The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 23, 1943, Image 1
The Camden Chronicle
VOLUME 55 _ . . CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROMftS gUDAV. JULY 23, 1?43 NUMBER 18
Camden Soldier
Pies In Japanese
Concentration Camp
Sergeant Henry (X Rabon, Reported
Prisoner Last
March, Pass**.
Mr and Mrs. T. B. Rabon, this city,
D?ve been notified that their eon,
fcfgejuit Henry Clermont Uabon, had
died In " Japanese prison camp, where
)e hsa been confined since the fall
,f Manila.
It was on March 30 of this year that
ifce, Rabon family received informaloa
tbat their son was alive and a
M-lsoner of the Japs. Up to that
iwe they bad given him up as being
tilled in action. The news of his'
>eiug alive was the occasion for a
Ug celebration at the Rabon home in
rhlch six sisters, two other brothers
lDd the happy parents took part.
In addition to his parents, Mr. and
Hre. T. It. Rabon, Sergeant Rabon
e?ves two brothers, Marvin, who is a
lifter in the Nary, and Shelly, at
jome. and six fjistere, Mrs. Leon H.
3eaty of Columbia, Mrs. Don White,
)orothy. Juanlta, Polly Ann and
^rol, all at home.
Corporal Hall Is
Leading In Swim
Marathon At Post
_ . . . ?
Corporal Stanley Hall .with- 306
engthe is leading In the swimming
uarathon being run off by the physial
training department at the
iouthern Aviation school.
New records are being established
rith each new class period of cadets
nd enlisted men. "A** Squadron of
,1as8 44-A began the contest last
londay morning with an average of
14 lengths of the pool per man durag
the 45 minute period. Cadet Doe,
I H. was high man of this group
rith 72 lengths.
Each of the following four classes
lowever broke some kind of a record:
A?Squadron "C" of Class 43-K
iveraged 26.18 lengths per man and
L/C Rueso, V. O. swam 80 lengthB.
(PIease, turn tx> page eight)
Stone Death Is
Shock To Camden
Word has been received in Camden
of the recent death of Mrs. Ada B.
Stone, wife of Major Robert E. Stone
of 21 Kilsyth Road, Boston, Mass.,
well-known Winter residents of Camden.
The Stones have a home on
Lyttleton street here.
Mrs. Stone has been ill for some
time with a heart ailment. Because
of her lllnefs, the family were unable
to come to Camden for their usual
sojourn last VriflterT
Eyes Of Sport Fans On
| Crflcial Game Tonight
Kendalls Take On Leaders and
I Aim To Tie Up the
Hot Race.
Sport fans will get an eyefull this
vpning when the fast-stepping Intruetor
team battless the Kendalls
^the softhall pasture at Laurens and
Sir streets at 7:15 o'clock.
Tbe Instructors by virtue of a 9 to
victory over the Maintenance squad
uesdav evening are out In front of
le pack In the second half race with
record of three wins and no deiats.
The Kendalls go Into tonight's
ittle with two wins and a lone deat
charged against them. If they
In tonight they will go Into a tie
ith the Beebe lads from out at the
r field. '
In the event the Army and Merch>t8
get together to play off a game
wtponed from.July 7 and the, Army
Ins, it would put them into tbe
ffle percentage as the Kendalls and
atruetors, should the Mill lads wip
night.
The team managers are anxious to
t all postponed games off the slate
1b week and resume the Thursday
?ning all-star tilts between teams
Jin the city and teams from the
r post.
In the game Tuesday night bee?n
the Instructors and Malnten**
the latter team Used a player
another club, which Is against
e regulations of the league. Howw
as the Instructors took the com-nation
into camp by a 9 to 6 count,
? game will stand as a win for the
hnjctors. The boys who are teach- >
I Young America how to fly planes,
aped away to a three run lead in
*. first Inning, added ' two in '..the
three in the sixth, and one in
' aoventh. The Grease, Monkeys
Jered four in the fourth and two
the seventh for their total of six.
otorist In Hurry;
It Was Costly
*e *as in a hurry?tOo much of a
Ty?according to Officers Sheheen !
uyhum, who charge that hs was :
v arounfl the half century mark
n he rolled down Mill street.
*hey took after and stopped him.
