the Kenerul public
There always has been, and alw
ay s w ill be margins of needs which
are unmet. Always Home phaHe of
the work seems undernourished, resources
always seem to fall nhort of
bridging the gap. These conditions
are undoubtedly familiar to ull of us,
but frankly. In view of the small
budget provided for Chamber work,
the HinalleHt by the way. of any communlty
In the Htate, I feel your
Chamber of Commerce baa done a
fairly good Job. Ah 1 pointed out In
a preceedlng paragraph, 11h province
of work reaches Into every branch of
the ctty'h life, commercial, IndUHtrlal,
educational, rellgloiiH and civic.
One of the first obligations of the
Chamber Is, us I hoo It. to bring all
of the elements of the entire city and
county together Into one compact
body, working for the good of the
entire community. I believe It must
teach the Individuals composing these
elements a lesson of achievement
through cooperation. The Chamber
must stand uh a medium through
which the citizens can be aroused
from lethargy to a quickened Interest,
and always and everywhere it
must preach the gospel of safe, sane
and sound development, unselfishness,
public spirit and civic pride, and
may 1 Interpolate. It la the time to
Hay In all earnestness that the office
of the Chamber of Commerce is an
open house and we are only too happy
to receive constructive suggestions or
criticism thut can bo helpful in the
work of the office.
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Two years ago the population of
Camden wus approximately 6,700 people.
When the City Directory was
printed the population according to
compilation aH given In thla book !
wus 7,600. While the exactions In
the form of a war demand upon our
young men haa cut Into our population
figures, the expansion of the
flying achool has been so pronounced
that it can be assumed that today
Camden's population la at or above
X,000 people. *
The Chamber of Commerce haa
made many contacta with concerna
seeking to locate here. The fact that
they can obtain Cheap labor and bo
free of labor agitation are appealing
factors. Wo have made a number of
promising contacta with worthwhile
concerna and aome of theae which
hold particular promise are being
closely followed. In two instances we
have contacta. the nature of which
cannot be made public at this time,
which hold forth excellent promise
We are happy to aay that the dehydration
plant, which in a measure la
a brain-child of thia organisation, will
be In active operation on or about
July 16.
We have been active in building
up the good >WD?e of Camden through
the medium of public relations and
publicity bureaus. Our news coverage
has Increased from year to year and
we now have staff connections with
the Associated Press, United Press,
International News Service and the
Hearst Service, which supplies news
coverage to many thousands of newspapers
all over the country. Our direct
coverage of promotional and
spot news events in the mldsouth is
one hundred Bfir cent effectlver
It is a far cry from a Woodward
Air Field of 1937 and the Woodward
Airport of today. Adjectives cannot
describe the comparison. This writer
made the statement in 19S9 th^t air
progress Is as certain as night follows
? . A
day Thin Chamber of Commerco can
make Just claim to the fact that It
wus responsible for Camden securing
the present aviation school. One hundred
pet- cent cooperation with the
office of the State Aeronautical commissioner.
the eutertulnment of sevi
ral outstanding alrcades, one of
which listed almost 400 planes; these
wore hut a few of the activities that
ko impressed the State Aeronautic
Commissioner, Mr. Dexter (\ Martin,
that, when the opportunity came for
locating a flying school in South Carolina,
he designated Camden as his
suggested choice for said location
Today the school is the greatest economic
asset this city has.
A word as to the winter sport program.
The war, with Its restrictions
on transportation together with the
demand for man power made It necessary
to abandon our winter program !
of equestrian activities, which included
steeple chasing, polo, horse shows,
hunter trials, drag hunts and the like.
I am happy to say, however, that golf,
under the stiinulas of flue grass greens
at the Kirk wood course, experienced
a remarkable revival. 1 am confident
that following the war Camden will
resume its place in the sun as a
winter resort and that we may expect
a resumption of our equestrian activities.
Coif should continue to grow
In popularity.
Also after the war It Is my earnest
hope that we can resume our annual
cotton festival and Santa Claus Lane
programs.
