Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VSJ HOT OTP m thi K?V I we don't know who preparsd ths IJmhetti at the beach dinner at-the llurnmer home of Mr. and Mre. |JJJ putt last Monday night, but It I ai the first time we had spaghetti IPrepared with lucloua chicken. Man loh M?n, was It 8??^ I we want to give Mary Pitta and Kharles Zeinp a big bunch of poslea Bor their very able preaentatlou of the rework* program. I Reminds us of our boyhood daye hen we used to stage those fireEorks displays In front of our cottage E. a Wisconsin lake. I Well, we'll be looking forward to Ext year when the annual Pitta good Eq]0 classic Is again staged. 'Twaa fine event and the Pitta family oved to bo Ideal hosts. V 9 m m m I it's a 'on9 Jump from a beach arty to a dessertation on polite use Ef the telephone. But It happened Eat the subject came up at the beachErty and so we naturally drift Into Ee matter at this time. j 9 * * * I 'Burn* mo up the way some people Ell up and when I answer the phone Emy ofiice to have them yell. "Whua peakin Theti when I say "Smith," pv yell. "Who?" "Smith," sez I. Who-' sez they. "Smith," sez I, and bout that time they say thefy want E talk to Miss White. "Shd doesn't Eork here," sez I. "Wron^ dumber," ' ? I What I am getting at is that all it useless verbology Is Just a waste time.for me.. In the face of the Evernment request for briefness In mt use of the phone, .this ."Whuz ptaking?" stuff is a lot of nonsense Kd discourtesy.. In the first place e inquiry "Whuz speakin'?" is rotEn form. I To illustrate my point, let me call tention to the routine in use at the amber of Commerce. Call the amber office someday and when Sou are connected you'll hear a voice f "Good morning. This 1s the amber of Commerce, Mrs. Chaptn peakine." That Is, my friends, the oper salutation. Then it la your rn to make your request and not ll ' Whuz speakin'?" ; * ? Believe me my friends, only the Im lite or the ignorant will yell "Whuz Bpeakin'?" r ? > ? - r r-r-rj-jrajr r ^ ^ - _ _ . ?*1 Sport Potpourri BY THE SKIPPER ^ . The death in a plane crash of Bob Nix, instructor at the 8outnern Aviation school, was a jolt to a lot of us who through association with Bob had grown to admire the fellow a lot. He was active In the softball circles of the Instructor group and played in some of the league games. His tragic end Is regretted by all of us. * ? The heavy rains of last week played havoc with the softball league schedule, every game being cancelled. However the teams plan on taking advantage of the Tuesday and Thursday open dates at the ball field and making up these games. The Home Guard team dropped out of the league after making a sporting gesture ?of playing the entire first half of the schedule undismayed by the repeating thumplngs handed out by the other teams. Some of the lads of the Home Guard team will don the uniforms of either the Kendalls or Merchants teams. Rddie Harrison, rated as one of the best backstops in the loop, Is to work in the same position with the Kendall gang. ? * The Home Guard team will be missed. The! boys took their trimmings with a grin and were liked by all players in the loop for this sporting trait. Down Broad Street This week we are going to devote a few inches of "Down Broad Street' to a potpourri of poetical frenzy as exemplified by a few of the bards of Camden. * * * For Instance when wo accosted hizzoner the mayor and pressed hiui for a verse, he demurred, but finally said if we could suggest a subject he would do his darndest. We suggested the OPA, whereupon the mayor, in his choicest playform voice burst forth as follows: "Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle? The cow Jumped over the moon, The OPA laughed to see such sport And rolled prices back to June." The lovely young lady, Miss Nancy, who holds forth as hlzzoner's private secretary, seemed to become inspired by the Shakespearian outburst of Mr. Mac. and we heard her murmur: "Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet Eating her curds and whey Along came a spider And said down beside her And Miss Muffet said, "Look bub, If you want to get In on this It's going to cost you six polntsl" * As wo were inditing the above poetical spasms, our new office secretary, Harriet Osborne, remartced that she could do as well as the mayor or the mayor's secretary, whereupon we told her to "fire when you're ready." Here is her contribution: "Twinkle twinkle little star How neglected now you are For in Washington there's a crew Who twinkle, twinkle, better than you." . Well folks, it's time to talk of shoes and ships and sealing wax and?well? seems that King George VI had a luncheon in North Africa prepared by American cooks^ including one W. J*. Cabbagestalk of Dalzell, 8. C. That's a fact frends, because we read It in a New York paper. Benito Mussolini, the fat old slob, is really getting quite excited over the Allied bombings. He is afraid that if it continues he will not have a balcony to speak from. m The wife Just called up and wanted to know would I please tell her how long the duration will last? Can you tie that? CAMDEN BOYS RECENTLY INDUCTED INTO 8ERVICE Camp Robinson, Ark?Privates William R. Clyburn, Charles Cameron, Earl Taylor and Robert Watkins, who were inducted