Ka>e them $7 as bond for his ap- I
nee in recorder's court on the
n. # nda*? And when Wade I
failed to p^I in an appearance
bond was forfeited.
addition of a new high- 1
,:L.car to the police depart i
J the law is going to
<jown on speeders more, than <
'1
*" ""? Wt i
lea^n? baseball becomes 1
r?mta<lful of oondl- I
KbfiL u ??rlbed by ths
i
:
Resolution of
The Camden Bar
Endorsing Honorable Q. Duncan,
Bellinger as a Justice of the Supreme
Court of South Carolina.
Whereas, The recent demise of
Honorable Milledge L. Bonham, Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of
South Carolina, has caused a vacancy
In that body which, in the ordinary
course of events, should be filled by
the General Assembly of South Carolina
in its 1944 Session; and
Whereas, Honorable G. Duncan
Bellinger o?.Columbia, has since 1935
served as Circuit Judge of the Fifth
Judicial Circuit with such distinction
as to win the admiration and profound
respect of the Bench and Bar,
as well as that of the people of the
State generally; and
Whereas, By virtue of his training,
experience, and native ability, hla
rugged honesty, his knowledge of the
law, his untiring energy, his comparative
youth, his deep sense of fairness,
and his love and devotion for
our great State, he is' eminently qualified
for greater service as a member
of the Supreme Court of South Carolina
where his talents may be more
largely utilised; Now, Therefore,
Be.It Resolved by the Camden Bar,
That Honorable Q. Duncan Bellinger,
Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, be
and he is hereby endorsed for election
by the General Assembly of South
Carolina as a Justice of the Supreme
Court of South Carolina, and the members
of the Kei^haw County Legislative
Delegation and the. members of
the G^nentl 'jUsmnbly of South Carolina
generally;/,gre respectfully urged
to carefully consider the great qualifications
of Judge Bellinger before
casting their votes to fill the vacancy
upon iha-Suprepie ' Court of this
State now exlstfng.
Resolved Further, That a copy of
these Resolutions be forwarded to
Judge Bellinger and to each the Clerk
of the State Senate ot South Carolina
and the Clerk of the House of Repre- ,
sentatives of South Carolina, to the
President and the Secretary of the ,
State Bar Association, and to the
President and the Secretary of the ,
Richland County Bar Association. ,
Adopted June 15, 1943. (
Camden Is His Idea :
Of The "Old South" ;
Corporal Nick Brodovitch hails
from New York City and is stationed <
at Fort Jackson. 1
From reading stories of the South, '
Corporal Brodovitch had formed cer- <
tain ideas what the southland was.
And it happens that Camden meets J
nrlth all these preconceived concep- *
tlons. ' * . ' c 1
Corpora] Brodovitch was a gueat at J
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben De* 1
Loach last Sunday.
jggg?"i sssssas^^mmaarnssss i n , i
I . . ^ Liberty, Equality, Fret^fy
ON JULY 14, 1942, despite German decreet Frenchman thronged the fmblie kqi^ree el Saint-Btienne In a spontaneous
demonstration for France's historic Independence day, keraloHhS whreMf resilUnoe which has reached
into every corner of their country. Today, atea of every class and polit 1M|, bant */ conservatives, liberals, radicals.
Catholics, Protestants and Jews who have rallied to Gta. Charles De Goalie aid art new under the leadership of the
, French Committee of National Liberation in Algiers ?? prepare for the ccminLn the United Nationa and wait for v
the rising that will males the words Liberty, BqmmUty, Bret entity real afein. v
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Must Not Tear Down
Guard At pome Front
9
Con. J. P. Richards Says Japs
and Germans Awdit^
Allied 4'Crack-up"
"When you think of the chance of
our enemies 'cracking up," remember
that the Japanese and the Gerdmns
are waiting for us to 'crack up'," mid
Congressman J. P. Richards, ins an
address given before the OailMen
Rotary club this afternoon.
"They are watching us and playing (
upon every weakness in our J)eu*Kv, \
racy, every dissension, etrery mlsfor- '
tune, in their attempts to destroy us.
Our Democracy must, be tougher than
their totalitarianism to survive.
"A policy of extremes Is very popular
now. But the only sane* safe i
' course is to sticlc to the moderate
I middle road of reason.
"We have no cause to be too pessl- 1
j mistic. We have the best trained, 1
best equipped, best cared for army we
! ever have had had in any war, and >
we can expect more victories ahead.