Our recreational activity In softbal)
and basketball have continued without
interruption, and 1 feel that the
soft hull program in particular has
proven a big success this year. There
has been much Interest on the part
of the players and spectators.
Speaking of baseball, feel certain
that after the war we should be able
to secure a professional ball club for
spring training at oqr ball park. I
might say that Burleigh Crimes, manuger
of the Toronto team Informed
me personally that had not Commissioner
I^andls placed a ban on teams
training in the southland, he most
assuredly would have returned to
Camden this spring.
While motoring is at a low ebb
our routing service continues to give
effective and correct service to people
making motor trips. The housing pr<V
gram in Camden which is vested In
the Chamber of Commerce, has worked
out most successfully. While It
is truo that we have been seriously
handicapped to take care of demands
for houses and apartments, we have
been unusually successful In keeping
rentals on a fair basis.
General conditions in Canulen give
promise of continued success. We
j are mindful that the Chamber, of
, Commerce must bo ever alert to
| changing conditions. The war which
j new rages over the entire world has
j assumed such proportions that one Is
i able only to guess what its bitter
I fruits may be.
i For the past year your secretary
I has had the efficient assistance of
i Mrs. Mary C'hapin as assistant secretary.
Mrs, Chapin is a Camden girl
; with whom you all are acquainted and
1 desire to take this opportunity to
thank her for the splendid and effl(cient
service she has rendered this
office. It Is my sincere hope that
Mrs. Chapin will continue a fixture
on the staff of the Chainbet of Commerce.
Tndav more than at any other time,
wo of Camden and Kershaw county
must seek each other's council and
give unselfishly of our Intelligence,
time and money in a common effort
to preserve the American system of
doing things. Camden business and
professional men together with all
citizens must determine now how
much additional use they will make
of the Chamber of Commerce, the
organization through which they can
cooperate most effectively.
You are all familiar with the housing
program which resulted in some
thirty new homes being constructed
in the Sarsfield area. This Is another
project which your Chamber was
back of and in the face of stubborn
handicaps, managed to get through.
Iii connection with the formal opening
of the dehydration plant on July
16, we are hopeful of making the occasion
a red-letter event in Camden
history from the agricultural angle.
We are now working out a tentative
plan whereby we hope to have Governor
Johnston, Senator Maybank, Congressman
Richards, President Poole
of Clemson college and other dignitaries
here for the day and entertain
them at dinner. The new plant would
put on an eight hour demonstration
as part of the program. All members
of the Chamber of Commerce will be
invited to attend this "open house"
and the directors will tye invited to
the dinner at the Sarsfield, the plate
fee of which will bo $f.50.
You are all familiar with the details
of the sale of the Kirkwood
hotel by Karl Abbott to the Ocean
Hotel corporation and its operation
by the latter group last season. Just
what the plans of the new owners
are for "next winter is not determinable
at this time. There have been
rumors to the effect that the hotel
might be taken over by the army or
i
sold to other parties but investigi-^B
tion each time has failed to produciM
any tangible facts.
In closing may I express personil^B'
thanks to C". P. DuBose, Jr.. who
served as president of the Chambtf^M3
the past two years. Associations
Mr. DuBose have been most pleasi^B |
and I cannot say enough in recod^^A
tion of the cooperation and
denco he has accorded me. 1
And to each and every one of
I want to express sincere and apprt^^g
ciative thanks. To Harry CarristH*
Jack Whitaker, Howard Speaks. Jobi^H
Delyoach and others who worked oi^H
tho board the past three years. I
to convey my deep appreciation iof^H
their kindness antf cooperation, j
My thanks to each and every
on the present board and may our tt-H
social Ions be featured by the santfl ,
friendship, the same cooperation
the same desire to work for Camdti^m
such has always been ipart of
director family in their relations tfrB j
ward my office. j
I thank you.
