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The Camden Chronicle * ' * . VOLUME 55 CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINAyFRIDAY, JULY 9, 1943 NUMBER 16 John Porter, Good Citizen, Is Given Final Summons Community Mourn. P??ing of Worth-While Personage. Funeral Thursday of John Porter, whose T,h Tuesday night in a Columbia Kiual climaxed a ten week* illness ^ hrouKht a wave of sorrow and 'h'tk to a wide circle of friends and instances, was held from Grace fflc.pal church Wednesday at 0:30 Ep nr Maurice Clarke and Hey. ! ? Caston officiating, with Interim in Quaker cemetery, mhn Porter, born 1n Charleston 44 UI ago. lived the greater part of TUfa ill Camden, where his courteL 0f manner and hl? fine personality the respect and admiration .( everybody. He was the son of Mrs. Louise "tnev Salpiond Proctor and the K Theodore A. Porter. Besides hlB JJJber ho leaves a brother, Harry Porter of this city. The funeral was largely attended ud many friends called at the home .North Lyttleton street to pay thehr L respects to an admired friend rhe floral expressions of affection and irmpathy were many and exquisite ,nd bespoke the sorrow which the community experienced in the passhe of this worthy character. Those who knew John Porter adored him for his graciousness of ninner and an ever-present smile of friendship. During his illness, the acceptance of the inevitable was a ?urce of awe to all who were priveJged to observe. His faith was most Ictlve pallbearers were: R. S. Kirk, L C McKaln, C. R. Villipigue, Klrby runner. James D. Zemp, Alfred Boydo Dan Mackey, J. Nettles Lindsay ind N. R. Goodale, Jr. Honorary pallbearers: C. J. Bhanion Jr.. Frank H. Heath, Douglas jov'kin L. J. Whttaker, Major M. frtilsford, R. B. Clarkson, E. M. Mcjowell D J. Creed, H. G. Garrison. < H Yates. C. C. Whltaker, Dr. Carl I West, W. R. Zemp. C. P. DuBose, lr C P DuBose, Jr., W. J. Mayfield, I E McKaln, W. D. McDowell, J. M. fllllpigue, W. T. Redfearn J. B. Veton. T. T. Truesdale, W. a. Uiodes, W. J. Major, R. M. Kennedy, lr Sam Karesta, E. L. Moseley, John Quaker. Jr., Dr. T. B. Bruce, Ralph shannon. W. L. Goodale, John Rykard, jvhvir Metrakas, Norman Truesdale, i.h lAcGuirt, O. J. Smyrl, J. E. Ross, rhomu Ancrum. J. C. Gillis. Howard tpeaks. Lawrence L. Whltaker, H. E. leard.'Dr. George Rhame, all of this fry; Dr. E. C. Zemp of Columbia, J. I Kershaw deLoach, Columbia, Dr. 'errival Hay of Florence, and memlers of the American Legion post of his city. John Porter was a graduate of the orter Military academy which was funded by his father at Charleston, le also graduated from Union college i New York. He was a member of te Kappa Alpha fraternity. 'risoner Breaks iOck At City Jail; isted As Missing !en Held For Car Theft Make Brief Sojourn In Camden Clink. Arrested by Officer Dallas Mahoney hen he sought to sell a portable dio to Pat Orr at the Star Taxi rviee office. Ernest Emmett of ( icon. Ga . spent but a short time as 'est ai the Hotel De Rush on Rutdge street. 1 For Emmett managed to open the , >or of the city guardhouse about 4 m Mondav and when officers visltthe "clink'" a short time later f bird had flown. The FBI have ken over in the matteT and are on nmett's trail. Emmett was arretted by Officer thoney purely on suspicion. Later ien a complexity developed In the itte.r of license plates, Mahoney Ted the Georgia Highway departs ent and a reply wire revealed that ?ear Emmett was driving had been ?len from a Macon party. July opened with a rush for the Dions of the law In Camden. Drunkdriving. driving without license 1 d other offenses of a similar char- I l?r filled several pages of the po- i * docket, in practically every in- < lace the parties arrested furnished I id, which they later forfeited. - 1 utstanding Cadet ' tas To Shaw Field ; ? < Aviation Cadet John D. Rover, Jr., ? an(l Mrs. John D. Rover, i ' '9th street, North Bergen, New < was selected as the ouutand- 1 I cadet at the Army A1r Forces . "paining Detachment af Wood- I r<1 Meld, Camden, 8outh Carolina, i ** Awarded a gold medal at the wnation exercises of Class 43-J I J frlday. June 25, by Southern I School. The award wa# n-.,on haals of flying, academies, 1 and military. A ' < kld LTL1 1)6 at Shaw < liiaj Carolina, for his Basle *' - - A -V If / < * ' rjffl I . ; .