But we njust not for a moment underestimate
the task ahead. There may
be fighting for a long while yet, and
there are sure to be long casualty
lists. I'
"On the home front also we must I
avoid extremes. We must guard ourl
fundamental liberties, but in our im-41
patience with regimentation we mustl'
not blindly try to tear down all thel'
guards /ghich have been erected to I
hold the home front. There are menj 1
in our fighting forces who don't like I'
regimentation, too; but they will en-H
dure it, and we must also or they will I(
pay for our selfishness. j1
"As long as we can grumble and 11
find fault, we are not as bad off as I{
we might be; but we must not let our M
fault-finding lead us into the enemy's
trap and shut out a clear view of our j1
most Immediate goal?victory at the IJ
first possible moment"
Importance of j
Clean Milk Stressed I,
"Throughout the ages, milk has I.
been recognised as an Indispensable I:
food, and milk is truly nature's most)
nearly perfect food," stated B. E.I]
Goodale, extension dairy prodtibtil'
specialist, during his discussion on I
"The Production of Clean Milk kndi
Cream on the Farm" which was a part J <
of the all-day dairy products process-1 e
lng demonstration held In Camden en 11
Thursday, July IB. . I (
Mr. Goodale outlined the essentials I
of producing and processing clean j r
milk from the cow to the table, laying Is
special emphasis , on cleanliness of I to
barns, yards, cows, milkers, utensils, f t
and the utmost importance of rapid jr
codling and low holding temperatures.!
Cleaning and sterllxlng all milk uten-1 c
alls was stressed. I o
"Milk is superior to any other food 11
or combination of foods as a source I
of calcium," said Mr. Goodale in dls-ll
cussing the food values of- milk.Is
"Calcium In one qaart of milk Is I c
equivalent to the calcium In 28 orang-jti
m or 6 pounds of cabbage or 7 pounds I P
if carrots or 27 pounds of potatoes or e
19 eggs. ti
"One quart of milk furnishes 32.4
grams of proteli^?about one-half of a
the dally protein need of an average a
adult and one-third or more of the F
lally need of a normal growing child. C
"Riboflavin, also known as vitamin a
32 or G, Is indispensable for growth
-and for health and rigor In adult C
lfe. One quart of milk furnished as it
nuch riboflavin us 12 sggs or 1 1-2 n
pounds dried navy beans or 2 M lbs. 2,
(Plssss turn to gags s*kt) ? -
Mtructors Climb
WTie With MiU
ItSm In City Loop
ijmhantt Drop Their Second
^Straight To Fast-Stepping
Flyers.
i-wv v- tue of a B to 1 victory over
flf? hfcobants softball talent the Instructors
finished last weeks eched;
ule in a first place tie with the Ken
din team, each club having won two
and lost none in the second half
BCOndUthe heels of the Kendalls and
Instructors is the Army tea withjuj
even percentage as a result of
and loss. Trailing with no wins and
two defeat each were the Merchants
and Maintenance teams.
The Instructors had the better team
last Friday when they sunk the
Merchant Marine 6 to 1. Taylor a
new hurler for the Instructors looks
like the find of the year. He is the
only mound artist we have seen on
the local pasture who can really cu*'v?
the puddin' ball. When this chap
gets in shape and controls his delivery
he will be poison to opposing
batters. . . ,
The Instructors scored in four innings,
one run in the 8econJ' *h * ]
and sixth and two in the ^ ,
add up their total. Cooper, working (
on the hill for the Merchants gave j
op but four hits but his support was
weak. Bone-head base running also (
contributed to the downfall of the (
lirst half winners. ,
The game was marred by an accilent
to Chichester, catcher for the
Instructors, who broke a finger on (
lis left hand when tagging a runner
it the plate. :
The score i
Instructors ? * .]
Merchants * . ? * t
Batteries: Taylor apd Chlchesters'abors;
Cooper and Hancock. ,
2,000 Students
Being Trained j
Columbia, July?Approximately ^.- I
K>0' students, including both civilian j
thd navy tranees, are> undergoing
raining at the University of South
Carolina this summer.
A total of 636 civilian students have 1
entered for' the first full-length 1
uSSSTeemester in the Institution's
listory, and their number is expected |
o exceed 660 by July 22 when late
egtstration ends. \
Civilian studenta this summer lnlude
344 women and 292 men. Many
ther civilians will enter In the fall _
erm which will begin Nov. 1.