recently Into the army, have been assigned for training to the Medical Replacement Training Center here. Their training will embrace twelve weeks, after which they will be assigned for duty to some medical department organizatipn. Orchids and Onions Camden's dog nuisance might be corrected If the city dads adopted the Rock Hill tag program. Up there any dog found loose, on the streets without two tags on his collar Is liable to face a lethal end. One tag denotes the dog has been Inoculated against rabies end the second that his owner has paid a $1 fee to allow the dog to run at large. Various efforta have boon maclo In Camdon to clean up on several hundred mongrels that roam the highways and the byways, although we are supposed to have an ordinance that requires all strays being picked up and incarcerated in a pound and held for a specified number of days before being shunted Into the happy hunting grounds. m 9 "k Prowling osnlnes have been raising morry hell In poultry yards all over the olty. Out on Klrkwood heights fully a hundred chickens have been killed by the prowling mongrels. Over In another area W. R. Bonsai lost 18 turkeys and 8 chickens one night and on a few nights later the chicken yard at the C. P. DuBose, Jr., place was the scene of a slaughter whereby some dozen chickens bit the dust. 7 9 9* This dog problem has created no end of public criticism and rightly so. If the city adopted and enforced the Rock ftlll ' Plan the dog population would soon bo oil the downgrade. f Another matter that has had us hot and bothered for some time concerns the attitude of a number of landlords in Camden who bar parents with children as renters. 8everal days ago an advertisement appeared In the New Orleans Times-Picayune. As It reflects our sentiment right to the dot, we want to offer It to our readers. "Wanted by a naval officer's wife, whose husband Is serving overseas, and three monsters in the form of my three children, To Rent, A 2 or 3 bedroom house, apartment, barn or cage or whatever is supposed to shelter when such terrible creatures as children have to be considered, not exceeding $50 a month, furnished or unfurnished. $20 reward?SUBJECT MY ACCEPTANCE-" 9 9 9 The Skippor acknowledges a card from Ensign James Clator Arrants. mailed from the Base Assembly Cen- ( ter at San Beutio, California. Ensign, Arrants who was a member of the House from Kershaw County for two years is now in the final stages of his | training and his next move will be to ( the battle front. Good luck old chap. , Up in Hartford, Conn., the OPA cracked down on a 55 year old cbngregational minister because he was guilty of non-essential driving. Seems he went to Sunapee, New Ha P?hi ' on a vacation jaunt. The OPA deprived him of his gasoline ration privileges until Oct. 1st. Speaking of ministers, my good friend Dr. Joseph B. Caston really packed them in at the First Baptist church Sunday when he opened his fifteenth year as pastor of the church. We wrote a story on this epochal event last week. We want to extend congratulations to Dr. Caston for his long and brilliant service to the Camden church and to the Baptist congregation for having such an outstanding scholar and man as their leader. Dr. Caaton Is one of our dearest friends and we regard him as being inspirational. We hope he will continue to lead the faithful at the Broad street church for another years The capacity houses greeting Random Harvest at every showing Sunday, Monday and Tuesday indicated how interested Camden people are in films of thif character. It was a great relief to witness something that did not featur a lot of fake bombings and other fire works displays. We have a hunch the public Is about fed up on the war films?at least a lot of them that are without any exception really atlnko. Quebec, Canada, has more churches than any other city on the American continent in proportion to it* size and population. Red Cross Notes < - . . " > By Suil(o VonTre?ckow Ah the armed force** expand, ho do the Red Cross services and of uo department Is this truer than in the most important phase of Rod Cross work, that of Home Service. it Is the small communities throughout the country that form the real buckhono of Hod Cross. The latest tally of Red Cross chapters shows that of 3.755 chapters In the United States, 2910 chapters are In communities having a population under 10,000. Every chapter, regardless of site, Is obligated to provide Home Service to service and ex-service men and their families and to organise for disaster preparedness and relief. In addition, the majority of chapters provide additional Rod Cross services, includiug the all important Nursing Enrollfnont, Home Nursing, First Aid and Life Saving, Production, Nutrition and Junior Rod Cross. In 2,153 qhapters, these sorvlcoa are mulntulned by all-volunteer staffs made up of civic minded people In the community. Homo Service volunteer staffs alone have expanded 71 per cent In the past nlue months. War time requests for Red Cross aid to servicemen, ex-service men and their families have Jumped from a national average of 500 a day betoro P( arl Harbor to more than 4,000 a day, Mrs. W. J. Mayfield, Home Service chairman of the Kershaw County Red Cross chapter announced today. Locally the number of servicemen and their families receiving assistance hns jumped from 50 In November, 1942, to 175 In March, 1943. The majority bf requests are for assistance with communications between servicemen in combat zon?t*. In military hospitals overseas, and servicemen who aro prisoners of war, and their families. Other requests aro for information needed by commanding officers in deciding questions of furlough. .