%. war Wi. Prisoner's Package And Letters To Be Seen By the Public Red Cross Canteen Group Feature a Moat Unique Display. The Canteen committee of the Kershaw County Red Croes chapter is exhibiting a ''war prisoner's package" in the wiudow of a local store this week. This package Ih similar to those sent to American prisoners of war. The ration package is sent weekly to American soldiers wherever they may be, from the Japanese held lands to Germany and Italy. The box is of local interest because of the fact that a number of Kershaw county boys are already in Japanese hands. That the packages are reaching their destination |s indicated by letters received from prisoners. It is proposed to exhibit some of these letters in the local store window in connection with the ration package exhibit. New Officers of Rotary Take Over Henry G. Carrison, executive of the Commercial Bank of Camden, took over the presidency of the Camden Rotary club at the luncheon meeting Thursday, July 1. Other officers on the 1943-44 roster are M. Lee Mays, vice president; J. C. Kwing, secretary; J. E. Ross, treasurer; R. S. Kirk, sergeant at arms; Tom Mott, assistant sergeant at arms. The Camden Rotary club was organired in 1927 with Dr. John W. Corbett serving as its first president. Others who have held the office of president in the 17 years of the culb's existence are A. Stanley Llewellyn, Reuben B. Pitts, W. Robin Zemp, T. V. Walsh, Jr., Hughey Tlndal, J. H. Osborne, John M. Villepigue, A. Douglas McArn, A. Sam Karesh, John K. DeLoach, Basil Bruce, John Whitaker, Jr., Henry Savage, Jr., Moultrie Burns, Ralph Shannon and Lee Mays. The board of directors of the 194^44 administration are S. C. Clyburn, R. E. McCarty, J. C. Ewing, Jack Whitaker, Jr., Doug McArn, Lee Mays and Henry G. Carrison. Five Minute Talk On Waste Fat Salvage Salvage fills the want of all women for something to do to help our fighting men win this war. Each and every woman can have a part in victory if she will follow the simple steps prescribed by the Women's Unit of the Salvage Division of WPB for the salvaging of household Items. One of the most important and cri- j tically needed materials is waste fat. ; The Government has set a quota of : 16,667.000 pounds per month for the | entire country and less than half of | that amount is now being salvaged. It isn't a big job if every woman j will do her part. Women are asked , to save just one tablespoonful of ' waste fat each day. If this Is done it j will go a long way toward meeting < the glycerine requirements of war. j A few words about what happens to waste fat might give you some idea < of how important it is to the war. \ Once you have saved a pound or more ? of fat in a tin, you take it to your .] butcher. It goes from there to the \ Tenderer and then to the processor t who does the big Job of extracting glycerine from the waste fat. 1 If you save Just one tablespoonful i of fat every day, you will have salvag- < ed a pound in about 31 days. That t pound of fat will produce enough gly- < cerine for the nitroglycerine neces- < Bary to fire 10 rounds of ammunition j from a 50-calibre machine gun. Each J tablespoon of fat means ammunition i for five bullects. i Glycerine, besides being an agent 1 that goes into weapons that kill, has 1 (Please turn to page eight) ^ Fine Program Features Fourth < At Flying Post j Independence Day, 8unday, July 4, f was observed at the Southern Aria- t Lion school with a program that was J Assigned principally for 17-26 year aids with the idea of Interesting them In aviation. . . . The program offered and which was witnessed by a large crowd of spectators opened with a flying exhibition by Major Leonard M. Hauprick, post lommander, Antone "unt.er'11d,I^!2r Df flying, and Frank Woodrull. Woodraw Bosi and Warren Roland, flight commanders. ___ Also in the flying exhibition projram were Warren Pollard group commander. A1 Burrows and Bob Ward, squadron commanders and Allen Bailey, McDonald Goodwin, Arrest Boober, and Henry Cau.een, lniKeCexhibltion featured fifing, acrobatics, chandelles, La2y i'n stalls and spins. The second part of the ProKTV? was a military drill exHibttloxi JJT classes 43-K and 44-A, organisederticiently nndsr the direction ofLieut Bugane D. M inlet ta, Commandant of Cadets. c- 1' I Lieut. John May Is Speaker At Kiwanis Meeting Members of the I'umdmi Kiwanis club enjoyed an interesting uddress by First Lt. John A. May of the United States Army at the luncheon meeting Tuesday. I/t. May, a Colonel in he staff of (rov. Olln I). JoHpaton of South Caro* Una us military secretary, wuh Liaison Officer to the Governor from the War Department and stationed at the Charleston Port of Embarkation as a company commander. In civilian life Lt. May was a proml-| nent lawyer at Aiken and was also Judge of the Aiken City Court. He served $us a representative from Aiken County in the House for four years. I He has held the office of District Governor of South Carolina Lyons' clubs, was state counselor of the South Carolina Junior Order of U. A. M. and was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Philadelphia. In