Wingate College
Faculty Complete
At a recent meeting of the Board of
trustees ttie faculty of Wingate Junior
College was elected and contracts will
be mailed to each member within the
next few days. It appears now that ,
the entire faculty will return ftrr the
incoming year. The new members
have been added to the staff, Miss
Grace Yow, who is a graduate of Wingate
Junior College in the Commercial
department, will be secretary to the
1'residciit and will also help t9 direct
the religious organizations of the college.
Miss Dina Domlnguez. who is a
graduate of Wingate Junior College
and studied at the University of
llavanu, Cuba, and is a graduate of
the Music department at Coker College,
will teach piano and other courses
In music. The faculty personnel
appears below:
C. C. Burris, president, English;
Mrs. Jack Morton, bursar, commerce;
Moselle Ball, natural science; Carolyn
Caldwell, dean, social science; Margaret
Collins, dietitian, home economics;
Helen Cowsert. librarian, classical
language; Dina Domlnguez, music;
Dr. A. F. Hendricks, Bible; Joel Herren,
coach, high school; Mrs. Francis
Hoover, physical education, commerce;
Mrs. Eleanor Lee, music; Roberta
Lovelace, natural science; Rommie
Pierce, English; J. B. Spittle,
Supt. buildings and grounds; Mrs. J.
B. Spittle, nurse; Grace Vow, secretary
to president.
Soil Conservation I
News 1
(By V. T. Mullen
41. L. l*?klns, of Lugoff' C0IU^S
ed terraces on approximately t*?i
acres of laml thiu week
lines were run during the sprln?72M
marked with a turning plow ao o. H
could not be destroyed by ruing yjjl
Dinklns plans to plant soybeans ufl
bind his small gralu for feed By f lB
lowing grain with a suitable ciJJB
growing summer legume, soil eroiSBp'
will be reduced to the minimum 4B
L. L. McLaughlin, of the OaklwH
section. Is doing a good Job malnuuHit
ing his terraces. Mr. McLaughlkB
plows his terraces twice each ytxtr uH,n
maintain the proper height and croufl'
sectional area. Follow lug bis strip dBt
grain ho is planting cow peas t^B1
hay, thereby keeping a ground coveS*
during the summer when heavy
Farm Conservation plans wore wrlt.l *
ten this week on the farms of
Boykin and Cornelius Hoy kin of pul !
Charlotte Thompson community ggSHti
Mulberry Plantation near CamdenbrB
the Lynches River, Soil Conservatloi^P
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Merchants Hold SlimR
Grasp On Top Round!
Of the Softball CooB
Finishes One Game Ahead offli
Kendalls In Hectic Kr
Schedule.
Hii
Through an error in typing the teuBI
standing of the Camden Softbal|?T
league last week, the standing of th?^B
Merchants team was given as .8ft^B
which represents 7 wins and one d?-^B
feat; whereas the team had a (trifli
half record of 8 wins and one defetlH i
for an average of .889.
The Kendalls are in second plact^B
with 8 wins and 2 defeats for an arer-^B
age of 800.
Had the Bureau of Recreation il^Blo
lowed the game played last week tpj i
won by the Merchants from the Is-^B
stryctors by a 16 to 4 score, to stasl^B
In the recordB, the Merchants wouk^B
have the first half honors won bj^B
^iwundlsputed margin, However th?^B
mBgin of one game now senaratlntB |
tlf? Merchants and the Kendalls majr^B
bring about a tie finish, for the Ia-^B
structors have the opportunity of atb^B
ing for a play over of the game that^B
was thrown out when the Merchanto^B
violated one of the cardinal rules of^Bii
the sport.
Players, particularly the pitcben^K
of the various teams, were delighte^^L
with the installation of a new pltcb-^B
ers box on the diamond this week.^B
Also the recreation bureau has J/i-^B
stalled a new home plate. Both th&MHi
new box and the home plate were
use at the city ball park during theB
period the Toronto club of tffc Inter- ^B
national league was in training here.^B
State Theatre II
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FRIDAY, JULY 2 M
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