< The local chapter Is headed by Mrs. W. J. Mayfield, chairman, and Mrs. Leon Sehlosburg co-chairman, unci divided Into case workers and office workers. The following ladles are now enrolled in this work: Case workers, Mrs. Maurice Clay, Mrs. Lobn Sehlosburg, Miss Sara Wolfe, Mrs. W. D. Barrett, Mrs. W. N. Grlsbv; Blaney; Mrs. D. M. Mayes, Betliune; Mrs. J. T. Stevens. Kershaw. Office workers, Mrs. F. I). Goodale, Mrs. Hubert Wilson, Mrs. James Gan dy, Mrs. W. I). Barrett and Mrs. Thomas Aucrum. Tho Homo Service office Is open from 9 a. m. until noon, and from 3 to 6 p. m. Important Announcement The National Broadcasting Co. has extended the half hoar coast-to-coast radio series, "That They Might Live," which Is on the air each Sunday at 12:30 to 1 l>. m.. KWT. Additional plans for the next 13 weeks will be sent in the near future. Any sug Kostlons or comments relative to the series will bo appreciated. Pleaao send them to Director, Public Information Service, Eastern Area, American Hod Cross. Since tho outbreak of war tho average length of haul per railroad freight car has jumpod ltl po( cent. j Let Us Repair Your Electric Irons Wo Also Have Iron Cords and Plugs Carolina Furniture Company 926 Broad St.?Phone 660 Top Kick f | TAKI TIM! OUT fOt A "OUtCK.Un WITH j I I "ROYAL CROWNCOLA I | ~ | . m I tyute d W&id I ^umh 'Sell f I .. and tell my old gang down I at the Telephone Company that I I'm thinking of them. I see tons I of telephone materials every day I over here?in the form of tariks, I shells and field communications I equipment. We need a steady itrearn of these supplies to win? and being a telephone man, I I know that telephone lines have to H wrr) many calls affecting produc lion and transportation of fight" I ing equipment. So I hope you H bomefolks are helping to keep the vires clear, for war calls which I MUST go through. Love, I BILL" tr tr if I ] I fellows like Bill Jones?on H the fighting front?know whaf I they're talking about when I they say that Victory depends I upon an unceasing flow of supt, I pbes. And at home, those diI acting the war effort rely on I the telephone to keep muniI hons and men moringforward. These urgent calls pass I through the same local teleH phone equipment you use. Yet I facilities can't be expanded to I me?t demands fully, because I the necessary materials are I being made into planes, tanks 1Qd guns. By avoiding unnecessary I l?cal calls-.and by speaking I briefly whenever you talk?yoth I help relieve crowded lines and I ^'tebboards for war duty. In ^ I ^at Way you help speed Ykal ' > ar calls. ' SouiHERh BellTeiephjme I bud telegraph compaw B msoapaaaTca ft'" C?fcLiMfa KiHr Wingate Junior College THE SCHOOL OF IDEALS AND THOROUGHNESS J ^ Small Enough To Be Intensive .... .... Large Enough To Be Fully Recognized OFFERS TWO YEARS STANDARD HIGH SCHOOL WORK AND TWO YEARS STANDARD COLLEGE WORK 6pecial courses in Home Economics. Commercial Science, Piano, and Voice. The Commercial Course may be taken in either one or two years. Graduates are In demand. The regular two-year course may be shortened into one year and two summer schools by diligent study. Graduates of the two years course are entering the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, in preparation for commissions. Work scholarships are available for those who are worthy and need 1 ~ assistance. EXPENSES REASONABLE*. For Further Information Aiidriw ;/ C. C. Burris, President Wingate, N. C Phone 803 .?- -? > i. * :avsfiss% | \THE AMMUNITION '" f'A! \ XTLMERICAN forest products are in the thick of the fighting ai l ammunition boxes as wood cellulose explosives in the ammunition, itself as rifle stocks in the hands of doughboys . . . , . and even as the wings and bodies of bombers which have raided Berlin! That's why the Army and Navy have called to the forest products industries r to "pass the ammunition" those kinds of it which the forests supply. 1 In turn, that's why this company and thousands of other lumber mills, plywood factories, and wood-pulp plants, are working ai fast as manpower 1 permits. Fortunately for the nation, the forests can "stand it." For more than twenty years, the forest industries have been helping to increase the annual amount of ww wood created by growth. Today, more than one-third of all the land area of the nation is forest-land and the amount of new wood. created by annual new growth is still steadily increasing! j That's why that we are able to rejoice that when the war is over there still. will be an abundance of wood in the American forests. -- ? FREE SERVICE We Mark Your Treea For Selective Cutting* D. J. Creed Contractor For: International Paper Co., Southern Kraft Division, Georgetown, S. C* Phone 321?Night Phone 304-J P. 0. Box 214 3~I~" - .jpAMDm,3 Call At Our Office?We Are Open Six Days a Week? " "V-.* '* " * * ' 9/ ' > f'd