addition, Lt. May is an alumnuf of Bailey Military Institute, Wofford College and the law school in University of South Carolina. When in the legislature he was listed as one of the outstanding speakers. He is an old friend of John M. Cannon, editor of The Chronicle, having attended Bailey Military Institute and Wofford college when Mr. Cannon was there. The program at the Klwanls luncheon was directed by Attorney J. Teem Getty#. Camden Girl Guest Of Screen Stars At Hollywood Event Miss Emmie McLauchlin, a Camden girl who Is In the WAACs, Is really getting around the country. When heard from by the Camden News Service a few weeks ago she was on recruiting service in California. A letter just received from her comes from Lewi8ton, Idaho. While In Los Angeles the Camden girl with twenty other WAACs were guests at a supper given by the Masquers, male actors of Hollywood. Stars of the screen world acted as waiters at htis event. At this same party were 20 sailors and' 76 marines who had just returned from Guadalcanal. Their commanding officer In a. talk related some of the incidents jf the fight In that area. Miss McLauchlin says that the way our boys look the Japs on, made all feel proud :hat they are Americans. Another interesting item in the etter tells of how Lewlston is in a ich valley with mountains towering )n all sides. It is In a cherry area, ind when the orchard owners found it lifficult to secure help to harvest the rherry crop, it was the WAACs who jitched in and did a Fourth of July iob with several hundred volunteer workers. It was quite a stunt and eceived much newspaper publicity, t also aided in getting the crop in >efore it became spoiled. A/ANTED-*?TO LOCATE kLRITHEA FLORENCE COOK Mrs. Margaret C. Mayfield, Home Service chairman, American Red ?ross, is seeking information eonerlng the whereabouts of Alrithea Florence Cook, mother of Frank L?. 2ook, of the U. 8. Navy. If you can urnlsh such information, please conact Mrs. Mayfield at once so the Javy department can be notified Instructor Killed; Cadet Is Injured In Plane Crash Bob Nix Loses Life In Accident. Body Is Sent To Alsbsms. The Southern Aviation school chalk ed up its first fatal accident in 20 months Monday when Robert Nix, >4 year old instructor of Phenlx City, Ga., was killed in the crash of u training plane near Cassett. A cadet in the plane with Nix was badly Injured but It is stated he will recover. Ni* was held In great respect and esattn by fellow Instructors and by thsjftdent flyers. Ipuneral services held at the* Korneg?j funeral home Tuesday morning wer? attended by Cadet Squadrons A and B. 44-A* and all of the Instructors, army personnel and others from the air post. The cadet squadrons, led by a color guard from the Post, escorted the bqdy from the funeral home to the Segboard station where It was placed aboard a train to be taken to Phenlx C^y, Alabama, where Interment took place. ^he funeral cortege was one of the largest seen In Camden in years. Qbflimittee Seeks To Equip Rooms A meeting of the Red Cross Camp aikl Hospital committee was held atf~* the Red Cross headquarters Tuesday afternoon. Besides the usual Rw -Cross volunteer services, local, religious, patriotic and civic organisations constitute the committee perconnel. The main objective of this particular phase of the Red Cross service is to provide for the health, comfort and recreation of convalescent as well as the able-bodied soldier and is a prime factor in maintaining a high morale. Army authorities have enthusiastically taken up the idea of company day or lounging rooms, as affording the men more of a home atmosphere and keeping them off the streets in their leisure hours. Port Jackson alone, It is stated, has over seven hundred of such rooms. jThe local committee's main efforts past and at the present time [ is the partial or complete furnishing of such rooms. The committee is headed by Colonel E. C. Von Tresckow as chairman, Ollce Ehlttridge as vice chairman, who with Rev. Henry Collins an^ M. H. Heyman, treasurer, and Miss Helen Phelps as secretary, have been doing splendid work. Miss Whittridge is chairman of the soliciting committee and it is proposed to ask each organization in the city to contribute not less than $10 toward the objective of the committee. It is hoped to raise sufficient money to equip a day room as soon as possible. Public Is Urged To Use More Spuds The County Food Odvisory committee of which Irving Pierce is chairman, has been requested by the war food administration to urge the public to use more potatoees. Mr. Pierce in discussing the sudden reversal of the potato market declared that a previous extreme shortage has