In addition to civilians, 602 Navy t
M2 students are enrolled as regular c
tadents of the University, attending c
lasses along with civilians and par- n
Iclpating in student activities. Aproximately
40 additional V-12 train* j.
es are expected to enter in the fall f
srm. ... _ v
The University also is providing j
coommodations and instruction for
pproximately 750 men in the Naval q
light Preparatory school and the p
IAA War Training 8ervlce (naval e
vtation.) 8
Mora men now are rooming on the a
arollna campus than at any time In
a history. Normal peace-time enrollteut
of the University approximatea *
,000 men had woman. fl
(Continued from page four) fi
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Governor Johnston Says
Plant Meets Long-Felt Need
Farmers To Vote
On Tobacco Quotas
The War Food Adnilnistrn Moil has
announced that farmers will vote on
flue-cured tobacco marketing quotas
for the 1944 crops, or for the 3-year
period 1944-46, In a referendum to bo
held July 24, 1943,
Tobucoo producers will vote by
secret ballot, and polls will be open
from 8:30 a. m. until 6 p, m. Voting
place will bo located In Kershaw couuty
at A.A.A, office, Camden.
National marketing quotas and
State and farm acreage' allotiueutB
will be the Hume as for 1943, with
similar provisions for adjustment as
have prevailed in the past.
Any farmer is eligible to vote who,
as an owner, tenant, or sharecropper,
Is entitled to a share of pie 1943 fluecured
tobacco crop. llofore quotas
become effective they must be approved
by a two-thirds majority of
all eligible farmers voting.
Glider Lands and
Demolishes Pig Sty
4 Flight Officer Leonard R. Smith of
WeBt Essex, N. J., now at the Southern
Aviation school here, has had a
number of interesting experiences, but
one of them involves a scared pig.
Flight Officer Smith, now a student
officer In primary school, was co-pilot
of a glider at the time. The towllne
pulling the glider came loose at an
altitude of 500 feet; the pilot attempted
a landing down wind and overshot.
Smith could see what was happening
but like the back seat driver of a cut
had no control over the situation,
When the glider came to a halt, they
were In a ditch and pigs were every:
where about squealing. The pigs had
as ranch reason as the pilots to be
scared because the glider before
stopping had crashed through the
pig stye. Neither pilots, fortunately
for Smith, nor pigs were hurt?but
both scared.
Smith graduated from the glider
school at Stuttgart with a Flight Officers
rating. He took part In several
largle-scale glider maneuvers, and Is
currently qut for a power plane pilot's
license. Smith was majoring in chemical
engineering at Rutgers college
when war broke.
Dehydration U Beginning of
New Era of Processing.
"This plant represents h $100,000
project and means a grout deal to the
farmers of Kerslmw ami adjoining
counties," declared Governor Olln D.
Johnston, In addressing a big gathering
of Camden and Kershaw county
huHimes men and farmers at the
formul opening of the big dehydration
plant of the Fresh Dry Foods,
Inc., here last week.
"Other plants in South Carolina
are neuritig completion, they being
at Colombia. Florence and Lake City,
and when they are in operation they
will give South Carolina the greatest
dehydration production capacity of
any state In the southeast," continued
tho Oovernor.
"Dehydration Is not a new process.
Its principles-have been known
for centuries. Development of the
process In recent years has resulted
in producing a product that can be
kept In storage indefinitely, can be
shipped to all parts of the world, and
after water has been added will be as
gaiatable and nutritious as the fresh
product from our fields." v
"The time may come when products
processed In this Camden plant will
ftpd their way to Africa, Kurope,
Russia, and the Islands of the Pacific,
to feed our fighting men, to
feed our AllleB, and to help In rehabilitating
a war-torn world after
the war."
"When the war Is over, the products
of this plant will find their way
into the homes of this nation. Therer
fore it represents an Industry that
has long been needed in South Carolina,
to provide cash markets for
our farm products, to assist in removing
surplus products that had
heretofore gone to waste, and to
help in stabilising our market prices
for farm products."
