The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 09, 1943, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
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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.
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utstanding Cadet '
tas To Shaw Field ;
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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
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. ; .%. 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
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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'
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Promotions Are ;
Announced At Field 1
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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
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"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,
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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
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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
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