turned to a severe glut. The present bumper crop of IriRi potatoes is about 36 per cent above that of last year. "It Is not necessary to stress the Importance of potaoes as a food item," said Mr. Pierce. Sgt. I. A. Rush One-Man Sqdn. First Sgt. Isaac A. Rush claims to have "the best damned squadron at the Qoffeyvllle. Army Air Pteld? maybe in the whole Gulf Coasn Training Center." You see. Sgt. Rush is the only man in the squadron. He is the Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, 47th Basic Flying Training Group. At present, he is helping with orderly room chores in the 366th squadron. - * PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR j Whereas, the period starting July 29, and ending Aug. 19, has been set aside by the Boy Scouts for a drive to increase the membership in the Scout program in Camden and particularly to increase the Scout membership, and Whereas, the Boy Scout movement is one of the most outstanding of its kind, destined to promote the American way of life as to character and personality, thus insuring the spirit of good citizenship. Therefore, as Mayor of the City of Camden, I wish to designate the period from July 29 to Aug. 19 as "Boy Scout Time" in Camden. I urge all businessmen to cooperate. Make "Boy Scout Time" one of interest and cooperation. [ F. N. McCorkle, Mayor of'iamden. . - ?o "* . ~ * * ? " -J/ Cadet At Southern Fought Japanese On Pacific Island Return* and U happy to find girl "just as I left her." Aviation Cadet Kgan Anderson, of Hay City, Texas, who spent over six moat ha on a small South Pacific laland. one of the Jap objectives In the Coral Sea battle. Is nn aviation cadet at the Southern Ablation School here. Trained aa an armorer In the States. Anderson ended up doing any thing that was required with the ground crew of one of Uncle Sam's Southwest Pacific Island bases. People on the island were rather primitive according to Anderson, who said that the mosqultoeH were the worst thing they had to contend with. It would have been diffcult, he said, to distinguish the Hound of the mosquitoes And a flight of P-38 fighter planes. Fortunately for Anderson and others of his group, the mosquitoes did not carry malaria. (There was none on the Island). Anderson and his group were not Issued ties, in fact, wore none during their entire stav. They encountered some trouble on arrival in the States because they had no ties to wear on trains and in public places. A former student at Miami University in Oxford. Ohio. Anderson made that place one of his first stops upon returning to the States. The real reason was that he had a "number one" girl friend there. Anderson proudly and modestly says "she was Just as I left her." Anderson has a brother who is a naval pilot. Anderson, a modest and retiring type of young man. admits that he was greatly excited when he returned to the States. He Is in the i flying school now to do as well as his brother he hopes. Anderson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Anderson, 221 Tenth street, Bay City, Texas, were former residents of Louisville, Kentucky. " * v Merchants Warned Of Check Passer Camden merchants are warned by ' the Chamber of Commerce to be careful In accepting checks from un.- \ known men in uniform. In the past several days Columbia merchants have been caught with several bad checks passed by a man ( In uniform. , This soldier has used checks of | the Citizens and Southern Bank and , they have been for $15 and $25. He , signs his name either Vincent D. j Kelley or Joseph B. Kelley and gives his serial number as A.S.N. 34026198 f and his addreSs aa 113 E. Gordon St.. , Savannah, Ga. The chocks have been j endorsed by J, G. Cumbine, Captain, , and his serial number Is given as i 014355. 4 , This soldier will show you his dog , tags with the serial number on it so j be on the lookout for this had check , passer. If you do get wind of him, j please call the police or the assocla- j tlon office immediately. t Canteen Notes I t A demonstration of pressure can- * nlng was given at the High school r home economics room July 6, under the supervision of Miss Fewell and 8 Mrs. Irby. There were 18 interested jj women present including 9 members of Red Cross Canteen. The public Is invited to bring any surplus vegetables to the High school _ on Tuesday and Friday of next week. 1 If you plan to do so call Mrs. R. B, 1 Pitta, Phone 300, or Mrs. R. B. Steven- "1 eon, Phone 39. Work will begin at J 9 a. m. Butter beans or llmas should be shelled, squash should be washed and cut into small pieces, string c beans should also bd washed and t snapped. Bring containers; .Ona sixth of your product will become the 1 property of the Red Cross. l