"South Carolina has long been a
food producing state and not a processing
state. We have shipped our
farm products jo processing states
and then bought them back at high
prices when we could Just as well
processed them ourselves. Dehydra-,
tlon Is but the beginning of a new
era of processing. I have been in
formed, and 1 am passing the information
on to you people of Kershaw
county as being news of signal im.
portance that this plant and others
of Its kind in the state plan on adding
quick freezing and canning units to
their present program of production."
Live Stock Committee
Is Headed By Redfearn
Cadet Bob Moore
Hit the Silk Often
A Parachute Jump Is Little
More Than A Jerk. |
t
According to Aviation Oadet Robert 3
D. Moore of the Southern Aviation <
school here, there ia little more than j
a Jerk (not much to write about) to y
a parachute jump. ... .
Cadet Moore, who holds an Air ^
Crew Member's wings, was formerly )
stationed at the Columbia, S. C., army 4
air base, where he served as an aerial \
photdgrapher and gunnery instructor. ]
A native of Walla Walla, Washing- (
ton. Cadet Moore has been in the ]
Army approximately two and one-half 1
years and served once as a gunner
with the submarine patrol off Miami, i
P*la., where fcctlon left little to be <
lesired. ' 1
While statoned at Columbia, he 1
was photographer with an air crew s
that made an aerial survey of the 1
irea around Camden. He feels that 1
this experience not only aids him '
while flying as a cadet here, but
Sat the necessity for picking Out i
finite objectives for identification s
n a specific area as a photographer 1
will lessen the possibility of getting 1
ost In other locations. Moore feels
hat the experience as a gunner helps 1
n the judgment of distance In land- J
ngs and In making emergency land- 1
n?s- -tin ,
Captain Pleased; " ,
Who Wouldn't Be? ;
I
Captain and Mrs. John H. Foregger "i
ire receiving the congratulations of c
heir wide circle of friends and ac- e
upuantances as a result of the visit t
if the stork to their home Tuesday 1
nornlng at 9 o'clock.
Captain and Mrs. Foregger are re- 1
oiclng over the addition to their t
amlly of a bouncing young mas, who f
rill bear his daddy's name with the 1
unior appeleatlon annexed. 1
Mrs. Foregger, who was Miss Susan <1
"earn, and her yonng son, are both re- t
orted to. be doing splendidly. The t
ntlre community joins in extending 1
enerous felicitations to the captain
nd his charming wife, . t
g
Earthquakes ware detected on the i
elmograph in thp Hall pf Industrial
cience at the New / T?w w or 1 d's
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f- * ' ' f.
' $ ' ' " , * " #
Kershaw Senator With Group
Making Tour of Four
State*.
Senator W. T. Redfearn of Kershaw
county, head of a legislative committee
composed of three state senators
ind three representatives of the
House, left Monday on a week's tour
if North Carolina, Georgia and Ten--. - ?
lessee in the study of live stock development
in these states.
The .other state senators In the
committee group are - Earl Rogers
BJllerbe of Marlon, and Howard Mc3ravy
of Spartanburg, while thq
House members are Thomas Judson
ftendrlx of Spartanburg, William.
[Hyde Graham of Florence, and Wlllam
Newton CUnkscales of AndeTton.
The committee spent its first day
n inspecting the Borden plant at
Chester and also some of the outitandlng
farms in Chester county,
rheir trip will take them to Statesville,
Lexington, North WHkesboro
ind Boone in North Carolina; Greenville,
Knoxville and Chattanooga in
rennessee and Trlon, Georgia,
The committee, after this trip, wOl
ormulate a program of livestook development
in South Carolina and will
labmlt this program to lh* next seeHon
of the state legislature.
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Many Places Gleam
With New Paint Jobs
The process of renovation in the
orm of repainting and remodeling
ontlnuee to .progress in downtown
Camden. During the past week the
Droad street establishment . of Camlet)
Dairies has been in the hands
if decorators, both inside and out,
md the renovation has added greatly
o the appearance of the retail estah*
lahment.
The Carolina Furniture company,
ooated<=m_926 So. Broad street, has
een entirely renovated eu the M
erlor of its business block and is
iplc and span in a glistening coat of
rhite. The front of the City Leontry
baa been entirely repainted and
his time in white, while the elgn exending
across the front of the buildng
has also been done over.
Work on the Crocker building has
een completed and the structure preents
an attractive appearance bom
aside and out
1 1 " 1
^India's new parachute lad?try M ?ireelag.
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