It is vitally necessary that no food t be allowed to go to waste. Do you t realize that one fourth of the commercially canned product will be 4 taken by the government this year! Mrs. Irby will be present Tuesday to / answer questions about canning at | home. t* Promotions Are ; Announced At Field 1 v ? i Promotions Just announced In ths ] Southern Aviation 8chool army per* ^ sonnel gives Private 8. D. Hall the ] rank of corporal; First Class Privates . W. C. Callahan an* A. A. Hamilton j the rank of Corporal; Sergeants A. < Reuchel and O. Payne the rank ot < Staff ' Sergeant; Corporals B. v W. i Greens poos, J. m. Osborne, w. r. , Reece and J. P. Waters the rank of i Sergeant. j *' - V ;A.t? <f~;$ . \ :;Mr. "Open House" To Feature Formal Opening of New Plant State Officials Led By Gov. Johnston Expected To Attend. Fresh Dry Foods, Inc.. the first of four dehydration plants being orected in South Carolina to fill army, navy and lend-lease orders, will he formally opened here Friday, July 16. with a public inspection In which C.overnor Olln D. Johnston and other offiotala are expected to participate, according to an announcement by W. P. Jacobs, chairman of the South Carolina Council for Defense, under whose Industrial Mobilization Committee negotiations for such priority plants have been advanced. The local plant, a $100,000 operation will be operated by R. E. Fulmer of Columbia, principal stockholder and general manager. It will consume 30 to 35 tons of raw cabbage and potatoes a day during peak season. Government orders approximating $460,000 already have been secured for the plant, and later it is expected that the plant will be used for other kinds of vegetables. Farmers of Kershaw and neighboring countlea are expected to supply much of the raw food, but some will come from oth?r sections of the state. The plant will employ approximately 75 men and women. It is located In this city adjoining the Southern Railway freight depot. .Under its processes only from seven to eight hours are required for complete dehydration. The plant will reduce cabbage to about 10 per cent of its raw bqlk and sweet potatoes to about 25 per cent. The plant was deaigfied by J. Lincoln Moore, chemlc&l engineer for the Defense Council. ' Jacpbs said that negotiations were carried on for the oouncll by J. D. Fulp, Washington representative, and George W. Speer, agricultural specialist in South Carolina. "Governor Johnston, Senator Maybank and others, gave their full cooperation and support in obtaining the four plants," Jacobs said. The other three plants, already well under construction, are located In Columbia, (Please turn tx> page eight) Radio Actor Goes From Camden School To Sumter Airport Cadet Bob Crawley Was Outstanding Over Air and r. On Stage. Aviation Cadet Robert Crawley, :1hss of 43-J at the Southern Aviation school, now at Shaw Field for his basic training, was at one time a adio actor whoso voice was heard by millions in the "Konrad Murder Mysteries." Cadet Crawley studied dramatic irt at the Cincinnati Academy for a rear and then went into the radio heatre business. He recalls that ivhen he was given an audition at WLW In Cincinnati in 1936 his work vftH accorded much praise but he ivas told that he had too. much of a 3outhern accent. Ho however was vith WLW for three years and played n "True Story," "The Mad Hatterlelds" and the "Kenrad Murder Myseries." Cadet Crawley always regarded adio work as being most engrossing ind interesting but due to the fact hat one is always working with the . ime element, it proves to be nerveacklng to an extreme. Later Cadet Crawley did one night itands with the Claire Tree Major )layers over the south for three years. Jo found his part In the murder nystery "Ladles In Retirement," most (Please torn to page firs) Post Office Receipts Increase Receipts at the Camden post office continue to mount steadily wRh a leavy gain reported for each quarter. For the quarter ending .June 30, 943, the receipts totaled $ ,691.17 vhlle for the same period a year ago he total waa $8,079.22, or exactly a jaln of 20 per cent. 'Fishin's Good" Sez F. C. Moseley The old saying "lightning never strikes twice in the same place" may >e true but it does not apply to fishng. At least F. C. Mpseley, local anta iccessory dealer, who shared an eight bound black bass in Hermitage lake last Monday did not dream that he , ' ?(-j vould repeat -the feat a few days later. 'ja That is what actually happened. Moseley went fishing for the second lime of the week Friday evening and same home with another eight pound Mack bass. The butcher who weigh- , Ml the fish for Moseely said they were * Identical, even to the fraction of ha <. v, .Lariij